Verbal Ability Test Questions - Set 4

1)   In the following question, an idiom or proverb has been highlighted. Choose its correct meaning in the given context from the alternatives given below.

The parent was lecturing the child on discipline; you could take one look at the child and understand that he was being bored to death.


a. The parent was a boring person
b. The child found the topic of death very boring
c. The child found the father’s lecture on discipline very boring
d. The child thought that discipline was a very boring topic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The child found the father’s lecture on discipline very boring

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   In the following question, three words are alike in some manner. Spot the odd one out.

a. Blue
b. Orange
c. Black
d. Color
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Color

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   In the following question, three words are alike in some manner, Spot the odd one out.

a. Rectangle
b. Square
c. Triangle
d. Cone
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cone

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   The given sentence is in active/ passive voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentence below.

I was surprised to see that he had been beaten black and blue.


a. I was surprised to see he had been beaten black and blue.
b. It surprised me to see that he had been beaten black and blue.
c. It was surprising that he had been beaten black and blue.
d. That he had been beaten black and blue was surprising.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It surprised me to see that he had been beaten black and blue.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   The given sentence is in active/ passive voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentence below.

Let him take the oath.


a. Tell him to take the oath.
b. Let the oath be taken by him.
c. The oath needs to be taken by him.
d. He has to take the oath.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Let the oath be taken by him.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The given sentence is in direct/indirect speech. Change the narration. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives below.

He said to me, “ I don’t believe you.”


a. He decided not to believe me.
b. “I don’t believe you’’ he said.
c. He said he not believe me.
d. He told me that he didn’t believe me.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: He told me that he didn’t believe me.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   The given sentence is in direct/indirect speech. Change the narration. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives below.

He says he is unwell.


a. He said, “I am unwell.”
b. He says ,”I was unwell.”
c. He says, “He was unwell.”
d. He said, “I were unwell.”
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: He said, “I am unwell.”

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the below underlined phrase.

He was very rich and yet a man who would not share a penny with anyone.


a. Wastrel
b. Spendthrift
c. Miser
d. Parsimonious
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Miser

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Choose the correct alternative which can be substituted for the below underlined phrase.

The child talked too much in class. She was talkative.


a. Reserved
b. Garrulous
c. Witty
d. Teacher’s pet
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Garrulous

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Pick the word/phrase closest in meaning to the given word.

Credible


a. Dolorous
b. Implausible
c. Plausible
d. Saintly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Plausible

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!