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Verbal Questions With Answers

March 10th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

verbal-questions-with-answers- Directions for next 5 Verbal Questions: Each question has a sentence with two blanks followed by four pairs of words as choices. Select the pair of words than can best complete the given sentence.

1. The latest amendments to the Patents Act 1970, expected to be introduced in Parliament to ________ with India’s commitments under the ‘Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights’ agreement of the WTO have _____ almost unanimous criticism.
a. concur …….. invited
b. compare ……. Solicited
c. comply …… invoked
d. conform ………. Induced
Ans. C.
‘Concur’ means to agree and is not apt for the first blank. ‘Compare’ cannot be the word for the first blank. ‘Conform with’ is not possible as it should be ‘Conform to’. Hence the correct words for the two blanks are ‘comply’ and ‘invoked.’

2. The Arunachal macaque’s high rank in the ______ ladder makes its morphological characterization, identify in relation to other closely related Macaca species and field habits scientifically _______ .
a. natural ……. Insipid
b. evolutionary ……. Exciting
c. developmental ………. Important
d. hierarchical ……… worthwhile
Ans. B.
The word ‘evolutionary’ is the most appropriate to go with ladder.

3. Despite India’s political ______, and sharp inter-party differences on certain issues, the centre and states need to work in ____ to create attractive investment destinations.
a. diversity …… tandem
b. multiplicity ……. Union
c. divisions ……… discord
d. unity …….. concert
Ans. A
The word ‘despite’ shows that the words in the blanks shouls be opposities of each other. Hence (3) and (4) are wrong. ‘To work in tandem’ is an apt phrase whereas ‘ to work in union’ is inappropriate.

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Verbal Questions

February 13th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Verbal Questions: Directions for next 3 Verbal Questions: Read the passage given below and answer the verbal questions accordingly.

In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, Red and Brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wife’s group: women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden.

1. A Brown female could have had
I. a grandfather born Red
II. a grandmother born Red
III. two grandfathers born Brown.
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II only
d. I, II and III

2. A male born into the Brown group may have
a. an uncle in either group
b. a Brown daughter
c. a son-in-law born into the Red group
d. a daughter-in-law in the Red group.

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Verbal Questions For CAT

February 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Verbal ability

verbal-questions-for-cat. Directions for next 3 verbal questions: In each verbal questions, the word at the top of the table is used if four different ways, numbered a to d. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPRPRIATE.

1. Strike
a. I was struck by her choice resemblance to my aunt.
b. The Ambanis have struck gold at their venture in the telecom sector.
c. I firmly hold it to be a sin to strike a child.
d. The serial killer has struck yet again.

2. Wear
a. her old shoes were beginning to show signs of wear.
b. You will get years of wear out of that fur coat.
c. the effects of your long illness will soon wear.
d. the men in the army wear short hair.

3. Weather
a. She goes out jogging in all weather.
b. If you are under the weather, you need not go for the party tonight.
c. She managed to weather the rough period of her life quite bravely.
d. With exposure to sun, these bricks weather to a pinkish brown color.

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CAT Verbal Questions

February 2nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

cat-verbal-questions. Directions for next 5 CAT Verbal Questions: In each verbal questions, the word at the top is used in 4 different ways, labeled a to d. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPROPRIATE.

1. KEY

a. He was a key figure in the campaign.

b. She played a sonata in the key E flat major.

c. I wanted to key his reaction after I asked him the question.

d. The key is, how long can the federal government control the inflation rate.

2. KILL

a. I was in at the kill when she finally lost her job.

b. The captain stood on the kill of the ship.

c. The fighter plane prepared to move in for the kill.

d. Don’t kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait.

3. STATE

a. The man died in a state of grace.

b. State clearly how many driven in state throught the streets.

d. My hair gets full of state when I brush it.

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Verbal Questions

January 20th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Verbal Ability Questions

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Directions for next 5 Verbal questions: In each verbal question below a set of four statements is given, followed by five answer options to categories these statements as facts, inferences, and judgments. Consider the statements and decide which of the choices out of the four given is true.

F: Fact: If it relates to a known matter of direct observation, or an existing reality or something known to be true.

J: Judgment: If it is an opinion or estimate or anticipation of common sense or intention.

I: Inference: If it is a logical conclusion or deduction about something, based on the knowledge of facts

1. 1. The Pharma companies in India often conduct controversial clinical trials exploiting the ignorant and illiterate volunteers.

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Verbal Questions for CAT

January 7th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Verbal Questions for CAT

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

1. According to a recent study, attending a single sex high school aids an adolescent’s physical growth. Cited as evidence is the finding that during the first two years of high school, the average boy in an all-boys school grew five inches, and the average girl in an all-girls school grew four inches.

The answer to which of the following questions is needed in order to evaluate the reasoning presented in the study?

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Verbal Ability Questions

January 2nd, 2010 | 3 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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Verbal Ability

December 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Verbal ability

Verbal Ability Questions.

Directions for next 4 Verbal Ability Questions: In the following verbal ability questions the first and the last part of the sentence are numbered 1 & 6. The rest of the sentence is split up into 4 parts and named P, Q, R & S. These 4 parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which part of the 4 combinations is correct.

1. 1: They left by car at about 8 pm.

P: Covering the last leg of the drive through a hilly terrain when they reached the estate- it was around ten.

Q: On the way to the party, 60 kms away, they suffered a puncture and then another minor breakdown.

R: However, the host was there and welcomed the late-comers.

S: The guests were getting ready to leave.

6: The food had gone rather cold but the smiles were warm.

a. RQPS

b. SRQP

c. QPSR

d. PRQS

2. 1: The Dance Theatre of Harlem has achieved what once seemed impossible; it has brought blacks to ballet and ballet to blacks.

P: The son of Harlem building superintendent, Mitchell auditioned for admission to New York City’s famous High School of Performing Arts when he was 15.

Q: The man responsible is Arthur Mitchell who, at 22, became first black star of classical ballet.

R: He immediately resolved to become one.

S: He was admitted, but the examiners told him he would never be a dancer.

6: He won a scholarship to the School of American Ballet and was taken into the Company in 1955.

a. RSQP

b. PQRS

c. PRSQ

d. QPSR

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CAT Verbal Ability Questions: Verbal Ability Test

December 29th, 2009 | No Comments | 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

Verbal Ability.

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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