The following questions are from Text Completion for Verbal Ability for CAT. Text Completion questions often feature in the CAT. A couple of sentences with blanks are given, along with word options for each blank. You need to choose the right combination of words that make sense in the given context. If you would like to take these questions as a Quiz, head on here to take these questions in a test format, absolutely free.
For as long as men have had access to mirrors, they’ve been fretting about their scalps going ____________. It was a particular obsession of Julius Caesar; the wreath of laurels he wore was less a _____________ to Roman tradition than an attempt at covering up his shiny pate.
“Bare” means uncovered. “Barren” is used for low fertility, or to describe a desolate land. Bared is the past tense of the verb form of bare. Barred means blocked. To nod to tradition is to acknowledge it, to bow to tradition is to accept it and to deliver a blow to tradition is to go against it. Bare & nod fits into the given context.
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The following questions are from Text Completion for Verbal Ability for CAT. Text Completion questions often feature in the CAT. A couple of sentences with blanks are given, along with word options for each blank. You need to choose the right combination of words that make sense in the given context. If you would like to take these questions as a Quiz, head on here to take these questions in a test format, absolutely free.
Cetus is a very large constellation that can be readily recognized from the peculiar ____________ of its _______________ stars.
The word “confirmation” means verification, “configuration” means arrangement, “composition” means make-up “comformation” means shape or structural arrangement. The words confirmation & composition do not make any sense here. Out of the words Principle(basic truth/rule of action or moral conduct) & Principal (chief/primary/predominant) 'principal' is the word that fits. Cetus can be identified by the peculiar arrangement of its important/main stars.
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The following questions are from Text Completion for Verbal Ability for CAT. Text Completion questions often feature in the CAT. A couple of sentences with blanks are given, along with word options for each blank. You need to choose the right combination of words that make sense in the given context. If you would like to take these questions as a Quiz, head on here to take these questions in a test format, absolutely free.
________ of protesters joined the agitation and did not heed the repeated requests by the police not to ________ the barricades.
Hordes means a large group of people, and Hoards means a stock pile or cache. 'Hordes' is the option that fits in the given sentence.
For second blank; breach means break through, and breech means the lower part of something. Correct word is “breach” in the given context.
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The following questions are from Text Completion for Verbal Ability for CAT. Text Completion questions often feature in the CAT. A couple of sentences with blanks are given, along with word options for each blank. You need to choose the right combination of words that make sense in the given context. If you would like to take these questions as a Quiz, head on here to take these questions in a test format, absolutely free.
Even before newspaper editorials shrank into vestigial artifacts of a bygone era, their impact was ______________________. Editorial boards have long tended to have durable leanings which _________________ their persuasive power over partisan politics.
“Even before newspaper editorials shrank into vestigial artifacts of a bygone era, their impact was ______________________” the word that fits the first blank is likely to be negative—Hence “self-limiting”, or “negligible” can fit into.
Editorial boards have long tended to have durable leanings which _________________ their persuasive power over partisan politics. Since the author is generally being negative about the influence/reach of newspaper editorials, the word 'undermine' is the one that fits this blank best.
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The following questions are from Text Completion for Verbal Ability for CAT. Text Completion questions often feature in the CAT. A couple of sentences with blanks are given, along with word options for each blank. You need to choose the right combination of words that make sense in the given context. If you would like to take these questions as a Quiz, head on here to take these questions in a test format, absolutely free.
Laughter is a complex and __________________ social signal. People interpret laughter in a way that is _____________ with their interpretations of other people’s intentions.
'Ambivalent' is used to describe a person whose feelings are mixed. Laughter cannot be called ambivalent. The options 'misleading' and 'misconstrued' imply that laughter is always misleading or misconstrued which doesn’t support the second statement. Hence “Ambiguous” is the obvious choice.
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