CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Fill in the Blanks questions
CAT/2003
Question . 28
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.
Their achievement in the field of literature is described as ___________; sometimes it is even called ___________.
A : magnificent, irresponsibleB : insignificant, influentialC : significant, paltryD : unimportant, trivial
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Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Fill in the Blanks question
Option D is correct. However their literature never amounted to much and therefore their achievement was unimportant and trivial. The sentence is such that the two words that fill the blanks should differ in degree but have almost the same meaning.