CAT 2021 Reading Comprehension — Previous Year Question

Year

CAT 2021

Section

Topic

Difficulty

Question

Slot-1

Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Passage:

Sit, drink your coffee here; your work can wait awhile. You're twenty-six, and still have some of life ahead. No need for wit; just talk vacuities, and I'll Reciprocate in kind, or laugh at you instead. The world is too opaque, distressing and profound. This twenty minutes' rendezvous will make my day: To sit here in the sun, with grackles all around, Staring with beady eyes, and you two feet away.

Question 1

Which of the following BEST captures the essence of the poem?

Let’s celebrate our existence, not our work

Let’s eat, drink and be merry in the lap of nature

Let’s create our own meaning in life, no matter what

Let’s be gibberish, not rational about life

Let’s enjoy a moment of peace in this busy life

Question 2

What does the poet BEST convey by mentioning grackles in these lines, “...with grackles all around, /Staring with beady eyes, and you two feet away.”?

Over witty discussions, grackles are the pleasant birds to look at

Grackles love to stare at us; however, they maintain a two-feet distance

A small bird like grackle can give us lots of happiness

We should not care about grackles, but us

Grackles, like humans, love to bask in the Sun

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