CAT 1995VARC Question 45

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Direction: This section contains statements followed by questions based on the statements. Read the statements and select the best option as the answer.

I have been studying it, consciously and subconsciously, for 40 years and I still find men unaccountable; people I know intimately can surprise me by some action of theirs which I never thought them capable of or by the discovery of some trait which exhibit a side of themselves that I never even suspected.

The idea in this sentence can be best summarised as

Answer & solution

  • A

    men are inconsistent and therefore one should not be confident even about one's closest friends.

  • B

    men are unpredictable, one can never tell what they will do next; hence, one should be very careful in one's dealings.

  • no matter how closely you know somebody there still exists an unknown facet of his personality.

  • D

    None of these

Solution

The passage states that even those whom we intimately know, can surprise us at times with some unknown facet of their personality.

CAT 1995 VARC Q45: Direction: This section contains statements followed by questions based on the statements. Read the statements — Solution | TheCATExam