VERBAL ABILITY TEST
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Select the word that is which one, wo or none can fll up the space for the
a synonym of the question word suppressed sentence(3) to make the paragraph
meaningful and mark your answer accordingly
1. INCOGNITO
(1) disguised (2) incomigible Cautlon:
(3) invalid (4) unpleasant While marking your answer please consider the
sequence of the sentences if both the sentences are
2 SPENDTHRIFT required to fill the spaces
(1) vagabond (2) miser
11. Most people including conservationists think that
(3) niggad (4) profligate
when a spectes is in trouble all it requires is a chunk
3. PARTISAN of protected forest (.... ). While one group
(1) neutral (2) partial argues for their relocatlon out of the forest, the other
(3) unbiased (4) frugal advocates giving them rights to the forest.
A. How to deal with the people has split the
4KNOLL conservation community into two.
(1) mound (2) tangle 8. However, in a densely populated country like
(3) bolt (4) crook India, there are several other constituents or
state holders involved.
5. PLACATE (1) Only A (2) B andA
(2) mollity (3) A and B (4) Only B
(1) praise
(3) bribe (4) instigate 12. Polonium is a natural element found in tiny amounts
just about everywhere-in air, solid and plants.
Directions for questions 6 to 10: Each of the
( . ) . Your exposure is a bit higher if you
sentences is divided into four parts (1). (2), (3) and (4).
smoke because tobacco leaves concentrate polonium
Choose the part that has an emor absorbed from the soil and the atmosphere.
(A) There is some in your body right now but not
6. (1) ldealists promoting democracy
nearly enough to cause any harm.
(2) would never trample (B) What is polonium used for?
(3) with civil liberties or imprison people (1) A and B (2) Only A
(4) without recourse to due process of law.
(3) Only B (4) B and A
7. (1) Indian E commerce portals 13. Muhammad Yunus successfully demonstrated how
(2) have an unexpected competitor microcredit can be a means of alleviating poverty and
(3) of Pantaloon Retail, the empowering women. (.. His goal of reducing
(4) country's top retail chain. poverty by half by 2015 will require the commitment
and cooperation of development partners and the
8. (1) Indian companies unequivocal support of local govermments.
(2) have coped admirably (A) An impossible idea turned out to be a practical
(3) with the challenge of weapon in the fight against the extreme poverty
(4) a liberalised econamy and globalisation. of those in South East Asia and other third
world areas.
9. (1) While carying out largescale (B) But for now, it seems to be a distant dream.
(2) operations against naxals (1) Only A (2) A and B
(3) we have to (3) Only B (4) None of these
(4) adapt tactics that are unique to the situation
14. The first essay is a comparative study of Indian and
10. (1) Shoaib Malik was unhappy American secularism and religiosity ( . )
(2) that his passport was seized Both countries have officially secular govermmentsS
(3) and said he will complain and highly religious populations.
(4) to the Pakistan high commissian. (A) The Indian approach is based not on separation
of government and religion as in the U.S, but on
Directons for questons 11 to 15: In each of these the principle of equal treatment of all religions.
questions, a set of 3 or 4 sentences which convey an (B) Indian and American secular govemments are
idea is given. Of these, one or two is/are suppressed. founded on entirely different principles.
To fl up the spaces of the suppressed sentence(s) (1) A andB (2) B and A
two possible fillers as (A) and (B) are given. Find out (3) Only AA (4) None of these
16. Marketing has been the weakest link in tho value (2) To understand the probable reasons for Reserve
chain of agriculture products. Bank of India's inaction, it is necessary to take a
It has signed a memorandum of Intent with a Dutch look at the problem involved practically.
consortium. for the
(A) Famers are trained in agricuture and horticultural
(3) To understand the probable reasons
Reserve Bank of India's inaction, it is necessary
prectices within and outside the state. to take a look at the practical problems involved.
(B) Every year, 60 famers are taken on study tours (4) To understand the probable reasons of the
to various parts of the country. Reserve Bank of India's inactlon t was
(1) Only A (2) AandB to take a look at the practical
necessary
(3) B and A (4) None of these problem involved.
Directions for questions 16 to 20: Each of the 22. Runs had to be earned in the hard way in the
questions below has a part of the sentence underlined, second half of the contest, as the slow pitch
which has a grammaticel eror (s). Choose the
altemattve that is grammatically comect.
demanded a batting skill of a high order.
in the
(1) Runs had to be earned the hard way
half of the contest as the slow pitch
16. Deccan Chargers held its nerves to pull in its fh second
demanded batting skills of a high order.
win in a row and the reward was a semifinal slot in Runs had to be earned by the hard way in the
(2)
the DLF Indian Premier League ll. second half of the contest as the slow pitch
(1) held its nerve to pull in their fifth win demanded batting skills of a high order
(2) held their nerves to pull in their fifth win (3) Runs had to be earned through the hard way in
(3) held its nerves to pull out their fifth win the second half of the contest as the slow pitch
(4) held its nerves to pull off its fifth win demanded batting skills of a rare order.
in the
(4) Runs had to be earned the hard way
17. Your hous g finance company requires to send a second half of the contest as a slow pitch
schedule called the amortisation schedule. demands batting skill ofa high order.
(1) required to send a schedule
23. The Indian aviation industry has been one of the
(2) required you send a schedule
most dynamic industry the world over and has been
(3) requires to send you a schedule
witness to exponential growth across the last wo
(4). is required to send you a schedule
decades.
18. Gesture is such a vital component of speech that it (1) The Indian aviation industry has been one of the
most dynamic industries in the world and is
neartyisimpossible to have a conversation without it.
(1) it nearly is impossible having Witnessing exponential growth in the last two
decades.
(2) it is nearty impossible to have (2) The Indian aviation industry is one of the most
(3) it is near impossible to have dynamic industries in the world and has witnessed
(4) it is nearty impossible for having an exponential growth over the last two decades
(3) Indian aviation industry is one of the more
19. As our technology improved, our ability to send ever dynamic industries in the world and has been
- longer messages in even smaller packages will
witnessing exponential growth since the last two
undoubtedly advance. decades.
(1) As our technology improves (4) The Indian aviation industry is one of the most
(2) As our technology is improving dynamic industries in the world but has been
(3) Even as our technology improves witnessing exponential growth in the last two
(4) While our technology improves decades.
20. Over the years, though corporate social responsibility
24. Never has M. F. Hussian. been so commercially
successful as he is today.
iniiatives have become an integral part of corporate
(1) Never has M.F. Hussian been as commercially
stategies crücs says notenough has been done successful as he is today.
(1) critcs say not enough have done. (2) Never has M.F. Hussain enjoyed so much
(2) critics says not enough is done. commercial success as today.
(3) critics say not enough is being done. (3) Never M. F. Hussain has been as commercially
(4) criics have been saying not enough is being done. successful as he is today.
(4) Never has M. F. Hussian enjoyed as much
Directions for questions 21 to 25: Each of these commercial success as he is enjoying today.
questions has a sentence with four alternatives. Choose
the altemative which best conveys the content of the 25. The arrival of a new breed of buyers, combining with
given sentence corecty. intense global competition, has led Indian art
galleries to change their operating style.
21. To understand the probable reason for the Reserve (1) The arrival of a new breed of buyers, combined
Bank of India's' inactivity, it is necessary to take a with intense global competition has led Indian
look at the practical problems involved. art galleries to change their style of operations.
(1) To understand the probable reasons for "the (2) The arrival of a new breed of buyers as well as
Reserve Bank of India's inactivity, it is
the intense global competition has led Indian art
necessary to take a look at the practical
galleries to change their operations.
problems involved.
31 a
(3) The arival of a new bread of buyera and an 33. In an attermpt prevent water from emerging
to
Indo-Pak tins, India is lkely to respond
Intense global competPlon has led Indian att in of charge4 on water
galleries to change their styln of ope: tions $0on to fslamabad's
ralated isaues
(4) The ariving of o new brend of turyere and an 9lew
(1) limelight slurry (2) 10rapoint
intenstve globel competitlon have ted Indian art stork (4) dead end array
(3) Mashpnint
galleries to change their ttyle ot operations
34. If census data is to ba those
Dlrections for qvestions 26 to 30: Ench of the information must ba educated
following queslions has a word feollowed by for choica aupplying
(1) convlncng
three of which are elther similsr or close in meaning (2) tenable collecting
Identify the one which is not Its synonym 3) credible providing
(4) plausible gatherlng
26. INCANDESCENT
media
(1) incensed (2) fuming 36. If some of the popular writing in the western
(3) irete is to be believed, India's approach to climate
(4) incognizant
is all that stands between and a
change
27. LABYRINTH happy global consengus on the biggest problem
(1) morass (2) web facing mankind
(3) larceny (4) quandary (1) intransigent . apocalypse
(2) belligerent . disaster
28. LOUTISH (3) enigmatic.. catastrophe
(1) voguish (2) boorish (4) conciliatory distress
(3) aggressive (4) oafish
Directions for questions 36 to 40: In each question.
29. TOTTER as a, b, c and d) are given. Two of
four words (identified
(1) wobble (2) blinker them are similar in meaning to each other. Identify this
(3) teeter (4) stagger pair from the given choices and mark the combination as
your answer.
30. AFICIONADO
(1) authority (2) savant 36. (a) ambivalent unequivocal
(3) administrator (4) connoisseur (c) equivocal (d) cryptic
(1) a-d (2) a-c (3) b-d (4) a-b
Directions for questions 31 to 35: Pick the most
eftective words from the given words to fll in the blanks 37. (a) punctilious (b) unscrupulous
to make the sentence meaningfully complete. (c) sanctimonious (d) fastidious
(1) a-d (2) a-b (3) c-d (4) a-c
31. A steady stream of such revelations has,
public outrage in a country where the gap between 38. (a) vicious (b) banal
the rich and the poor is widening. (c) kindly (C) prosaic
(1) a-c (2) c-d (3) b-d (4) b-c
(1) encouraged (2) stalled
(3) stoked (4) stalked (6) Matten
39. (a) bulldoze
(c) quarantine (d) alleviate
32. Entomologists have long been by the (1) C-d (2) a-d (3) a- c (4) a-b
ability of insects to track odours to their source as
far as one kilometre away. 40. (a) decrepit (b) lissome
(1) enticed (2) enthralled (c) graceful (d) lethargic
(3) fascinated (4) hypnotised (1) a-d (2) b-c (3) b-d (4) a-b
