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Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 1

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?

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 1

Sentence 3 is the leading sentence as it introduces the character 'Sally' who walks out of the hospital. After coming out of the hospital, she goes back home in 'car' (sentence 1). 'Drive' in sentence 6 refers to 'car' in 1. So, 6 follows 1. Sentence 4 intensifies the situation ('even harder') and falls next in the sequence. After reaching the 'empty house', she carries 'Jimmy's belongings' to the room (sentence 2) and places the stuff there (sentence 5). Sentence 5 follows sentence 2, as 'his' in 5 refers to 'Jimmy' in 2. The correct sequence is: 3-1-6-4-2-5.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 2

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?

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 2

Sentence 3 is the leading sentence as it introduces the character 'Sally' who walks out of the hospital. After coming out of the hospital, she goes back home in 'car' (sentence 1). 'Drive' in sentence 6 refers to 'car' in 1. So, 6 follows 1. Sentence 4 intensifies the situation ('even harder') and falls next in the sequence. After reaching the 'empty house', she carries 'Jimmy's belongings' to the room (sentence 2) and places the stuff there (sentence 5). Sentence 5 follows sentence 2, as 'him' in 5 refers to 'Jimmy' in 2. The correct sequence is: 3-1-6-4-2-5.

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Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 3

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 3

For Blank I, it is clear that we are talking about something unexpected announced by the RBI in its monetary policy review done recently. So, B would be the correct word to be used here since it was a surprise given by the RBI to the market as well as all the other stakeholders.

For blank II, we are talking about the alteration in the stance of the RBI and simply put, it is a change on the part of the RBI towards the monetary policy of the central bank. A should be the correct word to be used here.

For blank III, A is the correct choice since it is clear that there was an expectation of the market and there was also concurrence regarding such expectation of the market. B can be ruled out from consideration.

Blank IV should be filled with B since it is very much evident that the Indian currency has fallen in the recent months and now it has breached the 74 mark also in the foreign exchange market of the country.

Blank V should be filled with B since we are talking about falling bond yields in the country along with the depreciation of the currency of the country.

This makes the correct combination as BAABB

Hence, option D is the correct choice among the given options.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 4

Throw one’s hat over the wall

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 4

You will not succeed until you throw your hat over the wall.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 5

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

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 5

According to the given context we can understand that we are talking about children being rescued from the clutches of human trafficking agents and they are then reunited with their families.

Among the given words, rescued and saved can obviously be used to fill in the blank here whereas retrieved is not correct due to the fact it is not going with the context here as it is used to denote to get back or bring something back from somewhere.

This makes Option C the correct choice among the given options.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 6

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 6

The hint for the answer rests in the latter part of the sentence. "They took themselves the role ... nothing but haze". 'Sophist' refers to philosopher and is not related to the context, hence eliminated. 'Recluse' refers to a 'monk', and 'cynic' does not fit. 'Beatniks' refers to hippies, which is also eliminated.
The only word which conforms to such description is a 'con man'.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 7

  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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 7

'This meaning' in C links up with 'meaning thus' in the opening sentence. 'Rhythm' is introduced in D and continued in B and A. Thus B and A follow D. Hence, CDBA

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 8

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) 

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 8

All the given options except option A represents the synonyms of 5. those bold ones. Only 'acquiesce'(in favour or support of something) is the opposite of "protest" which means to oppose something. 

New Sentence - The upper castes' acquiesce over the recent amendment in SC/ST Act has drawn lines of worry on BJP's forehead.

Hence option A is the correct answer.  

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 9

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 9

The context is about utility or satisfaction. 'In some' in sentence 1 relates with 'most economic systems' in 3. The word 'however' in sentence 6 presents a contradictory picture to 'are not fixed' in sentence 3. So, 6 will follow 3-1 link. Sentence 2 (accept these fixed prices) follows sentence 6 (cannot change the prices). 'He' in sentence 5 refers to 'consumer' in sentence 4; both relate to an example of buying bananas. The sequence is: 3-1-6-2-4-5.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 10

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 10

(A) 'Ordinance' is an executive order; 'ordnance' is about weapons.
(A) 'Marshal' means 'make ready for action or use'; 'martial' is related to war.
(A) 'Libertarian' is a person who advocates civil liberty; 'libertine' is someone lustful or immoral.
(B) 'Isle' is a tiny island; 'aisle' a passageway.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 11

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 11

(b) is the best fit as it means self-righteous (or) disdainful person.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 12

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 12

Both the fillers have to be in the same flow. If they are treated badly, they will become bad and vice versa. Both the fillers here are in the same flow.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 13

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 13

Set does not fit in meaningfully in the original statement.
Option A: All the words mentioned are incorrect and do not replace the existing words meaningfully.
Option C: All the words mentioned are incorrect and do not replace the existing words meaningfully.
Option D: Distinguished is followed by from and not to. This option is incorrect.
Option B: All the words fit in well.
Hence, option B is correct.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 14

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

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 14

'Sporadic' means 'occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places', which means (a) is the correct illustration of the word as a gunfire in a peaceful country would obviously be irregular. The rest of the options can or cannot be sporadic as per the specific conditions.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 15

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

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 15

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses; strait is a narrow waterway connecting two large water bodies.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 16

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?

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 16

Option B conveys the opposite of what has been expressed by the poet. Option C is only partially true but is not the closest expression. Option 4 seems irrelevant to the context. Option E cannot be inferred from the poem. Option A aptly expresses the thoughts of the poets and is, therefore, the right answer.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 17

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 17

In sentence 'a', option (A) is correct because 'averse' implies 'not willing or reluctant to do anything'. It fits with 'getting up early'.
In sentence 'b', option (B) is correct because 'balmy', here, implies 'the breeze that is mild and pleasant'. The keyword is 'beach'. 'Barmy' is 'crazy'.
In sentence 'c', option (A) is correct because 'complaisant' is someone who is exhibiting a desire and willingness to please. The keyword is 'welcomed'.
In sentence 'd', option (A) is correct because 'disinterested' is a person who is impartial. The keyword is 'judge'. 'Uninterested' is 'not interested'.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 18

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 18
  • Modifier error if 'it' is retained as the subject, 'it' cannot be 'looking.' Options 1 and 2 are, hence, eliminated.
  • Option 4 unnecessarily uses the continuous tense and has a parallelism error.
  • When one looks at the path and the fact are parallel. Hence option 3 is the only correct choice.
Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 19

"Could you fill me in?" means :

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 19

Fill someone in (on someone or something).
To tell someone the details about someone or something.
Example: 
(i) Please fill me in on what happened last night.
(ii) Please fill in the committee on the details.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 20

Find out the Synonym of the following word:

CANNY

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 20
  • Canny: Intelligent and showing good judgement especially in business or politics.
  • Stout: Fat
  • Handsome: Attractive
  • Obstinate: Refusing to change your opinion, behaviour.

So, the answer is clever.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 21

Find out the Synonym of the following word:

FORAY

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 21

The word maraud comes from a Middle French word that means "rascal or rogue."

 A marauder is someone who marauds and marauding describes people who raid and plunder. As a noun, a maraud is a quick, short foray

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 22

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?

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 22

From the conditions given in the question, it is evident that-

  • P, Q, and T will not be sleeping adjacent to R
  • P and S will not be sleeping adjacent to Q.

The only arrangement which satisfies the conditions given above is RSPTQ

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 23

DirectionsIn 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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 23

One word substitution is Stickler.

Disciplinarian: A person who believes in or practises firm discipline.

Stickler: A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour.

Instantaneous: Occurring or done instantly.

Boaster: A very boastful and talkative person.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 24

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 24

The correct option is D.
Leadership is an individual's ability. 
It is neither technique nor tactic
It is also not power as discussed in previous questions it is not stats or superiority or power. So the best suitable word is ability.
Ability is possession of the means or skill to do something.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 25

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. 

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 25

Backstairs influence: Influence from an ignoble source, typically one that is secret.

Hence, the closely matched meaning is option 'd' i.e. Secret & unfair influence.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 26

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.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 26

for a song: very cheaply

Hence, the correct answer is option c i.e. very cheaply.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 27

Find the correctly spelt words.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 27

► Correctly spelt: Benefited
► Meaning: Benefited means receive an advantage, profit.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 28

Catching the earlier train will give us the ____ to do some shopping.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 28

Chance fits appropriately in the blank. 

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 29

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

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 29

To catch a tartar: to deal with someone or something that proves unexpectedly troublesome or powerful.

Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 30

If you lend him a book / he will lend it to some one else / and never you will get it back / No error.

Detailed Solution for Mock Test: Verbal Ability - 6 - Question 30

This statement is wrong: And never you will get it back

Correct Statement will be:  And you will never get it back.

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