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Q.No: 1
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [74] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the income tax department. “ I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [75] and [76], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [77]; automobiles may be [78], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [79] until the case is settled.”

A
devious
B
blunt
C
tactful
D
pretentious
Solution:
Q.No: 2
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [74] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the income tax department. “ I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [75] and [76], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [77]; automobiles may be [78], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [79] until the case is settled.”

A
interest
B
taxes
C
principal
D
returns
Solution:
Q.No: 3
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [74] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the income tax department. “ I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [75] and [76], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [77]; automobiles may be [78], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [79] until the case is settled.”

A
sanctions
B
refunds
C
fees
D
fines
Solution:
Q.No: 4
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [74] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the income tax department. “ I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [75] and [76], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [77]; automobiles may be [78], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [79] until the case is settled.”

A
closed
B
detached
C
attached
D
impounded
Solution:
Q.No: 5
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [74] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the income tax department. “ I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [75] and [76], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [77]; automobiles may be [78], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [79] until the case is settled.”

A
smashed
B
seized
C
dismantled
D
frozen
Solution:
Q.No: 6
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [74] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the income tax department. “ I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [75] and [76], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [77]; automobiles may be [78], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [79] until the case is settled.”

A
purchaser
B
victim
C
investor
D
offender
Solution:
Q.No: 7
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

At that time the white house was as serene as a resort hotel out of season. The corridors were [80]. In the various offices, [81] gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his [82] was easily set off; he scowled when he [83] the corridors.

A
striking
B
hollow
C
empty
D
white
Solution:
Q.No: 8
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

At that time the white house was as serene as a resort hotel out of season. The corridors were [80]. In the various offices, [81] gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his [82] was easily set off; he scowled when he [83] the corridors.

A
quiet
B
faded
C
loud
D
stentorian
Solution:
Q.No: 9
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

At that time the white house was as serene as a resort hotel out of season. The corridors were [80]. In the various offices, [81] gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his [82] was easily set off; he scowled when he [83] the corridors.

A
laughter
B
curiously
C
humour
D
temper
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Q.No: 10
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 74 to 83: Fill up the blanks, numbered [74], [75] …… up to [83], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

At that time the white house was as serene as a resort hotel out of season. The corridors were [80]. In the various offices, [81] gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his [82] was easily set off; he scowled when he [83] the corridors.

A
paced
B
strolled
C
stormed
D
prowled
Solution:
Q.No: 11
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 96 and 97: Four alternative summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.


The human race is spread all over world, from the polar regions to the tropics. The people of whom it is made up eat different kinds of food, partly according to the climate in which they live, and partly according to the kind of food which their country produces. In hot climates; meat and fat are not much needed; but in the Arctic regions they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body. Thus, in India, people live chiefly on different kinds of grains, eggs, milk, or sometimes fish and meat. In Europe people eat more meat and less grain. In the Arctic regions, where no grains and fruits are produced, the Eskimo and others races live almost entirely on meat and fish.

A
Food eaten by people in different regions of the world depends on the climate and produce of the region, and varies from meat and fish in the Arctic to predominantly grains in the tropics.
B
Hot climates require people to eat grains while cold regions require people to eat meat and fish.
C
In hot countries people eat mainly grains while in the Arctic, they eat meat and fish because they cannot grow grains.
D
While people in Arctic regions like meat and fish and those in hot regions like India prefer mainly grains, they have to change what they eat depending on the local climate and the local produce.
Solution:
Statement 2 is only partially true. It only talks of requirements and not of what grows in those regions. Similarly, statement 3 talks only of produce and not requirement. The passage is not concerned with what people like or prefer but with what is locally available or required.
Q.No: 12
Test Name : CAT Paper 2004

Directions for questions 96 and 97: Four alternative summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.


You seemed at first to take no notice of your school-fellows, or rather to set yourself against them because they were strangers to you. They knew as little of you as you did of them; this would have been the reason for their keeping aloof from you as well, which you would have felt as a hardship. Learn never to conceive a prejudice against others because you know nothing of them. It is bad reasoning, and makes enemies of half the world. Do not think ill of them till they behave ill to you; and then strive to avoid the faults, which you see in them. This will disarm their hostility sooner than pique or resentment or complaint.

A
The discomfort you felt with your school fellows was because both sides knew little of each other. You should not complain unless you find others prejudiced against you and have attempted to carefully analyze the faults you have observed in them.
B
The discomfort you felt with your school fellows was because both sides knew little of each other. Avoid prejudice and negative thoughts till you encounter bad behaviour from others, and then win them over by shunning the faults you have observed.
C
You encountered hardship amongst your school fellows because you did not know then well. You should learn not to make enemies because of your prejudices irrespective of their behaviour towards you.
D
You encountered hardship amongst your school fellows because you did not know them well. You should learn to not make enemies because of your prejudices unless they behave badly with you.
Solution:
The last sentence of the passage is only conveyed fully in option (2).
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Statement 2 is only partially true. It only talks of requirements and not of what grows in those regions. Similarly, statement 3 talks only of produce and not requirement. The passage is not concerned with what people like or prefer but with what is locally available or required.


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The last sentence of the passage is only conveyed fully in option (2).


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