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VERBAL ABILITY
1. Choose the word or group of words which is most similar in

meaning to the word printed in bold.
Vestige
a) Invention
b) Example
c) Evidence
d) Experiment
Answer: (c)
Solution:
Meaning: Vestige is a small amount of something or the last
remaining part of something that no longer exists.
Example: All these dishes are endearing vestige of the golden
era.
Synonyms: Relic, Residue, Evidence, Trace
Antonyms: Information, Lot
2. Choose the word or group of words which is most similar in
meaning to the word printed in bold.
Majestic
a) Attractive
b) Extraordinary
c) Grand
d) Interesting
Answer: (c)

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Solution:
Meaning: It refers to something or someone having or
displaying great dignity or nobility.
Example: The Eight Wonders of the World are majestic.
Synonyms: Awesome, Grand, Dignified, Elevated, Imperial
Antonyms: Low, humble, Lowly, Shabby
3. Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to
the word below:
Circuitous
a) cyclic
b) indirect
c) confusing
d) crooked
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Circuitous means of a route or journey, long and not direct
which means indirect.
4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below
sentence.
Manohar has not only opened/a restaurant, but also/a grocery
shop in the/village where we live
a) Manohar has not only opened
b) a restaurant, but also
c) a grocery shop in the
d) village where we live

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Answer: (a)

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below

sentence.

The daily wages that / the workers of this / factory receive range

/ between twenty to thirty rupees.

a) the daily wages that

b) the workers of this

c) factory receive range

d) between twenty to thirty rupees.

Answer: (d)

Solution:

Between twenty and thirty rupees

6. The question below consists of a pair of related words

followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best

expresses the relation in the original pair.

UNEMPLOYED: WORKER:

a) fallow: land

b) unaware: sleeper

c) wit: jester

d) renovated: house

Answer: (a)

Solution:

Analogy: A worker who is unemployed is unproductive just as a

land which is fallow is unproductive.

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7. In this question, four words are given out of only one is
misspelt. Find the mis-spelt word
1. Embarasment
2. Embarrasment
3. Embarassment
4. Embarrassment
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer: (d)
Solution:
Correct Spelling: Embarrassment
Breakdown: Em-bar-rass-ment
Meaning: It is the state of being embarrassed i.e. self-confusion
and distress.

8. In this question, four words are given out of only one is
misspelt. Find the mis-spelt word
1. Posesion
2. Possession
3. Posession
4. Possesion
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3

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d) 4
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Correct Spelling: Possession
Breakdown: Pos-ses-sion
Meaning: Possession is the act of having something or taking
into control.
9. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given
below to following sentence:
If we manage to ________ our natural resources, we would
leave a better planet for our children.
a) uphold
b) restrain
c) cherish
d) conserve
Answer: (d)
Solution:
The latter sentence ‘we would leave a better planet for our
children’ supports the former sentence. The right word is
‘conserve’.
10. Four alternatives are given for the idioms/ phrases
underlined in the sentence. Choose the one that best
expresses the meaning of the idiom.
Although both the parents are running the show for the last ten
years but their business is now on its last legs.

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a) About to fructify
b) About to perish
c) About to produce results
d) About to take off
Answer: (b)
11. Although plant and animal species that become established in
ecosystems where they did not originate are sometimes referred
to by the alarming term “invasive species,” many such species
are ________ in their new environments.
a) innocuous
b) conspicuous
c) robust
d) menacing
Answer: (a)
Solution:
The sentence begins with “Although,” indicating that the correct
answer will contrast in tone with the “alarming term ‘invasive
species.’” The only answer choice that provides the necessary
contrast is “innocuous.” All the other choices are consistent with
being alarming.
12. In the midst of so many evasive comments, this forthright
statement, whatever its intrinsic merit, plainly stands out as
__________.
a) a paradigm
b) a misnomer

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c) a profundity
d) an anomaly
Answer: (d)
Solution:
The sentence offers a contrast between “many evasive
statements” and a single “forthright statement.” On that basis
alone, one might expect an answer such as “an anomaly.” Do
any of the other options make for a meaningful, coherent
sentence? “A paradigm” is appealing, as is “a profundity,” since
the forthright statement is clearly presented as something
positive. However, we are not in a position to call it
paradigmatic or profound, since the sentence withholds
judgment on “its intrinsic merit.” The same reasoning allows us
to eliminate “inaccuracy” and “misnomer.” The
straightforwardly descriptive “anomaly” is clearly the best
choice.
13. Mechanisms develop whereby every successful species can
__________ its innate capacity for population growth with the
constraints that arise through its interactions with the natural
environment.
a) enhance
b) replace
c) produce
d) reconcile
Answer: (d)

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Solution:
A quick overview of the sentence indicates that the blank should
be filled with a verb that indicates what a successful species
does with its “innate capacity for population growth” in the face
of certain constraints on that growth. This analysis suggests that
the correct answer will have something to do with adjusting that
capacity in the face of these constraints. Of the choices given,
“reconcile” is closest to that meaning. None of the other options
make for a meaningful, coherent sentence. “Enhance,” for
example, may fit nicely with “its innate capacity,” but it does not
make sense with “constraints.”
14. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given
below to complete the following sentence:
His rather casual remarks on politics _____ his lack of
seriousness about the subject.
a) masked
b) believed
c) betrayed
d) suppressed
Answer: (c)
15. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the
given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
1) Let us take a look at the manner in which the traditional bank

adds value to the customer.

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2) The ability to retain deposits, in itself, is not enough to ensure
long-term survival and growth.

3) The ability to deploy invested funds into productive
economic activity at a higher rate of return, hence
contributing to the prosperity of both the economy and the
institution, is the other loop in the banking cycle.

4) Further, as only a small portion of the actual deposit base is
retained with the bank in a liquid form, the very survival of
the bank lies in building enough trust with its clientele so as
to prevent the occurrence of a sizeable chunk of simultaneous
customer withdrawal (a run on the bank).

5) The bank's basic job is risk absorption- it takes money, which
has a lot of attached risk, and provides the customer an
assured rate of return.

a) 31425
b) 51234
c) 24153
d) 15423
Answer: (d)
Solution:
The paragraph has to begin with 1, and it is 5(not 2) which
explains the purpose of banking. 2 qualifies it further.
Thus option D is correct.

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16. Choose the word from the options given below that is most
nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
Frequency
a) periodicity
b) rarity
c) gradualness
d) persistency
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Frequency means the rate at which something happens or is
repeated. Its opposite is rarity (the quality of being rare).

17. In the question below, complete the sentences with the
appropriate choice.
The planet’s biggest rock star is ___________
a) On a mission to make a difference
b) A missionary with a difference
c) On a mission to make differences
d) Of a mission to make a difference
Answer: (a)

18. In the question below, complete the sentences with the
appropriate choice.
The second half of the Winter Games _________
a) Were packed with upsets, comebacks and excitement
b) Was packed with upsets, comebacks and excitements
c) Was packed with upsets, comebacks and excitement

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d) Were packed with upset, comeback and excitement
Answer: (c)
19. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given
below to complete the following sentence.
Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the Indian Medical
Association, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct
diseases for which________ treatments are unsatisfactory.
a) Similar
b) Most
c) Uncommon
d) Available
Answer: (d)
Solution:
The national Institute of Health has adopted ethical guidelines
regarding manipulation of human genes. The human genes are
to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which certain
kinds of treatments are unsatisfactory.
(a) If treatments are similar to those based on manipulation of

human genes unsatisfactory then there is no point in trying
to correct diseases in this way.
(b) If most treatments are unsatisfactory, then atleast some
treatments are satisfactory. Therefore, these satisfactory
treatments may be used to correct diseases.

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(c) To state that uncommon treatments are unsatisfactory, then
there is no need to manipulate human genes to correct
diseases.

(d) Correct: If available or other types of treatments are
unsatisfactory, then manipulation of genes could be
allowed.

20. The act of violating the sanctity of the church is
a) Blasphemy
b) Heresy
c) Sacrilege
d) Desecration
Answer: (c)

21. A name adopted by an author in his writings
a) Nickname
b) Pseudonym
c) Nomenclature
d) Title
Answer: (b)

22. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given
below to complete the following sentence.
It was her view that the country's problems had been _____ by
foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would
be counter-productive.
a) identified
b) ascertained

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c) exacerbated
d) analyzed
Answer: (c)
Solution:
The question refers to the country’s problems. To call foreign
technocrats back who had been in the country before, according
to the author would be counterproductive. This implies that the
foreign technocrats had not solved the countries problems and
they did just the opposite.
(a) If problems are identified, then problems should be solved

but the word counterproductive gives exactly opposite
meaning.
(b) If the foreign technocrats have ascertained what the
countries problems were then they would be expected to
have some idea of countries problems. To state that they
should be invited back does not make sense.
(c) If the foreign technocrats had exacerbated or worsened the
countries problems than improving the situation, then
calling those foreign technocrats would certainly be
counter productive.
(d) To analyze is to separate into parts in order to understand.
If the foreign technocrats had analyzed the countries
problems then that is not necessarily a reason why they
should not be called back.

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23. In the sentence given below a part is underlined and for
that part options are given. Choose the most suitable option
that can replace the underlined part.
Savvy shoppers know the two golden rules of the super-market:
shop the perimeter, where the fresh produce is stashed, and
never going to the grocery store hungry.
a) and never going to the grocery store hungry.
b) and would not go to the grocery store hungry.
c) and never go to the grocery store hungry.
d) and never going hungrily to the grocery store.
Answer: (c)
Solution:
The sentence should follow parallel construction: 'shop the
perimeter' and 'never go',

24. In the sentence given below a part is underlined and for
that part options are given. Choose the most suitable option
that can replace the underlined part.
'How much we used to read!' he lamented, as though reading
was a group activity just as trekking was.
a) as though reading was a group activity just
b) as if reading were a group activity just
c) as if reading was a group activity similar
d) as if reading were a group activity so
Answer: (b)

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Solution:

'Reading were' is used to indicate the improbability of the

condition

25. The question below consists of a pair of related words

followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best

expresses the relation in the original pair:

GLADIATOR: ARENA:

a) dancer stage

b) commuter train

c) teacher classroom

d) lawyer courtroom

Answer: (d)

Solution:

The analogical relationship is between person and workplace.

Gladiator: (man trained to fight for public entertainment in

Ancient Rome)

Arena: (Level are in centre of sports stadium)

Q. Gladiator fights in an Arena.

a) Dancer doesn’t fight on the stage

b) Commuter doesn’t fight in the train

c) Teacher doesn’t fight in the class room

d) Lawyer fights (argues) in the court room

Lawyer is one who argues in the court room. The obvious

analogical relationship is gladiator fights in an Arena just as

lawyer fights in the court room.

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Gladiator: Arena :: Lawyer : Court Room
26. Choose the word or group of words which is most opposite

in meaning to the word in bold.
Contrary
a) Urbane
b) Agreeable
c) Unpleasant
d) Despicable
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Meaning: Contrary means opposite of something.
Example: This act of yours is contrary to our code of ethics.
Synonyms: Opposite, Conflicting, Hostile, Antagonistic
Antonyms: Agreeable, Consistent, Conforming, Obliging
27. Choose the word or group of words which is most opposite
in meaning to the word in bold.
Lachrymose
a) Quick
b) Loquacious
c) Beaming
d) Plentiful
Answer: (c)
Solution:
Meaning: Lachrymose is someone who cries easily or
something that causes sadness.

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Example: Books and plays and films can all be lachrymose
sometimes.
Synonyms: Sad, Tearful, Teary, Weepy
Antonyms: Laughing, Beaming, Cheerful, Giggling
28. Wanted Temporary, Part-time persons for the post of Field
Interviewer to conduct personal interviews to collect and
collate economic data. Requirements: High School-pass,
must be available for Day, Evening and Saturday work.
Transportation paid, expenses reimbursed.
Which one of the following is the best inference from the above
advertisement?
a) Gender-discriminatory
b) Xenophobic
c) Not designed to make the post attractive
d) Not gender-discriminatory
Answer: (d)
Solution:
The question is about inference which means the reasoning
involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgement
on the basis of circumstantial evidence.
a) There is no mention of gender in the given advt. so no

question of gender discrimination.
b) Xenophobic means fear of foreigners.
c) Day, Evening and Saturday work indicate that it is designed

to make attractive.

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d) Correct: The Advt. is not talking about gender.

29. Choose the pair of words which have a relationship similar

to that between the given pair of words:

PLEASANT: DISLIKEABLE

a) Sorry: Defiant

b) Guilty: Innocent

c) Happy: Overjoyed

d) Sad: Sorrowful

Answer: (b)

Solution:

Pleasant is the opposite of dislikable for example Harish is a

pleasant and happy person while Mahesh is thoroughly

dislikable. Similarly, guilty is the direct opposite of innocent

and therefore the correct answer. The other two options have

word pairs which mean the same thing.

30. Statement: There were different streams of freedom

movements in colonial India carried out by the moderates,

liberals, radical’s socialists, and so on.

Which one of the following is the best inference from the above

statement?

a) The emergence of nationalism in colonial India led to our

independence

b) Nationalism in India emerged in the context of colonialism

c) Nationalism in India is homogeneous

d) Nationalism in India is heterogeneous

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Answer: (d)
Solution:
“Inference” is an act of drawing a conclusion from the given
information. We can draw the conclusion clearly from the words
‘different streams-moderates, liberals, radials, socialists, and so
on’.
(A) It doesn’t support the above statement
(B) It doesn’t support the above statement
(C) It is definitely false as it is just opposite to the argument.
(D) It can be inferred from the given information. i.e., different

streams are equal to heterogeneous.

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