APTITUDE QUESTIONS (VERBAL)

QUESTIONS

(A) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word given

1) ARDUOUS
A. Hazardous
B. Difficult
C. Different
D. Pleasurable

2) FORMULATE
A. Frame
B. Apply
C. Contemplate
D. Regularize

3) DEGRADING
A. Demeaning
B. Lowering
C. Corrupting
D. Minimizing

4) TRANSITIONAL
A. Extreme
B. Intermediate
C. Revolutionary
D. Changed

(B) Choose the word which is most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning as the word given

5) VIABLE
A. Rudimentary
B. Practical
C. Negative
D. Impossible

6) INEVITABLY
A. Expectedly
B. Certainly
C. Mostly
D. Avoidably

7) ACCORDANCE
A. Conflict
B. Enmity
C. Quarrel
D. Division

(C) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the
word/phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the
sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (E) as the answer.

8) Since the girl did not want to be disturbed while studying, she left the phone off hooks.
A. of hook
B. for the hook
C. off hooking
D. off the hook
E. No correction required

9) Since the officer was overburdened with work, her collegue decided to gave her hand.
A. giving hands
B. give her a hand
C. giving her handful
D. gave her hands
E. No correction required

10) Despite having passed out from school over ten years back, most schoolmates has keep touch
with each other.
A. had kept in touch
B. keep touched
C. is keeping touch
D. are kept touched
E. No correction required

(D) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in
it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the
answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

1)
A. A property dealer was
B. shoot dead by four unidentified jacket-clad men
C. while taking a morning walk
D. in a park
E. No error

2)
A. The auditions for the first ever
B. reality-based pop band hunt, is
C. going on in full swing,
D. with numerous entries came in.
E. No error

3)
A. To curbing the spread of violence,
B. authorities brought under curfew
C. more areas in the State, where
D. three youths were killed.
E. No error

4)
A. Hectic schedules can
B. take a toll on anybody and
C. the solutions to this is
D. a quick holiday to some exotic location.
E. No error

(E) Fill up to blanks picking out from the choices.

1) We are ___ to have him ____ here to make this function a great success.
A. pleased, over
B. sure, come
C. wonderful, again
D. happy, arrive

2) The speech ___ with subtle threats has resulted in ___ tension.
A. replete, increased
B. followed, continuous
C. started, reduced
D. full, escalating

(F) Rearrange the following five sentences (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) in the proper sequence to
form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(1) For instance, if we measure the room temperature continuously and plot its graph with time on
X-axis and temperature on the Y-axis,we get a continuous waveform, which is an analog signal.
Analog is always continuous.
(2) The absence or presence of something can be used to plot a digital signal.
(3) An analog signal is a continuously varying signal, similar to a sinusoidal waveform.
(4) Any signal can be classified into one of the two types : analog and digital.
(5) In contrast, a digital signal takes the form of pulses,where we have something or nothing.

1) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

2) Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5


ANSWERS

(A)
Answer : B.
Answer : A.
Answer : B.
Answer : B.

(B)
Answer : D.
Answer : D.
Answer : A.

(C)
Answer : D.
Answer : B.
Answer : A.

(D)
Answer : B.
Answer : D.
Answer : A.
Answer : C.

(E)
Answer : A.
Answer : A.

(F)
Answer : D.
Answer : B.