CAT 1997 — VARC Question 19
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.
Education is central because electronic networks and software-driven technologies are beginning to ___ the economic barriers between nations.
Answer & solution
break down
- B
break
- C
crumble
- D
dismantle
Solution
'Break down' is the correct idiomatic use here. ‘barriers’ are not ‘crumbled’ or ‘dismantled’. We can ‘break’ a record. For an erect barrier, the appropriate verb would be ‘break down’.