Explore topic-wise MCQs in Verbal Ability.

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1.

Physically we are now all neighbors, but psychologically. we are ...... to each other.

A. primitives
B. complimentary
C. strangers
D. cowards
Answer» D. cowards
2.

When their examinations are over, the children gleefully ...... the books they had been reading.

A. shelve
B. sidetrack
C. overthrew
D. abandon
Answer» E.
3.

He knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to his ...... vanity that you should disagree with him.

A. overstrung
B. overweening
C. overwhelming
D. overwrought
Answer» B. overweening
4.

Chintu is ...... small to start playing cricket now.

A. very
B. much
C. too
D. more
Answer» D. more
5.

A woman came in with a baby who, she said, ...... a safety pin.

A. was just swallowing
B. swallowed
C. had just swallowed
D. just swallowed
Answer» D. just swallowed
6.

She ...... Rs 80 out of the bank every Friday.

A. obtains
B. draws
C. pulls
D. extracts
Answer» C. pulls
7.

The American ...... presented his credentials to the President of India.

A. adviser
B. ambassador
C. delegate
D. representative
Answer» C. delegate
8.

He was accused ...... stealing his aunt's necklace.

A. for
B. with
C. of
D. on
Answer» D. on
9.

We had to pay more taxi fare because the driver brought us by a ...... route.

A. circular
B. circumscribed
C. longest
D. circuitous
Answer» E.
10.

The Hubble Space Telescope will search for planets around the stars, a key to the ...... extraterrestrial life, and examine interstellar dust and gases out of which stars are born.

A. perception
B. discovery
C. enquiry
D. quest
Answer» E.
11.

Sita's heart ...... at the sight of the beautiful diamond necklace.

A. leapt
B. stopped
C. slowed
D. ran
Answer» B. stopped
12.

The luggage was ...... heavy for him to lift

A. much
B. as
C. so
D. too
Answer» E.
13.

It's very kind of you to ...... to speak at the meeting.

A. accept
B. agree
C. comply
D. concur
Answer» C. comply
14.

The thief ...... all the money.

A. made up
B. made off with
C. mode do with
D. made good
Answer» C. mode do with
15.

Walking at 3'o clock, I heard the ...... of thunder.

A. crackle
B. rumble
C. ripple
D. clank
Answer» C. ripple
16.

Pakistan lost a ...... wicket just when they seemed to be doing so well, and that led to their eventual defeat.

A. critical
B. crucial
C. sensitive
D. providential
Answer» C. sensitive
17.

A stone that goes on rolling ...... no moss.

A. collects
B. gets
C. gathers
D. accumulates
Answer» D. accumulates
18.

The earth is at present in great danger of becoming uninhabitable because of ...... environmental pollution which is going on at an incredible rapid pace.

A. gigantic
B. inhuman
C. stupendous
D. colossal
Answer» E.
19.

Moreover, a fact finding mission ...... by BSN to India in January this year strongly recommended that the French group should go it alone, and not hand over ...... to an Indian Partner.

A. organised, papers
B. constituted, authority
C. sponsored, power
D. dispatched, control
Answer» E.
20.

Now, the management graduate can expect to have a prosperous life on a ...... income without having to depend on finding a place in family busiess having to tend the paternal estates.

A. professional
B. regular
C. meaningful
D. dependable
Answer» C. meaningful
21.

The boy fell ...... bicycle.

A. of
B. off
C. from
D. under
Answer» C. from
22.

The pilot had been warned about the storm, before he ......

A. took away
B. took up
C. took over
D. took off
Answer» E.
23.

Hardly had he arrived ...... it started raining.

A. before
B. when
C. than
D. after
Answer» C. than
24.

The French ...... reputed to have a very good sense of humour.

A. is
B. was
C. are
D. will be
Answer» D. will be
25.

There is a keen ...... in each trade.

A. contest
B. comparison
C. competition
D. cooperation
Answer» D. cooperation
26.

I ...... a car to be absolutely necessary these days.

A. consider
B. regard
C. think
D. agree
Answer» B. regard
27.

Besides other provisions, that shopkeeper deals ...... cosmetics.

A. with
B. in
C. at
D. for
Answer» C. at
28.

Leave a two inch ...... on each page for the teacher's remarks.

A. border
B. margin
C. blank
D. gap
Answer» C. blank
29.

The team was well trained and strong, but somehow their ...... was low.

A. feeling
B. moral
C. consciousness
D. morale
Answer» E.
30.

The lovers were meeting each other secretly, but their ...... affair was soon known to everyone.

A. clandestine
B. covert
C. unknown
D. candid
Answer» B. covert
31.

The king ...... the rebel.

A. excused
B. forgave
C. pardoned
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
32.

I shall call ...... you tomorrow.

A. at
B. on
C. with
D. by
Answer» D. by
33.

She ...... from the crowd because of her height and flaming red hair.

A. stood out
B. stood off
C. stood up
D. stood by
Answer» B. stood off
34.

In a large cities people are cut ...... from nature.

A. away
B. off
C. out
D. down
Answer» B. off
35.

The more your action and thought are allied and ...... the happier you grow.

A. diverget
B. unravelled
C. integrated
D. invincible
Answer» D. invincible
36.

We had a ...... of warm weather in February.

A. time
B. spell
C. length
D. phase
Answer» C. length
37.

Johny, where are you? ...... up this tree.

A. There I am
B. There am I
C. Here am I
D. Here I am
Answer» E.
38.

That the poor in our country, are happy is

A. a dream
B. a vision
C. an ideal
D. an illusion
Answer» E.
39.

The robbers were arrested and ...... prison yesterday.

A. brought into
B. brought to
C. taken into
D. taken to
Answer» E.
40.

The cinema ...... a welcome escape from cramped and dull city life and the Indians are avid movie-goers.

A. depicts
B. highlights
C. follows
D. offers
Answer» E.
41.

I shall take revenge ...... you.

A. from
B. with
C. on
D. at
Answer» D. at
42.

This book is a useful ...... to our library.

A. discovery
B. asset
C. addition
D. arrival
Answer» D. arrival
43.

The boy was cured ...... typhoid.

A. from
B. of
C. for
D. through
Answer» C. for
44.

The communalist represents the ...... of everything noble that we have inherited from our culture and history.

A. antithesis
B. antidote
C. immorality
D. antagonism
Answer» B. antidote
45.

He is so ...... to light that he never leaves the house without sunglasses.

A. insensitive
B. sensitive
C. afraid
D. immune
Answer» C. afraid
46.

But the introductory fee does not stop after the initial handshake, brokers have to ...... it up after each transaction.

A. bring
B. cough
C. boost
D. give
Answer» B. cough
47.

...... a failure of some traffic lights, traffic is moving very slowly.

A. Owing
B. Due to
C. Because
D. Since
Answer» C. Because
48.

Once he has signed the agreement, he won't be able to ......

A. back up
B. back in
C. back at
D. back out
Answer» E.
49.

Colgate has also set an ambitious aim of ......on 8% value shared of tooth paste market by then end of first years.

A. cornering
B. soliciting
C. disturbing
D. keeping
Answer» B. soliciting
50.

The ...... of the Minister's statement cannot be verified by people who have no access to official records.

A. veracity
B. verbosity
C. ambiguity
D. validity
Answer» B. verbosity