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CAT 1997 — VARC Question 15

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 not the first time that the management has done some ___.

Answer & solution

  • A

    tough talk

  • tough talking

  • C

    firm talk

  • D

    firm talking

Solution

One does 'tough talking'. ‘talk tough’ is a general idiomatic expression. ‘has done some’ should be followed by an -ing form of the verb, such as ‘investigating’ or ‘probing’.

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