CAT 1991 Question Paper

"Either ... or" and "Neither .... nor" are followed by the verb that agrees with the noun nearest to it.

In sentences A, C and D, the verbs do not agree with the nound nearest to it. Hence, option B is the correct answer.

There are three independent clauses in the sentence. Indepenent clauses can be joined by a conjunction or by using a semicolon.

Only option A satisfies this rule.

In the first two sentences, "their" must replace "his" as there are 2 persons.

"Either ... or" and "Neither .... nor" are followed by the verb that agrees with the noun nearest to it. "Ramesh" is the nearest noun to the verb and therefore, the correct verb is "has". Option D is the correct answer.

Option A contains two independent clauses without a semicolon or a conjunction.

"The fact that ..." is the correct usage. Hence, option C is wrong.

"Resulted in his having ...." is the correct usage. Option B is the correct answer.

A comma is not required after the phrase "The people of this company". Only option C satisfies this.

This sentence has only one clause. Therefore, a comma is not required. 

Option D is the correct answer.

The word who/whom refers to the "people". In this context, "who" is the correct usage.

It is essential to understand the use of pronouns here. 'Who' and 'Whom' are relative pronouns. However, they are associated differently with personal and possessive pronouns. Whenever the subject is represented via personal pronouns (like he/she/it etc.), 'who' is utilized in the sentence. If the main subject can be replaced by a possessive pronoun (like him/her/his/their etc. ), we use 'whom' in the sentence. You can ask simple questions to understand this concept. For
example:

You can ask: "Who took my pencil?"
You say: "He/She took it" (personal pronouns)
You do not say: "Him/Her took it" (possessive pronouns)

You can ask: "Whom did you meet yesterday?"
You say: "I met him/her yesterday" (possessive pronouns)
You do not say: "I met he/she yesterday" (personal pronouns)

Hence, sentences wherein 'whom' is followed by/used alongside 'he' is incorrect. Luckily, all the options, except Option A, have this usage and can be easily discarded.

The word "felicitate" in the third sentence is used as a verb. But, the word that describes a noun "contacts", must be an adjective.

The word used must be "felicitated".

"To the perceived problems" is the correct phrase to be used in the sentence since there are multiple problems. Option c) is the correct answer.

"The Indian Government's choice" is a singular noun and should have the singular verb "stems".

Hence, the sentence in option C is wrong.