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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

3. 1: It is wrong to think that city life is altogether unhealthy.

P: Cities are planned in such a way as to provide open spaces with parks and playgrounds for the benefit of the dwellers.

Q: Perhaps it was so at one time, but now-a-days with proper roads, pavements and drainage systems, sickness is kept at bay.

R: Even when sickness does strike there are doctors and hospitals at hand.

S: This is not the case in the country-side where people frequently suffer and sometimes die for want of medical facilities.

6: Life in the countryside is all right as a break from feverish pace of city life; but the city has far more to offer one who wishes to lead a full, exciting and satisfying life.

a. RSPQ

b. PQSR

c. QRSP

d. PRSQ

4. 1: Human experience tends to show that the more we mix with a man, the more we come to dislike him.
P: When acquaintance with him ripens into intimacy, we are likely to become very keenly aware of his defects and imperfections.

Q: In the beginning, we may feel greatly attracted by someone because of certain qualities that we find in him.

R: But on closer acquaintance, we will begin to perceive his faults and shortcomings.

S: Nobody is free from faults and weaknesses.

6: But while a man makes a show of his strong points and his good qualities, he generally tries to conceal or cover his faults or defects.

a. SPQR

b. PQSR

c. QRPS

d. QRSP

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