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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.
Culmination
a) Adept
b) Courage
c) Completion
d) Anticlimax
Answer: (c)
Solution:
Meaning: The culmination is defined as the highest point, or the
thing you have been working or aiming towards.
Example: Today is the culmination of your thirty-day training.
Synonyms: Completion, Climax, Pinnacle, Apex, Conclusion
Antonyms: Anti-climax, Base, Beginning, Bottom
2. Choose the word or group of words which is most similar in
meaning to the word printed in bold.
Reverberate
a) Provoke
b) Grudge
c) Resound
d) Sound
Answer: (c)

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Solution:
Meaning: To reverberate is defined as to continue to sound,
such as in a series of echoes.
Example: The sound of thunder reverberated from one end of
the mountain pass to the other.
Synonyms: Echo, Resound, Rebound, Recoil
Antonyms: Damp, Dull, Quiet
3. Complete the sentence:
Universalism is to particularism as diffuseness is to ___
a) Specificity
b) Neutrality
c) Generality
d) Adaptation
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Analogy: Antonymous relationship both Universalism is to
particularism are antonyms. The obvious analogical relationship
is Universalism is to particularism just as diffuseness (ill
organized) is to specificity (the condition of being particular
individual or group of organism).
Diffuseness (ill organized) the opposite to this word is
specificity (the condition of being particular individual or group
of organism).

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4. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below
sentence.
Even after worked in the office / for as many as fifteen years, /
he still does not understand / the basic objectives of the work.
a) Even after worked in the office
b) for as many as fifteen years,
c) he still does not understand
d) the basic objectives of the work.
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Even after working in the office

5. Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below
sentence.
It seems evidents / to me that / the visits they made to the island
/ were not very frequent.
a) It seems evidents
b) to me that
c) the visits they made to the island
d) were not very frequent.
Answer: (a)
Solution:
It seems evident

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6. Were you a bird, you ___ in the sky.
a) Would fly
b) Shall fly
c) Should fly
d) Shall have flown
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Conditional sentence (Type – 2)
If you were a bird, you would fly in the sky (or)
Were you a bird, you would fly in the sky
“were” (past tense) = would (past tense)

7. In each of the following questions, there is only one word which
is with is either correctly spelt or misspelt. Identify that word
from the given options.
1. Impediment
2. Merriment
3. Techniche
4. Judgement
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer: (c)

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Solution:
Correct Spelling: Technique
Breakdown: Tech-nique
Meaning: Technique is the manner in which technical details
are treated.
8. In each of the following questions, there is only one word which
is with is either correctly spelt or misspelt. Identify that word
from the given options.
1. Superstitious
2. Commendable
3. Callous
4. Applauce
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer: (d)
Solution:
Correct Spelling: Applause
Breakdown: Ap-plause
Meaning: Applause is praising or marked commendation of
someone or something.

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9. Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to
the word given below?
Nadir
a) Highest
b) Lowest
c) Medium
d) Integration
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Nadir means:
(i) The lowest point
(ii) The point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite to
the zenith (which means the highest point) and vertically
downward from the observer.
Example: The relationship between the two countries reached a
Nadir in the 1920’s
Synonyms: Bed rock, bottom, depth, Rock bottom, zero

10. Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the
below given word/ sentence.
To hold one's tongue
a) To support
b) To interfere in one's work
c) To insult someone
d) To keep quite
Answer: (d)

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Solution:
The correct option is (d) to keep quite
Example in a sentence:
Finally, to stop the argument, I held my tongue.
11. Evoking both horror and joy in its audience in equal measure,
the opera became an instant classic of _________technique.
a) Macabre
b) Figurative
c) Articulate
d) Contrapuntal
Answer: (d)
12. The resolute GRE aspirant tried to beat the GRE with a
doughty_______ that could be aptly called as Lincolnic.
a) Alacrity
b) In attentivity
c) Pertinacity
d) Rigidity
Answer: (d)
13. The inauguration marks the finale of a massive, thorough
___________ project that retained society's terra-cotta
headquarters in scaffolding for nearly four years.
a) Reduction
b) Reunification
c) Commiseration
d) Conservation

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Answer: (d)
14. Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence:

a) He is of Asian origin.
b) They belonged to Africa.
c) She is an European.
d) They migrated from India to Australia.
Answer: (c)
Solution:
Article: The word ‘European’ is a noun. Articles a, an, are
indefinite articles, that are decided with the initial ‘sound’ of the
noun. “European” starts with a phonetic sound |ju|. It is a
consonant sound so it takes ‘a’ noy ‘an’
15. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the
given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
1. To get a head start, early the next morning the farmer started

covering ground quickly because he wanted to get as much
land as he could.
2. Late in the afternoon he realized the condition he had to fulfil
to get the land was to get back to the starting point by
sundown.
3. Even though he was tired, he kept going all afternoon
because he did not want to miss this once in a lifetime
opportunity to gain more wealth.

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4. There is a story about a wealthy who was once offered all the
land he could walk on in a day, provided he come back by
sundown to the point where he started.

a) 4312
b) 3124
c) 4132
d) 4123
Answer: (c)
Solution:
1 comes after 4 as it follows the story beginning in 4. 3 follows
4 - the time factors mentioned in the statement is indicative of
this.
2 concludes the process and reveals the mistake.
16. Choose the most appropriate phrase from the options given
below to complete the following sentence.
The aircraft ____ take off as soon as its fight plan was filed.
a) Is allowed to
b) Will be, allowed to
c) Was allowed to
d) Has been allowed to
Answer: (c)
Solution:
The rule of the tense is (if the main clause is in the past tense the
subordinate clause also should be in the past tense)

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Here, the latter part of the sentence is in the past tense ‘as soon
as its flight plan was field’. Hence, the main clause also should
be in the past tense- ‘was allowed to’.
17. In the question below, complete the sentences with the
appropriate choice.
The core of brand equity is the loyalty of its customer base,
_______________
a) But retaining old customers does not happen automatically
b) The extent to which they would go to get the brand they are

used to
c) That add value to or subtract value from a service
d) And we react to brands with more than logic, i.e., with

emotion and intuition
Answer: (b)
18. In the question below, complete the sentences with the
appropriate choice.
The process of scientific investigation demands that conclusions
shall be drawn on the basis of thorough investigation alone,
_______________
a) Without consideration for what any school of thought

believes
b) Regardless of further investigation
c) Without contemplating empirical testing
d) Irrespective of the nature of the outcome
Answer: (a)

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19. Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.
a) The industrialist had a personnel jet.
b) I write my experience in my personnel diary.
c) All personnel are being given the day off.
d) Being religious is a personnel aspect.
Answer: (c)
Solution: ‘personnel’ means employees of an organization.

20. A disease of mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal
a) Schizophrenia
b) Claustrophobia
c) Kleptomania
d) Megalomania
Answer: (c)

21. One who sacrifices his life for a cause
a) Patriot
b) Martyr
c) Revolutionary
d) Soldier
Answer: (b)

22. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given
below to complete the following sentence.
Many ancient cultures attributed disease to supernatural causes.
However, modern science has largely helped ___ such notions.
a) Impel
b) Dispel

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c) Propel
d) Repel
Answer: (b)
Solution:
It is a contrasting sentence. These are the sentences in which one
part of the sentence contradicts or contrasts what is stated in the
other part of the sentence. Here, the word ‘However’ in the
latter part of the sentence ‘Modern Science’ contradicts what is
stated in the former part of the sentence ‘Many ancient cultures’.
Among the choices, it is ‘dispel’ which has this meaning and is
the answer.
23. In the following question, a sentence is given which has an
underlined part. Select the best replacement for the underlined
phrase from the given options.
It was a huge public meeting, but there were no ambulances or
fire fighters on the scene where a man climbed up a tree and
hanged himself.
a) Ambulances or fire fighters on the scene where a man

climbed up a tree and hanged himself.
b) Ambulances or fire fighters at the scene where a man climbed

up a tree and hung himself.
c) Ambulances or fire fighters in scene where a man climbed up

a tree and hanged himself.
d) Ambulances or fire fighters at the scene when a man climbed

up a tree and hanged himself.

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Answer: (a)
24. In the following question, a sentence is given which has an

underlined part. Select the best replacement for the underlined
phrase from the given options.
Several studies have been conducted to link smoking with
cancer, but none has been able to explain why some people who
are regular smokers have never contracted cancer while some
other who never smoked do.
a) None has been able to explain why some people who are

regular smokers have never contracted cancer while some
others who never smoked do.
b) None have been able to explain why some people who are
regularly smoking have never contracted cancer while some
other who never smoked have.
c) None has been able to explain why some people who are
regular smokers have never contacted cancer while some
other who never smoked have.
d) None have been able to explain why some people who are
regular smokers have never contracted cancer while some
others who never smoked have.
Answer: (d)
Solution:
Parallel structure 'have never contracted' with 'have'. Option (c)
has 'contact' instead of 'contract'.

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25. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given
below to complete the following sentence.
Communication and interpersonal skills are ___important in
their own ways.
a) Each
b) Both
c) All
d) Either
Answer: (c)
Solution:
“Both” refers to two people or things and saying that something
is true about each of them ‘Both … And’ expressions go
together. Therefore, since the sentence is referring to two things
i.e., communication and interpersonal skills.

26. Choose the word or group of words which is most opposite in
meaning to the word in bold.
Ample
a) Complete
b) Insufficient
c) Quiet
d) Supple
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Meaning: Ample means being more than enough without being
excessive.

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Example: There's ample time to order a burger before the show.
Synonyms: Abundant, Plentiful, Bountiful, Generous
Antonyms: Bare, Minimal, Scant, Spare
27. Choose the word or group of words which is most opposite in
meaning to the word in bold.
Expansive
a) Generous
b) Honest
c) Narrow
d) Troublesome
Answer: (c)
Solution:
Meaning: The meaning of expansive is taking up or covering a
wide area or space, or open and inclusive.
Example: Fluorescent lighting overhead morphed to an
expansive blue sky.
Synonyms: Broad, Extensive, Wide-Ranging, Ample
Antonyms: Narrow, Limited, Reserved, Quiet
28. The old city of Konigsberg, which had a German majority
population before World War 2, is now called Kaliningrad.
After the events of the war, Kaliningrad is now a Russian
territory and has a predominantly Russian population. It is
bordered by the Baltic Sea on the north and the countries of
Poland to the south and west and Lithuania to the east
respectively.

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Which of the statements below can be inferred from this
passage?
a) Kaliningrad was historically Russian in its ethnic make up
b) Kaliningrad is a part of Russia despite it not being contiguous

with the rest of Russia
c) Konigsberg was renamed Kaliningrad, as that was its original

Russian name
d) Poland and Lithuania are on the route from Kaliningrad to the

rest of Russia
Answer: (b)
Solution:
(a) Contradicting the passage – Kaliningrad was never

historically Russian
(b) Correct: This is the right inference and now it is part of

Russia
(c) Kaliningrad is not original Russian name
(d) Out of scope (unwarranted)
29. In the following question, four pairs of words follow the first
pair. Select the pair whose relation most closely matches the
first pair.
Veal: Cattle
a) Ham: Pork
b) Beef: Cow
c) Chicken: Turkey
d) Thighs: Chicken

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Answer: (b)
30. The number of people diagnosed with dengue fever (contracted

from the bite of a mosquito) in north India is twice the number
diagnosed last year. Municipal authorities have concluded that
measures to control the mosquito population have failed in this
region.
Which one of the following statements, if true, does not
contradict this conclusion?
a) A high proportion of the affected population has returned

from neighboring countries where dengue is prevalent
b) More cases of dengue are now reported because of an

increase in the Municipal Office's administrative efficiency
c) Many more cases of dengue are being diagnosed this year

since the introduction of a new and effective diagnostic test
d) The number of people with malarial fever (also contracted

from mosquito bites) has increased this year
Answer: (d)
Solution:
It is a strengthen the argument question
(a) Unwarranted (out of scope) it doesn’t support the

conclusion. The passage doesn’t mention ‘neighboring
countries’
(b) Contradicts the conclusion
(c) Contradicts the conclusion

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(d) Correct: This is the right answer as it supports the
conclusion. Municipal authorities have concluded that
measures to control the mosquito population have failed in
this region.

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