The CAT VARC section requires good reading skills, critical thinking, and attention to detail, along with a thorough understanding of the Fill in the Blanks. This article provides a set of MCQs on Fill in the Blanks to help you understand the topic and enhance your verbal ability with the help of detailed solutions, which will help you in the CAT 2025 exam preparation.
Whether you're revising the basics or testing your knowledge, these MCQs will serve as a valuable practice resource.
The CAT 2025 exam is expected to follow a similar trend to the CAT 2024, with 24 questions from the VARC section out of a total of 68 questions.
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CAT MCQs on Fill in the Blanks
1. The best punctuation is that of which the reader is least conscious; for when punctuation, or lack of it, ................. itself, it is usually because it .................
A
obtrudes ... offends
B
enjoins ... fails
C
conceals ... recedes
D
effaces ... counts
2. The argument that the need for a looser fiscal policy to ............ demand outweighs the need to .............. budget deficits is persuasive.
A
assess ... minimize
B
outstrip ... eliminate
C
stimulate ... control
D
restrain ... conceal
3. The Athenians on the whole were peaceful and prosperous; they had ............ to sit at home and think about the universe and dispute with Socrates, or to travel abroad and ............... the world.
A
leisure ... explore
B
time ... ignore
C
ability ... suffer
D
temerity ... understand
4. Their achievement in the field of literature is described as ...............; sometimes it is even called ...............
A
magnificent ... irresponsible
B
insignificant ... influential
C
significant ... paltry
D
unimportant ... trivial
5. From the time she had put her hair up, every man she had met had grovelled before her and she had acquired a mental attitude toward the other sex which was a blend of ............ and ................
A
admiration ... tolerance
B
indifference ... contempt
C
impertinence ... temperance
D
arrogance ... fidelity
6. This simplified ............. to the decision-making process is a must read for anyone ............... important real estate, personal, or professional decisions.
A
primer ... maximizing
B
tract ... enacting
C
introduction ... under
D
guide ... facing
7. Physicians may soon have ............ to help paralysed people move their limbs by bypassing the ............... nerves that once controlled their muscles.
A
instruments ... detrimental
B
ways ... damaged
C
reason ... involuntary
D
impediments ... complex
8. The Internet is a medium where users have nearly .......... choices and ............. constraints about where to go and what to do.
A
unbalanced ... non-existent
B
embarrassing ... no
C
unlimited ... minimal
D
choking ... shocking
9. But _________ are now regularly written not just for tools, but well-established practices, organisations and institutions, not all of which seem to be _________ away.
A
reports ... withering
B
stories ... trading
C
books ... dying
D
obituaries ... fading
10. The Darwin who _________ is most remarkable for the way in which he _________ the attributes of the world class thinker and head of the household.
A
comes ... figures
B
arises ... adds
C
emerges ... combines
D
appeared ... combines
11. Since her face was free of _________ there was no way to _________ if she appreciated what had happened.
A
make-up ... realise
B
expression ... ascertain
C
emotion ... diagnose
D
scars ... understand
12. In this context, the _________ of the British labour movement is particularly _________.
A
affair ... weird
B
activity ... moving
C
experience ... significant
D
atmosphere ... gloomy
13. Football evokes a ___ response in India compared to cricket, that almost _____ the nation.
A
tepid ... boiling
B
lukewarm ... electrifies
C
turbid ... fascinating
D
apocryphal ... genuinely fascinates
14. Social studies, science matters of health and safety, the very atmosphere of the classroom — these areas are few of the _____ for the ______ of proper emotional reactions.
A
things ... growth
B
fertile fields ... basis
C
fertile areas ... inculcation
D
important areas ... formation
15. When children become more experienced with words as visual symbols, they find that they can gain meaning without making _____ sounds.
A
aural
B
audible
C
vocal
D
intelligible
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