CAT 2002 — VARC Question 41
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.
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 most closely matched.
MEASURE
| Dictionary Definition | Usage | ||
| A | Size of quality found by measuring | E | A measure was instituted to prevent outsider from entering the campus |
| B | Vessel of standard capacity | F | Sheila was asked to measure each item that was delivered. |
| C | Suitable action | G | The measure of the cricket pitch was 22 yards. |
| D | Ascertain extent or quality | H | Ratnesh used a measure to take out one litre of oil. |
Answer & solution
- A
A-F, B-G, C-E, D-H
- B
A-G, B-F, C-E, D-H
A-F, B-H, C-E, D-G
- D
A-E, B-F, C-G, D-H
Sentence H is an example of B. It is a measure which indicates a vessel of standard capacity. Here, it is a standard vessel which will take up to a litre of oil. With that association we can eliminate options 1 and 2.
Sentence F is an example of A. Sheila ascertains quantity of each item that is delivered.
Sentence G is an example of D as size/extent of the cricket pitch was 22 yards.
Since only option 3 contains these associations.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
Note: Option has been altered to validate correct answer.