Para Completion || VARC || CAT 2021 II 28 September for CAT & MBA Exams

Question 1

Direction: In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent.

India is the world’s largest producer of sugarcane and second largest producer of sugar after Cuba. This industry involves a total capital investment of Rs. 1,250 crore and provides employment to 2.86 lakh workers. In addition, 2.50 crore sugarcane growers also get benefit from this industry. India has a long tradition of manufacturing sugar. References of sugar making by the Indians are found even in the Atharva Veda. India is rightly called the homeland of sugar. But in ancient times, only gur and khandsari were made ______

Question 2

Direction: In the following question, a short passage with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

Some persons with excessive daytime sleepiness or EDS, including those with hypersomnias like narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia, are compelled to nap repeatedly during the day; fighting off increasingly strong urges to sleep during inappropriate times such as while driving, while at work, during a meal, or in conversations. As the compulsion to sleep intensifies, the ability to complete tasks sharply diminishes, often mimicking the appearance of intoxication. During occasional unique and/or stimulating circumstances, a person with EDS can sometimes remain animated, awake and alert, for brief or extended periods of time. _______

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

Many of us will occasionally experience days when we simply feel tired all day long. Usually, this is caused by poor sleep the night before, an intense workout the previous day, or even symptoms of a cold or flu. The feelings of extreme fatigue are often remedied with a little rest during the day or some good old fashioned sleep the next night. For some, however, feeling tired and rundown during waking hours is an everyday occurrence. While there are many possible causes of extreme daytime sleepiness including dietary deficiencies, depression, diabetes, anemia, or ________.

Question 4

Direction: In the given question, a short passage, with one of the statements missing (represented by a blank), is given. Choose the most appropriate statement which can make the passage complete and coherent.

Although cotton textile is one of the most important industries in India, it suffers from many problems. Indian cotton textile industry suffered a lot as a result of partition because most of the long staple cotton growing areas went to Pakistan. Although much headway has been made to improve the production of raw cotton, its supply has always fallen short of the demand. ______

Question 5

Direction: In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent.

Fashion and accessories brands from around the world are waking up to the spending power of the aspirational Indian consumer. A number of homegrown brands are now carving out a niche for themselves with their own East-meets-West sensibility. Combining good design and minimalist style with Indian materials and craftsmanship, designers are giving fashion-forward shoppers a chance to buy local, selling well-made clothing and accessories at a price that is well within their reach. Over the past few years, brands such as Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, and Kate Spade have all set up shop in big cities, providing discerning consumers with the affordable luxury styles they could previously only pick up in the West. _______

Question 6

Direction: In the following question, a short passage with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).

China's economy has enjoyed 30 years of double-digit growth, making it the world's largest. Its success was based on a command economy that drove growth through government spending. China’s success is inseparable from its much reformed decision-making process, which can be described as neo-democratic centralism or a modern form of democratic centralism. This decision-making process receives inputs from thousands of think tanks, government agencies, universities, prominent scholars and professionals, including not infrequently heated debates in the social media and on the micro-blogging Weibo. The old Soviet-style decision-making process was indeed more about centralism than democracy, but ______.

Question 7

Direction: In the given question, a short passage, with one of the statements missing (represented by a blank), is given. Choose the most appropriate statement which can make the passage complete and coherent.

Drug abuse is a major public health problem that impacts society on multiple levels. Directly or indirectly, every community is affected by drug abuse and addiction, as is every family. Drugs take a tremendous toll on our society at many levels. Globally, over 200 million people consume some form of illicit drugs. The trafficking of illicit drugs and hallucinogens is the largest illegal business in the world ________.

Question 8

Direction: In the given question, a short passage, with one of the statements missing (represented by a blank), is given. Choose the most appropriate statement which can make the passage complete and coherent.

One day, a King saw a strange dream. He dreamt of a magnificent magical palace. It was made of dazzling stones and floated in the air. The palace had every comfort and amenity that one could ever wish for. It could be lit up with a thousand lights or made to disappear into the darkness in a jiffy. The next day when the king woke up, he vividly remembered the dream and asked his fellow men to build it for him.________

Question 9

Direction: In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent.

The fact of the matter was, I did have a hobby—a very special hobby. One I could only share with a select few. You see, I kill people. Or I should say, I used to kill people. I know what you’re thinking: thrill-killer. Those nasty reprobates Leopold and Loeb come to mind. Or you might be thinking I’m a killer in the vein of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley, a sociopath who kills to get ahead. No, I used to kill in order to help people; it was sort of like charity with me. I would see people having a hard time and I’d use my talents to get rid of, say, a nasty father, a vicious wife, an exploitive uncle. You’re probably thinking I’m some kind of a maniac ______

Question 10

Direction: In the given question, a short passage, with one of the statements missing (represented by a blank), is given. Choose the most appropriate statement which can make the passage complete and coherent.

I had been in the backyard no more than two minutes when Roger Telford’s bald head popped up above the boundary fence. It was hardly a surprise. ________________. To merely call them nosy neighbors would be to do them an injustice. They are the quintessential, prototypical poster children for nosy neighbors-sly, sneaky, suspicious, intrusive, rude, and annoying in the extreme.