1998 CAT PAPER SOLVED
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CAT 1998 Paper
Section 1
Direction for questions 1 to 5: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.
1.
British Airspace has been focusing on building European links.
a. concentrating on creating European links
b. pursuing ways of building European connectivity
c. stressing on building European links
d. focusing on forging European links
2.
The appetite of banks for funds was lost under the onslaught of the slowdown, corporates refused to borrow even as bank deposits flourished.
a. bank deposits flourished
b. bank deposits swelled
c. bank deposits were enhanced
d. bank deposits flummoxed
3.
The 8th-century revival of Byzantine learning is an inexplicable phenomenon, and its economic and military precursors have yet to be discovered.
a. a phenomenon yet to be discovered
b. a phenomenon incompletely explained
c. an inexplicable phenomenon
d. an unidentifiable phenomenon
4.
The management can still hire freely but cannot scold freely.
a. cannot scold at will
b. cannot give umbrage
c. cannot take decisions to scold
d. cannot scold willfully
5.
Many people mistake familiarity for a vulgar style, and suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random speed.
a. is to write at random
b. is to write randomly
c. is to write fast
d. is to do speed writing
Direction for questins 6 to 15: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
6.
Football evokes a ___ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___ the nation.
a. tepid ... boiling
b. lukewarm ... electrifies
c. turbid ... fascinating
d. apocryphal ... genuinely fascinates
7.
Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom — these areas are few of the ___ for the ___ of proper emotional reactions.
a. things ... growth
b. fertile areas ... basis
c. fertile fields ...
CAT 1998 Paper
Section 1
Direction for questions 1 to 5: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.
1.
British Airspace has been focusing on building European links.
a. concentrating on creating European links
b. pursuing ways of building European connectivity
c. stressing on building European links
d. focusing on forging European links
2.
The appetite of banks for funds was lost under the onslaught of the slowdown, corporates refused to borrow even as bank deposits flourished.
a. bank deposits flourished
b. bank deposits swelled
c. bank deposits were enhanced
d. bank deposits flummoxed
3.
The 8th-century revival of Byzantine learning is an inexplicable phenomenon, and its economic and military precursors have yet to be discovered.
a. a phenomenon yet to be discovered
b. a phenomenon incompletely explained
c. an inexplicable phenomenon
d. an unidentifiable phenomenon
4.
The management can still hire freely but cannot scold freely.
a. cannot scold at will
b. cannot give umbrage
c. cannot take decisions to scold
d. cannot scold willfully
5.
Many people mistake familiarity for a vulgar style, and suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random speed.
a. is to write at random
b. is to write randomly
c. is to write fast
d. is to do speed writing
Direction for questins 6 to 15: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
6.
Football evokes a ___ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___ the nation.
a. tepid ... boiling
b. lukewarm ... electrifies
c. turbid ... fascinating
d. apocryphal ... genuinely fascinates
7.
Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom — these areas are few of the ___ for the ___ of proper emotional reactions.
a. things ... growth
b. fertile areas ... basis
c. fertile fields ...