Idiomatic UsageCAT Previous-Year Questions

5 previous-year questions on Idiomatic Usage from CAT, with full solutions. Practise free — check answers as you go; sign in to save your progress.

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Idiomatic Usage · CAT PYQs

CAT 1998 · VARC
Passage / Data

Direction: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

Q1.

British Airspace has been focusing on building European links.

CAT 1998 · VARC
Passage / Data

Direction: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

Q2.

The appetite of banks for funds was lost under the onslaught of the slowdown, corporates refused to borrow even as bank deposits flourished.

CAT 1998 · VARC
Passage / Data

Direction: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

Q3.

The 8th-century revival of Byzantine learning is an inexplicable phenomenon, and its economic and military precursors have yet to be discovered.

CAT 1998 · VARC
Passage / Data

Direction: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

Q4.

The management can still hire freely but cannot scold freely.

CAT 1998 · VARC
Passage / Data

Direction: A part of each sentence given below has been underlined. You have to select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

Q5.

Many people mistake familiarity for a vulgar style, and suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random speed.