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Verbal Questions With Answers

March 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Verbal ability

verbal-questions-with-answers- Directions for next 5 Verbal Questions: Each verbal 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

Answer. 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.

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Sample Verbal Questions For CAT

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

Sample Verbal Questions For CAT- Directions for next 3 Sample verbal questions for CAT: In each sample 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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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 Free Sample Verbal Questions

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

CAT Free Sample Verbal questions- Directions for next 4 Sample Verbal Ability Questions: In the following sample 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 combination 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 | 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

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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CAT Sample Verbal Questions

December 16th, 2009 | 11 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Directions for 3 CAT Sample Verbal Questions: In each cat sample Verbal Questions, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.

1. GOOD
a. Is this a good dress for the party?
b. The kept milk in the glass is still good.
c. Farah ruined the family’s good name.
d. I’m good for another round of golf.

2. WRITE
a. How do you write your name?
b. To write one’s thoughts is a good habit.
c. You’ll have to write out a request.
d. It is important to write ones will itself.

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CAT Verbal Questions

December 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Directions for next 3 CAT Verbal Questions: In the following sentences, infer the meaning of the underlined word and then select the option that is the best synonym for the word.

1. The exegetic quality of his writings makes him my favorite writer.
(A) Exemplary
(B) Philosophic
(C) Explanatory
(D) Sketchy

2. A desultory approach to reach is opposed to the scientific method of enquiry.
(A) Unfocused
(B) Logical
(C) Desolate
(D) Detrimental

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CAT Verbal Questions

December 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

CAT verbal questions- Direction for next 3 CAT verbal questions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words/set of words.

1. While the honourable function of language is to ___ communication, we must remember that another of its historic functions, sometimes deliberate, sometimes accidental, is to ___ thought.
a. facilitate … promote
b. promote … conceal
c. popularize … prevent
d. help … enhance
e. None of these

2. Erosion in nature is a beneficial process; the same process ___ by human mismanagement has become one of the most ___ forces that had ever been released by man.
a. enhanced … lucrative
b. hastened … potent
c. checked … raucous
d. accelerated … destructive
e. None of these

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Sample Verbal Questions

December 4th, 2009 | 5 Comments | Posted in Verbal ability

Direction for next 3 Verbal Questions: In each of the following Verbal Questions, a capitalized pair of words is given, followed by numbered pairs of words. Identify the numbered pair that exhibits the same relationship as the capitalized pair does and mark its number as your answer or choose E if none of them satisfies.

1. DEMURE: CHURL
(A) Hare-brained: savant
(B) Soothing: emollient
(C) Venal: greenery
(D) Diabolic: hoodoo
(E) None of these

2. PREJUDICIAL: INNOCUOUS
(A) Vertiginous: latitudinal
(B) Sybaritic: ascetic
(C) Diehard: bumptious
(D) Quotidian: quixotic
(E)  None of these

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