Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 5 - AFCAT MCQ

Definition of leave (someone) in the lurch
: to leave (someone) without help or protection when it is needed

1. Others is plural and enterprises is also therefor it does not.
2. Industry and enterprises are synonyms.
3. Government may be occur but above paragraph is not about govt enterprises.
Itself used because its in possessive case.
 

To err is human, to forgive divine.
A commonly used proverb which means that it is natural for a man to make mistakes but the one who forgives (another) easily acts godlike (divine).

Customers began to pick and choose

So option C is correct

The underlineld word "separate" means disconnected .  Synonyms: Free, independent, isolated  Antonyms: United, connected, associated  Clearly option B united expresses the opposite meaning of the given sentence. Hence option B is correct. 

1254 form a logical paragraph as an introduction to Destiny and Spirituality.
The 5th statement depicts the quality (as talked of in Statement 2) of destiny and spirituality - one being conscious and the other unconsciousness. Statement 4 provides conclusion about these two.
The 3rd statement is about destiny only, whereas the other sentences compare destiny with spirituality.

The global financial institution has advocated ________ reforms that favour agribusiness and ignore peasants and indigenous peoples whose livelihoods depend _________ traditional land use.

In the context of the sentence, the preposition following the verb 'advocated' must be 'for'.
Advocate (Verb):
to speak in support of an idea or course of action.
Ex. The organization advocates for human rights.
Now, as we know that the verb 'depend' is followed by the preposition 'on', 'on' is the perfect choice for the blank 2.

Option C is hence the correct answer.

A slew __________ new problems emerged directly __________ the government policies.

In the given sentence, ‘slew’ means ‘a large number or quantity of something’.

Evidently, the preposition that makes perfect sense in blank 1 is ‘of’.

This eliminates options A and D.

The sentence talks of problems arising out of government policies.

Hence, ‘from’ is the most appropriate preposition for blank 2.

So, option C is the correct answer.

All the given options except option C represents the synonyms of those 4. bold ones.Only 'heeding'(to pay attention towards something or confirm) is the opposite of "resisting" which means to oppose something.

New Sentence - Shah lamabasted Congress stating that Congress is heeding the move to safeguard its vote-bank.

Hence option C is the correct answer. 

Sentence I: All the participants were treated with a square of fudge at the entrance of the conference.  Here, the word ‘fudge’ means a chewy and soft sweet made from sugar. It is generally used to denote the quantity of ice cream such as a fudge of ice cream.

Sentence II: The government has been fudging the figures of GDP to show that the economy is in the pink of its health.  In this sentence, it implies that the government has been manipulating the figures to serve its own purpose.

Sentence III: This new offer of settlement is excellent going by the terms and conditions and it seems the management really wants it to be the fudge that has been missing from the negotiations.

Here, the word ‘fudge’ is used in the wrong sense since it actually refers to a compromise or settlement to win hearts temporarily whereas in the given sentence, it has been shown in the good sense.  

So, option A is the correct choice. 

The context is about Russian attempt to expand their region. Sentence 4 is the leading sentence. It introduces Russia - a growing empire. The words 'begun their expansion' in 2 link with 'as a growing empire' in sentence 4. The word 'explorers' in 5 links with 'expedition' in 2. 'Fur-trading interests' in 3 refer to 'fur trade' in 5. So, 3 follows 5. The sequence becomes: 4-2-5-3. The explorers had excited the Russians for fur trade in Alaska but there was conflict of interest. Russians also found it difficult to produce food there (sentence 6) and the alternative is provided in sentence 1 (reasoned that... California could serve both as a source of food). So, the final sequence becomes: 4-2-5-3-6-1.

This is one of the last places you’ll find a breeding population of Indochinese tigers.

The paragraph is about the old access road that was once a sealed highway and then it was declared a national park and a contiguous forest. The sentences before the blank talks about the decommissioning of the road to wildlife while sentence after the blank talks about passing of the bullet train through the forest. Hence the blank must be filled by the sentence related to these statements. Going through the sentences, we can infer that sentence (E) goes correctly with the paragraph. Other sentences are irrelevant. 

The first is the main ingredient for making the second. 'Dough' is used to make bread. 'Words' are used in speech and they alone can make a speech.

'Nadir' means 'the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation'. It is used to describe the worst moment, or the moment of least hope and least achievement. In option (c), the word 'nadir' is used to describe a person. This makes the usage incorrect as it is illogical to say that a person is the worst moment or nadir.
In option (a), the word is used to describe the worst period of musical expression. In option (b), it means that the defeat proved to be the lowest point in someone's career. Option (d) states that a particular season of the game might have reached its lowest point when the Eagles lost to the New Orleans Saints.
Thus, only in option (c) is the usage of 'nadir' incorrect.

• 'Among' vs 'Within', the latter is a better preposition in the context.
• 'Threats to the environment' is idiomatically correct.
• There is no need to change 'India's civil society'.

Squared means ‘making the score even/equal’ and the meaning given in the option is incorrect.

“Upped the tempo” means to increase the interest toward the game by playing so long.

“Saw him finish” means playing so long and making so many runs results in making 135 runs and equals the five matches series.

One word substitution is Agenda.

Schedule: A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times.

Timetable: A chart showing the departure and arrival times of trains, buses, or aircraft.a chart showing the departure and arrival times of trains, buses, or aircraft.

Agenda: A list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.

Plan: A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

The correct option is B.
Thus leadership can stimulate and motivate people to get their willingness and commitment for achieving the proposed objectives of the organization. This means that a person gets motivated and committed to his objectives.

to bell the cat: take the danger of a shared enterprise upon oneself.

Hence, the correct answer is option a i.e. to take lead in danger.

► Correctly spelt: Forecast
► Meaning: A forecast is a statement of what is expected to happen in the future, especially in relation to a particular event or situation.

The word that we use to signify that fruits are ready is ripe. Therefore, the correct sentence here is that the grapes in the vineyard were ripe enough to be picked.

The verb await itself means to wait for somebody/something. Therefore, in option B either remove "for" after awaiting or replace "awaiting" with "waiting".

The correct order will be:
Since the beginning of history → the Eskimos and Red Indians (Q)→ have managed to catch (P)→ a few specimens of this aquatic animal (S)→ by a very difficult method. (R)

Teetotaller means a person who never drinks alcohol.

without the other's coming too

Absence of Light will make Blind and absence of Speech will make Dumb.

The synonym is FEEBLE is weak.

Let us first learn the meanings of the given words:

Span (verb): extend across.

Extend (verb): cause to cover a wider area or make larger.

Vary (verb): differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class.

Range (verb): extend between specified limits.

The idea here is to express that there was a huge range of reasons why the protests in China had started. Grammatically only a verb in ‘-ing’ form will fit the blank, this eliminates ‘span’, ‘extended’ and ‘vary’. Now, between ‘scoping’ and ‘ranging’, ‘ranging’ is a better option to be placed before ‘from’.

Hence, option d is correct.

Let us first learn the meanings of the given words:
Massive (adjective): exceptionally large.
Enormous (adjective): very large in size, quantity, or extent.
Immense (adjective): extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
The idea is here is to express the huge bulk which the titanosaurs had, thus all the adjectives in I, II and III are correct fit contextually and grammatically to qualify noun ‘bulk’.
Hence, the correct answer is option C.