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Verbal Ability (Mixed)

Description: A Multiple Choice Type Question based test for those who want to clear their basics in General English
Number of Questions: 24
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Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked from a - d. One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, choose option (e).

On the snow-covered land or frozan (A) water, the Eskimos (B) travel on-sledges dragged (C) by five, seven or nine strong dogs called huskies. (D) All correct. (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: A

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked from a - d. One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, choose option (e).

I remember (A) reading somewhere, a field-biologist's (B) estimate, that a colony of a thousand painted storcks (C) requires (D) fifteen to twenty tons of food per day. All correct. (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blanks.

However, activity based____ that makes learning a joy needs more time ____ per topic.

  1. training, fixing

  2. education, allotment

  3. teaching, schedule

  4. educating, taking

  5. schooling, giving


Correct Option: B

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked from a - d. One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, choose option (e).

The public was so much familiar (A) with Robichon that the audience (B) used to laugh (C) before he uttered (D) the first word of his role. All correct. (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: A

Directions: The following sentence has four parts marked from a- d. One of the parts may contain an error and if so, identify the part that contains the error and choose the letter corresponding to that part from the given options. If the sentence does not contain any error, choose option (e).

It is necessary (A) to have a scientific mind to be truly religious (B) because only with a scientific (C) mind can one be a truely (D) cultured man capable of creating a new good world. All correct (E)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blanks.

A young lady, who was standing at a _____ got trapped in a valley of bullets and was killed _____ the spot.

  1. step, in

  2. scooter, of

  3. place, upon

  4. counter, on

  5. corner, near


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blanks.

At present, there are about four lac _____ in Japan who survived the ______ of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  1. women, accident

  2. men, incident

  3. workers, trouble

  4. employees, terror

  5. persons, tragedy


Correct Option: E

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

An engineering college requires a lot of _____ and it is available in _____ in this area.

  1. room, abundance

  2. things, ample

  3. land, plenty

  4. plots, sufficient

  5. pieces, number


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The usage of 'it' after the first blank renders (2), (4) and (5) incorrect. There would not be abundance of 'room' in an 'area' (room signifies relatively small space). A college would obviously require plenty of land in an area.

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. antonym

  2. against

  3. enemy

  4. opposite

  5. opponent


Correct Option: D

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. thinking

  2. experiencing

  3. feeling

  4. knowing

  5. viewing


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the best option and fill in the blanks.

We can _____ a good world by keeping a truly scientific mind which ____ precise, clear and unprejudiced.

  1. create, is

  2. generate, was

  3. originate, are

  4. maintain, were

  5. keep, is


Correct Option: A

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. flowers

  2. petals

  3. buds

  4. blossoms

  5. delight


Correct Option: A

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. gathering

  2. compilation

  3. collection

  4. assembly

  5. bulk


Correct Option: C

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. division

  2. segment

  3. particle

  4. portion

  5. part


Correct Option: E

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. oft

  2. often

  3. frequently

  4. mostly

  5. many


Correct Option: B

Fill blank (6).

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. habit

  2. tradition

  3. practice

  4. custom

  5. nature


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Nature is the correct word and fits in context of the sentence. 

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. piece

  2. thatch

  3. plot

  4. patch

  5. spot


Correct Option: B

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. collects

  2. meets

  3. piles

  4. gathers

  5. assembles


Correct Option: A

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Directions: Complete the following passage by answering the questio that follows.

What this approach lacks is the essential interaction with …(1)… and with other humans. Indeed in many environmental activities the …(2)… takes place. A classic example of this is making of a herbarium or even worse, an insect …(3)…, so common in both formal and nonformal education in India. A child is …(4)… encouraged to pluck leaves and …(5)… and run after butterflies with a net and is …(6)… of a large group of children similarly working a …(7)… of nature within it. Such a child is not likely to develop any strong …(8)… of respect for nature, or for the individual ‘specimens’ pressed in the …(9)… file or trapped in a jar. It is worse when the activity is also competitive, i.e. who …(10)… the maximum.
  1. sapling

  2. plant

  3. creeper

  4. nursery

  5. tree


Correct Option: B

Which of the following will be the third sentence after rearrangement?

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the given question.

1. Five different kinds of rice are cooked in as many different colours.
2. They are then decorated and the rice preparations made the previous day are offered to them.
3. The third day of the festival is called the Mathu Pongal or the Pongal of the Cattle.
4. A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds and animals.
5. In the morning, the animals are herded into the village pool and bathed.
6. This is also a time when the sister prays for the longevity and happiness of her brother.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The answer is 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6 1 opens the passage with “Five different kinds of rice are”. 4 follows with “A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds.” 3 tells about the events after it and introduces cattle. 5 tells about what is done to the animals in the morning. “They” refers to animals which are decorated after being bathed and served rice made the previous day. Thus, we get the 3, 5, 2 link. 6 doesn’t fit in the earlier sequence and is the last sentence. Here, mark that “rice made the previous day” clearly suggests that 3, 5, 2 will follow 1, 4.  

Which of the following will be the first sentence after rearrangement?

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the given question.

1. Five different kinds of rice are cooked in as many different colours.
2. They are then decorated and the rice preparations made the previous day are offered to them.
3. The third day of the festival is called the Mathu Pongal or the Pongal of the Cattle.
4. A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds and animals.
5. In the morning, the animals are herded into the village pool and bathed.
6. This is also a time when the sister prays for the longevity and happiness of her brother.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The answer is 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6 1 opens the passage with “Five different kinds of rice are”. 4 follows with “A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds.” 3 tells about the events after it and introduces cattle. 5 tells about what is done to the animals in the morning. “They” refers to animals which are decorated after being bathed and served rice made the previous day. Thus, we get the 3, 5, 2 link. 6 doesn’t fit in the earlier sequence and is the last sentence. Here, mark that “rice made the previous day” clearly suggests that 3, 5, 2 will follow 1, 4.

Which of the following will be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the given question.

1. Five different kinds of rice are cooked in as many different colours.
2. They are then decorated and the rice preparations made the previous day are offered to them.
3. The third day of the festival is called the Mathu Pongal or the Pongal of the Cattle.
4. A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds and animals.
5. In the morning, the animals are herded into the village pool and bathed.
6. This is also a time when the sister prays for the longevity and happiness of her brother.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The answer is 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6 1 opens the passage with “Five different kinds of rice are”. 4 follows with “A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds.” 3 tells about the events after it and introduces cattle. 5 tells about what is done to the animals in the morning. “They” refers to animals which are decorated after being bathed and served rice made the previous day. Thus, we get the 3, 5, 2 link. 6 doesn’t fit in the earlier sequence and is the last sentence. Here, mark that “rice made the previous day” clearly suggests that 3, 5, 2 will follow 1, 4.

Which of the following will be the fifth sentence after rearrangement?

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the given question.

1. Five different kinds of rice are cooked in as many different colours.
2. They are then decorated and the rice preparations made the previous day are offered to them.
3. The third day of the festival is called the Mathu Pongal or the Pongal of the Cattle.
4. A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds and animals.
5. In the morning, the animals are herded into the village pool and bathed.
6. This is also a time when the sister prays for the longevity and happiness of her brother.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The answer is 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6 1 opens the passage with “Five different kinds of rice are”. 4 follows with “A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds.” 3 tells about the events after it and introduces cattle. 5 tells about what is done to the animals in the morning. “They” refers to animals which are decorated after being bathed and served rice made the previous day. Thus, we get the 3, 5, 2 link. 6 doesn’t fit in the earlier sequence and is the last sentence. Here, mark that “rice made the previous day” clearly suggests that 3, 5, 2 will follow 1, 4.

Which of the following will be the second sentence after rearrangement?

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the given question.

1. Five different kinds of rice are cooked in as many different colours.
2. They are then decorated and the rice preparations made the previous day are offered to them.
3. The third day of the festival is called the Mathu Pongal or the Pongal of the Cattle.
4. A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds and animals.
5. In the morning, the animals are herded into the village pool and bathed.
6. This is also a time when the sister prays for the longevity and happiness of her brother.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4

  5. 5


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The answer is 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6 1 opens the passage with “Five different kinds of rice are”. 4 follows with “A rice ball is made and fed to five types of birds.” 3 tells about the events after it and introduces cattle. 5 tells about what is done to the animals in the morning. “They” refers to animals which are decorated after being bathed and served rice made the previous day. Thus, we get the 3, 5, 2 link. 6 doesn’t fit in the earlier sequence and is the last sentence. Here, mark that “rice made the previous day” clearly suggests that 3, 5, 2 will follow 1, 4.

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