Test Level 1: Text Summary/Text Completion - CAT MCQ

Directions: Choose the most suitable meaning of the italicised idiom/phrase.
Contrary to the usual cinematography of his life, it was not a seamlessly unfolding panorama.

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. Choose the option which best fits the sequence logically.
Recently, I had difficulty with one of my tyres, so I went to the tyre store to get it replaced. Much to my chagrin, the service attendant identified a small problem with another tyre, which indicated the front end was out of alignment. He explained that if I did not correct the alignment, I would soon be replacing yet another tyre. Needless to say, realigning the front end of my car cost money, but the investment actually saved me additional costs in the future. The attendant (salesperson) did not cause the problems; he simply identified the problem and offered a solution, (______) We do not create problems; we identify them and offer solutions through our goods and services.

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. Choose the option which best fits the sequence logically.
In contrast to the early discoveries of exoplanets, we now find that less than 1 in 5 exoplanets are to be found very close to their stars, a few orbiting with a period of 5 to 50 days (______). This supports the idea that they are formed at Jupiter-like distances from their host star. Dependent on the details of the early solar system, most giant planets probably spiral inwards towards their star until they reach a point where a lack of frictional forces stops their further migration.

Directions: Read the given context and answer the question that follows.
With the assault on New York, the anarchy that has been one of the by-products of globalisation in much of the world can no longer be ignored. The ragged, irregular armies of the world's most collapsed zones have proved that they can reach the heart of its richest and most powerful state. Their brutal coup is an example of what military analysts call 'asymmetric threat' in other words, the power of the weak against the strong.
The last sentence of the paragraph has been deleted. Which of the following completes the paragraph, most suitably?

Directions: Read the given context and answer the question that follows.
The first lecture, the one that was supposed to explain what scientific thinking is about, was called 'The Uncertainty of Science' by Feynman. The uncertainty he had in mind was not that of Heisenberg, but rather that of Kari Popper: that scientists should be skeptical of their own theories, or in other words, have an open mind. As with most scientists who profess to follow Popper, he consistently refutes himself throughout his lectures.
To Feynman, science has three parts: the facts or body of knowledge, the method or process that we use to establish those facts, and the applications of science, that is to say, technology. To him it's an article of faith that technology follows science. He would regard technology arising on its own as something akin to the Virgin Birth.
The last sentence of the paragraph has been deleted. Which of the following completes the paragraph, most suitably?

The framers of curriculums have differed greatly in the knowledge they prescribe. If there have been times when all the students at school or college studied the same things, as if it were obvious that without exposure to a common body of knowledge they would not be educated at all, there have been other times when specialization ran so wild that it might almost seem as if educated men had abandoned the thought of ever talking to each other once their education was completed.
If knowledge is one of our marks, we can hardly be dogmatic about the kind or the amount. However, if the framer of a curriculum wants to minimize his risks, _____________.
Which of the following completes the paragraph, most suitably?

Directions: Read the given context and answer the question that follows.
A shrewd peasant was always protected well enough against impostors in the market place, and we have all sorts of businessmen who have made themselves excellent judges of phoniness without the benefit of a high-school diploma; but this kind of shrewdness goes along with a great deal of credulity. Outside the limited field within which experience has taught the peasant or the illiterate businessman his lessons, he is often hopelessly gullible.
The last sentence of the paragraph has been deleted. Which of the following completes the paragraph, most suitably?