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Para-Completion || Verbal Ability || CAT 2021 || 26 April

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Question 1

Each question below consists of an incomplete sentence. Four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D are given beneath each sentence. Mark the option that best completes the sentences.
made after English settlers came to Jamestown was a map of Virginia by john Smith, the famous adventurer:

Question 2

A partially completed paragraph is below, followed by fillers a,b,c. From option A, B, C and D, identify the right combination and order of fillers a,b or c that will best complete the paragraph.
In cultivating team spirit, one should not forget the importance of discipline. _________It is the duty of all the numbers of the team to observe discipline in its proper perspective.
a. A proper team spirit can seldom be based on discipline.
b. It is a well known fact that team spirit and discipline can never go hand in hand
c. Discipline in its right perspective would mean sacrificing self to some extent.

Question 3

Direction: In the following question, a short passage is given, with numbers mentioned before or after some of the sentences. The passage is followed by a statement, which would replace one of these numbers and fit appropriately in the passage to make it complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound). Select the option that mentions the number where the statement should fit. If the given sentence does not fit anywhere, mark “None of these” as your answer.
Women account for more than 50 per cent of Africa’s combined population. (1) Yet they contributed to only 33 per cent of the continent’s collective GDP in 2018. (2) This is due to poor progress on gender equality in the region since 2015, says a recent McKinsey report. (3) The score assigned by Mckinsey gender index is based on 15 indicators of progress covering four aspects—gender equality at work, society, legal protection, and political voice, and physical security and autonomy. (4)

Statement: At the current pace, the continent would need close to 142 years to achieve gender equality, says the report.

Question 4

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 5

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).
If Roald Dahl's children novels are the epitome of finding hope in the heart of adversity, his adult novels are a _____________________.

Question 6

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 7

Direction: A short passage is given with one of the lines missing in it, which is 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).
The rate of conviction in SC and ST atrocity cases in the State has reached 22 per cent from 10 per cent last year due to the proper investigations done by the departments concerned and the increased awareness that enabled the aggrieved persons to get justice. The government has been appointing special public prosecutors in 'most sensational' and long-pending cases and has issued guidelines to increase people's understanding of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act _________.

Question 8

Direction: In the following question, a sentence with a part of it missing and represented by a blank is given. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the sentence complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).
How do you do it? Your colleagues, neighbours, family and friends, how do they all do it? "I follow my nose," says Dan Rhodes, author of Gold, "I am always on the hunt for the next book that's going to rock my world... my favourite thing is still going into a shop and coming out with something I'd never heard of." But if you stand in any bookstore, you're unlikely to see many people using their noses, they just head straight for the "new" Salman Rushdie or the "latest" Chetan Bhagat or the "most recent" Shobhaa De or the "new bestseller" from Paulo Coelho: ________.

Question 9

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).
The tragedy about data collection in India is that by the time primary data is converted into usable information, it may be too late to aid policy intervention. This is true of data collected by not just government agencies such as the National Sample Survey Organization but also think tanks such as the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER). One of the criticisms of Human Development in India: Challenges for a Society in Transition-a report put together by NCAER and Institute of Maryland, US-is that it is based on data collected at least six years back ____________________ .

Question 10

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).
When talks come to how India has done for itself in 50 years of independence, the world has nothing but praise for our success in remaining a democracy. On other fronts, the applaud is a little less loud. In absolute terms, India has not done too badly, of course, life expectancy has increased. So has literacy. Industry, which was barely a fledgeling, has grown tremendously. And as far as agriculture is concerned, India has been transformed from a country perpetually on the edge of starvation into a success story which is held up for others to emulate. _________________.
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