Weekly Revision Quiz || VARC || CAT 2021 II 31 October for CAT & MBA Exams

Question 1

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

A king, when once returning to his palace, complained that his feet were very painful because it was the first time that he had been for such a long trip and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He, then, ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin and would cost a huge amount of money. Then, one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, ______. The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion; to make a "shoe" for himself.

Question 2

Directions: Five statements are given below, labelled A, B, C, D and E. Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage.

Question 3

Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Coral reefs are one of the most ____, biologically complex, and diverse marine ____ on Earth.

Question 4

Direction: Read the given passage carefully. Choose the most appropriate option from the given alternatives which expresses the summary of the passage.

The car has reshaped our cities and colonized our imaginations. It seems to offer autonomy for everyone. There is something almost delightful in the buoyant detachment from reality of advertisements showing mass-produced cars, almost all impossible for any but obsessives to tell apart, marketed as symbols of individuality and of freedom when most of their lives will be spent making short journeys on choked roads.

Question 5

Direction: In the given question, four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words and indicate your answer by marking the option which represents the correct combination.

A) Dispense

B) Cure

C) Distribute

D) Annoy

Question 6

Direction: The following questions have a paragraph from which a sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one which fills in the blank and completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

To achieve the objective of wealth maximisation, a company should continuously evaluate its portfolio of business, capital mix, and ownership and assets arrangements to find out opportunities for increasing the wealth of shareholders. __________________________. Although the economic considerations in terms of motives and effect of business combinations are similar but the legal procedures involved are different.

Question 7

Directions: Five statements are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. Among these, four statements are in logical order and form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the option that does not fit into the theme of the passage

A). Because every society has a spatial relationship to the natural world and other societies, the structures they produce reveal much about their environment, ceremonies, and artistic sensibility, as well as many aspects of daily life.
B). The practice of architecture is employed to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic ends.
C). Although the two architectural ends may be distinguished, they cannot be separated, and the relative weight given to each can vary widely.
D). Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.
E). It requires the creative manipulation and coordination of materials and technology, and of light and shadow.

Question 8

Direction: A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the pair of words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Norway has stolen a march over other developed countries by _______ that it would reduce 40% of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and ______ carbon neutral by 2030.

Question 9

Direction: Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.

People have blamed the television for children throwing themselves off the roofs and risking their lives doing dangerous stunts in an attempt to copy superheroes and models in advertisements. Some even believe that brutality on television could be the direct cause for juvenile crime. Programs that show huge wrestlers fighting with each other to excite a screaming public and even seemingly innocuous cartoons like Tom and Jerry where they are seen constantly bashing each other send certain messages to children. Through such violent programs children get the idea that violence is a means to power. Children and are particularly vulnerable to the messages conveyed through television, which influence what they think and how they behave.

Question 10

Direction: In the given question, four words are given of which two are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words and indicate your answer by marking the option which represents the correct combination.

A) Fidelity

B) Loyalty

C) Consequence

D) Anxiety