CMAT Sentence Improvement Practice Questions With Solutions

In the below passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate option in each case to replace the given numbers.

Comprehension:
"Although Babur and Humayun, __(i)__the Delhi Sultanate that ruled previously, had considered Delhi to be their capital, Akbar had shifted it to Agra. Forts, palaces and mausoleums of peerless grandeur came up in just a few years. Jahangir and in the early part of his reign, Shahjahan, continued to __(ii)__ Akbarabad. But now, the Emperor wanted to build a fine new city for his __{iii)__, which would bear his name and outstretch the creation of his grandfather, in both splendour and scale".

In the Below passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate option in each case to replace the given numbers.

Comprehension:
This particular scepticism of the reach of reasoning (I)____________ not yield - nor (as Appiah makes clear) is it intended to yield - any ground for not using reason to the extent one can, in (II)___________ the idea of justice or any other notion of social relevance, such as identity. Nor does it undermine the case for our trying to persuade each other to scrutinize our respective conclusions. It is also important to note that what may appear to others as clear examples of 'unreason' may not always be exactly that. Reasoned discussion can accommodate conflicting positions that may appear to others to be 'unreasoned' prejudice, without this being quite the case. There is no compulsion, as is sometimes (III)___________ to eliminate every reasoned alternative except exactly one.

Read the following passage and answer the next three questions:

To what extent reasoning can (I) ________ a reliable basis for a theory of justice is, of course, itself an issue that has been subject to controversy. (II) ________ first chapter of this book is (III) ________ with the role and reach of reasoning. I argue against the plausibility of seeing emotions or psychology or instincts as independent sources of valuation, without reasoned appraisal. Impulses and mental attitudes remain important, however, since we have good reasons to take note of them in our assessment of justice and injustice in the world . There is no irreducible conflict here, I argue, between reason and emotion, and there are very good reasons for making room for the relevance of emotions. 

In the above passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate option in each case to replace the given numbers.