CAT Sample Questions

Verbal Section : Sentence Completion Sample Questions

61. As man reached the stars, a booming population threatened to destroy the - of life on his home planet and even its chances for -
    1. Quality - survival
    2. Basis - growth
    3. Existence - upliftment
    4. chances - improvement
    5. meaning - understanding.

    Ans :A

62. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable - the possibility that increasing levels of atmosphere Co2 can cause long term warming effects
    1. interest in
    2. uncertainty about
    3. experimentation on
    4. enthusiasm for
    5. worry about

    Ans :B

63. Having no sense of moral obligation, shipler was as little subject to the - of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its - before he acted.
    1. balm - eloquence
    2. qualms - atonement
    3. reproaches - prompting's
    4. rewards - chastisement
    5. ridicule - allure

    Ans :C

64. Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and -
    1. goes to work
    2. stays cool
    3. embarrasses its user
    4. communicates
    5. puts its foot down

    Ans :B

65. Famous among job seekers for its - , the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such - as low - interest home mortgages and company cars.
    1. largesse - perquisites
    2. altruism - credits
    3. magnanimity - reparations
    4. discernment - prerogatives
    5. inventiveness - benefits

    Ans :A

66. Moving and parked, the automobile devours urban land, leaving the buildings as mere - of habitable space in a sea of dangerous and ugly traffic
    1. asylums
    2. remnants
    3. blocks
    4. mountains
    5. islands

    Ans :E

67. In the current research program, new varieties of apple trees are evaluated under different agricultural - for tree size, bloom density, fruit size,- to various soils, and resistance to pests and disease.
    1. conditions - adaptability
    2. configurations - propensity
    3. circumstances - proximity
    4. auspices - susceptibility
    5. regulations - conformity

    Ans :A

68. For many young people during the roaring twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American culture - a wanderlust to provoke an exodus abroad.
    1. reflected
    2. stymied
    3. conflicted with
    4. overwhelmed
    5. combined with

    Ans :E