Passage: The Unseasonable Man
CAT 1999 Slot 1 · VARC · Easy · Reading Comprehension
Passage / data set
Unseasonableness is a tendency to do socially permissible things at the wrong time. The unseasonable man is the sort of person who comes to confide in you when you are busy. He serenades his beloved when she is ill. He asks a man who has just lost money by paying a bill for a friend to pay a bill for him. He invites a friend to go for a ride just after the friend has finished a long car trip. He is eager to offer services which are not wanted, but which cannot be politely refused. If he is present at an arbitration, he stirs up dissension between the two parties, who were really anxious to agree. Such is the unseasonable man.
Question 1 of 2
He tends to
- A.
entertain women.
- B.
be a successful arbitrator when dissenting parties are anxious to agree.
- C.
be helpful when solicited.
- D.
tell a long story to people who have heard it many times before.
D
Explanation
Doing something permissible at the wrong time is exemplified by telling a long story to people who have already heard it many times.
Question 2 of 2
The unseasonable man tends to
- A.
bring a higher bidder to a salesman who has just closed a deal.
- B.
disclose confidential information to others.
- C.
sing the praises of the bride when he goes to a wedding.
- D.
sleep late and rise early.
A
Explanation
Bringing a higher bidder right after a deal has closed is another textbook case of doing something at the wrong time.
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