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Assessment Test (Vocabulary)

Description: Diagnostic Test (Vocabulary)
Number of Questions: 50
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Directions: Identify the body part.

If I were not there, you will not be able to judge if something is sweet or sour. Who am I?

  1. Mouth

  2. Nose

  3. Tooth

  4. Tongue


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Tongue tells us taste of things.

Directions: Identify the body part.

We are twins and take you to places, near and far, up and down. Who are we?

  1. Arms

  2. Legs

  3. Eyes

  4. Fingers


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

We use legs to go places far and near, up and down.

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that names a fruit with one big seed. The first letter is correctly placed.

  1. Alpep

  2. Baaann

  3. Mgnoa

  4. Gvaau


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Only mango has single seed. All other words, however, are also fruits: apple, banana, and guava.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

The bus met with an ________ and several passengers were injured.

  1. accident

  2. incident

  3. event

  4. occasion


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since injuries are involved, it has to be an accident.

Directions: Identify the body part.

Both of us are five fingered but can't write. Who are we?

  1. Heels

  2. Legs

  3. Feet

  4. Hands


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Our feet, like our hands, also have fingers, but we can't use them to write.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

A ________ makes and repairs wooden furniture.

  1. blacksmith

  2. cobbler

  3. carpenter

  4. tailor


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the correct option and fill in the blank.

He is a ________ miscreant.

  1. popular

  2. vulgar

  3. notorious

  4. famous


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A well known miscreant is 'notorious'.

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that names a bird with a melodious voice. The first letter is correctly placed.

  1. Couokc

  2. Cwor

  3. Portar

  4. Pogien


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cuckoo is known for its melodious voice. All other words: crow, parrot, pigeon, are also birds.

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

Examination of a dead body

  1. Autopsy

  2. Biopsy

  3. Surgery

  4. Postpartum


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Biopsy and surgery are conducted on living beings. Postpartum relates with birth.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

The ship ________ at high seas and rescue parties are desperately looking for survivors.

  1. drowned

  2. sank

  3. choked

  4. soaked


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Non-living things sink in water, wheras living things drown.

Directions: Identify the body part.

You hang your coat on both of us and walk with pride. Who are we?

  1. Toes

  2. Knuckles

  3. Shoulders

  4. Chest


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The coat hangs on and around our shoulders.

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

The story of a man written by himself

  1. Biography

  2. Autobiography

  3. History

  4. Life history


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Auto' means self and 'bio' means life - story of one's own life.

Directions: Choose the best option that replaces the given phrase.

Bad weather with strong wind

  1. Haunt

  2. Storm

  3. Wave

  4. Hail


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Only 'storm' involves a strong wind.

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

They have given me a hearty send-off.

  1. Gift

  2. Compliment

  3. Party wish

  4. Farewell


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Only 'send-off' and 'farewell' involve departure.

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

That which can be carried

  1. Portable

  2. Edible

  3. Potable

  4. Bearable


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

We can easily link up the word with 'transport'.

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Except

  1. Exclude

  2. Extract

  3. Await

  4. Admit


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Ex' (out) in both the words is an easy clue.

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Enslave

  1. Subjugate

  2. Emancipate

  3. Enfranchise

  4. Torture


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To make slave is to subjugate or 'bring under'.

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

I wouldn't doubt his integrity for one moment.

  1. Unity

  2. Faith

  3. Honesty

  4. Courage


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Only 'integrity' and 'honesty' involve moral uprightness.

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that names a professional whose job it is to argue your case. The first and the last letters are correctly placed.

  1. Eitdor

  2. Mcrahent

  3. Aetsonmror

  4. Avcadote


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ad (for) + voc (speak) = advocate is the person who speaks for you in a court of law. Other words are editor, merchant and astronomer.

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that means a new finding. The first and the last letters are correctly placed.

  1. Intenvion

  2. Cetiraon

  3. Comitoposin

  4. Exsipsreon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A new finding can only be discovery or invention. Creation is not a 'finding', nor are composition and expression.

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that is NOT a virtue. The first and the last letters are correctly placed.

  1. Baervry

  2. Cimre

  3. Hesntoy

  4. Kiesndns


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bravery, honesty and kindness are all virtues; crime is not.

Directions: Un-jumble the letters and find a word that names a game that is played using a ball. The first letter is correctly placed.

  1. Bigoxn

  2. Bointnadm

  3. Snigohot

  4. Secroc


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Out of the games mentioned, only soccer is a game which is played using a ball. Boxing uses gloves, shooting uses guns and bullets and badminton is played using a shuttle cock.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

A ________ is a medical specialist who deals with heart ailments.

  1. cardiologist

  2. dermatologist

  3. neurologist

  4. psychiatrist


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank. He has a wide ________ of acquaintances.

  1. group

  2. bunch

  3. total

  4. circle


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Wide' itself involves a range or circle.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill up the blank.

We are in _______ with several other companies for the contract.

  1. competition

  2. claim

  3. change

  4. challenge


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

One company, with others in the market, leads to 'competition'.

Directions: Find the word which is different from other words.

  1. Advice

  2. Counsel

  3. Direct

  4. Suggestion


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

All the words, except 'direct', mean the same.

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

To supply land with water by artificial means

  1. Irrigate

  2. Drought

  3. Cultivate

  4. Germinate


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Drought involves lack of rainfall or water. Both 'cultivate' and 'germinate' depend on water or 'irrigate'.

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Enforce

  1. Execute

  2. Waive

  3. Confirm

  4. Blame


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'En' (in) + force - to put in force

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

A speech made without preparation

  1. Fared

  2. Debate

  3. Extempore

  4. Elocution


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Ex' means out; 'tempore' means time. This is a speech where no time is allowed for preparation.

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Evade

  1. Confront

  2. Elude

  3. Value

  4. Repel


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Link up with 'avoid'.

Directions: Find the word which is different from other words.

  1. Skirmish

  2. Fray

  3. Ceasefire

  4. Fight


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

All, except 3, involve a fight. Option 3 gives the opposite meaning.

Directions: Find the word which is different from other words.

  1. Disperse

  2. Aggregate

  3. Accumulate

  4. Congregate


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All, except 1, mean gather. Disperse is the opposite.

Directions: Choose one word substitute for the given phrase.

Two words which have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings

  1. Homonym

  2. Homophone

  3. Palindrome

  4. Anagram


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Hom' (same) + 'phon' (sound)

Directions: Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the given expression.

A raised platform on which offerings to God are made

  1. Choir

  2. Altar

  3. Sacrilege

  4. Apostle


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Alt' stands for height, as in 'altitude'.

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Not fit for consumption

  1. Eligible

  2. Audible

  3. Inedible

  4. Potable


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Potable is fit to drink; 'audible' is within hearing; and 'eligible' is fit to be chosen.

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A knife fixed on to the end of a gun

  1. Machete

  2. Lance

  3. Dagger

  4. Bayonet


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All other words also involve some sort of knife, but not a gun.

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

He made a conciliatory speech.

  1. Meaningful

  2. Lengthy

  3. Pacifying

  4. Hard-hitting


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Cilia' means smoothness. Only 3 will mean smoothening.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly the same in meaning to the keyword.

Defunct

  1. Current

  2. Operational

  3. Dead

  4. Unpopular


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'De' means not; 'funct' is for functional. Something not functional is dead.

Directions: Choose the word closest in meaning to the given word.

Explicit

  1. Indirect

  2. Specific

  3. Concealed

  4. Extraordinary


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Ex' means out or without; 'plic' means fold. So, explicit is without folds or twists.

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

The study of birds

  1. Ornithology

  2. Philology

  3. Horology

  4. Geology


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All 'ologies' are studies. But 'phil' means love (love of studies), 'hor' means time (study of timings); and 'geo' means 'earth' (study of structure of earth).

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is nearly the same in meaning to the given word.

Expedite

  1. Hinder

  2. Help the progress of

  3. Send on an expedition

  4. Clear from involvement


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Ex' (out) + 'ped' (foot) - to free one's feet to hasten up

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

One who abstains totally from alcoholic drinks

  1. Recluse

  2. Teetotaller

  3. Sceptic

  4. Stoic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

All, except 2, are matters of attitude or bearing.

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

A statement which is accepted as true without proof

  1. Axiom

  2. Jargon

  3. Caption

  4. Extant


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Axiom is taken as a maxim or principle.

Directions: Choose the word or phrase similar in meaning to the given word/phrase.

Segregation of races

  1. Jingoism

  2. Factionalism

  3. Partiality

  4. Apartheid


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'A' (no) + par (equality) + thei (theory) - theory of (racial) non-equality.

Directions: Select the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined part of the sentence below.

He decided to go out in the inclement weather.

  1. Fair

  2. Favourable

  3. Unforgiving

  4. Conceal


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Clemency' means mercy. Only 3 involves the opposite of mercy.

Directions: Choose the word that substitutes the given expression.

Loss of memory

  1. Anorexia

  2. Sinecure

  3. Amnesia

  4. Dementia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dementia is mental disability; anorexia is lack of urge to eat; and sinecure is easy but well paid (job).

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly the same in meaning to the keyword.

Compunction

  1. Distress

  2. Remorse

  3. Worry

  4. Eagerness


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Punct' is prick, as in puncture. Compunction is the pricking of your heart when something unpalatable takes place.

Directions: In the following question out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized word in the sentence.

Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines.

  1. Asperity

  2. Passion

  3. Rage

  4. Acrimony


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

What is 'turned against' is anger.

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning for the word out of given four choices.

Alacrity

  1. Deep suspicion

  2. Fear

  3. Sympathy

  4. Briskness


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Al' (alert) + 'ac' (action) - alert for action

Directions: Choose the word which can substitute the given phrase.

One who walks in one's sleep

  1. Dreamer

  2. Somnambulist

  3. Ignorant

  4. Somniloquist


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Somn' (sleep) + 'ambul' (walk)

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