Online Verbal Ability Test - Verbal Ability Test 3

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  • Total number of questions: 20.
  • Time allotted: 30 minutes.
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Marks : 2/20


Total number of questions
20
Number of answered questions
0
Number of unanswered questions
20
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Direction (Q.Nos. 1 - 3)

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).

1.

(solve as per the direction given above)

My wife has got
a new job
a month ago.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
My wife got

2.

(solve as per the direction given above)

A body of volunteers
have been organised
to spread the message of the saint.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
has been organised

3.

(solve as per the direction given above)

In spite of several reminders,
he did not so far send
any reply to me, letters.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
he has not so far sent

Direction (Q.Nos. 4 - 5)

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 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

4.

(solve as per the direction given above)

He being the eldest son,
his father expects him
to take care of several things
besides his regular studies.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

5.

(solve as per the direction given above)

He was very disappointed
when he found
that someone else
had secured higher marks.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

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.

6.
She baffled all our attempts to find her.
defeated
thwarted
foiled
circumvented
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

7.
Even today many people are guided by abstruse moral values.
dangerous
impracticable
obscure
irrational
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

8.
The pioneers left a blazing trial of courage, manliness and chivalry.
inventors
explorers
colonialist
settlers
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.Nos. 9 - 10)

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

9.
She has an aversion ...... taking even onion and garlic.
with
at
against
to
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

10.
He is a very careful person, he never takes side but remains ......
impartial
unbiased
neutral
prejudiced
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 11)

In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

11.
The national unity of a free people
P : to make it impracticable
Q : for there to be an arbitrary administration
R : depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power
S : against a revolutionary opposition that is irreconcilably opposed to it
The Proper sequence should be:
QRPS
QRSP
RPQS
RSPQ
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 12)

Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

12.
We don't know how did the thief made an escape.
how the thief did make
how the thief does make
how the thief made
how was the thief made
No correction required
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.Nos. 13 - 14)

In questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicised part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, option 'D' is the answer.

13.
The old man felled some trees in the garden with hardly no effort at all.
hard effort
hardly any effort
a hardly any effort
No improvement
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

14.
As he is past his teens now, he can look for himself.
after
to
around
No improvement
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.Nos. 15 - 16)

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.

15.
S1: This weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building.
P : They are only wind-vanes.
Q : Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be.
R : They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.
S : Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind.
S6: The weather-vane can, however give us some indication of other.
The Proper sequence should be:
PQRS
PSRQ
PRSQ
SPQR
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

16.
S1: I took cigarettes from my case.
P : But when the fit of coughing was over, he replaced it between his lips.
Q : I lit one of them and placed it between the lips.
R : Then with a feeble hand he removed the cigarette.
S : Slowly he took a pull at it and coughed violently.
S6: Then he continues to draw on it.
The Proper sequence should be:
PSQR
QPSR
QSRP
SRPQ
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.Nos. 17 - 19)
In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
17.
A voice loud enough to be heard
Audible
Applaudable
Laudable
Oral
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

18.
A drawing on transparent paper
Red print
Blue print
Negative
Transparency
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

19.
Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool
Imbecility
Senility
Dotage
Superannuation
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 20)
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.
20.
It was he who put a spoke in my wheel.
tried to cause an accident
helped in the execution of the plan
thwarted in the execution of the plan
destroyed the plan
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

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