CAT Sentence Placement questions with solutions
Decide where a given sentence fits best within a paragraph. 22 questions from our 2020–2025 CAT pattern papers. Each has the answer and a full solution.
CAT 2025
- There is a sentence missing from the paragraph below. Choose the option that best indicates where (marked 1, 2, 3, 4) it should be inserted. Most…
- There is a sentence missing from the paragraph below. Choose the option that best indicates where (marked 1, 2, 3, 4) it should be inserted.…
- Read the passage and answer the question that follows. Urban foraging — gathering wild greens, mushrooms or fruit from parks, roadsides and vacant…
- Read the passage and answer the question that follows. Ghost nets — commercial fishing nets lost, abandoned or discarded at sea — continue to trap…
- Read the passage with a sentence removed, marked [BLANK]. "Permafrost — ground that has remained frozen for at least two consecutive years —…
- Read the passage with a sentence removed, marked [BLANK]. "Double-entry bookkeeping, formalised in the fifteenth century, requires every transaction…
CAT 2024
- The passage below is followed by a sentence that has been removed from it. From the given options, choose the one where the missing sentence best…
- The passage below is followed by a sentence that has been removed from it. From the given options, choose the one where the missing sentence best…
- Four sentences (1–4) form a paragraph, with one sentence missing. Choose the option that best fills the blank, marked [BLANK], to complete the…
- Four sentences (1–4) form a paragraph, with one sentence missing. Choose the option that best fills the blank, marked [BLANK], to complete the…
- Deep-sea hydrothermal vents were discovered only in 1977, and their discovery overturned a basic assumption of biology. (1) Until then, virtually all…
CAT 2023
- Four sentences form a coherent paragraph, but one has been removed. Identify the option that best fits into the blank marked [X]. (1) Traditional…
- The paragraph below is followed by four options, each suggesting a sentence to be inserted at the marked blank (___). Choose the option that…
- Directions: A sentence has been removed from the paragraph below. From the four options, choose the sentence that fits most logically and coherently…
CAT 2022
- Four sentences (1, 2, 3, 4) form a paragraph, but one additional sentence, marked X, has been left out. Choose the option that places X most…
- The paragraph given below is followed by four options that indicate the best placement of a missing sentence. Choose the option that best completes…
- Read the passage and determine where the given sentence best fits. Sentence: However, this apparent simplicity conceals a significant administrative…
CAT 2021
CAT 2020
- Read the paragraph and the sentence that has been left out. Choose the option that indicates the most logical place to insert the sentence.…
- The sentence below has been removed from the passage. From the options given, choose the position where it best fits. Sentence: This was not mere…
- The paragraph below is missing a sentence. From the options, choose the sentence that fits most logically into the blank marked [BLANK]. Remote work…