PPT/ ENGLISH & VERBAL REASONING QUESTION # 5

TIME: 30 MIN

Direction: (Q 1- 10): The underlined parts in each of the sentence are given to choose which one of
them might contain the error. The first underlined part is (a), the second (b), the third (c) & so
on.
1. I dont know when Mr. Gopi will be home. He was in Delhi since May.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c

(4) d

2. Next to the gigantic banyan trees, and quite dwarfed by it, stand the puny lime tree.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) No error
3. Airlines that fail to warn travelers that cramped legroom could be dangerous to their health may be
facing law suits, thanks to a US federal court ruling in San Francisco.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) d
4. The Russian Roulette question are typical of the high pressure puzzle-based interviews that have spread
from the computer industry to the Fortune 500 and beyond.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) No error
5. Mrs. Ganguly found herself impressed with what she was hearing and also with the person from who
she was hearing it.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) d
6. Pinky did not go to the party. I understand that she was very unhappy that she would not able to go.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) d
7. Though the last group had finished playing more than an hour ago there was still at least a dozen
golfers hitting balls.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) No error
8. Directing a play is as easy or even easier than to bake a pie. All you need is a script and a bunch of
actors.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) d
9. Aarthi is supposed to return from Delhi today. However, the train has not yet arrived. I wonder when it
will be coming.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) No error
10. That bunch of grapes are inedible. They are much too sour. Well have to throw them away.
(1) a
(2) b
(3) c
(4) No error
Direction- Q: 11-15: In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways,
numbered 1 to 4. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.
11. EXTRACT
1 The Reading Comprehension passage consists of an extract from a new-selling novel.
2 My favourite book has been extracted in this newspaper article.
3 We had to take my little brother to the doctor to get the pencil that he had stuck into his ear extract.
4 The cake needs a little more vanilla extract.

12. DATE
1. I am nervous about my date with my dentist tomorrow.
2 Which date is your birthday next Monday or Tuesday?
3 Do you remember the date on which this event occurred?
4 I really like this new date-flavoured ice-cream.
13. BUSINESS
1
2
3
4

My future plans are none of your business.

Business has been quite good today in spite of the bandh.
His business and energy made me feel ashamed of my indolence.
The business of the day concluded, we all adjourned to the dining room.

14. LAY
1 The Lay of Leithian is one of the central tales in Tolkiens mythology.
2 It is so subtle that a lay person would not be able to tell the difference.
3 The problem lay in the fact that he was completely unused to this type of life-style.
4 The house lays in a beautiful, sheltered hollow.
15. OFFENSE
1 I am very sorry; I did not mean to offense you.
2 As it was his first offense, the judge let him off with a warning.
3 Offense is better than defense is his usual strategy.
4 Our team has built up a powerful offense they are certain to win this time.
Direction: Q : Find the correct word to replace the question mark.
16. Water: Convection :: Space:?
(a) Conduction
(b) Transference
(c) Vacuum
17. Genuine: Authentic :: Mirage:?
(a) Image
(b) Transpiration
(c) Reflection
18. Oceans : Deserts :: Waves :?
(a) Sea
(b) Dust
(c) Sand dunes
19. Appraiser: Building:: Critic:?
(a) Book
(b )Masterpiece
(c) Judge
20. Fear : Threat:: Anger:?
(a) Compulsion
(b) Panic
(c) Provocation
21. Melt: Liquid:: Freeze:?
(a) Ice
(b) Condense
(c) Solid

(d) Radiation
(d) Illusion
(d) Ripples
(d) Gold
(d) Force
(d) Crystal

Directions (Qs. 22 to 29) : As set of sentences is given below in which the single
underlined word is used as different parts of speech in English Grammar. To
answer each of the Questions 33 to 40, mark your answer as
(1)
If the underlined word is used as an Adjective.
(2)
If the underlined word is used as a Noun
(3)
If the underlined word is Used as an Adverb.
(4)
If he underlined word is used as a Preposition.
22. The evening as a round of pleasures.

23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.

A square peg in a round hole.

He came round to belief.
The earth revolves round the sun.
I shall see you next Monday.
What next?
I shall tell you more about it in my next.
He was sitting next to her.

Direction: Q 30- 39: Following passages are followed by certain inferences.

Mark [1] Definitely true if the inference follows directly from the data given in the passage.
Mark [2] Probably true if the influence is probably but not definitely true.
Mark [3] Probably false if the inference is probably but not definitely false.
Mark [4] Definitely false if the inference contradicts the data in the passage.
Passage 1
Jeans are on the comeback trail. Barely a few months ago, the big story was about denims
decline and the shift in the youth wardrobe collection in favour of an assortment of other fabric
and styles, notably khakis and cargoes. But the tides turning again. Denims very much on the
revival path, though not in the same old fashion. No, the body hugging tapered, faded, jaded
and tough look is not the only kind which is carrying good old jeans forward. Softer feels, lesser
weights, darker colours and crisper looks and, yes, even flares and embroidered borders are
now very much in.
30.
Jeans with embroidered borders are yet to be accepted.
31.
Fashion moves in a cyclical manner.
32. Jeans had fallen out of favour with the youngsters.
33.
The crisper look of Jeans may lose out to the rugged tough look of the good old
denim.
Passage 2
The purposive aspects of reflexes, especially in the higher organisms, have given biologists the
impression that the organism is a machine but in their enthusiasm for this comparison, the
mechanists have forgotten that every machine is constructed for a given end, and that it presupposes a mechanic who has designed and constructed it.
What is the ultimate truth about ourselves? Various answers suggest themselves. We are a bit
of stellar matter gone wrong. We are physical machinery puppets that strut and talk and laugh
and die as the hands of time pull the strings. But there is one elementary inescapable answer.
We are that which asks the question.
34.
The school of thought that supposes humans akin to machines, have to admit the
existence of a creator of these machines.
35.
Humans are definitely puppets, manipulated by the hands of time.
36.
Many probable answers exist to the question of the ultimate truth about ourselves.
37.
The possibility that higher organisms are just physical machinery is advocated by some
biologists.
38.
We are a bit of stellar matter gone wrong.
Direction: Read the following passages and examine each inference given below it in
the context of this passage.
Mark the answer as:
a. if the inference is definitely true
c. if he inference is probably true

b. if the data provided inadequate

d. if the inference is definitely false

Passage 3
The space exploration has been done mainly by using unmanned satellites called space probes
containing a large variety of the latest scientific instruments on board. These space probes
have provided us the close-up pictures and other data about planets and other bodies in the
outer space. The climax of the intensive American space programme came when Neil
Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Originally, the
artificial satellites were launched for studying the upper atmosphere of the earth.
Inference
39. The space probes have increased our knowledge about space and the bodies in it.
40. Space probes are meant to study the atmosphere of the earth only.
41. Neil Armstrong was the first man to go into the space.
42. Space probes are provided with computers.
43.
Moon has been explored by man.
Direction (Q 44- 47): Identify the correct set of syllogism
44.

45.

46.

47.

4. DEA

A. All software companies employ knowledge workers.

B. Tara Tech employs knowledge workers.
C. Tara Tech is a software company.
D. Some software companies employ knowledge workers.
E. Tara Tech employs only knowledge workers.
1. ABC
2.ACB
3.CDB

4.ACE

A. Traffic congestion increases carbon monoxide in the environment.

B. Increase in carbon monoxide is hazardous to health.
C. Traffic congestion is hazardous to health.
D. Some traffic congestion does not cause increased carbon monoxide.
E. Some traffic congestion is not hazardous to health.
1. CBA
2.BDE
3.CDE

4.BAC

A. Tigers are man-eaters.

B. Man lives in jungles.
C. Tiger is ruler of man.
D. Man kills zebra for food.
E. Tiger rules jungle.
1. BCE
2. DAE
4. EBC

3. ABC

A. Some computers are TVs.

B. Only Laptops are computers.
C. Some Laptops are not TVs.
D. Some TVs are Laptops.
E. Some laptops are TVs.
1. BAD
2. ABC

3. BAE