CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Fill in the Blanks questions
CAT/1994
Question . 74
Directions for Question : In the following question, a part / two of a sentence has been left blank. You are to select from among the four options given below the question, the one which would best fill the blanks. In case of more than one blanks, the first word in the pair, given in the choices, should fill the first gap.
Sometimes the greatest inventions ___________ an idea of startling simplicity.
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Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Fill in the Blanks question
Option B is correct, as the sentence is based on the fact that success depends upon (hinge upon) a simple idea. The other three choices suggest a negative relationship between invention and simplicity.