Single Blank — CAT Previous-Year Questions
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Single Blank · CAT PYQs
Fill up the blanks A, B, C ... F, in the two passages below with the 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 ______A______ statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. "I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With _____B________ and _______C______, the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income Tax Department then went into action, and I learned firsthand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be ______D_______; automobiles may be _______E______, and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the ______F_______ until the case is settled."
Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option from the options given below the statement to make up the missing part.
The ancient Egyptians believed ________ so that when these objects were magically reanimated through the correct rituals, they would be able to function effectively.
Fill up the blanks A, B, C ... F, in the two passages below with the 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 ______A______ statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. "I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With _____B________ and _______C______, the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income Tax Department then went into action, and I learned firsthand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be ______D_______; automobiles may be _______E______, and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the ______F_______ until the case is settled."
Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option from the options given below the statement to make up the missing part.
Archaeologists believe that the pieces of red-ware pottery excavated recently near Bhavnagar and __________ shed light on a hitherto dark 600-year period in the Harappan history of Gujarat.
Fill up the blanks A, B, C ... F, in the two passages below with the 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 ______A______ statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. "I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With _____B________ and _______C______, the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income Tax Department then went into action, and I learned firsthand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be ______D_______; automobiles may be _______E______, and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the ______F_______ until the case is settled."
Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option from the options given below the statement to make up the missing part.
Many people suggest ___________ and still others would like to convince people not to buy pirated cassettes.
Direction: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
When children become more experienced with words as visual symbols, they find that they can gain meaning without making ___ sounds.
Direction: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
As a step towards protesting against the spiralling prices, the farmers have decided to stage a picket in an effort to ___.
Direction: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
Science is a sort of news agency comparable ___ to other news agencies.
Direction: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
Most political leaders acquire their position by causing a large number of people to believe that these leaders are ___ by altruistic desires.
Direction: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
Everyone will admit that swindling one's fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it is based the really sound commercial success formula — ___.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance ___.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
This is about ___ a sociological analysis can penetrate.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
I am always the first to admit that I have not accomplished everything that I ___ achieve five years ago.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
This is not the first time that the management has done some ___.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
In India the talent is prodigious, and it increases ___.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
The present constitution will see ___ amendments but its basic structure will survive.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
Taking risks, breaking the rules, and being a maverick have always been important for companies, but, today, they are ___.
Direction: In each of the following questions, a part of a sentence has been left blank. Select from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill in the blank.
Education is central because electronic networks and software-driven technologies are beginning to ___ the economic barriers between nations.
Direction: In the question below, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.
When we call others dogmatic, what we really object to is ___.
Direction: In the question below, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.
I am an entertainer ___, I have to keep smiling because in my heart laughter and sorrow have an affinity.
Direction: In the question below, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.
The stock markets ___. The state they are in right now speaks volumes about this fact.
Direction: In the question below, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.
Political power is just as permanent as today's newspaper. Ten years down the line, ___ the most powerful man in any state today.
Direction: In the question below, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.
___, the more they remain the same.
Direction: In the question below, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the blanks.
Although, it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali, ___ refuse to go away from the mind.