CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Synonyms questions
CAT/2005
Question . 2
Directions for Question : The following question has a paragraph with one italicized word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.
Women squat, heads covered, beside huge piles of limp fodder and blunk oil lamps, and just about all the cows in the three towns converge upon this spot. Sinners, supplicants and yes, even scallywags hand over a few coins for a crack at redemption and a handful of grass.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Synonyms question
Option C is correct. In the opening line of the first sentence, the tone (i.e., negative) of blunk oil limps is similar to lamp fodder (useless). So it can not mean shining, bright or effulgent (shining) and the correct option is sputtering (burning or working in an uneven way).