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This section includes 1222 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Verbal Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
He became enamored ...... her grace when he first saw her dance. |
| A. | with |
| B. | of |
| C. | by |
| D. | in |
| Answer» C. by | |
| 102. |
Rama was so badly injured that he needed ...... care in the hospital. |
| A. | extensive |
| B. | little |
| C. | deep |
| D. | intensive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 103. |
You cannot devise a method which ...... all possibility of errors. |
| A. | excludes |
| B. | includes |
| C. | avoids |
| D. | ignores |
| Answer» B. includes | |
| 104. |
Many areas of the city were ...... into darkness for several hours. |
| A. | spread |
| B. | plunged |
| C. | merged |
| D. | deep |
| Answer» C. merged | |
| 105. |
I don't really know how to ...... the problem. |
| A. | tackle |
| B. | cope |
| C. | draw |
| D. | erase |
| Answer» B. cope | |
| 106. |
The English schemed to continue their rule in India by playing off one community ...... the other. |
| A. | before |
| B. | upon |
| C. | against |
| D. | with |
| Answer» D. with | |
| 107. |
Find the ...... that accompany these cartoons. |
| A. | topics |
| B. | titles |
| C. | captions |
| D. | headings |
| Answer» D. headings | |
| 108. |
The family gave father a gold watch on the ...... of his fiftieth birthday. |
| A. | time |
| B. | event |
| C. | occasion |
| D. | celebration |
| Answer» D. celebration | |
| 109. |
The passengers were afraid, but the captain ...... them that there was no danger. |
| A. | promised |
| B. | assured |
| C. | advised |
| D. | counselled |
| Answer» C. advised | |
| 110. |
Many of the advances of civilisation have been conceived by young people just on the ...... of adulthood |
| A. | boundary |
| B. | threshold |
| C. | peak |
| D. | horizon |
| Answer» C. peak | |
| 111. |
The park ...... as far as the river. |
| A. | extends |
| B. | advances |
| C. | enlarges |
| D. | emerges |
| Answer» B. advances | |
| 112. |
Brothers must live in harmony. They must never fall ...... |
| A. | off |
| B. | out |
| C. | apart |
| D. | away |
| Answer» C. apart | |
| 113. |
When I was a child, I ......to school everyday instead going by cycle. |
| A. | had walked |
| B. | walked |
| C. | have walked |
| D. | have been walking |
| Answer» C. have walked | |
| 114. |
Arti pulled a long ...... when she was told that she could not go to Agra. |
| A. | mouth |
| B. | skirt |
| C. | face |
| D. | hand |
| Answer» D. hand | |
| 115. |
Farida sings very well and ...... does salim. |
| A. | even |
| B. | too |
| C. | also |
| D. | so |
| Answer» E. | |
| 116. |
The old Nature versus ...... debate regarding crime continues even today. |
| A. | Man |
| B. | Universe |
| C. | Culture |
| D. | Nurture |
| Answer» B. Universe | |
| 117. |
The Sun ...... at six this morning. |
| A. | raised |
| B. | rose |
| C. | arose |
| D. | aroused |
| Answer» C. arose | |
| 118. |
That rule is applicable ...... every one. |
| A. | to |
| B. | for |
| C. | about |
| D. | with |
| Answer» B. for | |
| 119. |
Her parents will never give their ...... to so much an unsuitable match. |
| A. | acquiescence |
| B. | consent |
| C. | agreement |
| D. | willingness |
| Answer» C. agreement | |
| 120. |
He tried to ...... himself against a horde of ruffians. |
| A. | collect |
| B. | save |
| C. | support |
| D. | defend |
| Answer» E. | |
| 121. |
According to corporate circles data is pushing through the merger to create financially ...... company in the processed foods business, the group's thrust area for the 1990's |
| A. | acceptable |
| B. | powerful |
| C. | leading |
| D. | straight |
| Answer» C. leading | |
| 122. |
Indeed, all over the world, more and more people are ...... coffee. |
| A. | wanting |
| B. | drinking |
| C. | liking |
| D. | partaking |
| Answer» C. liking | |
| 123. |
Like any other country India has its ...... share of superstitions. |
| A. | proper |
| B. | abundant |
| C. | fair |
| D. | peculiar |
| Answer» D. peculiar | |
| 124. |
The new education policy provides a useful ...... for the planners to remove illiteracy. |
| A. | breakup |
| B. | breakthrough |
| C. | breakaway |
| D. | break-in |
| Answer» C. breakaway | |
| 125. |
People who ...... on horses usually lose in the end. |
| A. | gamble |
| B. | play |
| C. | risk |
| D. | place |
| Answer» B. play | |
| 126. |
If our friends are not able to take us in their car, we must make ...... arrangements to go to the airport. |
| A. | alternative |
| B. | another |
| C. | alternate |
| D. | possible |
| Answer» B. another | |
| 127. |
About twenty clerks were made ...... when the banks introduced computers. |
| A. | dispensable |
| B. | redundant |
| C. | expandable |
| D. | obsolete |
| Answer» C. expandable | |
| 128. |
This book is quite similar ...... |
| A. | with the "Treasure Island" |
| B. | of that film we saw at school |
| C. | to the one I read last week |
| D. | than a story told by our teacher |
| Answer» D. than a story told by our teacher | |
| 129. |
A crescendo of metallic thuds arose from the market, where the iron-smiths were ...... the pieces of metals. |
| A. | flattening |
| B. | striking |
| C. | hammering |
| D. | thrashing |
| Answer» D. thrashing | |
| 130. |
I haven't eaten an apple ...... a long while. |
| A. | from |
| B. | since |
| C. | for |
| D. | until |
| Answer» D. until | |
| 131. |
Owing to the power cut in the area, factories are being forced to ...... men |
| A. | throw away |
| B. | send off |
| C. | put off |
| D. | lay off |
| Answer» E. | |
| 132. |
Many ...... decisions were taken at the meeting. |
| A. | hectic |
| B. | historic |
| C. | historical |
| D. | histrionic |
| Answer» C. historical | |
| 133. |
The parliament invested the new organisation ...... judicial authority. |
| A. | by |
| B. | with |
| C. | from |
| D. | through |
| Answer» C. from | |
| 134. |
Man must ...... to stop pollution. |
| A. | act |
| B. | perform |
| C. | operate |
| D. | behave |
| Answer» B. perform | |
| 135. |
He was sent to the prison for his ...... |
| A. | sin |
| B. | vice |
| C. | crime |
| D. | guilt |
| Answer» D. guilt | |
| 136. |
The answer was written ...... blue ink. |
| A. | with |
| B. | by |
| C. | in |
| D. | on |
| Answer» D. on | |
| 137. |
Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph ...... the odds of life. |
| A. | over |
| B. | on |
| C. | upon |
| D. | about |
| Answer» B. on | |
| 138. |
In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of people appears to be ...... money by fair means or foul. |
| A. | |
| B. | produce |
| C. | acquire |
| D. | extort |
| Answer» D. extort | |
| 139. |
What is the ...... for an air letter? |
| A. | fare |
| B. | value |
| C. | postage |
| D. | stamp |
| Answer» D. stamp | |
| 140. |
Sonika is quite intelligent but rather ...... |
| A. | idealistic |
| B. | generous |
| C. | lazy |
| D. | optimistic |
| Answer» D. optimistic | |
| 141. |
In a little-publicised deal, Pepsi, Cola has ...... the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan. |
| A. | occupied |
| B. | conquered |
| C. | swallowed |
| D. | captured |
| Answer» E. | |
| 142. |
The non cooperative attitude of the members can only ...... the image of the society. |
| A. | spoil |
| B. | improve |
| C. | degrade |
| D. | defame |
| Answer» B. improve | |
| 143. |
He ...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval. |
| A. | insists |
| B. | persists |
| C. | desists |
| D. | resists |
| Answer» C. desists | |
| 144. |
She ...... a brief appearance at the end of party. |
| A. | put on |
| B. | put in |
| C. | put across |
| D. | put up |
| Answer» C. put across | |
| 145. |
Life is to death as pleasure is to ...... |
| A. | poverty |
| B. | suffering |
| C. | anguish |
| D. | pain |
| Answer» E. | |
| 146. |
If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally feel ...... |
| A. | drowsy |
| B. | tired |
| C. | confident |
| D. | giddy |
| Answer» C. confident | |
| 147. |
His father-in-law ...... him up in business. |
| A. | put |
| B. | made |
| C. | set |
| D. | built |
| Answer» D. built | |
| 148. |
This, partly, explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ...... |
| A. | keep, removed |
| B. | afford, attached |
| C. | develop, liquidated |
| D. | keep up, destroyed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 149. |
The machine is difficult to build ...... easy to maintain. |
| A. | but |
| B. | and |
| C. | for |
| D. | if |
| Answer» B. and | |
| 150. |
If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander. |
| A. | to |
| B. | on |
| C. | for |
| D. | with |
| Answer» D. with | |