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Description: Mixed Verbal Ability Test Practice and Preparation Test and Study Materials for Bank PO and Clerical Exams
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Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

To put your foot down means

  1. to fall

  2. to be firm

  3. to lose control

  4. to start a new journey

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of idiomatic usage. 'To put one's foot down' is an idiom that means 'to be firm, act decisively.

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

She gave him a piece of her mind.

  1. She expressed her displeasure

  2. She comforted him

  3. She cheated him

  4. She discouraged him

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Give somebody a piece of your mind' is an idiom that means 'to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong'. Thus, option 1.

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

Which one of the following words means 'incredible'?

  1. Unenviable

  2. Unbelievable

  3. Unattainable

  4. Inalienable

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Cred' means 'to believe'. Prefix 'in' means 'not'. So, incredible means 'something that cannot be believed'.

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

What does a person do when he copies another person's idea or work and calls it his own?

  1. Borrows

  2. Quotes

  3. Transcribes

  4. Plagiarizes

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Case of usage of vocabulary. 'Plagiarize' means ' to take (ideas, writings, etc.) from (another) and pass them off as one's own'. Transcribes means 'to represent (speech sounds) in phonetic or phonemic symbols'.

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

If you doubt whether God exists, you are a/an

  1. agnostic

  2. atheist

  3. theist

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Gno' means 'to know'. So, 'agnostic' means 'a person who does not know anything about the presence of the God, or is ignorant'. Atheist is a person who does not believe in God.

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

If you are ambidextrous, you can equally and skillfully _____________.

  1. see backward and forward

  2. use both your hands

  3. swim in the sea and climb the mountain

  4. speak for and against

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dextrous relates to 'having or showing skill in the use of the hands'. Ambi means 'two'. So, ambidextrous means a person capable of using both the hands with equal efficiency.

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

'Obverse' means

  1. adverse

  2. reverse

  3. perverse

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Obverse' means 'narrower at the base than at the top'. None of the given options fits the same meaning. Thus, option 4.

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

If you torture a certain group of people for their ideology, religion etc., you

  1. prosecute them

  2. proscribe them

  3. persecute them

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Persecute' means 'to afflict or harass constantly so as to injure or distress; oppress cruelly, esp. for reasons of religion, politics, or race'. 'Prosecute' means 'to follow up or pursue (something) to a conclusion'. 'Proscribe' means 'to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.'

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence may have an error in it. Identify the part which contains an error. If there is no error, choose option (d) as your answer.

Neither the Chief Minister (a) / nor his colleagues (b) / has given any explanation for this. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of subject-verb agreement. Coordinative conjunction 'neither nor' connects to the second subject. As here the second subject (i.e. the colleagues) is plural, so a plural auxilary verb (have) is required.

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence may have an error in it. Identify the part which contains an error. If there is no error, choose option (d) as your answer.

He was so poor (a) / that he could hardly have (b) / both ends meet. (c) / No error. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of modal usage. Change 'have' to 'make'.

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence may have an error in it. Identify the part which contains an error. If there is no error, choose option (d) as your answer.

The ship was wrecked (a) / and every man, woman and (b) / child were drowned. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of subject-verb agreement. Words like 'each', 'every', 'somebody' etc take singular auxilary verb. So, 'were' should be replaced with 'was'.

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence may have an error in it. Identify the part which contains an error. If there is no error, choose option (d) as your answer.

Since you have (a) / already decided (b) / why do you ask my opinion? (c) / No error. (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of redundancy. Repitition of 'you' is not required here. So, it should be - 'why ask my opinion?'.

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence may have an error in it. Identify the part which contains an error. If there is no error, choose option (d) as your answer.

Neither of (a)/ the combatants were (b)/ able to win a decisive victory. (c)/ No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of subject-verb agreement. Words 'neither', 'either' (if used without thier coordinative conjunctions) take singular auxialry verb. So, 'were' should be replaced with 'was'.

Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence may have an error in it. Identify the part which contains an error. If there is no error, choose option (d) as your answer.

For we, who remember (a) / the India of pre-partition days, this novel (b) / will have a special appeal. (c) / No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Error of subject-object usage. Subjective form 'we' needs to be changed into objective form 'us'.

Directions: Which one of the following idioms aptly expresses the idea that two persons dislike each other?

  1. There is no love lost between the two.

  2. There is an apple of discord between the two.

  3. There is a bone of contention between the two.

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

There is no love lost between the two means 'they don't like each other'.

Directions: Select the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given below.

To bring to light means

  1. to turn on the light

  2. to disclose

  3. to expose to light

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

To bring to light means 'to present or reveal someone or something to the public'.

Directions: Select the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given below.

Through thick and thin means

  1. under all conditions

  2. in fair weather

  3. in adverse circumstances

  4. at no cost

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If you stay with or support someone through thick and thin, you always stay with or support them, even in difficult situations.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

How can an ordinary man have an easy ________ to the throne?

  1. excess

  2. accession

  3. ascent

  4. access

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Access means 'a way or means of approaching, getting something'. It rightly conveys the meaning of the sentence.

Directions: Select the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given below.

Flesh and blood means

  1. a human being

  2. an animal

  3. a bird

  4. human nature

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Flesh and blood means 'humanly nature'. Eg: Many of the cartoon characters are more popular than their flesh and blood counterparts.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I must assure you of my honest intentions _______ your brother.

  1. within

  2. to

  3. with

  4. towards

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Case of prepositional usage. The sentence implies 'honesty in direction of or honesty for' someone's brother. For this, 'towards' is the right choice.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

It is of no use your begging ________ mercy.

  1. off

  2. in

  3. for

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of phrasal preposition. 'To beg for' means 'to plead to be given someone or something'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

It was not an ________ method of controlling inflation.

  1. effective

  2. efficient

  3. efficacious

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adjectives 'effective' and 'efficacious' have the same meaning i.e., 'producing a definite or desired result'. But normally we use 'efficacious' for persons and 'effective' for methods. Thus, option 1.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I never interfere my staff ____ their work and the methods of doing the work.

  1. in

  2. towards

  3. for

  4. with

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of phrasal preposition. 'Interfere in' means 'to meddle with something or someone's affairs'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

It is _____ obvious that he has been lying to you.

  1. but

  2. that

  3. which

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'But obvious' means 'crystal clear'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I am thinking __________ a novel.

  1. of writing

  2. to write

  3. about writing

  4. writing

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of phrasal preposition. 'To think of' means 'to attach importance, value to something'.

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