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CAT 1997 — VARC Question 13

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.

This is about ___ a sociological analysis can penetrate.

Answer & solution

Correct answer: as far as

  • as far as

  • B

    the outer limits that

  • C

    just how far into the subject

  • D

    just the relative distance that

Solution

The correct idiomatic usage is 'as far as' something can go. (b) and (d) sound extremely confusing as they add parameters. (c) sounds needlessly verbose.

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