The Athenians on the whole were peaceful and prosperous, they had _____ to sit at home and think about the universe and dispute with Socrates, or to travel abroad and _____ the world.

The best punctuation is that of which the reader is least conscious, for when punctuation, or lack of it, _____ itself, it is usually because it _____.

The Internet is a medium where users have nearly _____ choices and _____ constraints about where to go and what to do. (CAT 2003)

A. When I returned to home, I began to read B. everything I could get my hand on about Israel. C. That same year Israel's Jewish Agency sent D. a Shaliach a sort of recruiter to Minneapolis. E. I became one of his most active devotees. (CAT 2007)  

A. So once an economy is actually in recession,
B. the authorities can, in principle, move the economy. 
C. out of slump - assuming hypothetically.
D. that they know how to - by a temporary stimuli.
E. In the longer term, however, such policies have no affect on the overall behaviour of the economy.

(CAT 2007)  

Near (CAT 2005)

Hand (CAT 2005)                  

There are four sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage and choose the most appropriate option.
A. It is sometimes told that democratic.
B. government originated in the city-states
C. of ancient Greece. Democratic ideals have been handed to us from that time.
D. In truth, however, this is an unhelpful assertion.

(CAT 2007)

Choose the incorrect usage 
For (CAT 2005)

Regrettably [A] /Regretfully [B],I have to decline your invitation. I am drawn to the poetic, sensual [A] / sensuous [B]quality of her paintings. He was besides [A] / beside [B] himself with rage when I told him what I had done. After brushing against a stationary [A] / stationery [B] truck my car turned turtle. As the water began to rise over [A] / above [B]the danger mark, the signs of an imminent flood were clear.
The correct sequence is: ___