Directions: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and mark the appropriate letter (1), (2) and (3). If there is no error, mark (4).
Please send (1) / the letter on(2) / my business address. (3) / No error (4)
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His knowledge of the subject was excellent but his classroom performance was ______.
Directions: In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
Q. A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power.
Fill in the blank (8) from suitable given options:
Leadership is one element, probably the most important element, of the overall managerial job. For managerial effectiveness, leadership quality is (1)____. Leadership is not status or (2)____ but rather it is having (3)____ over others. Managers are required to (4)____ the objectives; leadership is exercised to (5)____ them. Leadership is an individual (6)____and is proportional to individual’s own personal (7)____ to get people to do as he (8)____. Thus leadership can stimulate and (9)____ people to get their willingness and (10)____ for achieving the proposed objectives of the organization.
In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
Q. Do not trust a man who blows his own trumpet.
Success in this examination depends ____ hard work alone.
Do the roses in your garden smell / more sweetly / than those in ours? / No error
A French woman
P: committed suicide
Q: where she had put up
R: who had come to Calcutta
S: by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel
The Proper sequence should be:
You should _________________ the opportuity to travel with a guide.
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).
Practice Quiz or MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) with solutions are available for Practice, which would help you prepare for "Synonyms" under Verbal Aptitude. You can practice these practice quizzes as per your speed and improvise the topic. The same topic is covered under various competitive examinations like - CAT, GMAT, Bank PO, SSC and other competitive examinations.
Q. Guess the correct synonym of the following words:
TIMID
Direction: In each of the questions given below, a paragraph is given which has some blanks and those blanks have to be filled with the same word out of five words given below it. You have to choose that same word as your answer and fill up the blanks with that appropriate word.
____________ people hardly find it difficult to manage multiple things in life simultaneously but normal people suffer in such situations. That is one trait that makes the ____________ persons different from the rest of the lot though other qualities also should be taken into account. That is why people are mostly envious of ____________ people as they will never be able to match their caliber.
Read the following five sentences in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningfull paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
Which sentence should come third in the paragraph?
Sobhraj could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance.
Today most businessmen are very worried. To begin with, they are not used to competition.In the past they sold whatever ...(1)... produced at whatever prices they chose. But ...(2)... increasing competition, customers began to ...(3)... and choose. Imports suddenly became ...(4)... available and that too at cheaper ...(5)...
What will come in Option Five?
Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the question given below.
1. She put the bag with Jimmy’s belongings on the seat beside her in the car.
2. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son’s room.
3. Sally walked out of Children’s mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there.
4. It was even harder to enter the empty house.
5. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them.
6. The drive home was difficult.
Which of following is the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
Directions: In the given question, a word has been mentioned and there are three ways in which the word has been used in either similar or different ways. You are required to check which of the sentences have correctly used the highlighted word, and mark that as your answer.
Vulnerable
I. The students were in a vulnerable position since they did not have any other alternative.
II. The new home is meant for vulnerable youths and adults who are in need of love and care.
III. Sachin Tendulkar saw India off from that vulnerable position to a thumping victory over the world champion Australia in the Tri-nation tournament.
Directions: Different meanings and usages of a word are given in the table given below the highlighted word. Find the correct combination, such that, each meaning matches with its appropriate usage.
Effect
Directions: In the following passage, the opening statement has been deleted. From among the statements given below, choose the statement that should precede the passage.
It was a complex legislation, with different valuation norms and a rate as high as 85%, all of which resulted in endless litigation. Collections were also poor, fetching a mere Rs 20 crore (0.4% of total direct tax collections) in FY 1984-85. On similar grounds, wealth tax was abolished by Jaitley from fiscal 2015-16. 'Should a tax, which leads to a high cost of collection and a low yield, be continued or should it be replaced with a low cost and higher yield tax?' Jaitley had asked in his Budget speech.
Which article is used before a singular countable noun beginning with a vowel sound?
Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows.
Only the most naive scientist believes that the perfect model is the one that perfectly represents reality. Such a model would have the same drawbacks as a map as large and detailed as the city it represents, a map depicting every street, every park, every building, every tree, every pothole, every inhabitant. Were such a map possible, its specificity would defeat its purpose: to generalise and abstract.
What according to you would succeed the passage?
Directions: In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which parts of the sentence do not contain an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'. Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.
Although my father could neither read (A) / or write, he was reputed to be an excellent orator (B) / who captivated his audiences by (C) / entertaining them as well as teaching them. (D)
Directions: Identify the option that is similar in meaning to the word/idiom/phrase in underlined. The options do not necessarily need to be grammatically correct.
He must have said so in the heat of the moment but he is not a person of that caliber.