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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.
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 | |