Verbal Ability

Direction; Select the synonyms of the following words;

1. Refute
a. confirm b. denounce c. overwhelm d. denny
2. Fortuitous
a. misleading b. erroneous c. accidental d. undesigned
3. Quota
a. unlimited quantity b. fixed quality c. vilification d. limited number or amount
4. Plump
a. prudent b. inexpensive c. inexorable d. slightly fat
5. Wanton
a. licentious b. sedate c. sluggish d. melodious
Direction; select the opposite words of the following;
6. explicit
a. inspiring b. plain c. invigorating d. implied
7. turbulent
a. turbid b. violent c. steady d. critical
8. Wane
a. swell b. prosper c. fatten d. widen
9. cryptic
a. superficial b. super c. artificial d. candid
10. aromatic
a. tart b.disagreeable c. sour d.odorous
Direction; Pick out the most appropriate pair to fill in the blanks in the same orders to make the
sentences meaningfully complete.
11. Insurance companies are perfectly …… of the greed some people show in …… illness in order
to get big settlement in the courts.
a. conscious, serious b. knowing, ailing c. informed, false d. aware, cruel
12. The ….. imposed for non-payment was too ….. for it to bring in improvement in collection.
a. fine, serve b. toll, simple c. penalty, low d. damage, cruel
13. unfortunately, trade unions and organizations of various denomination have failed to realize
that ….. understanding, positive attitude and constructive approach are basic requirements to
make unions work on …..lines.
a. common, true b. cooperative, better c. mutual, sound d. comforts, personal
14. He shifted to his late parents house because of the ……. It provided but for purely…..reasons.
a. convenience, sentimental b. grace, aesthetic c. value, monetary d. comforts, persional

15. In a free and democratic country each and every persion has right as well as duties and it is
of….. importance that everything is…..in the right perspective.
a. Great, done b. significant, examine c. utmost, viewed d. overwhelming, taken
Direction; fill in the blanks with the correct phrase,
16. this work ought to have ….. long ago.
a. done b. had done c. been done d. being done
17. He is trying his best to keep…… the reputation of his family.
a. up b. to c. on d. over
18. The old man could not remember where he ….. his money.
a. deposit b. is deposing c. will deposit d. had deposited
19. the blind man bumped…… my mother.
a. into b. at c. with c. by
20. she sings ….. her mother does.
a. like b. as c. as if d. so as
21.The young politician…… with his party and decided to contest the election as an
independent candidate.
a. fell down b. fell out c. fell through d. fell in
22. Describe; Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The avowed of the exact science is to establish complete intellectual control over experience in terms of practice
rules which can be formally set out and empirically tested. Could that ideas be fully achieved, all truth and all
error could henceforth be ascribed to an exact theory of the universe, while we who accept this theory would be
revealed of any occasion for exercising our personal judgment. We often thought to have achieved it. But this
leaves out of account the element of personal judgment involved in applying the formulae of mechanics to the
fact of experience.
22. In exact sciences,
a. one does not find answers to all questions and problems
b. one interprets the universe according to one’ wish
c. personal judgments are set aside in favour of mechanical theory
d. one responses faith in actual experience
23. The purpse of all the exact science is to
a. formulate principles which will help us to exercise our personal judgments
b. make formal and testable rules which can help verify experience
c. form opinions about our experience
d. assert our intellectual superiority
24. an exact theory of the universe is
a.. not desirable b. improbable c. yes to be made d. possible
25. classical mechanics
a. has gained intellectual control over the world
b. just fall shorts of achieving intellectual control over experience
c. has formulated precise rules
d. has formulated as exact theory of the universe.