Free Verbal Practice Test - CAT
Question 1
Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.
Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.
Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.
Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.
Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony
SOLUTION
Solution : D
The original sentence begins with the modifier "Famed for his masterful use of irony," which requires a person as its subject. However, in the original sentence, "many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories" is the subject. Moreover, the phrase "due to the author slowly revealing" is awkward.
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) The pronoun "he" must have a person as its antecedent, yet there is no person in the sentence. Remember that "he" cannot refer to "Guy de Maupassant" here, since the name is part of a possessive phrase: "Guy de Maupassant's short stories". The author himself is not grammatically present in the sentence.
(C) The opening modifier "famed for using irony in a masterful way" incorrectly modifies "short stories" instead of Guy de Maupassant himself. It also contains the awkward phrase "because of the author slowly revealing."
(D) CORRECT. This choice remedies the flawed modifier by rewriting the sentence to avoid it. This choice also replaces the awkward phrase "due to the author's revealing" with "evidenced in the slow revelation."
(E) This choice incorrectly uses the pronoun "he" without a grammatical antecedent in the sentence.
Question 2
Despite the sequel's poor critical reception, most people seeing it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than the original.
most people seeing it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than the original
most people seeing it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than the original's
most people who see the film find the acting and cinematography at least as good as or even better than those in the original
most people who see it find the acting and cinematography at least as good or even better than those in the original
most people seeing the film find the acting and cinematography at least as good as or even better than those of the original's
SOLUTION
Solution : C
Option: (C)
The original sentence contains several errors. First, the pronoun "it" is used to refer to the film, but the film has not been mentioned in the sentence. Instead "the sequel's poor critical reception" has been mentioned. This is not the same as the film, so the pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and must be changed. Second, the phrase "at least as good or even better than" is incomplete: there should be another "as" after "good". Third, the cinematography and acting are being compared to the "original". What is meant here is that the cinematography and acting in the sequel are as good as the cinematography and acting in the original. This must be changed.(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
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(B) The pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and the phrase "at least as good or even better" is missing the second "as" after "good."
(C) CORRECT. This choice replaces "it" with "film", adds the missing "as", and makes clear that the acting and cinematography in the sequel are compared to the acting and cinematography in the original.
(D) The pronoun "it" has no grammatical antecedent and the phrase "at least as good or even better" is missing the second "as" after "good."
(E) This choice introduces the possessive redundancy "those of the original's." One could say either "those of the original" or "the original's", but using both is redundant.
Question 3
In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.
part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers
partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
partly due to acquisition of certain characteristics
SOLUTION
Solution : B
Option: (B)
The sentence gives two reasons that cattle breeders use crossbreeding; these reasons should be introduced in parallel ways with the word partly. The infinitive to acquire clearly and concisely conveys the purpose of the crossbreeding.A) In part should be partly; use of relative clause is non-grammatical.
B) Correct. In this sentence, the word partly is used to introduce both reasons; the phrase to acquire certain characteristics is clear and concise.
C) Because it suggests that crossbreeding has occurred because the steers have already acquired certain characteristics.
D) Passive voice should be acquired by is awkward and illogical.
E) This is a junk option as the action (acquiring) should be in the future form
Question 4
A. According to the agreement, the people living on the island were shifted to Mauritius' main island, and the British paid some compensation for their rehabilitation.
B. Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean was a part of the Group of Islands of Mauritius.
C. Today, it is a base of high strategic significance.
D. When Mauritius' independence was negotiated with the British in 1965 the colonial power insisted on the condition that Diego Garcia would continue to remain a British possession.
E. The British leased out the island to U.S.A. which set up a nuclear military base.
DECAB
BDAEC
EBCAD
BCAED
SOLUTION
Solution : B
Solution:
Statement E cannot start the paragraph because of the word 'the island', which indicates that it has already been mentioned in a previous statement. Among B and D only statement B appears to be the right choice because in statement D there is no explanation for Diego Garcia. Hence D is a continuation of a previous statement. Among B and D, choice D cannot be the answer because there is no time agreements between statements C and A and E and D. Hence B is the obvious choice.
Question 5
A. To be culturally literate is to possess the basic information needed to thrive in the modern world.
B. Nor is it confined to one social class; quite the contrary.
C. It is by no means confined to "culture" narrowly understood as an acquaintance with the arts.
D. Cultural literacy constitutes the only sure avenue of opportunity for disadvantaged children, the only reliable way of combating the social determinism that now condemns them.
E. The breadth of that information is great, extending over the major domains of human activity from sports to science.
AECBD
DECBA
ACBED
DBCAE
SOLUTION
Solution : A
There is a clear link among statements A, E and C. A mentions the "basic information” required to be culturally literate. E follows it with "The breadth of that information is great” and C follows this by expanding on the required basic information further. This gives us option (a) as the correct answer. B also continues in the topic of basic information and D concludes it nicely by mentioning cultural literacy first introduced in A. hence option (a) is the correct answer.
Question 6
A. By the turn of the century it did not seem extraordinary that managers should manage by walking about.
B. The outside world filtered through via a secretary who, traditionally, sat like a guard dog in front of their (usually closed) office door.
C. But in the 1950s many white-collar managers turned their offices into fortresses from which they rarely emerged.
D. The technologies of mobile communications made it so much easier for them to both walk about and stay in touch at the same time.
E. Edicts were sent out to the blue-collar workforce whom they rarely met face-to-face.
ACBDE
ABCDE
ADBCE
ADCEB
SOLUTION
Solution : D
D essentially follows A as it explains how managers manage by 'walking about'. The probable options are hence only (D) or (C). B follows C and E as it continues with the idea of turning their offices into a fortress and a secretary who sits in front of the closed door.
Question 7
Library shelves groan under an insupportable mass of volumes about the dreadful flea-borne pestilence that spread across Europe in the middle of the 14th century -- the number of books being equaled only by the scores that deal with the very similar plague that killed thousands in London three centuries later. The Black Death, the Awful Malady, the Vast Pestilence, the Great Mortality, the plague has been called by many names, and is in many senses a perfect topic for the lazy historian -- the subject matter is adequately horrifying, the known descriptions are vividly readable, the social implications are sufficiently varied to allow for the kind of wild speculations that make for a book publicist's dream.
But the accounts that have resulted in the past all seem to tell in essence much the same story, and in the very same way.
Rumours are heard of distant illness, neighbours appear with lurid tales, and then suddenly local people become afflicted.
That is the Black Death as sound bite, and rare is the account that manages to take it very much further.
Huge swellings appear in groins and armpits, leaving thousands to be limed and buried, while stunned communities try desperately to recover sanity and order.
No wonder that centuries after it happened, the Black Death is still a bestseller.
SOLUTION
Solution : E
Question 8
Of course, you might also encounter resistance to any notion of "principles," "rules," or other hard and fast strictures that imply, "This is how you do it."_____________________________.
I've encountered that attitude throughout my careers in advertising, radio, and most recently television, where I wrote for the network sitcoms "Dinosaurs" (ABC) and "The Nanny"(CBS). In my tenure as a story editor and producer, I learned that all the creativity in the world wouldn't help you if you didn't understand the essential structure of the 22-minute sitcom. The best writers I worked with bent and broke the rules from time to time, but they did so knowingly. As T.S. Eliot once advised, "It is not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them."
That comes with the territory wherever creativity is a major part of the job.
Well, I have been working for over forty years.
But there are some people who stick to these rules, principles etc.
Sometimes, these people offer resistance just to irritate you and not for any solid reason.
SOLUTION
Solution : A
The word creativity in the line "I learned that all the creativity in the world wouldn't help you if you didn't understand the essential structure of the 22-minute sitcom” gives us a clue about what to look for in the options. The speaker's view is that everyone will encounter resistance in the form of rules or hard and fast strictures. He must understand the structure of the sitcom before he could do anything about it. This is expressed in option (a). Option (b) is irrelevant and is easily eliminated. Option (c) though representing the idea given does not really fit into the blank. Option (d) goes out of the scope of the passage. Hence option (a) is the correct answer.
Question 9
Cézanne's art inspired the next generation of artists, twentieth-century modernist creators of abstract art. While most experts rank Cézanne as an early modernist, a small few reject this idea. Françoise Cachin, for example, bluntly states that such an ascription is "overplayed,” and says that Cézanne's work is "too often observed from a modern point of view.”
Which one of the following statements is most strongly supported by the information above?
Cézanne was an early creator of abstract art.
Cézanne's work helped to develop modernism.
Modern art owes less to Cézanne than many experts believe.
Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist
SOLUTION
Solution : B
A stimulus asserts that Cezanne inspired the creators of abstract art no information given about him creating it
B This is a paraphrase of the first sentence. The word develop is analogous to inspire and modernism to Abstract art
C There is no way to determine if modern art owes less to Cezanne, there is a disagreement but the controversy is not solved.
D. The word tends is equivalent to most. So only a small few reject Cézanne as a modernist so "most” is not appropriate
Question 10
One of the most vexing problems in historiography is dating an event when the usual sources offer conflicting chronologies of the event. Historians should attempt to minimize the number of competing sources, perhaps by eliminating the less credible ones. Once this is achieved and several sources are left, as often happens, historians may try, though on occasion unsuccessfully, to determine independently of the usual sources which date is more likely to be right. Which one of the following inferences is most strongly supported by the information above?
Some of the events for which there are conflicting chronologies and for which attempts have been made by historians to determine the right date cannot be dated reliably by historians.
Attaching a reliable date to any event requires determining which of several conflicting chronologies is most likely to be true.
Determining independently of the usual sources which of several conflicting chronologies is more likely to be right is an ineffective way of dating events.
The soundest approach to dating an event for which the usual sources give conflicting chronologies is to undermine the credibility of as many of these sources as possible.
SOLUTION
Solution : B
A. Answer Option A is too strong. The questions states "on occasion unsuccessfully” whereas the option A states "cannot”. In Inference question we cannot choose strong answer options.
B. Correct Answer. It is a very light option. Moreover it is the summary of the question and not a rephrasing of the last line alone.
C. The language is too strong in saying independent determination is an ineffective way of dating
D.The soundest approach is not the topic being discussed. Moreover we are eliminating less credible sources and not undermining the credibility of those sources.
Question 11
Some argue that laws are instituted at least in part to help establish a particular moral fabric in society. But the primary function of law is surely to help order society so that its institutions, organizations, and citizenry can work together harmoniously, regardless of any further moral aims of the law. Indeed, the highest courts have on occasion treated moral beliefs based on conscience or religious faith as grounds for making exceptions in the application of laws.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
The manner in which laws are applied sometimes takes into account the beliefs of the people governed by those laws.
The law has as one of its functions the ordering of society but is devoid of moral aims.
The way a society is ordered by law should not reflect any moral convictions about the way society ought to be ordered.
The best way to promote cooperation among a society's institutions, organizations, and citizenry is to institute order in that society by means of law.
SOLUTION
Solution : A
A The answer option is a paraphrase of the last sentence
B This option on devoid of moral aims is too strong
C The answer overstates the case by saying that a society ordered by law should not reflect any moral conviction about the ordering
D No mention is made about the best way
Question 12
According to some sports historians, professional tennis players develop unique playing styles that result from a combination of the peculiarities of each player's physical attributes and the influence of coaches during their early adaptation to the game. But when the increase in strength and endurance of modern players is discounted, it becomes readily apparent that the playing styles of the current crop of professional tennis players are no different from the styles of players from previous generations. Clearly, there is a universally efficient tennis style to which all professional tennis players conform.
The argument above is most weakened by which of the following statements?
The differences in physical attributes among tennis players are even more pronounced than the sports historians believe.
Few current professional tennis players are familiar with the professional tennis players of fifty years ago.
The increased strength of current tennis players contributes more to the development of individual playing styles than does increased endurance.
All of the early coaches of today's professional tennis players were professional tennis players themselves earlier in their lives.
SOLUTION
Solution : D
The author begins by describing the view of some sports historians, who subscribe to a basic formula: physical attributes + a coach's influence = a player's "unique” tennis style. After dismissing the relevance of modern payers' greater strength and endurance, however, the author argues that current styles are really no different from previous styles, implying that the historians' claim of the existence of "unique” tennis style is bogus. And this implication is stated outright in the last sentence, where the author posits the existence of a universally successful tennis style shared by all professionals. In other words, the author uses the fact that tennis styles haven't changed over the years to argue that there's simply one best way to play tennis: in contrast to that historians' theory of "unique”, the author proposes the theory of "universality”. But the author ignores a possible alternative explanation: namely, the role of the tennis coach. If as (D) has it, the early coaches of today's players were the professionals of yesteryear, then it's reasonable to believe that the style the author considers "universal” may simply be the style (one possible one among many) that was handed down from one generation to the next. Perhaps if the current crop of tennis stars doesn't go on to teach the next generation, whole new styles will develop. If the current style is learned, then it may not be universally inherent to the game. If (D) is true, the author's claim of "universality” is weakened. That makes (D) the best answer choice.
(A) emphasizes the truth of the first part of the sports historians' view regarding the individuality of physical attributes. Since the author doesn't explicitly disagree that players vary in terms of some attributes, this choice doesn't weaken the argument.
(B) If anything, strengthens the argument: if most current players don't know of the players of previous generations, yet their styles are for the most part similar to that of those players, then we'd be more likely to believe that the author is on to something with the claim that a universally efficient style exists in the world of professional tennis.
(C) makes an irrelevant distinction between strength and endurance. Saying that one has a greater impact than the other has no effect on the argument, which never can begin to rank those two factors.
Question 13
Why is the author very critical regarding Kant's theory of Noumena?
He believes that Kant's Noumena are unknowable and it was abandoned by Kant's immediate successors.
He did not agree with Kant's defense that the external world is the construct of our faculties of mind.
He believes that Kant's Noumena does not give a positive meaning.
He believed that there was no sense in talking about Noumena as they did not exist.
SOLUTION
Solution : B
The last line of the third paragraph "Given that we have seen that Kant defends himself against the charge of idealism, it is worth returning back to that argument more critically."
Also the fifth Paragraph states that "The external world, in the Kantian framework, is ultimately the construct of our faculties of mind".
So adding these two lines leads to option (b).
The author himself states why he is critical about Kant’s arguments in the above lines. All the other options correspond to his contemplations and the author doesn’t link them to critical argument (which the whole passage is all about).
Question 14
Which of the following are Kant's views on Noumena?
A) Noumena are the limits of human understanding
B) Noumena does not have a positive meaning
C) Noumena must exist
D) Noumena has ontological objectivity
A & C
A, B, C & D
A, B & C
A & D
SOLUTION
Solution : A
B) and D) are the author's view on Noumena and not Kant’s.
Question 15
According to the passage, which of the following conclusion would be refuted by Kant's defence against Idealism?
I am alive and hence the external world exists.
I am not alive and hence the external world doesn't exists.
I am alive and still the external world doesn't exist.
I am not alive and still the external world exists.
SOLUTION
Solution : D
Fifth paragraph last line gives the clue to this question.
"Thus, Kant's refutation works so long as I am alive and am able to think about the existence of an external world, yet becomes difficult if I speculate on the consequences of my own non-existence."
Also these lines -
"No doubt I would cease to exist as a human consciousness, but would it also follow that the external world would also not exist. It is difficult to see how Kant could avoid this conclusion." also show that answer is option (d).
Question 16
What is the author's stance regarding Kant's views on the objectivity of external world?
The author criticises Kant for his belief that the external world is objective.
The author believes that the external world is ontologically objective which disagrees with Kant's opinion that it is relationally objective.
The author partially agrees with Kant's views but believes that his view is not consummate.
The author disagrees with Kant's views as he believes that the external world is not objective.
SOLUTION
Solution : C
Look at these lines -
"This relational objectivity does not necessary imply an ontological objectivity. Kant can defend his view of the external world against idealism, so long as he frames the charge of idealism at the relational qualities of objectivity."
The author states that Kant can defend his theory of objectivity of external world but it does not imply ontological objectivity.
So he partially agrees with Kant but believes that Kants views are not complete.
The author doesn’t exactly criticize Kants view as he himself later says that the external world is ontologically objective.
(c) is a more correct answer compared to (b).
Question 17
Why do you think Kant introduced the term called Noumena?
Because Phenomena are appearances of something and this something was termed as Noumena
Kant knew that there were independent entities which were beyond human understanding and he called them as Noumenas.
Because he wanted to show that Noumena was not devoid of any meaning.
Because Phenomena are appearances of something and this something was termed as Noumena and Kant knew that there were independent entities which were beyond human understanding and he called them as Noumenas.
SOLUTION
Solution : B
The question is why Kant introduced the term noumena. The question doesn’t ask you how Kant defends the existence of noumena.
Look at these lines -
"Kant argued that they must exist because phenomena are appearances, thus they must be appearances of something and that something must be noumena."
This tells why option (a) is wrong.
These lines will tell you why Option (b) is only correct
"Kant was aware that the external world was limited by our understanding, and noumena are introduced partly as proof of this (i.e. noumena are the limits of human understanding).
It is the noumena that play the role of independent existences beyond the thinking subject."
Question 18
According to the passage, the 1980's saw the data-crunchers:
Facing sweeping ambition, which had been clearly identified.
Combating a predicament that was leading to uncertainty.
Identifying the prevalence of racial discrimination.
Celebrating the success of economics as a discipline.
SOLUTION
Solution : B
Consider the line, “In the ‘80s, however, the data-crunchers had a crisis of confidence.” This sentence opens the section that describes the predicament being faced by the data crunchers. The relevant paragraph talks about how the economists failed to answer questions well because of their uncertainty. This is reflected only in option (b) and hence it is the correct answer.
Question 19
It cannot be concluded that many old day economists who dealt with real world data ended up:
Tackling the era's thorniest questions.
Dealing with the problem of productivity growth.
Readying measures for economic growth.
Tackling modest questions.
SOLUTION
Solution : D
In the paragraph that talks about the economists in the ‘80s, consider the line, “Many economists concluded that the path to knowledge lay in solid answers to modest questions. This is pertaining to the ‘80s economists and hence tackling modest questions cannot be attributed to old day economists. All the other options are in the context of old day economists. This can be seen from the lines “For more than a generation after the Second World War, the economists who dealt with real world data were mostly earnest, stubborn men. They tackled the era’s thorniest questions. Zvi Griliches of Harvard devoted decades to the problem of productivity growth, the chief determinant of rising living standards. His colleague Simon Kuznets spent half his career devising the measure of economic growth we still use today.” Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
Question 20
Which one of the following is eminent on Levitt's wish list for economists?
A ponderous link always exists between any two given situations.
A deep link never existed between the contestants and the Latinos.
Powerful links between corruption in Sumo-wrestling tournaments and incentives were not discernable.
Valuable answers to unassuming questions score over overbearing inane responses.
SOLUTION
Solution : D
“I’ve always been someone who’s thought it’s better to answer a small question well than to fail to answer a big question,” Levitt says. This combined with ‘equivocation or plain gibberish’ mentioned earlier leads to option (d) as the correct answer.
Question 21
According to the author, the voting data from the show 'Weakest Link' proved that:
data on game shows was generally extrapolated.
the economies of the show were not affected.
acts of discrimination were not easy to isolate.
None of these
SOLUTION
Solution : D
Option (b) cannot be inferred as there is no data in the passage to support it. Option (b) talks about the economy of the show which is not mentioned anywhere in the passage. Option (c) brings in discrimination which is again not mentioned. Hence option (d) is the correct answer.
Question 22
According to the passage, Levitt can be summed up as:
The typical expert who is prone to sound exceedingly sure of himself.
An expert who argues the various sides of an issue convincingly.
An expert whose argument reeks of restraint and doesn't get much attention.
An expert who hopes to turn his homespun theory into conventional wisdom.
SOLUTION
Solution : D
The entire passage deals with Levitt’s quintessential style of cracking problems and reaching answers using experiences at the micro level to deal with the ones at the conventional and macro level. This makes option (d) correct. To call Levitt a dilettante (A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge) would not be correct.
Question 23
What is the central idea of this passage?
China is facing major challenges in its transition from a high - growth to a low - growth economy.
Chinese leaders have not displayed foresightedness in managing China's shift from a high to a low economic growth economy.
The efforts of the Chinese political leadership to prop - up stock prices are completely out of sync from the economic reality.
Chinese leaders, whose have been credited with for their country's spectacular economic growth over the last 25 years have of late not been able to display their famed competence.
SOLUTION
Solution : B
The passage is mainly concerned with the lack of foresightedness of Chinese leaders in managing the major changes that the Chinese economy is witnessing. Option D says that the author credits Chinese leaders with engineering the economic boom of China but this is not supported by any line in the passage.
Question 24
In the last line of the second paragraph 'What happens if ..... fill the gap ?', what gap is the author referring to?
The gap in the GDP created by a slower economic growth.
The gap in the GDP created by lower consumer spending.
The gap in the GDP created by the lowering of investment.
A combination of both the gap in the GDP created by a slower economic growth and the gap in the GDP created by the lowering of investment.
SOLUTION
Solution : C
The author says that the GDP of China consists of two parts: Investments and Consumer spending. The investment part has been the major part of the GDP but may now decline as the returns on investments start falling. So the decrease in investments will create a gap in the GDP.
Question 25
What can be inferred about China's economic model from the passage?
It has been heavily dependent on exports for growth.
It has been able to boost domestic consumption.
It has created more wealth for certain sections of the society than the others.
It has been heavily dependent on exports for growth and has created more wealth for certain sections of the society than the others.
SOLUTION
Solution : D
While exports are not mentioned specifically in the passage, it can be inferred that in the absence of domestic spending, investments will spur an industrial infrastructure that will churn out goods for exports. The author also says that China needs reforms to spread purchasing power. This means that the purchasing power is unevenly spread at present with a few people doing most of the spending and the others not being able to do so. Option B is just the opposite of what the author says.
Question 26
The question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
A. People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.
B. Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind's humanity.
C. It is no coincidence that Henry Bergh founded American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which is the oldest humane society in 1866.
D. An increasing number of people go further: Mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that have the capacity to suffer.
A & D
B
A & C
C & D
SOLUTION
Solution : A
Option: (A)
Statements B and C are incorrect.
Statement B should read 'Ever since the Enlightenment...' (the Enlightenment: a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine). Statement C should read as ".... founded the American..." Options (b), (c) and (d) are eliminated.
Question 27
A. The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve.
B. Rarely the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations has been watched with such a mixture of awe, opportunism, and trepidation.
C. Post war era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea, but neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of industries.
D. China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21st-century global economy.
A, B & C
A & D
C
C & D
SOLUTION
Solution : B
Option: (B)
Statement B and C are incorrect.
B has to be corrected to "Rarely has the economic ..... been watched”.
C has to be corrected to 'The post war era' - 'era' (noun needs a determiner).
Question 28
A. Under his close eye Disney's animation division soared, with hit films such as "The Little Mermaid”, "Aladdin” and "The Lion King”.
B. The situation had worsened to the degree that Disney was in danger of being bought and broken up.
C. Indeed, he carried on these activities with such a missionary zeal that appearing on Disney TV shows, Mr. Eisner himself became a part of the brand.
D. He rescued the firm by energetically devising umpteen new ways to profit from its iconic cartoon characters.
E. When Messrs Disney and Gold originally brought in Mr. Eisner to be chief executive of Disney in 1984, he found a sleepy company with valuable but barely exploited brands.
EBDAC
EADCB
AEDCB
DECAB
SOLUTION
Solution : A
Out of the options provided, except sentence E, the rest seem to be building up on a previous sentence. Sentence B further talks about the trying times when he stepped in. Sentence D talks about his actions and sentence A builds on it further. Sentence C then puts across an opinion on his work. This makes choice (a) correct.
Question 29
A. This applies to material goods generally and therefore to the greater part of the present economic life of the world.
B. We may distinguish two sorts of goods, and two corresponding sorts of impulses.
C. The food and clothing of one man is not the food and clothing of another; if the supply is insufficient, what one man has is obtained at the expense of another man.
D. On the other hand, mental and spiritual goods do not belong to one man to the exclusion of another.
E. There are goods in regard to which individual possession is possible, and there are goods in which all can share alike.
BECAD
AEDBC
BADEC
AEDCB
SOLUTION
Solution : A
Sentence B is the best option for the first sentence as it initiates a theory. Sentence E then builds on it and tells us what are these types of goods. Sentence C then starts by citing example of one type among these two and sentence A generalizes this to apply to material goods. Sentence D then talks about the second type of goods. This makes choice (a) correct.
Question 30
A) The modern species and the Texas Duck seem to have diverged approximately one million years ago.
B) One, the well-documented Texas Duck Meleagris californica, became extinct recently enough to have been hunted by early human settlers, though its actual demise is more probably attributable to climate change at the end of the last ice age.
C) In the modern genus Meleagris, a considerable number of species have been described, as Duck fossils are robust, fairly often found, and Ducks show much variation among individuals.
D) Many of these supposed fossilized species are now considered junior synonyms.
SOLUTION
Solution :Here, both A and C can be the first sentence as both of them seem to be introductions. There is a very strong link between C and D. This is because C talks about 'fossils' and D refers to 'these fossils'. Also, there is a link between D and B, since B elaborates on one of the fossils mentioned in C. Lastly, there is a chronological link between B and A. B talks about the "Texas Duck” that became extinct recently or during the ice age; while a mentions that the "modern species” of Duck "diverged” from the "Texas Duck” a long time ago; the key word being "modern”. Therefore, chronologically A would follow B.
Hence, the correct answer is option CBDA.
Question 31
A) The rapid pace of developments is probably a strong answer to the rival National Football league challenging its supremacy over Football in the country.
B) And that seems to be the strategy for success for the BFI, especially with Football lovers moving towards the faster version of the game.
C) Already the board has signed up thirty international Footballers and has already invited bids for the teams.
D) The board is busy signing up players for its new Football league as if there is no tomorrow.SOLUTION
Solution : D-B is an obvious link as D talks of the Board "signing up players for its new Football league” while B mentions "and that seems to be the strategy for success”. "Rapid pace of developments” in A indicates a reference to the board which is moving quickly in signing up players and inviting bids, therefore A follows C. C cannot be the first sentence of the paragraph because it starts with "already” which indicates that it is a follow up of what has happened.
Hence, the correct answer is DBCA.
Question 32
The following question consists of a certain number of sentences. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Type in the options corresponding to the grammatically incorrect sentences in the blank. For example if the incorrect sentences are A and B, type AB (in capital letters, in alphabetical order and without any space between the characters ) in the blank.
A. Although the serf's lot is in any case a hard one, it is apt to be rendered more harder by one or both of two enemies: the money lender and the land owner.
B. It is only a base camp from which dangerous climb can begin.
C. We now know that limelight and a brass band do more to persuade than can be done by the most elegant train of syllogisms.
D. Soil and raw materials must not be used up so fast that scientific progress cannot continually make good the loss by means of new inventions and discovering.
E. The real and present difficulty will be to reach an financial paradise without a previous success in limiting population.
SOLUTION
Solution :In statement A, the use of the term "more harder” is wrong, as the comparative word is 'harder', or 'more hard'.
In statement E, since the statement reads- The real and present difficulty, hence the verb that follows should be in the present tense 'is to reach' and not "will be to reach” as that is in the future tense.
Hence, the correct answer is option AE.
Question 33
In large doses, analgesics that work in the brain as antagonists to certain chemicals have caused psychological disturbances in patients, which may limit their potential to relieve severe pain.
Which may limit their potential for relieving
Which may limit such analgesics' potential to relieve
An effect that may limit their potential to relieve
An effect that may limit the potential of such analgesics for relieving
SOLUTION
Solution : D
Option: (D)
In option A, which is modifying patients in place of psychological disturbances.
In option B, which is modifying patients in place of psychological disturbances.
We have to choose between Option C and D.
In option D, "thier" is ambiguous and could refer back to patients or anlalgesics thus making it an incorrect option.
Question 34
For some reason the new consultant treats his clients like idiots, talking to them like they were mentally deficient and incapable of understanding more than the simplest ideas.
Like idiots, talking to them like they
As if they were idiots, talking to them like they
Like idiots, talking to them as if they
As idiots, talking to them like they
SOLUTION
Solution : C
Option (C)
“Clients ‘like’ idiots” is the correct usage as nouns are being compared. Thus, B and D can be eliminated.
Talking is an action and would require ‘as’ and not ‘like’ after it; thus, A, B, and D can be eliminated.
E fails to provide complete meaning of the sentence.