CAT 1998 — VARC Question 7
Direction: Fill in the blanks of the following sentences using the most appropriate word or words from among the options given for each.
Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom — these areas are few of the ___ for the ___ of proper emotional reactions.
Answer & solution
- A
things ... growth
- B
fertile areas ... basis
- C
fertile fields ... inculcation
important areas ... formation
Social studies, science matters of health and safety and the atmosphere of the classroom, help in formation of proper emotional responses. Hence these can be referred to as the ‘important areas’. ‘things’ is too vague a word to fill the first blank. Emotional reactions cannot be ‘inculcated’. Given ‘basis’ and ‘formation’, the second word is more appropriate to fill in the second blank.