Explore topic-wise MCQs in Verbal Ability.

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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. print
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