Syllabus for General Aptitude

Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies, word groups,
instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.

Spotting Errors Synonyms Antonyms

Selecting Words Spellings Sentence Formation
Ordering of Words Sentence Correction Sentence Improvement
Completing Statements Ordering of Sentences Paragraph Formation
Closet Test Comprehension One Word Substitutes
Idioms and Phrases Change of Voice Change of Speech
Verbal Analogies

Example Questions

Verbal Ability

Q.1. Choose the appropriate answer to complete the following sentence:

After several ……. attempts to send the missile into space, the spacecraft was finally launched
successfully.

(A) abortive (B) difficult (C) experimental (D) preliminary

Ans. (A)

Q.2. Choose the appropriate answer to complete the following sentence:

Medicine is to illness as law is to _________

(A) discipline (B) anarchy (C) treason (D) etiquette

Ans. (B)

Q.3. Read the following paragraph :

“The ordinary form of mercury thermometer is used for temperature ranging from –40oF to 500oF. For
measuring temperature below –40oF, thermometers filled with alcohol are used. These are, however, not
satisfactory for use in high temperatures. When a mercury thermometer is used for temperature above
500oF, the space above the mercury is filled with some inert gas, usually nitrogen or carbon dioxide,
placed in the thermometer under pressure. As the mercury rises, the gas pressures is increased, so that it is
possible to use these thermometers for temperatures as high as 1000oF.”
With what, besides mercury, would a thermometer be filled if it wasdesigned to be used for measuring
temperature of about 500oF?

(A) Pyrometer (B) Inert gas (C) Iron and brass (D) Gas

Ans. (B)

Q.4. The cost of manufacturing tractors in Korea is twenty percent less than the cost of
manufacturing tractors in Germany. Even after transportation fees and import taxes are added, it is still
cheaper to import tractors from Korea to Germany than to produce tractors in Germany.

Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?

(A) Labor costs in Korea are twenty percent below those in Germany.

(B) Importing tractors into Germany will eliminate twenty percent of the manufacturing jobs in
Germany.

(C) The costs of transporting a tractor from Korea to Germany is more than twenty percent of the cost of
manufacturing the tractor in Korea.

(D) The import taxes on a tractor imported from Korea to Germany is less than twenty percent of the
cost of manufacturing the tractor in Germany.

Ans. (D)

Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical 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 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

1. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.We discussed about the problem so thoroughly
B. on the eve of the examination
C. that I found it very easy to work it out.
D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

We discussed the problem so thoroughly .

2. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.An Indian ship
B. laden with merchandise
C. got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.
D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

sank in the Pacific Ocean .

3. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.A lot of travel delay is caused
B. due to the inefficiency and lack of good management
C. on behalf of the railways.
D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

on the part of the railways .

4. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.One of the members B. expressed doubt if
C. the Minister was an atheist. D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B
 Explanation: expressed doubt that .

5.(solve as per the direction given above)

A.If you lend him a book B. he will lend it to some one else
C. and never you will get it back. D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation: and you will never get it back .

6. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.Do the roses in your garden smell B. more sweetly
C. than those in ours? D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation: sweeter

7. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.The students were B. awaiting for
C. the arrival of the chief guest. D. No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation: awaiting .

8. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.Having received your letter B. this morning, we are writing
C. to thank you for the same. D.No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

9.(solve as per the direction given above)

A.I have got B. my M.Sc. degree
C. in 1988. D.No error.
 Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
Explanation: I got

10. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.If you lend him a book B. he will lend it to some one else
C. and never you will get it back. D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation: and you will never get it back .

11. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.The man told to her
B. that he had not brought his dog
C. out for a walk as he was afraid that it would rain.
D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The man told her

12.(solve as per the direction given above)

A.If I am you B. I would have seen to it
C. that I won the prize. D.No error.
95.
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
If I were you

13.(solve as per the direction given above)

A.Kamala's fountain-pen B. is as expensive
C. as Shyama. D.No error.

97. Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
as Shyama's
14. (solve as per the direction given above)
A.When we consider all the factors, which are many,
B. the number of school dropouts
C. are quite disturbing.
D.No error.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation: is quite disturbing

15.(solve as per the direction given above)

A.She has never B. approve of him
C. working as a clerk. D.No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:
approved of his

16. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.There is no question B. of my failing

C. in the examination. D.No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation: of me failing

17. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.She is B. no longer popular as she has

C. a friends D.No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option C

Explanation: few friends

17. (solve as per the direction given above)
A.In these days of inflation

B. a ten rupee's note will not buy you

C. even an ordinary meal.

D.No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

a ten rupee note will not buy you

19. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.The reason Ram B. is absent from his duty

C. is because he is unwell. D.No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation: The reason why Ram .

20. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.The thief broke in the B. house at the

C. dead of night D.No error.

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option A

Explanation: The thief broke into the

SYNONYMS:

1. PONDER
A.Think B. Evaluate

C. Anticipate D.Increase

Answer: Option A.

2. SHIVER
A.Feel B. Rock

C. Tremble D.Move

Answer: Option C

3. PRESTIGE
A.Influence B. Quality

C. Name D.Wealth

Answer: Option C

4. BARE
A.Uncovered B. Tolerate

C. Clear D.Neat

Answer: Option A

5. PIOUS
A.Pure B. Pretentious

C. Clean D.Devout

Answer: Option D

6. WARRIOR
A.Soldier B. Sailor

C. Pirate D.Spy
Answer: Option A

7. FAKE
A.Original B. Imitation

C. Trustworthy D.Loyal

Answer: Option B

8. STRINGENT
A.Dry B. Strained

C. Rigorous D.Shrill

Answer: Option C

9. LAMENT
A.Complain B. Comment

C. Condone D.Console

Answer: Option A

10. KEN
A.Ignorance B. Witness

C. Trial D.Knowledge

Answer: Option D

11. MASSACRE
A.Murder B. Stab

C. Assassinate D.Slaughter

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D
 Explanation:

MASSACRE means slaughter, kill a large number of people violently.

12. NEUTRAL
A.Unbiased B. Non-aligned

C. Undecided D.Indifferent

Answer: Option A

13. FEEBLE
A.Weak B. Vain

C. Arrogant D.Sick

Answer: Option A

14. SYNOPSIS
A.Index B. Mixture

C. Summary D.Puzzles

Answer: Option C

98. REFECTORY
A.Restaurant B. Parlour

C. Living Room D.Dining Room

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

A refectory is a large room in a school, university, or other institution, where meals

are served and eaten.