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CAT 2001 — VARC Question 5

Word UsageEasy

For the word given at the top of each table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A,B,C,D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E,F,G,H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.

Purge

  Dictionary Definition   Usage
A. Remove a stigma from the name of E. The opposition was purged after the coup.
B. Make a clean sweep by removing whatever is superflows, foreign F. The committee heard his attempt to purge himself of a charge of heresy.
C. Get rid of G. Drugs that purge the bowels are often bad for the brain.
D. To cause evacuation of H. It is recommended to purge water by distillation.

 

Answer & solution

  • A

    A-E, B-G, C-F, D-H

  • B

    A-F, B-E, C-H, D-G

  • C

    A-H, B-F, C-G, D-E

  • A-F, B-H, C-E, D-G

Solution

Heresy is ‘an opinion or a doctrine at variance with established beliefs’. He was charged with heresy (F) and he wanted to purge himself or remove that stigma from his name (A). Therefore, A goes with F.
If water is distilled (H), impurities or foreign matter is removed (B). Therefore, B matches with H.
After the coup (take over; remember the taking over of the government in Pakistan in a military coup by Pervez Mussharaf!), the opposition was removed (some riddance!). Therefore, C matches with E.
D goes with G because, drugs evacuate or empty or purge bowels.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

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