English Usage Previous Year Questions (CAT) - Set 0006
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Previous years`s CAT questions: English Usage
Post your solutions as reply to respective questions below.
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Question 1
For the word given at the top of table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages most closely matched.
(CAT 2002)
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Answer: Option 2
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Question 2
For the word given at the top of table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages most closely matched.
(CAT 2002)
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Answer: Option 2
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Question 3
Match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
 (CAT 2001)
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Answer: Option 1
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Question 4
Match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
(CAT 2001)
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Answer: Option 4
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Question 5
Match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
(CAT 2001)
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Answer: Option 3
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Question 6
Match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched. Â
(CAT 2001)
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Answer: Option 2
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Question 7
Match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.
(CAT 2001)
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Answer: Option 4
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Question 8
Choose the best alternative among the four.
It was us who had left before he arrived.
a. we who had left before time he had arrived.
b. us who had went before he arrived.
c. us who had went before had arrived.
d. we who had left before he arrived. (CAT 1999)
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Answer: Option d
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Question 9
Choose the best alternative among the four
The MP rose up to say that in her opinion, she thought the Women’s Reservation Bill should be
passed on unanimously.a. rose to say that she thought the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed
b. rose up to say that, the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed on
c. rose to say that, in her opinion, she thought that the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed
d. rose to say that, in her opinion, the Women’s Reservation Bill should be passed on (CAT 1999)
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Answer: Option a
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Question 10
Choose the best alternative among the four
Mr Pillai, the president of the union and who is also a member of the community group, will be in charge of the negotiations.
a. since he is a member of the community group
b. also being a member of the community group
c. a member of the community group
d. in addition, who is a member of the community group  (CAT 1999)
