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Verbal Ability Questions and Answers

January 5th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

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Directions for next 4 verbal ability questions: For each verbal ability question in this section, select the best of the answer choices given.

1. Although air pollution was previously thought to exist almost exclusively in our nation’s cities, the recent increase in the number of persons suffering from illnesses attributed to excessive air pollution leaves us no choice but to conclude that other, non urban areas are now affected. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion of the argument above?

(A) The nation’s cities have seen a marked decrease in levels of air pollution.

(B) The nation has experienced a sharp decrease in the number of people moving out of its cities.

(C) Illnesses due to air pollution are among the least common causes of death to urban dwellers.

(D) Many illnesses previously thought unrelated to air pollution are now considered to be caused by it.

2. It has long been a commonplace in medical literature that the ingestion of drug L, in combination with the application of lotion M, causes the appearance of adverse reaction O. Recently, however, doubts have been cast on the role of lotion M in the appearance of adverse reaction O. Which one of the following research findings could most reasonably have created the doubts referred to above?

(A) The appearance of adverse reaction O following the ingestion of drug L and the application of lotion M

(B) The absence of adverse reaction O following the ingestion of drug L and the application of lotion M

(C) The ingestion of drug L and the appearance of adverse reaction O in the absence of lotion M

(D) The absence of adverse reaction O following the ingestion of drug L without the application of lotion M

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Verbal Ability Questions

January 2nd, 2010 | 5 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

verbal-ability-questions.Directions for next 3 Verbal Ability Questions: Each question consists of 2 capitalized words that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair that is related in the similar way.

1. TACT : DIPLOMAT

A) masterpiece : painter

B) lecture : professor

C) operation : surgeon

D) sobriety : judge

E) painting : artist

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CAT Verbal Ability Questions: Verbal Ability Test

December 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Verbal ability

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Directions for next 3 verbal ability questions: The sentences given in each verbal ability question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. A. In the west, Allied Forces had fought their way through southern Italy as far as Rome.

B. In June 1944 Germany’s military position in World War Two appeared hopeless.

C. In Britain, the task of amassing the men and materials for the liberation of northern Europe had been completed.

D. The Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis back through Poland.

E. The situation on the eastern front was catastrophic.

1. EDACB

2. BEDAC

3. BDECA

4. CEDAB

2. A. He felt justified in bypassing Congress altogether on a variety of moves.

B. At times he was fighting the entire Congress.

C. Bush felt he had a mission to restore power to the presidency.

D. Bush was not fighting just the democrats.

E. Representative democracy is a messy business, and a CEO of the White House does not like a legislature of second guessers and time wasters.

1. CAEDB

2. DBAEC

3. CEADB

4.ECDBA

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Verbal Ability Questions

December 21st, 2009 | 6 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

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Directions for next 3 Verbal Ability Questions: Each question consists of five statements followed by four sets of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are most logically related.

1. A. Akshat may be a Martin fan.
B. Akshat is an English Student.

C. Akshat is  a Martin fan.

D. Akshat is a Henry fan.

E. All English students are Martin fans.

a. BCE             b. ECB             c. BEA             d. BEC

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Download Verbal Ability Questions

November 30th, 2009 | 11 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Verbal Ability Questions- Direction for next 2 Verbal Ability Questions questions: Read the argument and answer the Verbal Ability Questions that follows.

1. When I go on a picnic, I am reminded of studies. Since I have not gone on a picnic, I am not reminded of studies.
Which of these is logically most similar to the above argument?
a. When Ram paints, he feels like going to meet everyone. Since Ram has not painted, he does not feel like going to meet anyone.
b. When Ram goes on a picnic, he feels like studying. He does not feel like going on a picnic because he has not studied.
c. When Ram does not study, he does not feel like going on a picnic. Since he has felt like going on a picnic, he must have studied.
d. My mother threatens to leave the house when I don’t study for CAT. If I do not crack CAT, she will leave me.

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Sample Verbal Ability Questions

November 24th, 2009 | 22 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Sample Verbal Ability Questions- Directions for next 3 Sample Verbal ability questions: in each of the following sentences, parts of the sentences are left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

1. But ____________ are now regularly written not just for tools, but well-established practices, organizations, institutions, not all of which seem to be ______________ away.
(A) Reports – withering
(B) stories – trading
(C) books – dying
(D) Obituaries – fading

2. The Darwin who ______________ is most remarkable for the way in which he ___________  the attributes of the world class thinker and heard of the house hold.
(A) Comes – figures
(B) arises – adds
(C) emerges – combines
(D) Appeared combines

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Sample Verbal Ability Questions

November 19th, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Sample Verbal Ability Questions: Direction for next 3 Verbal Ability Questions: Choose the alternative that is closest in meaning to the capitalized word.

1. AVOW
a. To disclaim
b. To declare openly
c. To curse
d. To guarantee
e. To despise

2. APOCRYPHAL
a. Priestly
b. Ancient
c. Ambiguous
d. Counterfeit
e. Prolific

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