Online Verbal Ability Test - Verbal Ability Test 2

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Total number of questions: 20.
Time allotted: 30 minutes.
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Direction (Q.Nos. 1 - 2)

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

(solve as per the direction given above)

Looking back, I find that among the many impressions ofthe people of India,

absorbed while I lived among them,

are their reverence for great men and women.

No error.

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(solve as per the direction given above)

In management, as you rise higher,

the problems you face becomemore and more unstructured and you can't just fall back on

the tools you had been

No error.

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Direction (Q.Nos. 3 - 5)

(solve as per the direction given above)

Even after worked in the office

for as many as fifteen years,

he still does not understand

the basic objectives of the work.

No error.

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(solve as per the direction given above)

I cannot

make from

what you are saying

about him.

No error.

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(solve as per the direction given above)

Your machine would not have

given you so much trouble

if you had

maintained it proper.

No error.

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Direction (Q.Nos. 6 - 8)

In each of the sentences given below a word is printed in bold. Below it four choices are given. Pick up the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printer in bold and can replaces it without altering the meaning of the sentence.

Catching snakes can be hazardous for people untrained in the art.

tricky

harmful

difficult

dangerous

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She has an insatiable love for music.

unsatisfiable

unchanging

irreconcilable

undesirable

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Traffic being what it is, it is lamentable that our roads are unable to take the load.

unpardonable

deplorable

inexcusable

terrible

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Direction (Q.Nos. 9 - 10)

In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.

FLAGITIOUS

Innocent

Vapid

Ignorant

Frivolous

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10.

IMPASSE

Resurgence

Breakthrough

Continuation

Combination

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Direction (Q.Nos. 11 - 14)

Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

11.

The paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.

straight

but

directly

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12.

He passed the examination in the first class because he ......

was hard working for it

worked hardly for it

had worked hard for it

was working hard for it

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13.

The English schemed to continue their rule in India by playing off one community ...... the other.

before

upon

against

with

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14.

The grapes are now ...... enough to be picked.

ready

mature

ripe

advanced

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Direction (Q.No. 15)

In each question, an incomplete statement (Stem) followed by fillers is given. Pick out the best one which can complete incomplete stem correctly and meaningfully.

15.

In order to help the company attain its goal of enhancing profit, all the employees ......

urged the management to grant paid leave

appealed the management to implement new welfare schemes

voluntarily offered to work overtime with lucrative compensation

voluntarily offered to render additional services in lieu of nothing

decided to enhance production at the cost of quality of the product

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Direction (Q.Nos. 16 - 17)

In questions below, each passage consist of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

16.

S₁:	Once upon atime there lived three young men in a certain town of Hindustan.
P :	All the people of the neighbourhood were mortally afraid of them.
Q :	They were so powerful that they could catch growing lions and tear them to pieces.
R :	Someone told them that they would become immortal if they killed Death.
S :	The young men believed themselves to be very good friends.
S₆:	All of them set out in search of their foe called Death.

The Proper sequence should be:

QPRS

SQPR

RSQP

SRPQ

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17.

S₁:	Ants eat worms, centipedes and spiders.
P :	They are usually much quicker than the ant itself.
Q :	Nevertheless, these animals do not make easy game for ants.
R :	Besides, they have an extraordinary number of ways of escaping.
S :	They also eat larvae and insect adults such as flies, moths and spring tails.
S₆:	Some jump, and some give out a pungent repellent substance.

The Proper sequence should be:

SQPR

SPRQ

SQRP

SRQP

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Direction (Q.Nos. 18 - 19)

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.

18.

In spite of the immense pressure exerted by the militants, the Government has decided not to give in.

accede

yield

oblige

confirm

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19.

Why do you wish to tread on the toes?

To give offence to them

To follow them grudgingly

To treat them indifferently

To be kicked by them

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Direction (Q.No. 20)

In the questions below the sentences have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

20.

Nita ordered her servant to bring her cup of tea.

Nita told her servant, "Bring a cup of tea."

Nita said, "Bring me a cup of tea."

Nita said to her servant, "Bring me a cup of tea."

Nita told her servant, "Bring her that cup of tea."

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