CAT 1996 Question Paper

The stock markets are plural and hence should be followed by "are". The use of "used to" is grammatically incorrect as "used to" is used for small equipment etc and not for large markets.

Options A and D are incorrect as they don't have a preposition like "about"

Option B has a wrong tense. "will" can't be followed by "was" (future tense and past tense in the same sentence)

(a) is incorrect as it doesn't have the "the more..., the more..." pattern in the sentence.

(c) is incorrect as it doesn't introduce the pronoun "they" even though it is used twice in the sentence.

(d) is inappropriate as it makes the sentence redundant by not conveying any new information.

It's haunting images is the correct answer. The haunting images doesn't make it clear as to how haunting images are related to the movie. Haunted means something to do with a ghost. The movie is not a related to ghosts. The haunt of its images is a singular noun and needs to be followed by "refuses".

So, option B is the correct choice.

The word "direction" is the key in this sentence.

"Ideology" relates best to the key word "direction".

Hence, option A is the answer.

For parallelism to exist, the phrase must start with "whose" because the following phrase starts with "whose".

Bodies and spirit are more related than hopelessness and spirit.

Hence, option A is the answer.

Contemplate means think about. The dependent clause "Thinking to exist with a romantic temperament" does not relate to the independent clause.

Option D is wrong as using it with the independent clause is grammatically incorrect.

Realistic details and romantic temperament is a better combination than brilliant mind and romantic temperament in the given context.

Hence, option B is the answer.

Option D is wrong as it says "sensibility is in me" and the second phrase says "rushing towards me" => Contradiction

A monster is unrelated in the given context => Option A is wrong.

"World is rushing towards me" does not make sense => Option B is wrong.

Hence, option C is the answer.

Since the underlined part is preceded by a comma, B and D provide an abrupt transition. Since the author is talking about resolution and the dreadful revelations, singular verb 'is' cannot follow it. A is grammatically correct and fits well in the context. Thus, A is the correct answer.

"To contemplate the risk of failure" is not failure itself. The correct option is (c). Any other action has the potential of failure.

"Failure is not an action that can be contemplated". is incorrect as failure is not an action, its an outcome. and "Failure is not an option." indicates the same information that is mentioned in the first part of the statement. (Victory is everything)