Online Verbal Ability Test - Verbal Ability Test 5

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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 - 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).

1.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Everyone visiting the house asked the young girl
how could she kill the wolf
single handed and without a weapon.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
'how she could kill the wolf'

2.

(solve as per the direction given above)

When I get a cold
it takes me weeks
to shake it off.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
When I catch cold

Direction (Q.Nos. 3 - 6)

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).

3.

(solve as per the direction given above)

He tried as he could
Naveen did not
succeed in getting
his car to start up.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
his car start up

4.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Immediately after boarding the bus,
Mahesh asked the conductor.
that if he knew
where the museum was,
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
if he knew

5.

(solve as per the direction given above)

I am contacting you
sometime in next week
to explain to you
my problem in detail.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
sometime next week

6.

(solve as per the direction given above)

When the national
anthem was being
sung, everyone were
standing in silence.
No error.
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
Sung, everyone was

Direction (Q.No. 7)

In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

7.
FORAY
Maraud
Contest
Ranger
Intuition
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.Nos. 8 - 9)

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.

8.
The attitude of Western countries towards the Third World Countries is rather callous to say the least.
passive
unkind
cursed
unfeeling
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

9.
When he returned he was accompanied by a sprightly young girl.
beautiful
lively
intelligent
sportive
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 10)

Each sentences below consist of a word or a phrase which is bold. It is followed by four words or phrases. Select the word or pharse which is closes to the OPPOSITE in meaning of the bold word or phrase.

10.
A friendly dog meet us at the farmgate.
helpful
understanding
quiet
hostile
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 11)

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

11.
Success in this examination depends ...... hard work alone.
at
over
for
on
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 12)

Find the correctly spelt words.

12.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Eflorescence
Efllorescence
Efflorescence
Efflorascence
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
Efflorescence - flowering, blossoming

Direction (Q.No. 13)

In each questions below five words are given. Find out that word, the spelling of which is WRONG. The letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are spelt correctly, the answer is 'E', i.e., "All Correct".

13.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Psychologist
Psychaitrist
Physiologist
Psychoanalyst
All correct
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
Psychiatrist

Direction (Q.No. 14)

In each sentence below, four words which are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D) have been printed in bold type, one which may be either inappropriate in the context of the sentence or wrongly spelt.The letter of that word is answer.If all the four words are appropriate and also correctly spelt, mark 'E', i.e., 'All Correct' as the answer.

14.

(solve as per the direction given above)

The funeral
was plain and ostentatious
It differed
in nothing from the ordinery
All correct
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option
Explanation:
ordinary

Direction (Q.No. 15)

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.

15.
The poor villagers have waited in the bitter cold for more than 4 hours now.
have been waiting
had waited
has been waiting
No improvement
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.Nos. 16 - 17)

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.

16.
Mahesh need not have purchased the bag, means ......
it was not necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag but he has purchased it
it was necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag and he has not purchased it
it was not necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag and he has not purchased it
it was necessary for Mahesh to purchase the bag but he has not purchased it
Mahesh already has a bag but still he purchased another one
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

17.
Because he believes in democratic principles, he always ......
decides all the matters himself
listen to others views and enforces his own
shown respect to others opinions if they match his own
reconciles with the majority views and gives us his own
imposes his own views on others
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 18)

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.

18.
S1: There is a touching story of Professor Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Putney.
P : 'No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least.
Q : Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress.
R : It was 1729.
S : The best he could do, as he got to the beside was "I say Ramanujan, I thought the number of taxi I came down in was a very dull number"
S6: It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes.
The Proper sequence should be:
PRSQ
QSRP
QSPR
SQRP
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

Direction (Q.No. 19)
In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
19.
One who eats everything
Omnivorous
Omniscient
Irrestible
Insolvent
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.
I felt like a fish out of water among all those business tycoons.
troubled
stupid
uncomfortable
inferior
Your Answer: Option
(Not Answered)
Correct Answer: Option

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