Explore topic-wise MCQs in Verbal Ability.

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201.

Survival of mankind itself is in danger due to __________ of atomic weapons.

A. perpetuation
B. regularisation
C. provocation
D. proliferation
Answer» E.
202.

India has the __________ of high saving and low growth rates.

A. irony
B. similarity
C. difference
D. paradox
Answer» E.
203.

A five-year-old boy was___________ from his school on Monday last by his servant for a ransom of Rs 8, 000.

A. driven
B. arrested
C. escorted
D. kidnapped
Answer» E.
204.

He has already made up his mind on this issue. Now it is_________ to argue with him.

A. sympathetic
B. vague
C. futile
D. contradictory
Answer» D. contradictory
205.

Her uncle died in a car accident. He was quite rich. She suddenly _________ all her uncle s money.

A. succeeded
B. caught
C. gave
D. inherited
Answer» E.
206.

I am fully ________________ the problems facing the industry.

A. alive with
B. alive to
C. alive for
D. alive on
Answer» C. alive for
207.

His most striking _____________ is the enthusiasm which he brings to everything he does.

A. factor
B. attitude
C. characteristic
D. character
Answer» D. character
208.

In your search results, you will see a host of articles __________ that in up to 70 percent or 80 percent of cases, mergers __________ value rather than build it.

A. Claiming, enhance
B. Contending, dilute
C. Writing, augment
D. Arguing, heel
Answer» C. Writing, augment
209.

Success comes to those who are vigilant not to permit______ from the chosen path.

A. distraction
B. deviation
C. alienation
D. diversion
Answer» C. alienation
210.

_____ between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society.

A. co-ordination
B. competition
C. friction
D. association
Answer» D. association
211.

Undoubtedly, English is the most___spoken language in the world today.

A. elaborately
B. greatly
C. widely
D. broadly
Answer» D. broadly
212.

The unprecedented rise in the price of gold in India, contrary to the_________elsewhere in the world, is baffling the experts.

A. outlook
B. trend
C. cost
D. pattern
Answer» C. cost
213.

The battalion operating from the mountain was able to tie ___________ three enemy divisions.

A. up
B. down
C. on
D. with
Answer» C. on
214.

A great literary or artistic work is known as __________ .

A. par excellence
B. bete noire
C. peccadillo
D. magnum opus
Answer» E.
215.

Since the British were masters of the seas, no ________ power could venture into Indian waters under British rule.

A. territorial
B. continental
C. maritime
D. geo-political
Answer» D. geo-political
216.

One dark night a Darvesh

A. wasn t
B. happened to be
C. discovered in
D. found to
Answer» C. discovered in
217.

The neighbour grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to ___________ the flames.

A. cover
B. kill
C. burn out
D. fizz out
Answer» C. burn out
218.

I have not seen her .......six months

A. since
B. for
C. from
D. off
Answer» C. from
219.

The mangoes are now ...... enough to be picked.

A. ready
B. mature
C. ripe
D. advanced
Answer» D. advanced
220.

With most analysts _________ that the world economy will continue to slow, investors are searching for new __________ of growth.

A. Prophesying, fenders
B. Forecasting, source
C. Saying, reasons
D. Predicting, loss
Answer» C. Saying, reasons
221.

It may be true that Apple is so profitable that it coins money, in the ______ sense but it does not do in the _________ sense, and the U.S government does.

A. Magical, virtual
B. Literal, real
C. Real, unreal
D. Metaphorical, literal
Answer» E.
222.

That dramatic price rise--- and a letter Amazon wrote to regulators 2 months earlier -- led the Justice Department to _________ Apple and five publishing houses for horizontal price fixing in _________ of the Sherman Act.

A. Aue, violation
B. Declare, abidance
C. Declare, conviction
D. Insist, accordance
Answer» B. Declare, abidance
223.

The prisoner showed no _________ for his crimes.

A. hatred
B. obstinacy
C. remorse
D. anger
Answer» D. anger
224.

The Romans were _________ science.

A. bad in
B. bad to
C. bad for
D. bad at
Answer» E.
225.

Despite his _____ he had to suffer.

A. punishment
B. fault
C. negligence
D. innocence
Answer» E.
226.

In a ___________ tone, the leader made a powerful ___________ to the mob.

A. realistic, zeal
B. lower, conviction
C. loud, argument
D. soft, appeal
Answer» E.
227.

The organization takes its cue from the person on the top. I always told our business leaders their personal ___________ determined their organization s ___________.

A. serendipity, faux pas
B. predilection, despair
C. intensity, success
D. oddity, conformity
Answer» D. oddity, conformity
228.

The varsity s poll process for ___________ of new candidates has ___________ poor response with only ten thousand applications being received till date.

A. entrusting, seen
B. registration, evoked
C. entrance, made
D. admission, made
Answer» C. entrance, made
229.

The _______ of criminalisation of politics needs to be _________ far more seriously.

A. lacuna, dealt
B. issue, addressed
C. system, broken
D. continuation, suppressed
Answer» C. system, broken
230.

Few professions can ___________ the sheer variety and constant ___________ of being a doctor.

A. like, struggle
B. share, enthusiast
C. match, challenge
D. draw, work-load
Answer» D. draw, work-load
231.

The ___________ of the chronic balance of payments deficit which has ___________ the Finance Ministry under three Prime Ministers is very real.

A. temptation, reviled
B. understanding, menaced
C. impact, underestimated
D. dilemma, plagued
Answer» E.
232.

China is a big country, in area it is bigger than any other country __________ Russia.

A. accept
B. except
C. expect
D. acce
Answer» C. expect
233.

On the ______ occasion of Laxmi Puja the Mathurs bought a new car.

A. officious
B. auspicious
C. fortuitous
D. prosperous
Answer» C. fortuitous
234.

Precautions are to be taken with any one who seems ______.

A. contagious
B. infectious
C. diseased
D. defiled
Answer» C. diseased
235.

Mohan s career has taken some __________ twists and turns.

A. incentive
B. interesting
C. interactive
D. intuitive
Answer» C. interactive
236.

It is raining __________. Do not go out.

A. heavily
B. fast
C. soundly
D. strongly
Answer» B. fast
237.

Rajesh s car wasn t __________ Ramesh s, so we were too exhausted by the time we reached home.

A. such comfortable
B. as comfortable as
C. comfortable enough
D. so comfortable that
Answer» C. comfortable enough
238.

Let us quickly __________.

A. muddle
B. huddle
C. hurdle
D. puddle
Answer» C. hurdle
239.

Can you please _____________ my web site just before I publish it?

A. find out
B. go through
C. set out
D. look up
Answer» C. set out
240.

The masks worn by the men helped them _______their identity.

A. conceal
B. congeal
C. masquerade
D. cheat
Answer» B. congeal
241.

She was remarkably __________ in singing and dancing.

A. accomplished
B. conducive
C. fluctuating
D. cooperative
Answer» B. conducive
242.

Take this medicine regularly and you will get rid __________ this disease.

A. at
B. from
C. of
D. over
Answer» D. over
243.

When she retired, she handed __________ the charge to the Vice-President.

A. over
B. out
C. across
D. off
Answer» B. out
244.

Regular exercise is conducive _____________ heath.

A. in
B. to
C. for
D. of
Answer» C. for
245.

There are not solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is ______ other forms.

A. dependent on
B. parallel to
C. overshadowed by
D. segregated from
Answer» B. parallel to
246.

In spite of her other_____, Kasthuri still managed to find time for her hobbies.

A. occupations
B. preoccupations
C. predilections
D. business
Answer» C. predilections
247.

The official____ the Chief Minister of the situation in the town.

A. apprised
B. informed
C. appraised
D. asked
Answer» B. informed
248.

The last __________ were performed before the body was cremated.

A. rites
B. writes
C. rights
D. withers
Answer» B. writes
249.

Happiness consists in being _________what we have.

A. contented to
B. contented with
C. contented for
D. contented in
Answer» C. contented for
250.

In these bleak and depressing times of ___________ prices, non-performing governments and ___________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians, a lot to cheer about

A. escalating, increasing
B. spiralling, booming
C. spiralling, soaring
D. ascending, debilitating
Answer» D. ascending, debilitating