VIC SELECTIVE SCHOOL ENTRY TRIAL TEST

Verbal Reasoning Test Week 32 (Unit 16)

1. The NSW floral emblem is the:

(a) wattle (b) bottlebrush (c) waratah

(d) kangaroo paw (e) none of these

2. (8) Which is the correct spelling?

(a) hieroglyphics (b) heiroglyphics (c) heirogliphics

(d) hieroglifics (e) none of these

3. (47) How many of these statements are correct?

1) The Earth rotates on its axis every 12 hours.

2) The moon is the closest planet to the Earth.
3) The closest star to Earth is in a distant solar system.
4) Astronauts from the USA were the first living things sent into space.

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) none of these

4. (55) Forty years after African colonies began emerging as nations, modern loyalties still go first
to the tribe. From Angola to Ethiopia, ethnic hatred has forced hundreds of thousands of people
to flee their home, making Africa the continent with the world’s largest number of refugees.
Which of the following statement best summarises the above?

(a) Africa is best characterized as a continent without loyalties.

(b) Angola and Ethiopia have the worst record of interethnic strife in Africa.
(c) Continued warfare has made Africa a nation of refugees.
(d) Africa is best characterized as a federation of many states.
(e) Africa is best characterized by ethnic fractionalisation.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1
© Copyright: Edu-Kingdom College