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CAT 2020 || Verbal Ability Quiz No 74 - PYQPs || 26.11.2020

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Question 1

Direction: Read the given passage carefully. Choose the most appropriate option from the given alternatives which expresses the summary of the passage.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) closed a factory in the Kodai Foothills after it was revealed that it had been dumping mercury waste illegally, according to the Redditor's complaint. Mercury contamination of Kodaikkanal has been documented by articles in the past. It has already been established that workers in this factory are suffering from serious conditions as a result of their exposure—and HUL has apparently done nothing to compensate them. The factory, producing mercury thermometers, was relocated from Watertown, New York, to the site in Kodaikanal in 1983 by Ponds (acquired by HUL in 1986). HUL claimed that the factory damaged neither the environment outside the factory nor the workers' health. But then that's what they all say. Assurances were made that it would not cause damage to people or environment. The factory operated in Kodaikanal for around 15 years until it was revealed to be releasing mercury into the locality and public pressure caused HUL to shut the factory down and, two years later, ship mercury waste back to New York for treatment because, of course, India had no suitable facilities. HUL made no efforts to compensate workers who suffered exposure from working at the factory, and now it appears that longer-term effects are being felt by residents of a village in the area who are suffering an alarmingly high cancer mortality rate.

i. HUL closed the factory in Kodai Foothills due to tax rules in the country not being their favour.
ii. The factory, owned by HUL, has been discharging mercury in the local environment and locality.
iii. The unchecked environmental degradation by the HUL owned factory, has caused numerous harms to the locals living there.

Question 2

Direction: Read the given passage carefully. Choose the most appropriate option from the given alternatives which expresses the summary of the passage.
When vacation plans are tossed around, few Mumbaikars can resist the lure of Goa. For those who’ve only wistfully watched Bollywood versions, the Bombay-to-Goa trip ought to rank among the best of its kind in India. Soon, getting to the sunshine state might itself be just as memorable an experience as holidaying there. The route between Mumbai and Goa is set to host India’s first-ever luxury cruise line and you can start sailing as early as October this year. The Mumbai to Goa cruise service, which some reports claimed was starting in August, will launch on 3rd October, as confirmed by Angriya Sea Eagle Pvt Ltd, the company running the service. According to reports, the ship has been named Angriya after Admiral Kanhoji Angre, the 1st notable admiral in the Maratha navy and the great coral bank reef, named Angria bank between Maharashtra and Goa. The ship can accommodate 400 people at a time and has some affluent offerings onboard.


i) A new luxury cruise is set up between Mumbai and Goa that would sail this October.
ii) The Angriya is expected to complete the voyage from Mumbai to Goa in 16 hours.
iii) A new lifesaver raft is set up between Mumbai and Goa that would sail this October.

Question 3

Direction: Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
Since the introduction of advertising many centuries ago, women have been objectified, and in some instances, insulted or degraded. In 2010, a five-minute video featuring Jean Kilbourne went viral, racking up over 2 million views; it covered the very negative effects of advertising on women and girls. Advertising, marketing, and the fashion industry have created a new type of woman that does not exist in the real world. Men from an early age are told to desire this woman. This is the woman featured in ads for perfumes and lingerie. The women in ads are not human. They are a creation of an industry obsessed with perfection, and selling products to women that they claim will help them achieve the impossible goal they have set.

Question 4

Direction: In the given question, a statement has been divided into five segments, each of which is denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Rearrange all the segments to form a coherent statement.

A) the headlines read,

B) the first such lapse

C) in two centuries

D) at Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral,

E) there will be no Christmas

Question 5

Direction: In the given question, a statement has been divided into five segments, each of which is denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). Rearrange all the segments to form a coherent statement.

A) in the Australian history has killed at least 18 people,

B) one of the worst wildfire seasons

C) destroyed more than 1,000 homes

D) to contain more than 100 blazes

E) and left firefighters struggling

Question 6

Direction: In the following passage, there are two blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers; against each question, five options with two words in each have been suggested (both the words should fit the given blank).
Chronobiology might sound a little (6) – like something from a science fiction novel, perhaps – but it’s actually a field of study that concerns one of the oldest processes life on this planet has ever known: short-term rhythms of time and their effect on flora and fauna.
This can take many forms. Marine life, for example, is influenced by tidal patterns. Animals tend to be active or inactive depending on the position of the sun or moon. Numerous creatures, humans included, are largely diurnal – that is, they like to come out during the hours of sunlight. Nocturnal animals, such as bats and possums, prefer to (7) by night. A third group are known as crepuscular: they thrive in the low-light of dawn and dusk and remain inactive at other hours.
Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 7

Direction: In the following passage, there are two blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers; against each question, five options with two words in each have been suggested (both the words should fit the given blank).
Chronobiology might sound a little (6) – like something from a science fiction novel, perhaps – but it’s actually a field of study that concerns one of the oldest processes life on this planet has ever known: short-term rhythms of time and their effect on flora and fauna.
This can take many forms. Marine life, for example, is influenced by tidal patterns. Animals tend to be active or inactive depending on the position of the sun or moon. Numerous creatures, humans included, are largely diurnal – that is, they like to come out during the hours of sunlight. Nocturnal animals, such as bats and possums, prefer to (7) by night. A third group are known as crepuscular: they thrive in the low-light of dawn and dusk and remain inactive at other hours.
Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 8

Direction: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).
The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region has the maximum reserve of frozen water after the poles, due to that ____________.

Question 9

Direction: In each of the following questions a sentence is given with a blank.Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).
When Margot, a writer and married woman meets Daniel, an artist, on a plane- ride back to Toronto, __________________.

Question 10

Direction: In the question given below, three sentences have been given and in each of the sentences, four words have been highlighted. The spelling or the context of the highlighted words may or may not be correct. From the given alternatives, choose the one which indicates the incorrect word in each statement. If all the words in all the sentences are correct, choose option E i.e. ‘All are correct’ as your answer.

A. The situation (1) impacted data flow, and with statutory (2) reporting timelines extended the estimates (3) would likely create (4) revision.

B. It is a curious (1) paradox (2) that proffesional (3) comedians often have unhappy (4) personal lives.
C. Instances are quoted of highly contrived (1) antithesis (2), of mixed metaphor (3) and elaborate circumlocation (4).

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