CAT Sample Questions

Verbal Section : Sentence Completion Sample Questions

31. Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on earth because of the possibility of - resulting from the carbon atom's ability to form an unending series of different molecules.
    1. variety
    2. stability
    3. deviations
    4. invigorations
    5. reproduction.

    Ans :A

32. It would be difficult for one so - to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed.
    1. intolerant
    2. democratic
    3. emotional
    4. patient
    5. broadminded.

    Ans :A

33. An occasional - remark spoiled the - that made the paper memorable.
    1. colloquial
    2. trite - cliches
    3. urbane - sophisticated
    4. hackneyed - originality
    5. jovial - fun.

    Ans :D

34. Broadway audiences have become inured to - and so - to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of the quality of the production before them.
    1. cleverness : eager
    2. condescension : disinclined
    3. sentimentality : reluctant
    4. mediocrity : desperate
    5. histrionics : unlikely

    Ans :D

35. Nineteenth - century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical - or a brilliant - blending Egyptian and Assyruin art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece.
    1. conversion - annexation
    2. apparition - amalgam
    3. stratagem - appropriation
    4. paradigm - construct
    5. example - synthesis

    Ans :B

36. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is - critical.
    1. archetypally
    2. perennially
    3. disturbingly
    4. uniquely
    5. cautiously

    Ans :D

37. Even though in today's Soviet union the - Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank - and - file clergy still. Have little - to practice their religion.
    1. adversaries of - inclination
    2. traditionalists among - incentive
    3. practitioners among - opportunity
    4. leaders of - latitude
    5. dissidents within -obligation

    Ans :D

38. Unlike the Shakespearean plays, The ''closet dramas'' of the nineteenth century were meant to be - rather than -
    1. seen - acted
    2. read - acted
    3. produced - acted
    4. quiet - loud
    5. sophisticated - urbane

    Ans :B

39. The little - known but rapidly expanding use of computers in mapmaking is technologically similar to the more - uses in designing everything from bolts to satellites.
    1. ingenuous
    2. recent
    3. secure
    4. publicized
    5. successful

    Ans :D

40. Although his out numbered troops fought bravely, the general felt he had no choice but to - defeat and - a retreat.
    1. oversee - reject
    2. acknowledge - order
    3. hasten - suggest
    4. seek - try
    5. overcome - request

    Ans :B