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CAT 1998 — VARC Question 15

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.

Everyone will admit that swindling one's fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it is based the really sound commercial success formula — ___.

Answer & solution

Correct answer: buy cheap and sell dear

  • A

    sell what you cannot buy back

  • B

    buy what you will sell to another at a higher price

  • buy cheap and sell dear

  • D

    sell what you can, do not buy from a competitor

Solution

'Buy cheap and sell dear' is the only option that will, without any doubt, lead to a commercial success. (d) gives an unwarranted warning. (a) is not sound commerce. (b) is needlessly verbose, as compared to (c). (c) sounds like a formula, it is also the best choice after the hyphen.

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