CAT 1997 — VARC Question 12
Single BlankEasy
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 ___.
Answer & solution
- A
is reprehensible
- B
is sordid
reopens the first chapter
- D
writes an epilogue
Solution
An act of vengeance relates to the 'beginning' of the misdeeds, and thus reopens the first chapter. Look for a suitable complement in sentences split with a semicolon. When there is a semicolon in the sentence, one has to look for a logical complement — ‘closes: reopens’.