Tuesday, 4 August 2020

VERBAL ABILITY QUESTIONS SET 13

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Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence
between sentences 1 and 6.


1

Meeting people after nine to ten years, almost to the day, is a very weird experience.

A. It genuinely felt awkward to meet people, some married and some with children, others married but who forgot to send out 200 cards to school friends, others, divorced.

B. I did find out that the marriage was unhappy for all the wrong reasons, none because of the obnoxious twit that he is.

C. I actually felt sorry for one of those guys, because, and if you knew equation with him in the school bus where we almost killed each other a few times, I would not have wished a divorce on him - though, I would not have wished any woman on him either.

D. I am in close touch with a couple of school friends - Doc, for example is an ass I can still call my best friend after twenty years - but my god, did he (or rather his overheating BMW) push my
patience on Saturday night.

6. Everybody was fatter/ balder and in some cases both.

a. DCBA b. CBDA c. DACB d. BCDA


2

Even though dance starts a bit later than school does during the week, Saturday morning is still
pretty chaotic around here.

A. More so if John is leaving for an auction that day, because it means I have to truck Kristen and Alex with me and get them ready too.

B. This is one of those mornings where John was rushing to leave too.

C. There are buns to be done, bodysuits to find, tights to mend (because they’re always ripped
somewhere) and a good breakfast to be had.
D. His work van has been giving him some problems, so he was nervous about travelling with it (not to mention what it’s costing us to fix it).

6. He couldn’t find his cell and even though he had woken up in a general good mood, I could see it going downhill from there.

a. ACBD b. ABCD c. ADCB d. BCDA



3

Climate change will trigger a chain of events that is likely to prompt an increase in HIV rates
worldwide, an expert has warned.

A. Daniel Tarantola of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said the disadvantage in developing countries must be addressed if the world is to prevent a dramatic escalation of the HIV epidemic as well as other health problems.

B. "It was clear soon after the emergence of the HIV epidemic that discrimination, gender inequality and lack of access to essential services have made some populations more vulnerable than others," Tarantola said on Wednesday.

C. "Today, additional threats are lurking on the horizon as the global economic situation deteriorates, food scarcity worsens and climate change begins to affect those who were already dependent on survival economies," Tarantola said.

D. David Cooper, also of UNSW, said: “Science has achieved great strides towards shaping a more effective response to HIV.

6. Yet research has not succeeded in producing the hoped-for 'magic bullets' of either a cure or a vaccine.”

a. BACD b. DCBA c. CDBA d. ABCD


In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, numbered (a) to (d). Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.







GAME

a. With a few minutes to play, the game was 6 to 0.

b. His game of tennis was improving.

c. The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers.

d. Their game was quite see through.



CONFLICT

a. There was considerable conflict about which plan should be accepted.

b. The two accounts of what had happened were on conflict with each other.

c. His conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post.

d. He was immobilized by conflict and indecision.




PURE

a. These days a lot of spas recommend pure oxygen treatment.

b. A memory without a blot or contamination is a source of pure tonic.

c. We felt pure and sweet as a new baby.

d. He has descended from pure genetics.




Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

7

A. It is undisputable that in order to fulfill its many functions, water should be clean and biologically valuable.

B. The costs connected with the provision of biologically valuable water in food production with the maintenance of sufficiently clean water, therefore, are primarily production costs.

C. Purely ‘environmental’ costs seem to be in this respect only costs connected with the safeguarding of cultural, recreational and sports functions.

D. This is fulfilled by water courses and reservoirs both in nature and human settlements.

a. D and A 
b. C and B 
c. C and D 
d. A and B



A. The pollution problem of the atmosphere resemble those of the water only partly.

B. So far, the supply of air has not been deficient as was the case with water, and the dimensions of the air-shed are so vast that a number of people still hold the opinion that air need not be economized.

C. However, scientific forecasts have shown that the time may be already approaching when clear and biologically valued air will become Problem No. 1.

D. People are particularly sensitive about any reducing in the quality of the atmosphere, the increased contents of dust and gaseous exhalations and particularly about the presence of odors.

a. B, C and A 
b. A, D and C 
c. B, D and A 
d. C, D and B



9

A. But I don’t care!

B. On going fast, that is.

C. I care about feeling in control and enjoying the act of driving.

D If I owned a Tribeca I’d tape the “off” button down.

a. A only 
b. A and B
c. C only 
d. B only


10 

A. The United States aren’t de-industrializing.

B. Rather, many of its historic industries is getting smaller, and the jobs they offer are declining in quality.

C. The scary thing is that this re-proletarianization of industrial work is moving up the value chain.

D. Where's it going next?

a. A, B and C 
b. A, B and D 
c. B and D 
d. C and D


11 

With that, he turns [A] / turned [B] on his heal [A] / heel [B] and fled.

The Maestro assented [A] / ascented [B] to the request for an encore
.
It is, sometimes useful, to plumb [A] / plum [B] someone’s thoughts.

The school had a great interest in music and was forming a choral [A] / coral [B] society.
a. AAABA b. BBAAA c. BBBBA d. AABBA


12

It is important to get the ideas of great philosophers through our skull [A] / scull [B].

The embankment was designed to levy [A] / levee [B] a treacherous stream.

The negotiator made an offer who [A] / that [B] was very attractive to the [A] / a [B] union.

He could profit [A] / prophet [B] greatly from his schooling.

a. AABAA b. BBBAA c. ABBAA d. AABBB




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