Verbal Questions With Answers
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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