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CAT 2004 — VARC Question 21

Mixed PracticeEasy
Passage / Data

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 of the questions below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the options.

  1. He felt justified in bypassing Congress altogether on a variety of moves.
  2. At times he was fighting the entire Congress.
  3. Bush felt he had a mission to restore power to the presidency.
  4. Bush was not fighting just the democrats.
  5. Representative democracy is a messy business, and a CEO of the White House does not like a legislature of second guessers and time wasters.

Answer & solution

Correct answer: ECDBA

  • A

    CAEDB

  • B

    DBAEC

  • C

    CEADB

  • ECDBA

Solution

Bush was not just fighting the democrats but also the entire congress, at times and therefore, he felt justified in bypassing congress altogether at times. This connectivity of ideas makes DBA a mandatory sequence which would get all other options eliminated except the answer.
To check, sentence E introduces the CEO of white house having a problem with second guessers and time wasters.
Sentence C continues the idea of the consequence of the problem or a solution to it. EC is followed by DBA.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

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