Verbal
Question 1 |
(i) Everybody in the class is prepared for the exam.
(ii) Babu invited Danish to his home because he enjoys playing chess.
Which of the following is the CORRECT observation about the above two sentences?
(i) is grammatically incorrect and (ii) is ambiguous | |
(i) is grammatically correct and (ii) is ambiguous | |
(i) is grammatically correct and (ii) is unambiguous | |
(i) is grammatically incorrect and (ii) is unambiguous |
ii). Babu invited Danish to his home because he enjoys playing chess.
This statement is ambiguous as there is no guarantee that Danish knows playing chess.
Question 2 |
Ten friends planned to share equally the cost of buying a gift for their teacher. When two of them decided not to contribute, each of the other friends had to pay Rs 150 more. The cost of the gift was Rs. _____.
12000 | |
666 | |
3000 | |
6000 |
Gift cost = 10x
When two people are not going to contribute then remaining friends have to pay Rs 150 more.
Two friends contribution = 150 × 8 = 1200
One friend contribution = 600
Ten friends contribution = 6000
Cost of the Gift = 6000
Method-2: There were ten friends decided to buy a gift.
Out of ten members two members are not able to pay their share.
So, two members amount was paid by remaining eight members.
Then the eight members has to pay 150 more, which is 150*8= 1200( two persons share).
One person share= 1200/2=600.
Ten members share= 600*10= 6000.
Price of the gift= 6000.
Question 3 |
The expenditure on the project _____ as follows; equipment Rs.20 lakhs, salaries Rs.12 lakhs, and contingency Rs.3 lakhs.
break down | |
break | |
breaks down | |
breaks |
Question 4 |
The search engine's business model _____ around the fulcrum of trust.
bursts | |
revolves | |
sinks | |
plays |
Question 5 |
A court is to a judge as _____ is to a teacher.
a syllabus | |
a student | |
a punishment | |
a school |
Question 6 |
The police arrested four criminals - P, Q, R and S. The criminals knew each other. They made the following statements:
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P says "Q committed the crime."
Q says "S committed the crime."
R says "I did not do it."
S says "What Q said about me is false."
Assume only one of the arrested four committed the crime and only one of the statements made above is true. Who committed the crime?
P | |
Q | |
R | |
S |
II, III, IV are false.
II is false: 'S' is not criminal.
IV is also false: 'S' committed crime.
There is conflict among I, IV now as P, S both should be criminals.
⇒ II true: 'S' is criminal.
I, III, IV are false.
IV is false. So, 'S' is not criminal.
III is false. So. 'R' is criminal.
There is conflict among II, III as S, R both should be criminal.
III is true: Criminal ≠ R.
I, II, IV are false.
I is false. So, 'Q' is also not criminal.
II is false. So, 'S' is not criminal.
IV is false. So, 'S' is not criminal.
Q, R, S are not criminals. So, 'P' is criminal.
IV is true: I, II, III are false.
II is false. So, 'S' is not criminal.
IV is true. So, 'S' is criminal.
I is false. So, 'Q' is not criminal.
III is false. So, 'R' is criminal.
There is conflict, as R, S both should be criminals.
Question 7 |
"A recent High Court judgement has sought to dispel the idea of begging as a disease — which leads to its stigmatization and criminalization — and to regard it as a symptom. The underlying disease is the failure of the state to protect citizens who fall through the social security net."
Which of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?
Beggars are created because of the lack of social welfare schemes | |
Beggars are lazy people who beg because they are unwilling to work | |
Begging is an offence that has to be dealt with firmly | |
Begging has to be banned because it adversely affects the welfare of the state |
The court is judged that because of failure of the state to protect citizens through social security schemes beggars are created.
Question 8 |
“From where are they bringing their books? __________ bringing __________ books from __________.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
Their, they’re, there | |
They’re, their, there | |
There, their, they’re | |
They’re, there, there |

Question 9 |
"A _______ investigation can sometimes yield new facts, but typically organized ones are more successful."
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is
meandering | |
timely | |
consistent | |
systematic |
Question 10 |
After RajendraChola returned from his voyage to Indonesia, he _________ to visit the temple in Thanjavur.
was wishing | |
is wishing | |
wished | |
had wished |
After Rajendrachola returned from his voyage to Indonesia, he wished to visit the temple in Tanjavur.
Question 11 |
Research in the workplace reveals that people work for many reason __________.
money beside | |
beside money | |
money besides | |
besides money |
Here we are using besides preposition "in addition to".
Question 12 |
“The hold of the nationalist imagination on our colonial past is such that anything inadequately or improperly nationalist is just not history.”
Which of the following statements best reflects the author’s opinion?
Nationalists are highly imaginative. | |
History is viewed through the filter of nationalism. | |
Our colonial past never happened. | |
Nationalism has to be both adequately and properly imagined. |
That represents the history of nationalism.
Question 13 |
Choose the option with words that are not synonyms.
aversion, dislike | |
luminous, radiant | |
plunder, loot | |
yielding, resistant |
Resistant means offering a resistance to something or someone.
Question 14 |
Saturn is __________ to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye.
enough bright | |
bright enough | |
as enough bright | |
bright as enough |
With adjectives and adverbs enough is comes after an adjectives and adverbs.
So, here we use bright enough to complete the sentence.
Question 15 |
“We lived in a culture that denied any merit to literary works, considering them important only when they are handmaidens to something seemingly more urgent – namely ideology. This was a country where all gestures, even the most private, were interpreted in political terms.”
The author’s belief that ideology is not as important as literature is revealed by the word:
‘culture’ | |
‘seemingly’ | |
‘urgent’ | |
‘political’ |
(or)
As to give the impression of having a certain quality.
Question 16 |
Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage.
I will not leave the place until the minister does not meet me. | |
I will not leave the place until the minister doesn’t meet me. | |
I will not leave the place until the minister meet me. | |
I will not leave the place until the minister meets me. |
Minister is a singular person, with a singular object, so verb ends with 's'. So option C is incorrect.
Option 'D' is correct.
Question 17 |
A rewording of something written or spoken is a ______________.
paraphrase | |
paradox | |
paradigm | |
paraffin |
Question 18 |
Archimedes said, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world.”
The sentence above is an example of a ___________ statement.
figurative | |
collateral | |
literal | |
figurine |
The use of the metaphorical words to explain about the thoughts instead of literal use of them.
Question 19 |
If ‘relftaga’ means carefree, ‘otaga’ means careful and ‘fertaga’ means careless, which of the following could mean ‘aftercare’?
zentaga | |
tagafer | |
tagazen | |
relffer |
otaga - careful → (2)
fertaga - careless → (3)
From (1) & (2),
taga = care (and it is in the first half of the word)
From (3),
fer = less
Aftercare - tagazen
Care is in the second half of the word ⇒ taga should be in the first half.
Question 20 |
Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen languages. If this is not an indication of the nation’s diversity, nothing else is.
Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?
India is a country of exactly seventeen languages. | |
Linguistic pluralism is the only indicator of a nation’s diversity. | |
Linguistic pluralism is the only indicator of a nation’s diversity. | |
Linguistic pluralism is strong evidence of India’s diversity. |
Which is inferred from the statement.
Option A, B, C are incorrect which are not properly inferred from the statement.
Question 21 |
The man who is now Municipal Commissioner worked as _______________.
the security guard at a university | |
a security guard at the university | |
a security guard at university | |
the security guard at the university |
And coming to university it is an organization.
So we use are 'the' before university.
Question 22 |
Nobody knows how the Indian cricket team is going to cope with the difficult and seamer-friendly wickets in Australia.
Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in the above sentence.
put up with | |
put in with | |
put down to | |
put up against |
→ Cope with is doesn't means that put someone into competition with some other.