Test Level 1: Sentence/Paragraph Completion - CAT MCQ
10 Questions MCQ Test - Test Level 1: Sentence/Paragraph Completion
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.
They damned themselves to the chronic anxiety of a mountie, fearing exposure, when they took upon themselves the roles of enlightened leaders, knowing fully well that their knowledge rested on nothing but haze.
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 3.
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Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then, fill the blanks which are numbered with the help of the alternatives given.
Buck lived in a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was called. It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which (i) ______ could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides. The house was (ii) ______ by graveled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars. At the rear, things were on even a more (iii) ______ scale than at the front. There were great (iv) ______, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants' cottages, an endless and orderly (v) ______ of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards and berry patches. Then there was the pumping plant for the artesian well and the big cement tank where judge Miller's boys took their morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon. And over this great demesne, Buck ruled. Here, he was born and here, he had lived the four years of his life.
Fill blank (v).
Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then, fill the blanks which are numbered with the help of the alternatives given.
Buck lived in a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was called. It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which (i) ______ could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four sides. The house was (ii) ______ by graveled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars. At the rear, things were on even a more (iii) ______ scale than at the front. There were great (iv) ______, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants' cottages, an endless and orderly (v) ______ of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards and berry patches. Then there was the pumping plant for the artesian well and the big cement tank where judge Miller's boys took their morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon. And over this great demesne, Buck ruled. Here, he was born and here, he had lived the four years of his life.
Fill blank (ii).
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.
The secret to financial bliss is _______ our borrowings and fulfilling our _______ and responsibilities within our means.
Directions: The sentence has two blanks. Each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Choose the option with words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and mark it as your answer.
The collective action of demanding bonus in Bengaluru entails a cultural-political ____ away from a gift economy relationship and ____ a more commodified economy under conditions of precarity in the informal economy.
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.
Pregnant women and newborn babies must be _______ for an underactive thyroid as it can _______ the child's mental development.
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.
There are two ways to _______ with any obstacle—either you get _______ down by it or you face it head on.
Directions: Select the option that fills in the blanks most suitably.
Comparative advertising can sometimes ________ very badly and instead of gaining more ________ the company promoting such practices may actually lose them.
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.
I am 89 now and have _______ and visited many vessels in the 50 years of my _______ career.
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