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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.
301. |
Jacob was a rich old man who lived_____ alone in a huge house because his children did not care about him. |
A. | only |
B. | all |
C. | more |
D. | too |
E. | little |
Answer» C. more | |
302. |
His answer was such __________ I expected him to give. |
A. | that |
B. | which |
C. | as |
D. | like which |
Answer» D. like which | |
303. |
After a short holiday Rajni came back totally ______________. |
A. | rejuvenated |
B. | reborn |
C. | refurbished |
D. | revamped |
Answer» B. reborn | |
304. |
Ravi was always ____________ of the good fortune of others. |
A. | miserable |
B. | irritable |
C. | greedy |
D. | envious |
Answer» E. | |
305. |
She was a devoted wife and looked _________ her husband very well. |
A. | after |
B. | at |
C. | for |
D. | upon |
Answer» B. at | |
306. |
This is a ___________ translation of the speech. |
A. | literary |
B. | literal |
C. | verbal |
D. | verbatim |
Answer» C. verbal | |
307. |
To _______ time, please go ________ foot and not by bus. |
A. | spend, with |
B. | kill, towards |
C. | utilise, on |
D. | gain, on |
Answer» E. | |
308. |
The journey may be made by sea or _____________ by road. |
A. | alternately |
B. | alteringly |
C. | conversely |
D. | alternatively |
Answer» E. | |
309. |
His residence is on the _____________ of Hyderabad. |
A. | rim |
B. | core |
C. | periphery |
D. | outskirts |
Answer» E. | |
310. |
Although I was ________________ of his plans, I encouraged him, because there was no one else who was willing to help. |
A. | skeptical |
B. | remorseful |
C. | fearful |
D. | excited |
Answer» B. remorseful | |
311. |
His rude behavior is a _______________ his organisation. |
A. | disgrace for |
B. | disgrace on |
C. | disgrace upon |
D. | disgrace to |
Answer» E. | |
312. |
Nordisk have recently |
A. | started |
B. | commissioned |
C. | launched |
D. | begun |
Answer» D. begun | |
313. |
Shanku was born_____ a silver spoon in his mouth and was very proud of his wealth. |
A. | with |
B. | along |
C. | on |
D. | within |
E. | wishing |
Answer» B. along | |
314. |
Sam asked me to keep this secret ___________ . |
A. | secret |
B. | in myself |
C. | amongst us |
D. | between us |
Answer» E. | |
315. |
There was a major accident. The plane crashed. The pilot _________ did not see the tower. |
A. | likely |
B. | probably |
C. | scarcely |
D. | hurriedly |
Answer» C. scarcely | |
316. |
I did not see the point of _________ waiting for them, so I went home. |
A. | hanging around |
B. | hanging on |
C. | hang together |
D. | hanging up |
Answer» B. hanging on | |
317. |
Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire _____________ only with a few. |
A. | introduction |
B. | cordiality |
C. | intimacy |
D. | encounter |
Answer» D. encounter | |
318. |
Among the factors ________________ to the low productivity in agriculture, the first place is occupied by irregular water supply. |
A. | producing |
B. | showing |
C. | resulting |
D. | contributing |
Answer» E. | |
319. |
The final electoral rolls have been intensively revised through house - to - house _____________. |
A. | documentation |
B. | categorisation |
C. | enumeration |
D. | investigation |
Answer» D. investigation | |
320. |
Karlstrand will not live to see every person ________ his ___________ has touched, but he is not |
A. | Intensity, homing |
B. | Generosity, dwelling |
C. | Research, insisting |
D. | Insistence, pondering |
Answer» C. Research, insisting | |
321. |
With all this time alone, you might think that albatrosses have _______ something in their love lives, but nothing could be _________ from the truth. |
A. | Initiated, farther |
B. | Aacrificed, farther |
C. | Sacrificed, further |
D. | Used, farther |
Answer» D. Used, farther | |
322. |
Amer's rise is in no small part thanks to China's __________ for the industrial metal and Wang's __________ moves. |
A. | Appetite, adroit |
B. | Aversion, adept |
C. | Desire, unheeded |
D. | Antipathy, snubbing |
Answer» B. Aversion, adept | |
323. |
The President today ___________ the committee with the induction of the five new general secretaries in place of those dropped. |
A. | reconstituted |
B. | reviewed |
C. | formed |
D. | enlarged |
Answer» B. reviewed | |
324. |
The stock market is very ____________ at the moment. |
A. | sensible |
B. | sensitive |
C. | intensive |
D. | remunerative |
Answer» C. intensive | |
325. |
He has not attained the age of 18. He was, therefore, no ____________ to vote in this election. |
A. | power |
B. | claim |
C. | right |
D. | authority |
Answer» D. authority | |
326. |
A controversial issue was ___________ by a member of the Opposition in the Assembly, but there was no time to discuss it. |
A. | risen |
B. | raised |
C. | arose |
D. | aroused |
Answer» C. arose | |
327. |
The car driver was arrested for rash driving and his licence was ____________ by the police. |
A. | impounded |
B. | prescribed |
C. | suspended |
D. | penalised |
Answer» B. prescribed | |
328. |
It is not fair to cast ___________ on honest and innocent persons. |
A. | aspirations |
B. | aspersions |
C. | inspiration |
D. | adulation |
Answer» C. inspiration | |
329. |
Your present statement does not _______________ what you said last week. |
A. | accord to |
B. | accord in |
C. | accord with |
D. | accord for |
Answer» D. accord for | |
330. |
The Chairman will come here at 5 p.m. to _____________ a lecture. |
A. | attain |
B. | speak |
C. | talk |
D. | deliver |
Answer» E. | |
331. |
The members were ____________ of the date of the meeting well in advance. |
A. | communicated |
B. | conveyed |
C. | ignorant |
D. | inform |
Answer» E. | |
332. |
It is inconceivable that in many schools children are subjected to physical _________ in the name of discipline. |
A. | violation |
B. | exercise |
C. | violence |
D. | security |
Answer» D. security | |
333. |
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's works will be _______________ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system. |
A. | rejected |
B. | skimmed |
C. | compiled |
D. | perused |
Answer» E. | |
334. |
Emergence of smart, connected products is much more than an/a __________ technological advance ---- it heralds ___________ new technologies that transform whole industries. |
A. | Instantaneous, deceptively |
B. | Incremental, Fundamentally |
C. | Exciting, dreary |
D. | Mundane, archaic |
Answer» C. Exciting, dreary | |
335. |
The carriage foundered in a snowdrift and it took two hours to _______________ it. |
A. | exert |
B. | pillage |
C. | exacerbate |
D. | extricate |
Answer» E. | |
336. |
When indecision grips a nation, free men feel the need for an ____________ ruler and are prepared to throw democracy overboard. |
A. | optimistic |
B. | autocratic |
C. | eccentric |
D. | energetic |
Answer» C. eccentric | |
337. |
The entire village condoled ______________ the jawan s widow in her bereavement. |
A. | in |
B. | for |
C. | to |
D. | with |
Answer» E. | |
338. |
His fears were explicitly betrayed by his _______________ voice. |
A. | phonetic |
B. | tremulous |
C. | tenuous |
D. | malodorous |
Answer» C. tenuous | |
339. |
I have given her ______ . |
A. | a work |
B. | some works |
C. | a piece of work |
D. | many works |
Answer» D. many works | |
340. |
He was __________ pertaining his innocence. |
A. | stridently |
B. | harshly |
C. | confidently |
D. | quickly |
Answer» B. harshly | |
341. |
If you were found guilty of exceeding the speed limit, you __________ to pay a fine. |
A. | would have |
B. | would had |
C. | will have |
D. | have |
Answer» B. would had | |
342. |
He is a popular teacher. He seems to be ______ for that profession. |
A. | cut down |
B. | cut off |
C. | cut in |
D. | cut out |
Answer» E. | |
343. |
The new government took __________ last year. |
A. | out |
B. | after |
C. | over |
D. | upon |
Answer» D. upon | |
344. |
The bus __________ fifty passengers fell __________ the river. |
A. | with; into |
B. | for; upon |
C. | over; on |
D. | of; at |
Answer» B. for; upon | |
345. |
I have not seen her ...... Monday |
A. | since |
B. | from |
C. | off |
D. | for |
Answer» B. from | |
346. |
Amazon started by selling books, and while consumers ___________ to Amazon, Some investors remained ___________. |
A. | Gravitated, surreptitious |
B. | Spun, dazed |
C. | Gravitated, skeptical |
D. | Spun, static |
Answer» D. Spun, static | |
347. |
The people who are passionate about Modi seem to __________ Kejriwal and, needless to say, ____________. |
A. | Like, falsely |
B. | Despise, truly |
C. | Loathe, vice versa |
D. | Loath, vica versa |
Answer» D. Loath, vica versa | |
348. |
She tries to adjust __________ her relations. |
A. | for |
B. | at |
C. | so |
D. | with |
Answer» E. | |
349. |
Sheila gained an advantage __________ me. |
A. | upon |
B. | from |
C. | on |
D. | over |
Answer» E. | |
350. |
Statistics __________ always my worst subject. |
A. | are |
B. | were |
C. | is |
D. | have |
Answer» D. have | |