Paragraph Completion - Mattancherry Jewry
CAT 2008 Slot 1 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Medium · Reading Comprehension
This is a medium Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 2008 Slot 1 paper. It tests Reading Comprehension. The full answer key and a step-by-step explanation are below — try it yourself first, then reveal the solution.
Mattancherry is Indian Jewry's most famous settlement. Its pretty streets of pastel coloured houses, connected by first-floor passages and home to the last twelve saree-and-sarong-wearing, white-skinned Indian Jews are visited by thousands of tourists each year. Its synagogue, built in 1568, with a floor of blue-and-white Chinese tiles, a carpet given by Haile Selassie and the frosty Yaheh selling tickets at the door, stands as an image of religious tolerance. [_____]
- A.
Mattancherry represents, therefore, the perfect picture of peaceful co-existence.
- B.
India's Jews have almost never suffered discrimination, except for European colonizers and each other.
- C.
Jews in India were always tolerant.
- D.
Religious tolerance has always been only a façade and nothing more.
- E.
The pretty pastel streets are, thus, very popular with the tourists.
B
Explanation
Option (2) provides context to the religious tolerance mentioned in the preceding line.
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