Explore topic-wise MCQs in Verbal Ability.

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501.

1. The student came late to the school
P. He went home weeping.
Q. The watchman didn t allow him inside the school
R. The boy was waiting outside for sometime.
S. He then decided to go home
6. It was a bad day for him

A. QSPR
B. QSRP
C. QRSP
D. QPSR
Answer» D. QPSR
Discussion
502.

1. A bad habit is harmful, none as harmful as smoking.
P. But habit is second nature, smokers remain smokers for life
Q. Besides being expensive, smoking does injury to one s health
R. In the long run he may get something worse-lung cancer
S. A smoker gets nothing but smoke for his money
6. Then why get that bad habit?

A. RPQS
B. QRPS
C. SPRQ
D. PRQS
Answer» C. SPRQ
Discussion
503.

1. Pollution is one of the evils brought about by the growth of science.
P. Air pollution has very harmful effects.
Q. They pollute the air and the atmosphere.
R. It is making the environment, water and air dirty.
S. Factories and industries keep throwing out smoke which contains toxic gases.
6. People living in the surroundings breathe the impure air and are affected by diseases of the lungs and heart.

A. PSQR
B. RPSQ
C. QPSR
D. SPQR
Answer» E.
Discussion
504.

1. When Galileo went home, he began to experiment with the pendulum.
P. When he showed it to his teachers, they were delighted.
Q. It was not long before physicians were all using the instrument to count the heart beats of their patients.
R. Soon he had invented an instrument which marked the rate of pulse-beats.
S. Then the clock makers began to use the pendulum to keep time.
6. Today it has many other uses.

A. PQRS
B. QRPS
C. SPQR
D. RPQS
Answer» E.
Discussion
505.

1. My friend went to live in a village.
P. But is was a very slow animal.
Q. So my friend bought a donkey for Rs. 500
R. One day his new neighbour told him that he must buy a donkey.
S. Every family there had a donkey.
6. It did not like to work.

A. RSQP
B. PQRS
C. SRQP
D. QRSP
Answer» D. QRSP
Discussion
506.

1. The symptoms of
P. and certain other changes
Q. what is popularly called
R. serious forgetfulness, confusion
S. serility include
6. in personality behaviour.

A. QSRP
B. PQRS
C. SRQP
D. QPSR
Answer» B. PQRS
Discussion
507.

1. In China there is no man in the moon.
P. They are exchanged between friends while children receive toy pagodas made of clay.
Q. These cakes are circular to symbolise the full moon.
R. Instead, there is a toad in the moon as well as moon rabbits and a goddess.
S. All these appear as decorations on moon cakes, baked to celebrate the moon s birthday in September.
6. The birthday marks the end of the harvest when debts are meant to be settled.

A. RQPS
B. RPQS
C. RSQP
D. RPSQ
Answer» D. RPSQ
Discussion
508.

1. Take a small glass phial.
P. Close the jar tightly with a plastic cover.
Q.Place this phial inside a glass jar.
R. Fill it with coloured water.
S. Then stopper it tightly.
6. Make a hole in the cover.

A. PSRQ
B. QSPR
C. RSQP
D. SRQP
Answer» D. SRQP
Discussion
509.

1. The salmon fish pushed themselves
P. to return to their spawning grounds
Q.and fertilised them
R. but once they laid their eggs
S. to their limits
6. they died.

A. S Q P R
B. R S Q P
C. S P R Q
D. R P S Q
Answer» D. R P S Q
Discussion
510.

1. It is far better to live for a short while
P. contribution to the world
Q.and make some significant
R. that is just idled away
S. than spend a long life
6. in gossiping and playing.

A. R Q S P
B. S Q P R
C. Q P S R
D. R Q P S
Answer» D. R Q P S
Discussion
511.

1. The landscape
P. with Nature displaying
Q.here is awesome
R. that are seldom
S. a range of delights
6. seen together

A. P S R Q
B. Q P S R
C. R S P Q
D. Q R S P
Answer» B. Q P S R
Discussion
512.

1. Guru is a university professor.
P. It was about strange beings called KUNUS who live in holes in the ground.
Q. The book is very popular now.
R. Thirty years ago he wrote a strange novel called Queen of the Mars .
S. He is also a famous writer.
(6) In a recent interview on television Prof. Guru talked about the novel.

A. PRSQ
B. QPRS
C. SRPQ
D. RQSP
Answer» D. RQSP
Discussion
513.

1. Nothing comes out of nothing.
P. We have to work and then alone we can gain something.
Q. It is honest and conscientious labour alone that produces result.
R. Millions have been struck with the lure of lottery to utter despondency.
S. A person who thinks that luck would favour him with all the wants of his life without his lifting his finger even, is living in a fool s paradise.
(6) A painstaking man who adopts honest toil as his way of life, makes the most of it.

A. PQRS
B. PSRQ
C. QPRS
D. RSPQ
Answer» D. RSPQ
Discussion
514.

1. I was in awe of Einstein and hesitated before approaching him about some ideas I had been working on.
P. I entered his office and found him seated at a table, calculating and smoking his pipe.
Q. When I finally knocked on his door, a gentle voice said, come .
R. The single word was both a welcome and a question.
S. Dressed in ill fitting clothes, his hair characteristically awry, he smiled a warm welcome.
(6) His utter naturalness at once set me at ease.

A. QPRS
B. QRPS
C. PQRS
D. SRQP
Answer» B. QRPS
Discussion
515.

I shall tell you about the ways you can see a rainbow.
P. Big rainbows can be seen when the sun is close to horizon.
Q. Or you can notice a rainbow in the spray from a garden hose.
R. You can see a rainbow in the mist from a waterfall.
S. When you stand with a light source behind you and misty water before you, you can see a rainbow.
6. Occasionally, even a full moon on a rainy night will create a faint rainbow.

A. SPRQ
B. SRQP
C. SPQR
D. SQRP
Answer» B. SRQP
Discussion
516.

1. Hailstones consist of many onion-like layers of ice.
P. The process continues until the hailstone is too heavy to be lifted and then it drops to the earth.
Q. In certain weather conditions small ice crystals drop to form a crystal.
R. Some of the moisture freezes on to the crystals forming another layer.
S. Updrafts carry the hailstones and when it drops another layer is formed.
6.That is how hailstones are formed.

A. QPRS
B. QPSR
C. QRSP
D. QSRP
Answer» B. QPSR
Discussion
517.

1. The tiny bacterial plants that live in the soil help to prepare food for the plants we cultivate.
P. The farmer works very hard to make the soil favourable.
Q. But these soil bacteria are very necessary and helpful.
R. There are millions of bacteria in a cubic inch of fertile soil.
S. Some kinds of bacteria are harmful.
6. They donot need sunlight as do most plants.

A. SQPR
B. QSPR
C. RPSQ
D. PRQS
Answer» D. PRQS
Discussion
518.

1. Abraham worked very hard and had no time to feel lonely.
P. Abraham was very fond of books.
Q. When his day s work in the fields or in the forest was over he settled down in the evenings to read by the light of the fire.
R. She used to sit by the fireside in the evenings and tell him stories.
S. His mother had taught him to read when he was very young.
6. Every evening he would spend his time in reading all the books he could find.

A. QSRP
B. SPRQ
C. PSRQ
D. PRSQ
Answer» D. PRSQ
Discussion
519.

1. It was nine o clock in the evening and Rajan was reading.
P. At first he thought nothing of it.
Q. The walls were a moving mass of big ants.
R. Suddenly, he heard faint noises.
S. When he went to his bedroom later, however, he was shocked by what he saw.
(6) They covered everything the book case, the shelves, the chest of drawers.

A. PSRQ
B. SRPQ
C. RPSQ
D. QSRP
Answer» D. QSRP
Discussion
520.

Fighting a fire demands a lot of strength and endurance.
(P) The breathing unit may weigh as much as 25 kilograms.
(Q) The protective clothing the firefighter wears will weigh about 10 kilograms.
(R) The fire-fighter will normally wear an oxygen mask and carry an oxygen tank.
(S) Apart from these, he will have to carry the hose and other tools.
(6) The weight of the hose and other tools, the fire-fighter carries, will be around 50 kilograms.

A. QPSR
B. QRPS
C. QSPR
D. SPRQ
Answer» C. QSPR
Discussion
521.

1. The dead do sometimes tell tales, if you know how to look for them.
P. The flesh of bomb victims is shredded and may be sieged by chemicals.
Q. In the autopsy rooms of the Suffolk country; the medical examiner and his team were looking for clues that could explain how the passengers of TWA Flight 800 died.
R. But most of the corpses he examined had been killed by the impact of hitting the water from a height of more than two miles.
S. The body of a person killed by a bomb looks different from the body of a victim in an ordinary plane crash.
6. The mystery of their deaths will be solved in time, but it won t be easy or quick.

A. SRQP
B. PQRS
C. QSPR
D. RSPQ
Answer» D. RSPQ
Discussion
522.

1. Acu means needles in Latin.
P. The needles stimulates specific nerves that transmit electrical impulses via the spinal cord and brain to the affected area.
Q. Quite appropriately, then, acupuncture consists of inserting very fine needles at specific points on the skin located near nerve endings.
R. Acupuncture also stimulates the release of chemical substances from the brain centres and pitulary glands.
S. These are connected to one another by lines called channels or meridians.
6. Known as endorphins and encephalins, which are released and carried across the blood stream, these chemicals are the body s own pain relief mechanism.

A. SPRQ
B. RSQP
C. PQRS
D. QSPR
Answer» E.
Discussion
523.

1. In order to judge the inside of others, study your own
P. and though one has one s prevailing passion,
Q. for, men, in general are very much alike
R. yet their operations are very much the same
S. and another has another
6. and whatever engages or disgusts, pleases or offends you in others, will engage, disgust, please or offend others in you.

A. QPSR
B. PQRS
C. RQPS
D. PRQS
Answer» B. PQRS
Discussion
524.

1. Judo champ, Tamura doesn t look or act tough.
P. At 4 feet 9, Tamura is the shortest woman in the light-weight class (106 pounds).
Q. Fans know her affectionately as Yawara-chan after a spunky cartoon character.
R. She wears a lucky pink ribbon and at 20, still grins like a carefree teen and gushes about icecream.
S. No wonder the Japanese go wild when she tosses opponents, many of whom tower over her.
6. Tamura has become a national idol in Japan.

A. PQRS
B. SRPQ
C. SRQP
D. QPRS
Answer» C. SRQP
Discussion
525.

Nobody in their mind would doubt that America has problems.
P. Leave out euphoria, after the Gulf War and that is the highest such figure for six years.
Q. And whatever the gloomy politicians may think, Americans themselves seem to sense that.
R. But these are problems, things that can and will be solved they are not the stuff of national crisis.
S. The latest Time/CNN poll says 62% of Americans thought their nation was doing fairly well or very well
6. All it needs now is for politicians to catch the new mood of optimism.

A. QPSR
B. RSQP
C. PQRS
D. SPRQ
Answer» E.
Discussion
526.

1 : Most people are afraid of snakes.
P : There may, be some truth in this theory, because Monkeys have a deep, instinctive fear of pythons and other tree snakes.
Q : But this fear is as irrational as the fear of ghosts.
R : Any way, snakes have been feared and hated for thousands of years.
S : The fear of snakes, according to some biologists, may be an instinct passed on to us by our ancestors.
6 : In the literature of many countries the snake is regarded as a symbol of evil.

A. PQRS
B. QPSR
C. RQSP
D. QSPR
Answer» E.
Discussion
527.

1. Once a week Deesa led Moti Guj, the elephant, down to the river.
P. After inspection the two would stand up.
Q. Then Deesa looked at his feet and examined his whole body for sores.
R. The animal knew it was time to return.
S. The elephant lay down on his side, while Deesa rubbed him with a coir scrubber.
6. Both the elephant and the trainer would return home.

A. SQPR
B. QSRP
C. QPRS
D. RQSP
Answer» B. QSRP
Discussion
528.

1 : One of his greatest successes was to improve the water supply.
P : The lepers could obtain it for filling a vessel at a mountain stream.
Q : They carried it to the village on their sore covered shoulders.
R : Water was scarce.
S : They had to go some distance to wash their clothes.
6 : That was one reason they remained dirty as often

A. RPQS
B. PQRS
C. QPRS
D. RQPS
Answer» B. PQRS
Discussion
529.

1 : In our home everyone drinks milk at least once a day.
P : All these we owe to our milkman
Q : We, the children get milk twice a day.
R : He says, he is 18, but he is not sure.
S : We also eat curd, and enjoy buttermilk.
6 : Probably he needs more milk than we.

A. SRPQ
B. QSPR
C. PRQS
D. PSRQ
Answer» C. PRQS
Discussion
530.

1: A man should give the same care to himself that he gives to his car.
P : And sooner or later there comes a complete break down.
Q : -Everyday tens of thousands of men are trying to work when their bodies and minds are in need of repair work.
R : For worry pulls down the mind and fatigue pulls down the body.
S : He does not try to drive his car when there is something wrong with it, he has to put it in order.
6 : Man should realise that most worry and fatigue can be prevented.

A. PSRQ
B. QPSR
C. RSQP
D. SQPR
Answer» E.
Discussion
531.

1 : One of the reasons why people wear clothes is to protect their bodies.
P : In cold countries, on the other hand, people wear woollen clothes which keep the body warm.
Q : Besides cotton and wool, new fibres such as nylon and rayon are also used today for clothes.
R : In hot countries like India, people wear clothes made of cotton which are cool.
S : The body has to be protected from cold and heat.
6 : We can say, therefore, that all our clothes are made from three different materials-animal fur or skins, plant fibres and artifical fibres.

A. PQRS
B. SRPQ
C. QSRP
D. PSRQ
Answer» C. QSRP
Discussion
532.

1. The very first battle they fought
P. and they had to fall back
Q. cross the border
R. was lost
S. letting the enemy
6. and enter the country

A. RQSP
B. RPSQ
C. QRPS
D. QPRS
Answer» C. QRPS
Discussion
533.

1. Making ourselves
P. our language
Q. part of growing into
R. masters of
S. is an important
6. full manhood or womanhood

A. PSRQ
B. SQPR
C. RPSQ
D. PRSQ
Answer» D. PRSQ
Discussion
534.

1. I was born here in the old city the girl told us.
P. her answer suggested that her family has roots
Q. When we inquired
R. as opposed to the modern towns that consist mostly of hotels.
S. and belongs to the traditional part where the temples are
6. Some say people here are more ethnically pure.

A. QPSR
B. SRPQ
C. PSRQ
D. SRQP
Answer» B. SRPQ
Discussion
535.

1. It will be better
P. to a few than enrol
Q. to provide quality education
R. them out as graduates
S. in masses and churn
6. after perfunctory teaching

A. QRSP
B. RSPQ
C. QPSR
D. SRQP
Answer» D. SRQP
Discussion
536.

1.Anna had longed to see her son.
P. He will arrive at the station at 10 O clock , she said to herself.
Q. She prepared herself for it.
R. She looked at the clock.
S. There were only five minutes left.
6. She rushed out of her house and hailed a taxi to reach the station in time.

A. QPRS
B. SPRQ
C. PRQS
D. QSRP
Answer» B. SPRQ
Discussion
537.

1. When she got to her house, there was nothing to retrieve.
P. All valuables were smashed or stolen.
Q. The curtains were burned; books were ripped to shreds.
R. Her medals and trophies had been flung everywhere.
S. The house had been completely ransacked.
6. Mrs. M stood in the centre of her bedroom looking at a ruined copy of the Holy book, forcing back her tears.

A. PQRS
B. PRQS
C. SPRQ
D. RSQP
Answer» D. RSQP
Discussion
538.

1. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
P. But for the morning tea, I had to wait for someone to get up before me.
Q. This saying inspired me to rise early.
R. That day I was the first to get up.
S. One day I got up early in the morning.
6. One day I realised that it was a waste of time to get up early and wait for the morning tea.

A. QSRP
B. QPRS
C. PQRS
D. SPQR
Answer» B. QPRS
Discussion
539.

Ramani is a student of medicine.
(P) The hopes of millions of cancer patients and doctors rest on his research.
(Q) But, of late he has become a drug addict.
(R) He is doing research in cancer.
(S) He has already done very useful work in this field, and is hopeful of finding a solution to this disease.
(6) This addiction has been increasing day by day, and has started affecting his work.

A. QPSR
B. RSPQ
C. SRPQ
D. RSQP
Answer» C. SRPQ
Discussion
540.

The stronger
(P) the phosphor
(Q) the more light
(R) of electrons
(S) the beam
(6) gives out.

A. RPQS
B. SQRP
C. SRQP
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
Discussion
541.

1. The student came late to the school.
P. He went home weeping.
Q. The watchman didn t allow him inside the school.
R. The boy was waiting outside for some time.
S. He then decided to go home.
6. It was a bad day for him.

A. QSPR
B. QSRP
C. QRSP
D. QPSR
Answer» D. QPSR
Discussion
542.

1. Freedom is first of all a personal matter.
P. A man who will not submit to the discipline of his chosen occupation is not free to be a great surgeon, an engineer, or a golfer or an executive.
Q. Life imposes a drastic discipline on all living things, including human beings.
R. We are free to eat poison or jump off a tall building, but not to escape the consequences.
S. We are bound by the laws of cause and effect.
6. Nature, morever, binds the arbitrary limits of mind and body; we are not free to do, by whatever effort, what is beyond our capacity.

A. QRSP
B. RSPQ
C. PQRS
D. SRQP
Answer» E.
Discussion
543.

1. He wanted to adopt his father s profession.
P. He was influenced by his strong desire to see India free.
Q.From now on, he was a changed man.
R. He made up his mind.
S. He came in contact with Mahatma Gandhi.
6. He wished to change the lot of the naked and hungry masses of India.

A. QRPS
B. SPRQ
C. RSPQ
D. PQSR
Answer» C. RSPQ
Discussion
544.

1. Gopal and Sheela felt very bored one evening.
P. Gopal wanted to stay on for the next show.
Q. So they decided to go to the cinema.
R. They reached the theatre in time for the interval.
S. On the way there was a traffic jam.
6. But Sheela wanted to return home.

A. PSQR
B. SQPR
C. QSRP
D. SQRP
Answer» D. SQRP
Discussion
545.

1. There was a lamp hanging on the wall.
P. Then he picked a lot of jewels off the trees in the garden.
Q. He put the lamp inside his shirt.
R. He put them in his pockets.
S. Alladdin climbed a ladder and took down the lamp.
6. Then he put more jewels inside his shirt on top of the lamp.

A. PRQS
B. RSPQ
C. SQPR
D. QSRP
Answer» D. QSRP
Discussion
546.

1. Once upon a time, there was a little man.
P. Some people called him Rabi.
Q. He walked like a rabbit.
R. His face and hands were brown.
S. That is why people called him Brownie.
6. But his real name was Thomas Cook, though he never cooked anything.

A. QPSR
B. SRPQ
C. RSQP
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
Discussion
547.

1. Reena made a cup of tea in this manner.
P. Next, she added milk and sugar.
Q. When the water was boiling she added tea-leaves.
R. She turned off the gas.
S. First she put the water to boil.
6. Finally, she poured the tea into cup.

A. SQPR
B. QPRS
C. PRSQ
D. RSQP
Answer» B. QPRS
Discussion
548.

1. I went to my friend last week.
P. He politely refused to oblige me.
Q. I did not speak even a single word.
R. Actually I wanted his scooter for a day.
S. I felt ashamed of my self.
6. I was mistaken in assessing a true friendship.

A. RPQS
B. PRQS
C. SRPQ
D. QRSP
Answer» B. PRQS
Discussion
549.

1. Roger wanted to become a doctor.
P. He put away enough money to pay his first year fees.
Q. They could not afford the fees.
R. Undaunted, he got himself a job in the dockyard.
S. However, he came from a poor family.
6. Once enrolled, he was recognised as a gifted student, and scholarships took care of the rest of this studies.

A. SRPQ
B. PRSQ
C. SQRP
D. QRSP
Answer» D. QRSP
Discussion
550.

1. Ramai and Samai were two poor young men.
P. On market day they sold their labour.
Q. The lived near Mahespur.
R. On other days, they remained in the village looking for work.
S. They wanted regular work.
6. The headman gave them two plots.

A. QPRS
B. RPQS
C. SPQR
D. PQRS
Answer» B. RPQS
Discussion