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Instructions

Directions for the following four questions: In each of the questions, a word has been used in sentences in five different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

Question 61

Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

Buckle

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Solution

In sentence B, 'broke into a buckle' is idiomatically incorrect. A better expression is 'broke into a gallop'.

Question 62

Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
File
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Solution

In sentence E, 'broke the file' is incorrect. The correct idiom is 'break ranks', which means to fall out of line.

Instructions

Directions for the following four questions: Each of the following questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.

Question 63

The genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and _ manner as ‘ethnic cleansing’, were also blamed, in further hand-washing rhetoric, on something dark and interior to _ and perpetrators alike.

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Solution

The first blank should have a word with negative effect. 'disingenuous' is the most appropriate word which means - giving false appearance of frankness;not straightforward. Also 'victims' matches in 2nd blank with ' victims and perpetrators' sounding perfect. Perpetrators here means - a culprit; usually with negative connotation.

Question 64

As navigators, calendar makers, and other of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.

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Solution

Calendar makers and someone watching night sky are often reffered to as 'observers' and not scrutinizers. Scrutinizer means someone observing with very great care, which is not needed here. Out of 'concede' and 'agree' , concede matches perfectly with the context of statement as condede means - admint (to a wrongdoing) . Hence , option D.

Question 65

Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors: on the one hand, there is his ______ endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect of environment, including _

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Solution

In the first blank word used should be between ' congenital' and ' genetic' .Here congenital means - from birth ; genetic means - something that come from parents or ancestors(hereditory) . But for the second blank 'education' sounds proper instead of 'pedagogy'. As 'pedagogy means function of teacher or science of teaching'.Hence, option B.

Question 66

Exhaustion of natural resources, destruction of individual initiative by governments, control over men’s minds by central _ of education and propaganda are some of the major evils which appear to be on the increase as a result of the impact of science upon minds suited by _ to an earlier kind of world.

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Solution

The first blank should have a word signifying something that denotes power or hold over people. The author is trying to say that education and propaganda are being used to control people's minds. Tenets, institutions, organs and departments can influence or control something and thus fit in the first blank. Aspects, which means features, does not convey something that exercises power or influence over people. Thus, we can eliminate option B.

The second blank should contain a word that indicates adherence. "Suited by" should be followed by a word that indicates something that people want to continue doing. Thus, we can eliminate repulsion and inhibitions. The word "tradition" does not fit in grammatically. If the author has to say that people want to adhere to tradition, then the missing blank should have "a traditional mindset". The word tradition by itself does not fit the blank.

Hence, option A.

Instructions

Directions for the following four questions: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Question 67

From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Most people at their first consultation take a furtive look at the surgeon’s hands in the hope of reassurance. Prospective patients look for delicacy, sensitivity, steadiness, perhaps unblemished pallor. On this basis, Henry Perowne loses a number of cases each year. Generally, he knows it’s about to happen before the patient does: the downward glance repeated, the prepared questions beginning to falter, the overemphatic thanks during the retreat to the door.

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Solution

The paragraph talks about Henry Perowne losing some patients because of his hands. From the paragraph, we can understand that there definitely is a problem with his hands. Logically, the next statement should be about the patients whom Henry Perowne doesn't lose. Sentence B talks about this aspect, that though the other patients also realise that there is a problem with his hands, they are ignorant or stuck up about their options and hence go nowhere else. Hence, b) is the apt concluding statement.

Question 68

From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Trade protectionism, disguised as concern for the climate, is raising its head. Citing competitiveness concerns, powerful industrialized countries are holding out threats of a levy on imports of energy-intensive products from developing countries that refuse to accept their demands. The actual source of protectionist sentiment in the OECD countries is, of course, their current lacklustre economic performance, combined with the challenges posed by the rapid economic rise of China and India - in that order.
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Solution

The paragraph talks about trade protectionists posing as environmentalists to cover up their lacklustre economic performance. Statement A just restates the first sentence of the paragraph and hence does not move the paragraph forward. Statements B and C talk specifically about India and China, and not about the overall theme of the para. Hence, they cannot be proper concluding statements. Statement E is too sweeping in its conclusion. The apt concluding statement is D.

Question 69

From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Mattancherry is Indian Jewry’s most famous settlement. Its pretty streets of pastel coloured houses, connected by first-floor passages and home to the last twelve saree-and-sarong-wearing, whiteskinned Indian Jews are visited by thousands of tourists each year. Its synagogue, built in 1568, with a floor of blue-and-white Chinese tiles, a carpet given by Haile Selassie and the frosty Yaheh selling tickets at the door, stands as an image of religious tolerance.

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Solution

Statement A speaks of peaceful co-existence. However, there is no mention in the passage of who the Jews co-existed with. Also, peaceful co-existence implies that the Jews were tolerant as well, whereas the main focus of the passage is on how India has been tolerant of the Jews.

Statement B is accurate since it speaks of how Jews in India have never faced discrimination. From the term 'religous tolerance' we can see that people belonging to a particular religion and not facing discrimination would further the point of the passage.

Statement D is out of context.

Statement C is incorrect because it shifts the focus of the paragraph from the India being tolerant of Jews to Jews being tolerant of India.

Statement E is not in line with the overall theme and direction in which the para has been shaping up. It disregards the point on religious tolerance.

Question 70

From the given options, choose the sentence that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Given the cultural and intellectual interconnections, the question of what is ‘Western’ and what is ‘Eastern’ (or ‘Indian’) is often hard to decide, and the issue can be discussed only in more dialectical terms. The diagnosis of a thought as ‘purely Western’ or ‘purely Indian’ can be very illusory.

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Solution

B is not a proper concluding statement.

D is contrary to the theme of the para.

Among A, C and E, E is the best concluding statement since it is very specific and talks about the 'origin of thought' and 'purity', which is keeping in line with the flow of the paragraph.

Hence, option E is the correct answer.

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CAT 2008 Question Paper

Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

Buckle

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Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
File
[CAT 2008]

The genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and _ manner as ‘ethnic cleansing’, were also blamed, in further hand-washing rhetoric, on something dark and interior to _ and perpetrators alike.

As navigators, calendar makers, and other of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.

Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors: on the one hand, there is his ______ endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect of environment, including _

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Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate. Buckle [CAT 2008]

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The genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and _______ manner as ‘ethnic cleansing’, were also blamed, in further hand-washing rhetoric, on something dark and interior to _______ and perpetrators alike.

As navigators, calendar makers, and other __________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to __________ that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.

Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors: on the one hand, there is his __________ endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect of environment, including _____

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Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

Buckle

[CAT 2008]

Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
File
[CAT 2008]

The genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and _ manner as ‘ethnic cleansing’, were also blamed, in further hand-washing rhetoric, on something dark and interior to _ and perpetrators alike.

As navigators, calendar makers, and other of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.

Every human being, after the first few days of his life, is a product of two factors: on the one hand, there is his ______ endowment; and on the other hand, there is the effect of environment, including _