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CAT 1998 — VARC Question 12

Single BlankEasy
Passage / Data

Direction: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.

As a step towards protesting against the spiralling prices, the farmers have decided to stage a picket in an effort to ___.

Answer & solution

Correct answer: make themselves heard

  • A

    show their virility

  • make themselves heard

  • C

    curb the prices

  • D

    topple the government

Solution

The farmers are protesting and want their voice to be heard. (a) and (d) do not fit into the semantic context of the sentence. The farmers, by themselves, cannot curb the prices, so (c) is not right.

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