Cat Paper
CAT 1990 Actual Paper
SECTION I
Questions 1 to 5 : Each of the following questions has one or more blank spaces indicating where a word / words has been left out. Following each sentence, four words or sets of words lettered a to d have been given. You have to select the appropriate word or set of words to make the sentence most meaningful. 1. The __________, those cellular bodies which contain the __________ particles, the genes, provide us with basic facts of genetic transmission. (a) protoplasm, microscopic (b) globules, fat (c) cytoplasm, minute (d) chromosomes, hereditary 2. The insurance claim was __________ by the relevant documents (a) sustained (b) backed out (c) backed up (d) proved 3. I should not have __________ to talk in such a __________ strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking. (a) daring, commanding (b) try, bold (c) ventured, peremptory (d) emboldened, reckless 4. High prices are often the __________ of __________ of goods (a) accompaniment, dearth (b) concomitant, scarcity (c) cause, (d) result, glut 5. The recent disturbances in the country will __________ and peace will be restored. (a) blow past (b) blow over (c) pass through (d) come to pass Questions 6 to 10 : Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a suitable substitute for the underlined expression in each of the following. 6. The marriage of the princess with the commoner caused a furore among the royalty. (a) mesalliance (b) misalliance (c) elopement (d) romance 7. The victim’s involuntary responses to stimulus proved that he was still living. (a) reactions (b) reflexes (c) feedback (d) communication 8. The art and science of good eating and drinking is now a lost art. (a) Gastronomy (b) Osteopathy (c) Gluttony (d) Cooking
1 CAT 1990 Actual Paper
destitution
9. The thrilling narrative caused the hair on the skin to stand erect. (a) tension (b) horrification (c) terror (d) horror 10. The body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in
SECTION I
Questions 1 to 5 : Each of the following questions has one or more blank spaces indicating where a word / words has been left out. Following each sentence, four words or sets of words lettered a to d have been given. You have to select the appropriate word or set of words to make the sentence most meaningful. 1. The __________, those cellular bodies which contain the __________ particles, the genes, provide us with basic facts of genetic transmission. (a) protoplasm, microscopic (b) globules, fat (c) cytoplasm, minute (d) chromosomes, hereditary 2. The insurance claim was __________ by the relevant documents (a) sustained (b) backed out (c) backed up (d) proved 3. I should not have __________ to talk in such a __________ strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking. (a) daring, commanding (b) try, bold (c) ventured, peremptory (d) emboldened, reckless 4. High prices are often the __________ of __________ of goods (a) accompaniment, dearth (b) concomitant, scarcity (c) cause, (d) result, glut 5. The recent disturbances in the country will __________ and peace will be restored. (a) blow past (b) blow over (c) pass through (d) come to pass Questions 6 to 10 : Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a suitable substitute for the underlined expression in each of the following. 6. The marriage of the princess with the commoner caused a furore among the royalty. (a) mesalliance (b) misalliance (c) elopement (d) romance 7. The victim’s involuntary responses to stimulus proved that he was still living. (a) reactions (b) reflexes (c) feedback (d) communication 8. The art and science of good eating and drinking is now a lost art. (a) Gastronomy (b) Osteopathy (c) Gluttony (d) Cooking
1 CAT 1990 Actual Paper
destitution
9. The thrilling narrative caused the hair on the skin to stand erect. (a) tension (b) horrification (c) terror (d) horror 10. The body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in