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Sentence/Paragraph Completion Questions for CAT with Answers PDF

This EduRev document offers 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from the topic Sentence/Paragraph Completion (Level - 2). These questions are of Level - 2 difficulty and will assist you in the preparation of CAT & other MBA exams. You can practice/attempt these CAT Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and check the explanations for a better understanding of the topic. 

Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

There is something (1)_____ to human pride in a rustic life. It grates against the heart to think of the tone in which we unconsciously permit ourselves to (2)_____ a rustic. We see in him humanity in its (3)_____ state. It is a sad thought to feel that we despise him; that all we (4)_____ in our species is what has been (5)_____ by art; the gaudy dress, the glittering equipage, or even the cultivated intellect. The mere and naked material of nature we eye with indifference, or (6)_____ on with disdain. Poor child of toil, from the grey dawn to the setting sun, one long test of (7)_____. And then too, mark how we comment upon his scanty holidays, how we hedge in his mirth, and how we turn hilarity into crime. Do we not mistake the idyllic, (8)_____ rustic charm for uncouth, inelegant artlessness?
Why not look upon the whole issue from the other (9)_____. How does the rustic view the uptown gentry? The view will surely not be very (10)_____. And yet, the 'rustic' has the civility to 'waive off' such 'reckless' opinions about the urban folk and restrict himself to the upkeep of values only on his own part.

Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (10).

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: The passage has blanks and each blank is numbered. A word is given in brackets for each blank. If the given word is correct, choose option 5 as your answer. Else, choose the most appropriate word from among the given options.

Indeed, the sheer joy of watching a movie and ___1 (keeping)___ on our favourite food go hand in hand. However, to be forced to cough up extra money to not just ___2 (terminate)___ hunger pangs, but also quench thirst is an aftertaste that no cinegoer relishes. Both the steep prices and the ___3 (production)___ to carry your food items in cinema halls have been a cause of heartburn for many a movie viewer. Invariably the ___4 (element)___ of a good film is soured by the exorbitant cost of not just sundry food items such as popcorn, soft drinks and burger, but even an essential bottle of water, all of which are sold at an unjustified premium. Now at least viewers in Maharashtra can heave a sigh of relief. Come August, they will be able to take their food into cinema halls and also expect ___5 (reconsideration)___ of food prices.
The Maharashtra Government has done well to pay ___6 (need)___ to the Bombay High Court's observation which had not too long ago directed to look into the matter. Why film viewers should be compelled to buy food, the Bench had rightly asked. More so, since the existing rules don't even justify the arbitrariness of the diktat that viewers are forced to comply with. Unlike other avenues of entertainment, cinema is not an elitist medium aimed at a privileged few ready to pay extra for fringe ___7 (effects)___; instead it is everyone's cup of tea. Thus masses' prime time passion for cinema can't become an excuse to deny them their fair share of tea, cola, coffee at a fair price.
Analysts speaking on ___8 (destruction)___ of multiplex owners might cry foul and dub the Maharashtra Government's decision a populist move. However, the impending step that has already brought cheer to viewers in Maharashtra is worthy of ___9 (clearance)___, and other states must take a cue. The veiled threat that this could lead to further escalation in movie ticket prices can't be taken lying down and should be met with the same resolve and intention that drives the lifting of existing ban. Overcharging for food and water by cinema hall owners ___10 (leads)___ to fraud.

Fill in the blank 10.

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: The following question has a sentence or a paragraph with one italicized and underlined word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the sentence/ paragraph.

That is the theme running through the trend discussion; a theme easily summed up in one word: excrescence. It is increasingly being used in harmony with other management tools, providing managers with a unified view of all financial, customer and employee concerns.

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: Read the below passage carefully, consider the options given and answer the question that follows.

Von Nuemann and Morgenstern assume a decision framework in which all options are thoroughly considered, each option being independent of the others, with a numerical value derived for the utility of each possible outcome (these outcomes electing, in turn, all possible combinations of choices). The decision is then made to maximise the expected utility. (1) ________, such a model reflects major simplifications of the way decisions are made in the real world. Humans, not able to process information as quickly and effectively as the model assumes, tend not think (2) ________ as easily as the model calls for; they often deal with a particular option without really assessing its alternatives and when they do assess alternatives, they may be extremely nebulous about their criteria of (3) ________.

Fill in the blank 2.

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: Read the below passage carefully, consider the options given and answer the question that follows.

Von Nuemann and Morgenstern assume a decision framework in which all options are thoroughly considered, each option being independent of the others, with a numerical value derived for the utility of each possible outcome (these outcomes electing, in turn, all possible combinations of choices). The decision is then made to maximise the expected utility. (1) ________, such a model reflects major simplifications of the way decisions are made in the real world. Humans, not able to process information as quickly and effectively as the model assumes, tend not think (2) ________ as easily as the model calls for; they often deal with a particular option without really assessing its alternatives and when they do assess alternatives, they may be extremely nebulous about their criteria of (3) ________.

Fill in the blank 1.

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: Read the following passage carefully, consider the options given and answer.

In my opinion, the "new modesty" is neither new nor modest, and the choice is not between a proper modesty and self-aggrandizement. There was nothing ______ about Latour thinking, as he ______ on the nature of academic work in the spring of 2003, about the invasion of Iraq. Academic work will never be an "intervention" on that scale. But Latour's fans should not forget that he was suggesting a ______ between these two sorts of intervention (militaristic and scholarly), and he was not wrong to do so.

Consider the following words -
1. reflected
2. lucid
3. linkage
4. brooded
5. antagonism
6. sensible
7. preposterous

Which of the following options is the most appropriate sequence that would meaningfully fit the blanks in the above passage?

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.

A compact crowd, ________ but orderly, was held in place by a lone policeman.

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.

We are all animated with the spirit of an industry which is ________ and unrestrained, because each person works for himself.

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: From among the given combinations, choose the one that contains words that fit in the sentence in the same order and make the sentence logically and grammatically correct.

Unruly people may become _________, if they are treated with _______ by those around them.

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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
Try yourself:Directions: In this question, select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably (in the same order).

The Goseck circle throws a flood of light on the Neolithic period, a stage of cultural ______________ when the ______________ life started, and people started using stone tools, experimenting in ______________ such as pottery and weaving.

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