VERBAL ABILITY QUESTIONS SET 13 SOLUTIONS

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1-C

AC and CB are mandatory pairs as the theme of “marriage

and divorce” runs through them. “Saturday night” should

follow right after “meeting people” as it is a case of specific

from general. Thus D is the opening sentence AC and CB.

Hence option (c) becomes the correct answer.

2- A

In this paragraph there is a description in general of any

Saturday morning; then the author moves to describe one

particular “Saturday morning”. Sentences A and C describe

“Saturday mornings” in general. “More so” in A relates to

“pretty chaotic” in the opening sentence, thus A comes before

C. B moves from the general description to the specific example

of a given “Saturday”, thus it follows C. D is a continuation of

events in C. Thus ACBD becomes the correct sequence.

3- D

The given order of the paragraph is correct. Statement 1

speaks of an expert. In A , it becomes clear that the expert is

Daniel Tarantola. The idea in A is further expanded in B and C.

D talks of one more expert -also from UNSW- David Cooper.

6 provides a contrast to D. Hence choice (d) is best.

4 - D

Option (d) is incorrect as a game cannot be ‘see through’,

one can use it in the sense of a strategy in a sentence like “I

saw through their game”, which means to be able to ascertain

the strategy. In option (a) it means the score at a particular

stage in a game, in (b) it is a particular manner or style of

playing a game, in (c) it is any object of pursuit, attack, abuse,

etc.

5 -B

Option (b) is incorrect as it seems that the accounts were

fighting with each other. ‘On conflict’ is an incorrect usage.

The correct usage should be “The two accounts of what had

happened were conflicting”, in option (a) it means

disagreement, in (c) it means a state of opposition between

persons or ideas or interests and in (d) it means opposition

between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings.

6 - D

Option (d) is incorrect, no such thing as ‘pure genetics’ exists,

and the correct usage is ‘pure lineage’. In option (a) the word

means a homogeneous or uniform composition, in (b) it means

free of dirt and in (c) it means sinless.

7 - D

In the first sentence, ‘undisputable’ is incorrect, the correct

word being ‘indisputable’. In sentence B, the preposition ‘in’

must be replaced with ‘for’.

8-B

In the first sentence, one realizes that pollution will have more

than one problem, thus the word should be ‘problems’, keeping

it parallel to the verb ‘resemble’ which is also plural. In sentence

C air is not ‘valued’, but it is ‘valuable’, thus making the word

an adjective. In sentence D, the word ‘reducing’ is a gerund,

what is required is a noun, thus ‘reduction’.

9 - D

B–Should be ‘About’ going fast.

10 - B

A –‘aren’t’ is incorrect should be ‘isn’t’ – subject verb agreement

B–should be “are’ getting smaller–subject verb agreement

D–Should be ‘where is’.

11 - B 

BBAAA: The sentence is in the past tense so option ‘(b)’ is

correct, heel means the part of the foot and heals - to cure.

Assented means to agree and ascent an upward movement,

Plum is a fruit and plumb means to examine closely or deeply.

Choral means of a choir and coral is the hard, variously

colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps

as in, something made of coral.

12- C

ABBAA: Scull means a pair of oars and skull the head as the

center of knowledge and understanding, Levee is an

embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river and

Levy-an imposing or collecting of a tax. ‘Who’ is used for

people, here the subject is offer so ‘that’ should be used, and

the definite article should be used before union.

Profit is to gain an advantage or benefit, prophet is a person

who practices divination.

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