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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.

  1. The real indicator of success for many people are earning more and more wealth.

    real    are    more    more    

  2. He is invested by full rights to act on behalf of the firm.

    real    are    more    more    

  3. The leader is liable for losses.

    real    are    more    more

  4. The committee felt that there was no necessity of a new firm to handle project financing

    real    are    more    more

  5. 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

  6. The superior wanted to know whether there was a precedent to that action.

    real    are    more    more

  7. Which tables is booked for the ministers’ staff?


    real    are    more    more

  8. All my equipment, including the ruler, tripod, and the camera, were lost on the tour.

     
    real    are    more    more

  9. 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.

  1. GRIP : FIRM

    Manners : good    Wit : ready    Aroma : tantalising     Brain : heady

  2. VIGOUR : HEALTHY

    Hazard : dangerous Threat : alarming  Challenge : defiant  Hinder : impediment

  1. CUFF: PUNISHMENT

    Penance : atonement Adulatory : flattery Prostration : respect Frown : disapproval

  1. PULP : FRUIT

Jam : quince    Ore : iron    Vodka : potato     pudding : rice

  1. 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.


  1. 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.


  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  1. MANDATORY : COMPLY

Command : obey
Forbidden : abstain
Tacit : approve
Lawful : abide

  1. GENEROSITY : DONOR

Discrimination : connoisseur
Credulity : dupe
Eloquence : orator
Truculence : snob

  1. GALLEY : SHIP

Mall : market
Kitchen : bedroom
Banquet : feast
Restaurant : hotel

  1. LETHARGIC : STIMULATION

Skeptical : convince
Bored : interest
Unwilling : coax
Erudite : teach

  1. 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.

  1. 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]