Instructions

Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.

CAT 1996 - Question 111

The stock markets ___. The state they are in right now speaks volumes about this fact.

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Solution

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.

CAT 1996 - Question 112

Political power is just as permanent as today's newspaper. Ten years down the line, ___ the most powerful man in any state today.

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Solution

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)

CAT 1996 - Question 113

___ , the more they remain the same.

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Solution

(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.

CAT 1996 - Question 114

Although, it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, ___ refuse to go away from the mind.

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Solution

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.

Instructions

Directions: In each of the following questions, a part of the paragraph or sentences has been underlined:From the choices given to you, you are required to choose the one which would best replace the underlined part.

CAT 1996 - Question 115

The Romanians may be restive under Soviet direction but they are tied to Moscow by ideological and military links.

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Solution

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

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

Hence, option A is the answer.

CAT 1996 - Question 116

In a penetrating study, CBS-TV focuses on these people without hope, whose bodies are cared for by welfare aid, but whose spirit is often neglected by a disinterested society.

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Solution

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.

CAT 1996 - Question 117

Contemplating whether to exist with an insatiable romantic temperament, he was the author and largely the subject of a number of memorable novels.

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Solution

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.

CAT 1996 - Question 118

How many times have I asked myself: when is the world going to start to make sense? There is a monster out there, and it is rushing towards me over the uneven ground of consciousness.

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Solution

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.

CAT 1996 - Question 119

In Martin Amis' new novel, the narrator is trapped and hurtling towards a terrible secret, its resolution and the dreadful revelations it brings, ally to give an excruciating vision of guilt.

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Solution

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.

CAT 1996 - Question 120

Victory is everything in the Indian universe and Tendulkar will be expected to translate his genius to that effect. To contemplate any other option is to contemplate the risk of failure.

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Solution

"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)

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