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General English and Verbal Reasoning Test 4

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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.

Those who argue that New Delhi must throw in its lot with Washington because (.), have at least got honesty on their side.

  1. hanging on to the apron strings of the world’s only super power will take us to the high table of global geo-politics

  2. that is the call of the real politics

  3. the latter alone can legitimately bring us out of the vicious circle of poverty

  4. we are now living in a unipolar world and we have no real option to extricate the situation

  5. we can draw lot of politico-economic benefits from such association


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The filler ought to be something that cannot be easily denied.

He is a new, if 60-year-old face. He is a lavishly decorated ex-marine from a marine family and has a son serving in Iraq. He has plenty of Washington experience – inside the Pentagon - but he is also a novelist, historian and serial divorcee. He had a public spat with Mr. Bush at a party.

The protest crowds like him. And he has themes. Being against the war in Iraq is one of them. Being angry about the increasing economic burdens on middle America – and the grotesque inflation of boardroom pay – is another. And he uses both those tunes to great effect. He looks so alluring now because a marine hero who wants troops out of Iraq and also wants Mr. Bush to fly to Tehran for talks with the President there, fits perfectly with any obvious prescription for success.

Which of the following conclusions cannot be inferred from the passage?

  1. A big chunk of Americans are against Iraq war and against confrontation with Tehran.

  2. An anti-establishment rhetorician finds it rather easy to catch public gaze.

  3. The public is more likely to believe the anti-war rhetoric of someone who has been through it, seen it.

  4. Divorce is not such a serious matter in American public life.

  5. The popularity graph of President Bush is going south.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The protagonist is anti-Bush, and he does attract protest crowds. But this cannot be taken to mean (5).

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.

In 1932, Carl David Anderson discovered the first anti–particle – the positron. By the 1950s the anti–proton and the anti–neutron had been discovered. The importance of these discoveries was not just the fact that Dirac’s theory had been proven. (.) This energy of mass annihilation is known as photon energy and it promises to be a major source for our energy requirements in the very near future.

  1. They had stumbled upon a potential minefield of anti-fusion energy.

  2. More importantly, a new and unprecedented form of energy had been discovered.

  3. It was rather initiation into a new era and a new definition of energy.

  4. It opened a Pandora’s Box for future energy requirements.

  5. The importance was rather in finding a new source of energy.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Only (2) fits in coherently with the preceding and the succeeding sentences.

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. They have lovely manners

  1. and are usually the first to greet others

  2. and are always a good company

  3. and keep others in good humour

  4. but funny demeanour

  5. but dirty habits


Correct Option: A

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. Although the wily entrepreneurs amassed fabulous riches,

  1. the man on the street has borne the brunt of the sky-rocketing prices

  2. they hungered for more of the same

  3. they hanker after the freebies

  4. there are no signs that the price rise will abate

  5. there was deep reluctance to flaunt this wealth


Correct Option: E

Directions: The last sentence in the following passage has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage. Belief in a greater power in the Universe is something I hope never becomes extinct. I hope Man, as a species, never becomes so arrogant in his technological marvels that he sees himself in the role of God; making and destroying life by a humanistic moral code. I still like to look up at the heavens and believe that there is life out there, somewhere, races of beings struggling with the same ideas and concepts that we as a species are experiencing. I hope that one day we do make contact with other life, and that in doing so we find the seeds of Brotherhood out there in the stars, as I believe that this great experiment has been tried elsewhere. The Universe is too vast a place with too many galaxies and stars for Man to be the “Be all and end all”. Don't ask me to explain my reasoning for I can't.

  1. It is my intuition that tells me so.

  2. Despite our assertions to the contrary, we secretly believe it turns out to be true. Sooner than later.

  3. I just take it on faith.

  4. Man is but a small, insignificant part of the whole scheme of things.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

I can't explain my reasoning; it's basically my faith.

Directions: The last sentence in the following passage has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage. Many surveys and studies have been conducted asking buyers what traits they value most in sellers. This information is invaluable for those who truly want to be toward the top of the sales profession. Some of the traits buyers say they want to see in sellers are their being: honest, knowledgeable, organized, punctual, solution-oriented, and empathic. For some sellers, these come very naturally, while for others perhaps it`s a constant struggle to exhibit these traits. Nearly all the traits can be summed up in one word �

  1. skilful

  2. methodical

  3. professional

  4. trustworthy

  5. business-like


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When we are talking of the sales profession, the word ought to be professional.

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. The celluloid film - thin, fragile and expensive - has outlived the LPs, the CDs and the video cassettes and

  1. has remained the prime medium of entertainment

  2. has proved rugged indeed

  3. has stayed put deep into the digital age

  4. has not quite reached the end of its journey

  5. has succeeded in surviving the ups and downs of the film industry


Correct Option: C

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. The Doomsday Clock has been moved closer to midnight by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) due to increased perception of risk of catastrophe on account of two reasons: the perils of ready to launch nuclear weapons;

  1. and the willingness of those in control to use them at the slightest provocation

  2. and the catastrophic consequences of the damage caused by human habitation

  3. and the upheavals taking place deep inside the earth's crust

  4. and the human intervention in the work of nature

  5. and the climatic changes resulting from environmental damage


Correct Option: E

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. There is hydrogen and there is oxygen, and there is chloride of sodium, and the dark blue colour is nothing but the reflection of billions of ether vibrations. But have I really to choose between two statements concerning the waves, one of which is valuable and the other not?

  1. I would choose the metaphysical dimension because it embraces the physical universe as well.

  2. Can we ever bridge the gap?

  3. The answer has been a grey area for the scientist community.

  4. On the contrary, both have fundamental value.

  5. The answer can open a can of worms.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The question is whether one is valuable and the other is not. The answer is both are valuable.

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

ISLANDS : ARCHIPELAGO

  1. birds : zero

  2. stars : constellation

  3. stamps : philately

  4. paisa : rupee


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Archipelago refers to a group of islands. Option (2), constellation is a group of stars.

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

DEPOSIT : WITHDRAW

  1. Tax : Income

  2. Lend : Borrow

  3. Come : Arrive

  4. Mend : Repair


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The bridge here is a pair of antonyms. Deposit is an activity contrary to withdrawal. The only suitable pair of antonyms is in option (2), lend : borrow. Lend is an act of giving and borrow is an act of taking.

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

FACADE : BUILDING

  1. Page : Book

  2. Drawer : Desk

  3. Fence : Garden

  4. Dial : Watch

  5. Exterior : Interior


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Facade is the front (face) of the building, same as dial is the front (face) of the watch.

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

NORTH : SOUTH

  1. Black : White

  2. Yellow : Orange

  3. Red : Maroon

  4. Blue : Indigo

  5. Up : Swing


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The bridge here is a pair of antonyms.  North: South are opposites, as are black: white.

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

DOUGH : BREAD

  1. Sugar : Cake

  2. Words : Speech

  3. Paper : Author

  4. Skates : Ice

  5. Music : Lyric


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dough is the raw material (main ingredient) of bread; words are the raw material (main ingredient) of speech.

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase. A cat's paw

  1. to be used as a tool

  2. to be non-co-operative

  3. to become reconciled

  4. to spill the beans

  5. to be a favourite


Correct Option: A

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase. Burn the candles at both ends

  1. to overstretch resources

  2. to be a lazy person

  3. double damage

  4. to be lavish in disposition

  5. to remain sorrowful


Correct Option: A

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase. Face the music

  1. get the reward

  2. deserved end

  3. comeuppance

  4. to face delay

  5. to enjoy fruit of labour


Correct Option: C

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase.

To let the cat out of the bag

  1. To get into trouble

  2. To let loose on somebody

  3. To bring something upon self

  4. To reveal a secret

  5. To enable one escape


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The phrase "let the cat out of bag" means "to reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake". So, option 4 is correct.

Directions: Select the best meaning of the given phrase.

Kick up a row

  1. Create a furore

  2. Meet by a chance

  3. To pursue

  4. To desert ranks


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

"Kicking up a row" is "complaining loudly or bitterly"; the best choice is 1.

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