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verbal ability questions

Choose the most logical fit for each blank :-

Q76. The matter has been referred _____ the minister for decision.

A) to 

B) with 

C) for 

D) over

Ans. A

Q77. The old man brought _____ a reconciliation between the two brothers.

A) in 

B) through 

C) of

D) about

Ans. D

Q78. Please remind Gopal _____ his promise.

A)about 

B) for 

C) with 

D) of

Ans. D

Q79. The teacher should not be partial _____ any student.

A) for 

B) to  

C) against 

D) over

Ans. B

Q80. The students protested _____ the ill treatment of their leaders.

A)for 

B) to 

C) against 

D) over

Ans. C

Choose the most logical fit for each blank :-

Q81. He is fully prepared _____ the examination.

A) in 

B) to 

C) of 

D) for

Ans. D

Q82. One must stand _____ one’s relative in times of difficulty.

A) by 

B) with 

C) over 

D) against

Ans. A

Q83. He does not care _____ his family.

A) in 

B) for 

C) from 

D) over

Ans. B

Q84. The criminal begged _____ mercy.

A) on 

B) against

C) for 

D) with

Ans. C

Q85. The house belongs _____ my father.

A) with

B) to  

C) for

D) of

Ans. B

Choose the most logical fit for each blank :-

Q86. Please pay attention _____ what I say.

A)in 

B) on 

C) to  

D) for

Ans. C

Q87. You should not associate _____ bad boys.

A) with 

B) in 

C) on 

D) over

Ans. A

Q88. We kept _____ with the times.

A) of 

B) with  

C) up 

D) on

Ans. C

Q89. He is very lavish _____ his expenditure.

(a) in

(b) on

(c) with

(d) from

Ans. A

Q90. Finding himself short ________ money, he wrote ______ his uncle _______ help.

A) in, to, to  

B) of, to, for  

C) with, to, for  

D) to, to, about

Ans. B

Choose the most logical order of sentences among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph :-

Q91.

A. There are more than 20 major languages and several hundred minor ones and it is the home of several major religions.

B. There are several million indigenous peoples living in different parts of the country.

C. In spite of all these diversities we share a common land mass.

D. India is a land of continental proportions and immense diversities.

A) DABC

B) DCBA             

C) CABD        

D) BACD

Ans. A

Q92.

A. Often we are prone to assume that all families are like the ones we live in.

B. No other social institution appears more universal and unchanging.

C. Sociology and social anthropology have over many decades conducted field research across cultures to show how the institutions of family, marriage and kinship are important in all societies  and yet their character is different in different societies.

D. Perhaps no other social entity appears more ‘natural’ than the family.

A) DABC      

B) ABCD     

C) BACD     

D) DACB 

Ans. A

Q93.

A. Besides this, no organ of the government can act in a manner that violates them.

B. While ordinary legal rights are protected and enforced by ordinary law, Fundamental Rights are protected and guaranteed by the constitution of the country.

C. Ordinary rights may be changed by the legislature by ordinary process of law making, but a  fundamental right may only be changed by amending the Constitution itself.

D. Fundamental Rights are different from other rights available to us.

A) DCBA          

B) DBCA        

C) DCAB       

D) ACDB

Ans. B

Q94.

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.

A) EDACB

B) BEDAC

C) BDECA

D) CEDAB

Ans. B




Q95.

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.

A) CAEDB

B) DBAEC

C) CEADB

D) ECDBA

Ans. B

Q96.

A) Experts such as Larry Burns, head of research at GM, reckon that only such a full hearted leap will allow the world to cope with the mass motorisation that will one day come to China or India.

B) But once hydrogen is being produced from biomass or extracted from underground coal or made from water, using nuclear or renewable electricity, the way will be open for a huge reduction in carbon emissions from the whole system.

C) In theory, once all the bugs have been sorted out, fuel cells should deliver better total fuel economy than any existing engines.

D) That is twice as good as the internal combustion engine, but only five percentage points better than a diesel hybrid.

E) Allowing for the resources needed to extract hydrogen from hydrocarbon, oil, coal or gas, the fuel cell has an efficiency of 30 %.

A) CEDBA

B) CEBDA

C) AEDBC

D) ACEBD

Ans. A

Q97.

A) The two neighbours never fought each other.

B) Fights involving three male fiddler crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown.

C) They pushed or grappled only with the intruder.

D) We recorded 17 cases in which a resident that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbour, an ally.

E) We therefore tracked 268 intruder males until we saw them fighting a resident male.

A) BEDAC

B) DEBAC

C) BDCAE

D) BCEDA

Ans. A

Q98.

A) But he knew the critical issues in development programmes, whom to tap — a senior scientist, technician or professor.

B) He was able to synthesise the knowledge of hundreds of people to solve a single problem.

C) There is practically no other person who has successfully completed so many missions in such a short time.

D) He was not the kind of person to write a thesis or solve equations and things like that.

E) I will not classify Kalam as a pure scientist.

F) He had high respect for the professors and teaching staff at our leading science institutions and always used to tap their wisdom.

A) BEAFDC

B) CEAFDB

C) AEFBCD

D) EDAFBC

Ans. D

Q99.

A) This would come as a big shot in the arm for the investors and consumers of these banks even though apprehension is mounting on other banking and broking firms worldwide

B) One of the main reasons behind the success of these banks this quarter, would be their direct banking by the government of India.

C) Despite the economic crunch worldwide that saw pulverization of some of the largest banking and finance giants, Indian banking houses have managed to show positive growth this quarter.

D) People take solace in their investment in public sector watching the bailout packages being cashed out by government all over the world to save business houses.

E) Some of India’s leading national banks have posted a net profit rise of more than 40% over the last quarter amid global turmoil.

A) BEADC

B) CEABD

C) AEBCD

D) EBCAD

Ans. B

Q100.

A) In this context, it is important to stress that the values of tribal culture are transmitted in a manner that protects the right of the bearers of knowledge to determine the terms of the transmission without exploitation or commodification.

B) Tribal communities have, over the decades, witnessed the fragmentation of their habitats and homelands and the disruption of their cultures through predatory tourism.

C) For them, equality of opportunity remains largely unfulfilled.

D) Even 67 years after Independence, the problems of Adivasi communities are about access to basic needs.

E) These include, but are not restricted to, elementary education, community healthcare, sustainable livelihood support, the public distribution system, food security, drinking water and sanitation, debt, and infrastructure.

F) Nor can the Adivasis’ unhindered access to land and forests, including full access to the commons, especially in scheduled areas, be understated.

A) BEAFDC

B) CEAFDB

C) AEFBCD

D) DECAFB

Ans. D


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