Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - AFCAT MCQ
30 Questions MCQ Test - Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6
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.
Q. Which of following is the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
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.
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.
Q. Which of following is the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
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.
| 1 Crore+ students have signed up on EduRev. Have you? Download the App |
Direction: In the paragraph below there are five sentences. In each sentence there are pairs of highlighted in underline words (A, B). Select the most appropriate words to form correct sentences. Then from the options given select the correct option.
The Reserve Bank of India pulled a A) statistics B) surprise on the markets on Friday by keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6.5%. The decision to stand pat comes even as the central bank A) changed B) categorized its policy stance from “neutral” to “calibrated tightening”, indicating that rates could either go up or stay steady in the coming months. The A) consensus B) determination on the street was that the RBI would raise rates by at least 25 basis points to support the rupee, with some even predicting a hike of 50 basis points. Not surprisingly, the rupee A) rectified B) weakened past the 74-mark to the U.S. dollar for the first time ever after the news of the RBI holding rates steady hit the markets. Stocks, which have been on a downtrend since September, also took a hit on Friday while bond yields A) departed B) fell.
Directions: The following question has two blanks. In each blank a preposition has been omitted. Choose the set of prepositions for each blank that best fits in the context of the sentence.
Children from States like Bihar, Assam and West Bengal are usually found, and they are _______________ and reunited with their families or sent to children’s homes.
I. Rescued
II. Saved
III. Retrieved
Directions: The following question has a sentence or a paragraph with one italicized and underlined word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the sentence/ paragraph.
They damned themselves to the chronic anxiety of a mountie, fearing exposure, when they took upon themselves the roles of enlightened leaders, knowing fully well that their knowledge rested on nothing but haze.
Directions: Starter to the following paragraph has been correctly provided in statement I. However, the other sentences in the paragraph have been jumbled up. Rearrange the sentences, such as to make coherent sense.
I. We all know that savage nations accompany their dances by striking one object with another, sometimes by a clanking of stones, the pounding of wood, or perhaps the clashing of stone spearheads against wooden shields, meaning thus to express something that words cannot.
A. This more or less rhythmic clanking of stones together, the striking of wooden paddles against the side of a canoe, or the clashing of stone spearheads against wooden shields, could not constitute the first musical instrument, but certainly the first lessons in the human sense of of rhythm.
B. The sense of rhythm is highly developed even among those savage tribes which stand the lowest in the scale of civilization to-day.
C. This meaning changed naturally from its original one of being the simple expression of fear to that of welcoming a chieftain; we may still see a shadowy reminiscence of it in the manner in which the violinists of an orchestra applaud an honoured guest at one of our symphony concerts by striking the backs of their violins with their bows.
D. While this clashing of one object against another could not be called the beginning of music, and while it could not be said to originate a musical instrument, it did, nevertheless, bring into existence music's greatest prop, rhythm, an ally without which music would seem to be impossible.
Directions: In each of the questions below, a sentence has been broken into four parts with one word highlighted in underline in each fragment. From the given options, identify the word which expresses a meaning opposite to the given sentence, with the highlighted word replaced by a word of the opposite meaning.
The upper castes' protest (A)/ over the recent amendment (B)/ in SC/ST Act has drawn (C)/ lines of worry on BJP's forehead. (D)
If sentence (3), 'In most economic systems, the prices of the majority of goods and services do not change over short periods of time' is the first sentence, what is the order of other sentences after rearrangement?
1. In some, it is of course possible for an individual to bargain over prices, because they are not fixed in advance.
2. When planning his expenditure, he must therefore accept these fixed prices.
3. In most economic systems, the prices of the majority of goods and services do not change over short periods of time.
4. A consumer will go on buying bananas for as long as he continues to be satisfied.
5. If he buys more, he shows that his satisfaction is still greater than his dislike of losing money.
6. In general terms, however, the individual cannot change the prices of the commodities he wants.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are italicised and highlighted. Select the most appropriate words or phrases to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
(I) The presidential (A) ordinance / (B) ordnance will simply lapse at the end of six months.
(II) (A) Marshal / (B) Martial your resources and get going without any further delay.
(III) The (A) libertarians / (B) libertines express themselves openly in favor of laissez faire.
(IV) The (A) isle / (B) aisle was cluttered with knickknack and even the rows of chairs were disorderly.
Directions: The word below is provided with a context. From the given alternatives, pick the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the given word in context.
Bumptiousness: His son's bumptiousness often puts the father in an inextricable situation.
Directions: From among the given combinations, choose the one that contains words that fit in the sentence in the same order and make the sentence logically and grammatically correct.
Unruly people may become _________, if they are treated with _______ by those around them.
Directions: A sentence is given below with three words highlighted in the underline. Select the option that gives the correct set of words. In case the sentence is correct, select ‘No replacement required’.
Public expenditure that produces public assets has a higher and more continuous growth multiplier set to the public consumption expenditure multiplier because it maintains demand and also reduces costs.
Directions: The question consists of a CAPITALISED word followed by possible illustrations of its meaning. Choose the one which is the most suitable illustration.
SPORADIC
Directions: The following question consists of two sets of words. Each word in the two sets is related to the other in the same way. Find out the relationship in the first set of two words and then select the alternative that best fits the blank in the second set of words.
Isthmus : Land :: _______ : Water
Directions: Read the following lines from a poem and answer the question that follows.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Which of the following options is the closest expression of the poet's feelings?
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases that are italicised and highlighted. Select the most appropriate words or phrases to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.
a. During their summer vacations, kids are (A) averse / (B) adverse to getting up early and taking a bath.
b. The husband and wife kept sitting on the beach to enjoy the cold (A) barmy / (B) balmy breeze blowing from the sea.
c. At the guest house, the guests were welcomed by a very (A) complaisant / (B) complainant and competent staff.
d. The organisers of the fashion event are looking for a (A) disinterested / (B) uninterested person to judge the event.
Directions: Spot the error in the underlined part of the sentence and choose the correct sentence accordingly.
Looking at the path of German GDP and the fact that total private sector hours didn't fall by that much, it becomes clear that Germany's unique recession and recovery was about more than just its choice in labour market policies.
Five friends P, Q, R, S and T went camping. At night, they had to sleep in a row inside the tent. P, Q and T refused to sleep next to R since he snored loudly. P and S wanted to avoid
Q as he usually hugged people in sleep.
Assuming everyone was satisfied with the sleeping arrangements, what is the order in which they slept?
Directions: In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
Q. A person who insists on something.
Fill in the blank (6) 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. Although he has failed in the written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job.
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. He sold his house for a song.
Catching the earlier train will give us the ____ to do some shopping.
DIRECTIONS: The following question contains an idiom followed by five possible meanings labelled A, B, C, D and E. Pick out the right meaning of the idiom and mark your answer accordingly.
Q.
To catch a Tartar is to
If you lend him a book / he will lend it to some one else / and never you will get it back / No error.
Top Courses for AFCAT
Important Questions for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6
Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 MCQs with Answers
Online Tests for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6
|
© EduRev
|
Education Revolution
|
Follow Us
|
