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VERBAL TEST PAPER 2
Directions for questions 1 to 9 : In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases are underlined. You should choose the one word or phrase which would be not appropriate in standard written English. Mark(5) if you think that the sentence has no error.
The real indicator of
success for many people are earning more and more
wealth.
real are more more
He is invested by full
rights to act on behalf of the firm.
real
are more
more
The leader is liable
for losses.
real
are more
more
The committee felt that there
was no necessity of a new firm to handle project
financing
real
are more
more
The painter was completely
unconscious about the fact that not one of his creations had
been sold for over two years.
real
are more
more sold
The superior wanted to
know whether there was a precedent to that action.
real are
more
more
Which
tables is
booked for the ministers’ staff?
real
are more
more
All my equipment, including
the ruler, tripod, and the camera, were lost on the tour.
real
are more
more
The committee have ordered their coffee and are going to have it in the board room.
real are more more
Directions for questions 10 to 14: each question below consists of a pair of capitalised words, followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair which best expresses the relationship DISSIMILAR to that expressed in the capitalised pair.
GRIP : FIRM
Manners : good Wit : ready Aroma : tantalising Brain : heady
VIGOUR : HEALTHY
Hazard : dangerous Threat : alarming Challenge : defiant Hinder : impediment
CUFF: PUNISHMENT
Penance : atonement
Adulatory : flattery
Prostration : respect Frown :
disapproval
PULP : FRUIT
Jam : quince Ore : iron Vodka : potato pudding : rice
EAR : LOBE
Foot : leg Hand : finger Arm : hand leg : foot
Directions for questions 15 to 19: Each question below contains six statements. Choose the set of three statements which are logically related.
A] . No actress eats heartily.
B] . All actresses like food.
C] . Some actresses are weight conscious.
D] . All men eat heartily.
E] . No man is an actor.
F] . All men are handsome.
ABC
CDB
ADE FED.
A] All MBAS without work experience would like to attend training programmes.
B]. All managers would like to
attend training programmes.
C]. Some managers are entitled to attend training programmes.
D]. Some who qualify as managers are also MBAs.
E]. All MBAs are entitled to attend training programmes.
F]. Some managers are not MBAs.
ACD EDC DFB CAD
A] All businessmen are rich.
B] All businessmen are
investors.
C]. All businessmen are professionals.
D]. All businessmen need money.
E]. All professionals need money.
F]. All professionals need power.
BCF
DFC ECD
ABD
A] Some students think about their career.
B]. All CA aspirants are
students.
C]. All CA aspirants are hardworking.
D]All CA aspirants think about their career.
E]Some people who think about their career are students.
F]Some students are CA aspirants.
AEF ADF BCE DBA
A] Some top companies are conscious about costs.
B]. Some high-growth companies
are profitable.
C]. Some high growth companies are not conscious about costs.
D]. All high growth companies are profitble.
E]. Some high growth companies are not profitable.
F]. All profitable companies are not conscious about costs.
ADE ACE ACF ABE.
Directions for questions 20 to 21 : Each question below contains a sentence broken into four segments marked a, b, c, d. Arrange the segments so as to form a logical sequence.
A]. that both hunts in the forest.
B]. the opposum is a roving
feeder.
C]. from native hunts
D]. and steals food.
Badc cbda bacd abcd.
A] When a young Virginia farmer named Peter Lobo
B]. the great breakthrough in
wheat farming
C]. invented the harvesting machine.
D]. came in the 1930s
Acbd dabc bdac dbac
Directions for 22 to 24: In each question below there is an incomplete sentence, followed by four answer choices marked 1, 2, 3, and 4. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence and mark it appropriately.
We consulted a specialist _________
so that cancer may be ruled out
so that we wanted to rule out
cancer.
so that cancer could be ruled
out
so that we can rule out cancer
Could you tell us _________?
who was given the letter to
to whom was given the letter
to
you have the letter to whom
to whom you gave the letter.
No one denies that _______ knowledge.
he is ambitious and aspires.
he was ambitious and aspired for
he is ambitious and aspires for
he aspires after
Directions for questions 25 to 28
Each of the questions consists of two capitalized words, which have a certain relationship to each other, followed by 4 pairs of words. Choose the pair that is not related to each other in the same way as the capitalized pair.
MANDATORY : COMPLY
Command : obey
Forbidden : abstain
Tacit : approve
Lawful : abide
GENEROSITY : DONOR
Discrimination : connoisseur
Credulity : dupe
Eloquence : orator
Truculence : snob
GALLEY : SHIP
Mall : market
Kitchen : bedroom
Banquet : feast
Restaurant : hotel
LETHARGIC : STIMULATION
Skeptical : convince
Bored : interest
Unwilling : coax
Erudite : teach
INVECTIVE : PRAISE
Indiscriminate : fastidious
Brook : tolerate
Exaggerate : minimize
Untoward : favorable
Directions for question 30
Each of the sentences given below has a blank space. Select the appropriate word that would make the sentence meaningful.
In the developed countries, R&D efforts are _________ by their absence.
apparent conspicuous clear minimized
VERBAL TEST PAPER 2 : SOLUTIONS
1. 2, is
2. 2, with
3. 5
4. 2, for
5. 2, of
6. 4, for
7. 3, are
8. 4, was
9. 5
10. [4]
11. [4]
12. [2]
13. [2]
14. [1]
15. [3]
16. [2]
17. [3]
18. [4]
19. [2]
20. [1]
21. [3]
22. [3]
23. [4]
24. [4]
25. [3]
26. [4]
27. [2]
28. [4]
29. [2]
30. [2]