Verbal Ability Test 3

Question 1) Direction (for Q.Nos. 1 - 2) : Pick out the most effective word(s)
from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence
meaningfully complete.
The Hubble Space Telescope will search for planets around the stars,
a key to the ...... extraterrestrial life, and examine interstellar dust
and gases out of which stars are born.

A. Perception

B. Discovery

C. Enquiry

D. Quest

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option D
Question 2) My uncle decided to take ...... and my sister to the market.

A. I

B. me

 C. mine

D. myself

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option B

Question 3) Directions (3-7) : In each sentence below one word has been printed
in bold. Below the sentence, four words are suggested, one of which
can replace the word printed in bold, without changing the meaning
of the sentence. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
She came in utter disrepute due to her vindictive act.

A. Uneventful

B. Derogatory

C. Ungrateful

D. Revengeful

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option D
Question 4) His attempts to equivocate the subject under discussion were
thwarted.

 A. Reconcile

B. Mislead

C. Defend

D. Balance

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option B

Question 5) He was conceptually clear about the problem and therefore could
provide a pragmatic solution.

A. Tolerable

B. Acceptable

C. Practical

D. Diplomatic

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option C
 Question 6) They returned after their ignominious defeat in the foreign country.

A. Irreversible

B. Impertinent

C. Indecisive

D. Disgraceful

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option D

Question 7) The minister's clandestine meeting with the opposition party leader
was severely criticized.

A. Secret

B. Periodical

C. Authentic

 D. Unofficial

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option A
Question 8) Directions (Q.8-12) : Read each sentence to find out whether there
is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any,will
be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer.
If there is no error, the answer is (E) (Ignore errors of punctuation, if
any.)

A. We have received many

B. of the letters from customers

C. asking us to extend

D. the deadline to repay their loans.

E. No error

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option B

Question 9)

 A. Since I had lived there

B. for many years the villagers

C. were very comfortable talked

D. to me about their problems.

E. No error

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option C
Question 10)

A. We have been under

B. a lot of pressure to

C. open fifty new stores

D. by the ending of the year.



E. No error

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option D

Question 11)

A. The company is in debt

B. and has been unable

C. to pay their employees salaries

D. for the past six months.

E. No error

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option C
Question 12)

A. This is turned out to be



B. one of our most successful projects

C. and we have made quite

D. a large profit from it.

E. No error

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option A

Question 13) Direction (for Q.Nos. 13 - 14) : In each questions below five words
are given. Find out that word, the spelling of which is WRONG. The
letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are spelt
correctly, the answer is 'E', i.e., "All Correct".

A. Passion

B. Fashion

C. Ration

D. Tution


E. All correct

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option D
Question 14)

A. Logical

B. Ludicrucous

C. Lovely

D. Lonesome

E. All correct

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option B

Question 15) In question, an incomplete statement (Stem) followed by fillers is

given. Pick out the best one which can complete incomplete stem
correctly and meaningfully.
Dinesh is as stupid as he is lazy means ......

 A. Dinesh is stupid because he is lazy

B. Dinesh is lazy because he is stupid

C. Dinesh is either stupid or lazy

D. Dinesh is hardly stupid but he is lazy

E. Dinesh is equally stupid and lazy

Your answer : No option was selected

Correct answer : Option E