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General English and Verbal Reasoning Test 4

Description: General English and Verbal Reasoning Test 4 (Moderate)
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Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically. Any classical economist will tell you that for India to go beyond 7 per cent GDP growth, the investment rate and capital productivity need to be stepped up. (.) There is some truth in this. Compared to Southeast Asia and the newly industrialised economies, our productivity rates are abysmal, though improving.

  1. You cannot depend on foreign remittances alone.

  2. Yet the government has placed optimism on the experience of other nations.

  3. India has a dismal record in this respect.

  4. And in this respect, the Asian tigers will beat us hands down.

  5. This appears to be a far cry from the unreasonable expectations.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The succeeding statements vouch for the statement in the blank and go on to elaborate it. We can easily infer (4).

Knowledge theorists opine that risk management is actually a combination of management of uncertainty, risk, equivocality and error. Uncertainty arises due to lack of information. As information gathering progresses, uncertainty transforms into risk. In uncertainty, outcomes cannot be estimated even randomly. This is possible in the case of risk. As information about markets and knowledge about possible outcomes increases, risk management provides solutions for cutting risk. Equivocality arises due to conflicting interpretations and the resultant lack of judgement. This happens despite adequate knowledge of the situation. Institutions develop control systems to reduce errors, information systems to reduce uncertainty, incentive systems to manage agency problems in a risk-reward framework and cultural systems to deal with equivocality. Which of the following conclusions cannot be inferred from the passage?

  1. Risk comes from unpredictable sources and managers resort to various approaches associated with risk management.

  2. Risk arises from lack of information and inadequate discernment.

  3. The risk managers are prone to error, due to the uncertainty of information and equivocality of judgment.

  4. Risk management is a graduated process of passing from total uncertainty to lucidity.

  5. Risk managers endeavour to reduce uncertainty through disputative interpretations of not so uncertain information.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Leading to lucidity makes (4) unsuitable.

Directions: The last sentence in the following passages has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage. While the lethal H5N1 virus has been marching from one country to another, infecting birds and, in some cases, humans, one fact is becoming apparent - as long as the virus persists in birds, be it poultry or wild birds, avian flu outbreaks are bound to recur.

  1. Preventive measures may actually have helped spread of the virus.

  2. The virus has developed resistance.

  3. A study highlights the ability of ducks to spread more of the virus and for a longer duration without actually falling sick.

  4. Only the time interval between the outbreaks cannot be determined for sure.

  5. Mass vaccination without other stringent control measures may not be the best strategy.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

None, except (4), continues with the flow.

Directions: The last sentence in the following passages has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage. Cases of accident victims having been “brought dead” to the hospital's emergency wings, or the patient breathing his last on the road-side for want of medical care, or a patient waiting for dressing material to arrive while bleeding on hospital stretchers, are not common.

  1. man's altruistic nature?

  2. The emergency services are conspicuous by their absence in India.

  3. The trauma care system in India has yet to gain adequate attention.

  4. India is a disaster-prone country, and yet it does not have even a semblance of disaster care system in place.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The argument offers example of the malady. These ought to be followed by the author's conclusion.

Directions: The question contains a sentence/sentences/part thereof followed by five choices. Select from these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence or part. Those who play the game do not see it as clearly as

  1. those who frame the rules

  2. those who watch

  3. those who enforce the rules

  4. those who don't

  5. those who enjoy

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Correct Option: B

Directions: The question contains a sentence/sentences/part thereof followed by five choices. Select from these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence or part. A break-up is like a broken mirror.

  1. The gap keeps widening.

  2. You can't see your reflection in the other clearly again.

  3. You can never fix it up again.

  4. It's not easy to make a fresh beginning.

  5. It is better to leave it broken than hurt yourself.

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Correct Option: E

Directions: The following question is based on VERBAL ANALOGIES. Select the alternative that exhibits a similar relationship as shown by the given pair.

BACHELOR : SPINSTER

  1. witch : wizard

  2. fox : vixen

  3. tigress : tiger

  4. goose : geese

  5. dandy : belle

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bachelor is an unmarried male and spinster an unmarried woman. So a suitable pair must have the analogy male: female. Options (1), (2) and (3) represent the same analogy, but only (2) presents it in the correct order. The pair in option (5) conveys different meanings.

Directions: The question contains a sentence/sentences/part thereof followed by five choices. Select from these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence or part. You may only be one person to the world.

  1. But you can be the most important one.

  2. But it is important that you are a person of worth.

  3. But the world can also be one person for you.

  4. But you may also be the world to one person.

  5. But the world may just be nothing to you.

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Correct Option: D

Directions: The question contains a sentence/sentences/part thereof followed by five choices. Select from these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence or part. An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have.

  1. He is least likely to ditch you when you are old.

  2. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.

  3. He will always like to dig deeper to explore her mind.

  4. He has been taught to love the things when they are old.

  5. He is least likely to be a Casanova.

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Correct Option: B

Directions: The following question is based on VERBAL ANALOGIES. Select the alternative that exhibits a similar relationship as shown by the given pair.

INSINUATE : CHARGE

  1. pray : quiet

  2. say : deny

  3. upbraid : collude

  4. hint : affirm

  5. inculpate : abhor

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Insinuate is to make a subtle reference or hint and charge is to address authoritatively with some evidence; a difference of degree. One can easily see that an analogous pair hint: affirm has been presented in option (4).

Directions: Select the alternative expressing a similar relationship as found in the pair of CAPITALISED words.

HAIR : HIRSUTE

  1. fine : thick

  2. rough : fine

  3. water : watery

  4. down : up

  5. wool : hide

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hirsute means having a lot of hair. This means that the first word is the one which is contained in the second word. The same is the case with water and watery. Therefore, the answer is (3).

Directions: The question contains a sentence/sentences/part thereof followed by five choices. Select from these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence or part. Facts, which can be measured and expressed in numbers are facts whose import the reader can usually decide for himself. He is perfectly able to determine, without any special training, whether….

  1. the method or technique of measurement is correct

  2. the resultant figures signify anything or not

  3. twice two does or doesn't make four

  4. the facts derived are correct or not

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(3) alone can be expressed in numbers. One can perfectly determine, without any special training, whether 2 x 2 = 4

Direction: Select the alternative expressing a similar relationship as found in the pair of CAPITSLISED words.

AUXILIARY : PRIMARY

  1. misty : wet

  2. obfuscate : elucidate

  3. dull : gloomy

  4. moist : water

  5. tertiary : secondary

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Auxiliary is something secondary, i.e. something additional.  This makes the question a pair of antonyms. Now, obfuscate means to hide and elucidate means to state clearly. Therefore, the answer pair is (2).

Directions: The following question is based on VERBAL ANALOGIES. Select the alternative that exhibits a similar relationship as shown by the given pair.

LOVE : ADORE

  1. hit : suffer

  2. pride : prejudice

  3. legible : eligible

  4. fight : quarrel

  5. hate : ominous

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Adore is to love greatly or idolise. The bridge presented by the analogy here is: adoration arises from love. Option (2) is the best fit. Pride is a condition of self-esteem or haughty behaviour, and prejudice is intolerance, suspicion or irrational hatred. We can see that prejudice arises from pride.

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase.

To cut the Gordian knot

  1. To sever relations

  2. To solve a difficulty

  3. To take initiative

  4. To have no effect

  5. To make a new beginning

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It means to solve a problem boldly and decisively. 

Directions: Select the best meaning for the given phrase.

Hit the nail on the head

  1. to make tidy

  2. to do the right thing

  3. to be brusque

  4. to smother opposition

  5. to mark a point

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'To hit the nail on the head' means to do/say exactly the right thing.

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase.

Laugh up one's sleeve

  1. to hide from difficulty

  2. to make others laugh

  3. to laugh secretly

  4. to poke fun at others

  5. to be a gainer

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rejoice or exult secretly; hide one's amusement.

Directions: Select the best meaning for the given phrase.

To get your knickers in a twist

  1. to be uncomfortable

  2. to get into difficulty

  3. to be caught napping

  4. to be upset

  5. to put one’s nose into unrelated matters

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'To get your knickers in a twist' means to be very upset about something, usually something that is not important.

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase.

Can't see the wood for the trees

  1. Does not lose sight of the target

  2. Can’t differentiate good from bad

  3. Unable to see the main point

  4. Can’t follow logical course

  5. Can’t see beyond one’s nose

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If you can't see the wood for the trees, you can't see the whole situation clearly because you're looking too closely at small details, or because you're too closely involved to see the main point.

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