CAT 2004 — VARC Question 18
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."
Each question has a base word that is used in the options given below. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is inappropriate.
PASSING
Answer & solution
- A
She did not have passing marks in mathematics.
The mad woman was cursing everybody passing her on the road.
- C
At the birthday party all the children enjoyed a game of passing the parcel
- D
A passing taxi was stopped to rush the accident victim to the hospital.
Passing marks in option 1 is easily understood to mean favourable marks or sufficient marks in an exam.
Option 2 is incorrect as, here the word needs to be followed by a preposition (by). It should be, ‘…everybody passing by her on the road’ or simply, ‘passing on the road’.
Option 3 is correct. Passing the parcel is the name of a game.
In option 4, ‘passing car’ is correctly used to mean, ‘a car going past or moving by’.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.