Critical Reasoning Question in CMAT 2024 Slot – 1

1. QUESTION

Rearrange the following sentences to get a meaningful paragraph:

(A) All Indian water bodies within and near population centres are now grossly polluted with organic and hazardous pollutants.

(B) India is facing a water situation that is significantly worse than any that previous generations had faced.

(C) That’s why interstate disputes over river waters are becoming intense and widespread.

(D) Not a single Indian city can provide clean water that can be consumed from a tap on a 24 x 7 basis.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A) (C), (A), (D), (B
B)(C), (B), (A), (D
C)(C), (D), (A), (B)
D)(B), (A), (D), (C)

Explanation

(D)

=(B), (A), (D), (C)

QUESTION-2

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled

as Reason (R).

“The details of the incident was not known.”

Assertion (A):

The above sentence does not adhere to the requirement of subject-verb agreement and hence it is a grammatically incorrect sentence.

Reason (R):

In “Noun+ Preposition + Noun” constructions, the verb agrees with the number and person of the noun preceeding the preposition.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

C)(A) is true but (R) is false

D)(A) is false but (R) is true.

Explanation

(A)

=Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).