Paragraph Completion - 1 (CAT / GMAT Level: Easy)
Paragraph Completion - 1
Questions
If there is some ambiguity about the knowledge an educated man should have, there is none at all about the skills. The first is
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- often the result of parental pressure and prejudices
- simply the training of the mind in the capacity to think clearly
- implicit, the second quite explicit
- often unanswered, not the second
- often an enigma, the second an epilogue
Environment is a finely tuned and extremely well balanced ecological mechanism. Flora and fauna, birds, animals and, of course, humans play a vital role. Touch one adversely and all suffer.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- Let us reverse this environmental degradation.
- It is a 'touch-me-not' situation.
- They are all interdependent.
- Let us help save ecology.
- We are courting irreversible disaster.
Though cross breeding, to an extent, has increased the milk production, the true genetic characteristics of these native breeds have been lost.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- The cross breeds are hardy and resistant to disease by nature.
- Yet the dream of white revolution is far away.
- A number of common breeds are gradually becoming extinct.
- Though cross breeds are robust and have good milk yield, they are not suitable as draft animals.
- Artificial insemination has played havoc with the native breeds.
Studies show that usually there is an increase in criminal activity just before and during the festive season. Thus, in future to minimize the recurrence of such activity ______________.
I. the police should take into custody all known criminals prior to each festive season.
II. the police should take immediate action to apprehend the culprits responsible.
III. the police and associated agencies should take adequate safety precautions, well before the onset of the festive season.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- I & III
- II & III
- III only
- I, II & III
- I and II
Inviting suggestions from the alumni to amend and improve the constitution of the Business School will be a productive exercise because _______________.
I. employees' suggestions may be subjective II. highly educated and experienced persons can provide valuable inputs for the overall restructuring of the charter of the school
III. the fee structure revision could adversely affect the economically constrained students.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- I or III
- II or III
- I & II
- III
- II
Parents have requested the school authorities to delay the school opening time by one hour. According to them, this would help improve the attentiveness of students and also result in better grades. The school principal turned the request down and suggested that the students may sleep an hour early than to come late. Reacting to this, the parents countered that _______________.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- the school wastes a lot of time after the academics, in sports and recreation
- the large volume of homework assigned to students prevents them from sleeping on time
- sleep is an individual requirement and can vary from person to person
- they would be forced to seek the option of night schools that in any case give better results than day schools
- the students don't want to get out of bed while it is still dark
Racism has killed the essence of brotherhood and humanity among people. People tend to hate the visitors from overseas just because they are of a different color, caste or religion. This is not healthy for global development and should be stopped before it gets out of control and becomes a mass phenomenon. The masses should be educated about the ills of racism and the repercussions it results in.
Which of the following if added to the argument would not alter the conclusion and theme of the argument?
- Eradicating racism from the society would bring the terror activities to an end because terror outfits are racially motivated.
- Uprooting racism from the society would increase interaction among different sects.
- Racism keeps the lines drawn between those who belong and those who don't belong to a place.
- Racism brings a feeling of hatred but has no long term effect on development of the world.
- Racism is history and is no longer visible in the modern world. Therefore, it is no cause of worry for the present or for the future.
A group of strict vegetarians have formed an association called Proveg. They protested recently against a famous and popular manufacturer on the issues of a chemical additive that goes into his toothpaste. The additive is dicalcium phosphate, and apparently the company obtains it from animal bones. Let me hasten to point out that I respect the right of this group to adopt and to propagate vegetarianism. I can also understand their sensibilities regarding animal bones. But, I am afraid, their concern may be misplaced. What they need to be reassured about is that the dicalcium phosphate is free of any organic contaminant from animal tissues. If the manufacturer proves that this phosphate is pure, the matter should rest there. If, on the other hand, tests reveal that the material is contaminated with any organic material from the animal, Proveg would be justified in their worries and protests.What is the critical completion of the passage?
- Appearances are often deceptive.
- What can't be cured must be endured.
- Empty vessels create more noise.
- You can't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
- Let's not get hold of the wrong end of the stick.
Some psychologists debate whether 'keen athletic' is a genetic trait. If it were a genetic trait there would now be generations of children with this special genetic ability. Sports federations feel it would be a great loss not to impart intensive training to those children at a very young age, so that they can reach their optimal performance. However, currently there are no methods to identify and accurately assess the potential of these genetically athletic children. Therefore, __________
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- we have per force to disregard the natural traits superiority theory
- it is likely that some of these children will never reach their full potential
- it is probable that genetic traits recur in different successive generations
- it is likely that some children who are genetically athletic, will not get intensive training to maximize their potential
- it would be best to impart intensive training to all children at an early age
Perception is everything. So much so that it can make or mar a company entirely. Remember the notorious Home Trade? It had created such a positive image in the public mind. By hiring top celebrities for endorsement, it had created such a beautiful make-believe world in TV commercials that almost no one doubted its intentions of doing something. What was that something was not clear to any one. _____________________. And finally when the myth got busted, everyone ran for cover, including the endorsers.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- That's why companies have full-fledged departments just to manage how they are perceived by different groups of people inside and outside them.
- The moral of the story is: Do something wrong if you want to, but do not get caught.
- Even within the corporate world, hardly anybody had any inking of what it was up to.
- Such examples are aplenty.
- Home Trade was not the only one of its kind.
At a recent symposium on measures to check the escalating pollution, members unanimously decided in favor of uniform controls on the quality of all effluents, even though particular ecological or environmental damage could not be attributed to a specific effluent. However, to avoid excessively stringent controls it must be demonstrated that ________________
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- any effluent that is to be made subject to controls can actually cause ecological and environmental damage
- current environmental damage is reversible and the stringent controls will make it happen
- any controls that are implemented will be strictly enforced
- the controls are qualitative, not quantitative
The rivers have been made navigable; the coasts, carefully surveyed, are easy of access, artificial harbors, laboriously dug out and protected against the fury of the sea, afford shelter to the ships. Deep shafts have been sunk in the rocks; labyrinths of underground galleries have been dug out where coal may be raised or minerals extracted. At the crossings of the highways great cities have sprung up, and within their borders ______________.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- satellite townships have developed.
- the mushrooming of the slums is witnessed.
- the best of talent lives and works.
- enterprise and industry thrives.
- all the treasures of industry, science and art have been accumulated.
For thousand of years millions of men have labored to clear the forests, to drain the marshes, and to open up highways by land and water. Every inch of soil we cultivate in Europe has been watered by the sweat of several races of men. Every acre has its story of enforced labor, of intolerable toil, of people's sufferings. Every mile of railway, every yard of tunnel, _________.
What is the most critical completion of the passage?
- has seen innumerable stories of distress
- has witnessed human agony and glory alike
- has been possible only because of sacrifices
- has received its share of human blood
- has witnessed this gory truth