CMAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Choose the word most OPPOSITE in meaning to 'LACONIC'.
- Verbose (Correct answer)
- Taciturn
- Concise
- Reticent
Correct answer: Verbose
Laconic means using very few words, so its antonym is verbose, meaning using more words than necessary.
Question 2: In the sentence 'The committee _______ the proposal after a heated debate,' which word best fills the blank?
- ratified (Correct answer)
- decimated
- proliferated
- abstained
Correct answer: ratified
Ratified means formally approved or confirmed, which fits the context of a committee acting on a proposal.
Question 3: Identify the correct sentence with respect to subject-verb agreement.
- Neither the manager nor the employees was present.
- The data suggests a clear trend. (Correct answer)
- A number of students was absent.
- Each of the boys have completed their homework.
Correct answer: The data suggests a clear trend.
'Data' is treated as singular in modern usage, making 'suggests' correct; the other sentences have agreement errors.
Question 4: Read the passage: 'Although automation displaces certain jobs, it simultaneously creates new roles requiring higher cognitive skills, ultimately shifting rather than eliminating employment.' What is the author's primary argument?
- Automation causes net unemployment.
- Automation transforms employment rather than eliminating it. (Correct answer)
- Cognitive skills are becoming less important.
- New roles created by automation are inferior.
Correct answer: Automation transforms employment rather than eliminating it.
The passage explicitly states automation causes a 'shifting rather than eliminating' of employment.
Question 5: Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?
- Running late, she missed the bus.
- Having finished the report, the meeting was adjourned. (Correct answer)
- After he completed the task, the team celebrated.
- Confused by the map, the tourist asked for directions.
Correct answer: Having finished the report, the meeting was adjourned.
In option B, 'Having finished the report' dangles because the meeting cannot finish a report.
Question 6: Choose the correctly spelled word.
- Accomodate
- Acommodate
- Accommodate (Correct answer)
- Acomodate
Correct answer: Accommodate
'Accommodate' is spelled with double 'c' and double 'm'.
Question 7: The idiom 'to bite the bullet' means:
- To act aggressively
- To endure a painful situation with courage (Correct answer)
- To make a hasty decision
- To avoid confrontation
Correct answer: To endure a painful situation with courage
'To bite the bullet' means to endure a painful or difficult situation stoically.
CMAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 2
Choose the word most OPPOSITE in meaning to 'LACONIC'.