CAT 2002 — VARC Question 32
Fill the gaps in the passage below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each gap. The right words are the ones used by the author. Be guided by the author's overall style and meaning when you choose the answers.
In a large company, ______1______ people is about as common as using a gun or a switch-blade to ______2_______ an argument. As a result, most managers have little or no experience of firing people, and they find it emotionally automatic, as result, they often delay the act interminably, much as an unhappy spouse will prolong a bad marriage. And when the firing is done, it's often done clumsily, with far worse side effects than are necessary.
Do the world-class software organizations have a different way of firing people? No. But they do the deed swiftly, humanely, and professionally.
The key point here is to view the fired employee as a "failed product" and to ask how the process ______3_______ such a phenomenon in the first place.
In each of the questions given below, four different ways of writing a sentence are indicated. Choose the best way of writing the sentence.
- The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is that it is not always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price.
- The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad thing, it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price.
- The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price.
- The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not it is always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price.
Answer & solution
- A
A
- B
B
C
- D
D
Sentence A is incorrect as ‘not’ should precede the first occurrence of ‘that’ (… not that it is a bad thing but …).
Sentence B requires another ‘that’ (… not that it is a bad thing but that it is …) for the sake of consistency or parallelism.
Sentence C is correct logically and grammatically.
Sentence D again has a missing pronoun ‘that’, this time it should follow ‘not’.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.