CAT 2004 — VARC Question 12
Fill up the blanks A, B, C ... F, in the two passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.
"Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns". With that ______A______ statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. "I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With _____B________ and _______C______, the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income Tax Department then went into action, and I learned firsthand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be ______D_______; automobiles may be _______E______, and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the ______F_______ until the case is settled."
Identify the INCORRECT sentence or sentences.
- Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do.
- After waking up, she lay on the bed thinking of what to do.
- At 11 o'clock she took shower and got ready.
- She spent most of the day shopping.
Answer & solution
B and C
- B
C
- C
A and B
- D
B, C, and D
In sentence B, the preposition ‘of’ need not follow ‘thinking’. It should be ‘… thinking what to do’.
Sentence C is incorrect as well. It requires article ‘a’ before shower (… took a shower). Article ‘a’ represents ‘one’ and is required here.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.