GATE Verbal Aptitude Practice Questions - 2

The context of the sentence is asking a person who has been deprived of something because of a theft. The word to be used to fill the blank is ‘lose’ which means to be deprived of something.‘Loose’ means something that is not fitted. ‘Louse’ is the singular form of the word ‘lice’ that is a parasite that lives in the skin of mammals and birds.‘Loss’ is a noun that means the process of losing someone or something. Eg: He suffered tremendous loss in his business.

The word ‘prone’ means to be susceptible to something or lying flat. Thus, the correct sentence in which it has been used is (II) and (III).

In the first sentence, the word to be used is ‘prune’. A prune is a dried plum of any cultivar.

Let us discuss the inferences:

For option A: While we have been told that pollution from inter-continental flights are higher, and not cars, therefore this statement is incorrect.

For option B: This is definitely an inference because it supports the statement.

For option C: Nothing from the statement can show the percentage of contribution of the pollution caused by flights in global warming and so this is not a logical inference.

Statement 2 is about activities enjoyed by the family whereas statement 5 gives information about the activities by the family.

Therefore, statement 2 follows statement 5. i.e., (5 < 2)

Statement 3 is about the activities at night whereas statement 4 talks about activities in the evening.

Therefore, statement 3 follows statement 4. i.e., (4 < 3.) and 4 cannot be the first event (evident from the word 'sunset') and hence option 4 gets eliminated.

Also, statement 3 must be the last part (evident from the word 'night') among the others (2, 3, 4, 5)

Thus, options 2 and 3 get eliminated.

Thus, considering the timeline of events, the best possible logical sequence is 5, 2, 4, 3.

Hence '5, 2, 4, 3'  is the correct answer.

Key Points:

(i) 'The no of' is singular and takes singular verb. Thus, 'the number of candidates is staggering' is correct.
(ii) Similarly, 'A no of' is plural and takes plural verb. Thus, 'a number of candidates are staggering' is correct.
(iii) Thus, both the statement i and ii is correct. 

The error lies in part R of the question. Therefore, the correct answer is option 3.

Whether and weather fall under the category of homophones - words with different spellings and meanings but similar pronunciation.

Whether is a conjunction which means if.

Example - I am not sure if/whether I will be attending the wedding ceremony.

In its noun form, ‘weather’ means the atmosphere around us in terms of humidity, temperature, clouds. When used as a verb, it means erode/withstand

The rope has weathered the surface of the rock (eroded)

Check the weather outside – how can you think of jogging today?

From the context of the sentence, weather has been used incorrectly.

Correct sentence - The question that has bothered the employers is whether Employment Disputes can be settled through arbitration?

(1) Leela is older than her cousin Pavithra.

Leela > Pavithra

(2) Pavithra’s brother Shiva is older than Leela.

Shiva > Leela > Pavithra

(3) When Pavithra and Shiva are visiting Leela, all three like to play chess.

(4) Pavithra wins more often than Leela does.

Now let’s check each option,

(A) When Shiva plays chess with Leela and Pavithra, he often loses → any information about Shiva’s play is not given.

(B) Leela is the oldest of the three → this is false as Shiva is the oldest.

(C) Shiva is a better chess player than Pavithra → any information about Shiva’s play is not given.

(D) Pavithra is the youngest of the three → This is true.

Let us look at the meanings of the words:

1. Facilitated: Helps improve something

2. Felicitated: Congratulate

3. Fantasize: Dream about something

The other option is not a word. Thus, the correct word to be used in the blank is ‘felicitated’ that will give the meaning of the teacher being congratulated.

The sentence given is a conditional sentence consisting of an ‘if’ clause and a main clause. The tense in the main clause depends on the tense in the ‘if’ clause. Here, the tense in the ‘if’ clause is past perfect (had known), thus the main clause should use would (past tense form of ‘will’) + past perfect. The option which correctly states this structure is option A.

Key Points:

(i) Statement one i.e. the world is going through pandemic is the main cause. Statement two i.e. crisis faced due to that pandemic tells us about the effect of pandemic on air travel industry.
(ii) Cause and effect is a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others. 
(iii) Thus, the second sentence states an effect of the first sentence.