Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

1. In one shocking instance of .... research, one of the nation's most influential researchers in

the field of genetics

reported on experiments that were never carried out and published deliberately ...... scientific

papers on his

nonexistent work.

(1) comprehensive, abstract (2) theoretical, challenging

(3) fraudulent, deceptive (4) derivative, authoritative

(5) erroneous, impartial

  • D
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • E

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2. Japan's industrial success is ..... in part to its tradition of group effort and ...., as opposed to

the emphasis on

personal achievement that is a prominent aspect of other industrial nations.

(1) responsive, independence (2) related, introspection

(3) equivalent, solidarity (4) subordinate, individuality

(5) attributed, cooperation

  • E
  • C
  • D
  • A
  • B

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3. We are ..... the intellects of the past; or rather, like children we take it for granted that

somebody must supply us

with our supper and our .....

(1) ungrateful to, ideas (2) dependent on, repose (3) unfaithful to, needs (4) fortunate in,

allowance

(5) generous to, wants

  • E
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

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5. Baldwin's brilliant 'The Fire Next Time' is both so eloquent in its passion and so searching in

it's ..... that it is bound to

..... any reader.

(1) bitterness, embarrass (2) romanticism, appall

(3) candour, unsettle (4) indifference, disappoint

(5) conception, bore

  • E
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

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4. Picture

1. There have been a number of changes recently-let me put you in picture.

2. ever since he went into pictures the couple have been drifting apart.

3. from the reports, the picture of the service sector is encouraging.

4. after his brief disappearance a couple of months ago Edwin is back in the picture.

5. Atticus always told the lady that she looked a picture.

Q1)Nurturing young people's minds might not ______ their DNA,but it does help them achieve

their intellectual ________.

1)quash....quotient

2)eradicate....zenith

3)quell....capacity

4)annihilate....aptitude

5)override.....potential

  • D
  • A
  • C
  • E
  • B

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Q2)Feeling giddy in the _____ heat, and disillusioned by the ______ treatment meted out to

him, he decided to just lie down under the shade of a tree and doze off.

1)oppressive.....partisan

2)scorching.....step-motherly

3)repressive....permissive

4)malignant....unfathomable

5)unbearable....detrimental

  • C
  • A
  • B
  • D
  • E

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Q3)Driven to desperation by a desire to ______ her sister's death, she resorted to making nasty

_____ the accused, much to the consternation of all present in the court.

1)pay off....conclusions

2)redeem.....accusations

3)revenge....pointers

4)avenge.....insinuations

5)condemn.....fabrications

  • A
  • E
  • C
  • D
  • B

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Q4) During the Middle Ages, intellectuals who published works contrary to Church teachings

were deemed _____ and considered ______ to damnation.

1)maniacs.....appropriate

2)heretics....averse

3)insane.....conditioned

4)reprobates....predestined

5)atheists.....antithetical

  • B
  • A
  • E
  • D
  • C

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In how many ways can 16200 be written as a product of two factors which are relatively prime?Please explain the logic.

  • 4
  • 7
  • 8
  • 3

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When does the busy guy ______ time ?

  • have
  • has

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5 and 2^3 x 3^4 x 5

are not relatively prime @gun14

Q6)The only way for craftsmen to survive in the age of mass production is by imagining an

alternate model;a ______, with expensive articles made by master craftsmen occupying a small

_________ at the top and everyday articles produced by younger apprentices at the bottom.

1)cone.....clique

2)pyramid...niche

3)system....place

4)concept....territory

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  • 1
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Q7)No trait is good or bad in an ________ sense;each ______ with other personality

traits,expressing itself differently depending on context.

1)ethical.....vies

2)unambiguous.....develops

3)absolute.....jostles

4)errant.....blends

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  • 1

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Q8]From an arrangement meant to ______ the rearing of children,traditional marriage has

come to be seen as a private relationship centered on the _____ of adults for love and

companionship.

1)cherish.....commitments

2)nurture.....demands

3)foster.....needs

4)sustain.....exigency

  • 3
  • 1
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  • 2

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Q9)For months now,a bitter battle has been taking shape in Great Britain beyween defenders

of homeopathy and _____ who point to the lack of scientific evidence that the remedies offer

anything more than a _____ effect.

1)opponents.....recuperative

2)detractors.....placebo

3)adherents.....medicinal

4)experts.....therapeutic

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Q10) The very notion that one can sustain an enduring mental disorder based on anxious

______ of a traumatic event that never materializes is a radical _______ from the cllinical and

comon sense understanding that disabling stress disorders are caused by traumatic events that

actually do happen to people.

1)anticipation....departure

2)symptoms....revelation

3)portrayal....escape

4)premonition....aberration

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1. Each state is divided into territorial ________ in such a manner that the ratio between the

population

of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it is, so far as ________ , the same

throughout

the state.

(1) constituencies; practicable (2) districts; amenable

(3) units; required (4) boundaries; auditable

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If Sir RJ fails, the team wins the match. The team has won the match. Which of the

following statements is true?

1) Sir RJ has failed

2) Sir RJ succeeded

3) Sir RJ may have failed or succeeded

4) None of the above

At a media interaction earlier this month, the Navy Chief indicated that the Indian

navy was prepared to protect the nation's interests in the South China Sea. The

navy chief's comments were drawn out from him by excitable journalists, so it is

advisable to take them with a pinch of salt.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion above?

1) The Navy has a well laid out media interaction policy.

2) The Navy chief had decided to make this announcement before the

media interaction.

3) The Navy Chief has been caught saying things in the past which he

has had to take back.

4) With the pressure to earn new readership, journalists go to extreme

measures to get bites.