English-Verbal-5

English – Verbal – 5

Each of the following questions consists of group of sentences and at the end is given suggested sequence of sentences. Select the best sequence of sentences from the given suggestions.

1.    a) And what are we here for?

b) Where have we come from?

c) What are we?

d) In India, several different solutions have been put forward in the form of the   theological and ethical systems.

e) From the beginning of time, humanity has sought answers to these troubling questions and has attempted to unravel the mysteries of creation and the cosmos through religious and metaphysical systems.

A)   b a c d e                B) a c b d e                 C) a c b e d                 D) c b a e d

2.    a) They vow eternal devotion.

b) In time they will descend the hill together, silver-haired but not less devoted

c) Romantic love makes a good picture

d) A man and a woman stand clasped in each other’s arms watching the sun slowly sink into the iridescent sea

e) This picture inspires many people to wed, yet in search of romantic marriage they end up in not so romantic divorce.

A)   c d a b e                B) e d c a b                 C) c b a d e                 D) d c b a e

3.    a) No matter what the cause of death may be for any individual, there is no immediate prospect of extending human life much beyond its present limits.

b) Man who sometimes lives past 100, has the longest life span of all the mammals, no matter what their size

c) He can make use of almost any substance for food

d) He also has the widest range of adaptive capacities

e) He can live in almost any climate.

A)   a e d c b                B) b d c e a                 C) a b d e c                 D) a c b d e

4.    a) Crops, lawns, household pets, the healthiest looking human beings all suffer from some disorders or from some infections.

b) Nevertheless, disease is far from conquered, and there is little likelihood that it ever will be

c) For one thing, the distribution of medical care is erratic.

d) Then too, all living things are diseased to some extent

e) It is true that advances in health in the last century have been little short of revolutionary.

A)   e c d b a                B) a c b d e                 C) c d a b e                 D) e b c d a

5.    a) Time which gives continuity and pattern to life, also brings disruption and death

b) There is nothing under the sun, or over it, of which we cannot say: “This too-in time- will pass away”

c) The eternal hills were not there a hundred million years ago and will be gone a hundred million years hence.

d) Even the stars shift with centuries and, early or late, must eventually fade out

e) The morning glory splendid in dawn is wilted at noon; man, maple and mallard live their allotted span.

A)   a e c d b                B) b c d a e                 C) e d c b a                 D) d c b e a

Answers:   1.    (D)                2.   (A)             3.   (B)             4.  (D)              5.  (A)

Each sentence below has one or two blanks. Beneath the sentence are four alternatives. Choose a word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1.    The tricks and devices of oratory are valid enough, but when the --------- between style and substance is upset in favour of style, we talk of ----------- rhetoric..

a)    Balance …… empty         b)  relationship …… mighty     

c)    ratio ….. convincing         d)  affinity ……… futile

2.     Style is important but ----------; we can recognise it and say a lot about it, except what really it is.

a)    Unidentifiable        b)  understandable         c)  unspeakable       d)  intangible

3.    As its most extreme, the cult of the subconscious approaches the ---------- but the basic notion that the subconscious mind contains unformulated emotions and experiences that ----------- our behaviour seems reasonable enough.

a)    Divine … ennobles       b) ridiculous ……. influence      c) impossible ….. shape

d) supernatural ……. Impels

4.    A fat lady is depressed, so she eats more; this makes her ------- and she gets more --------- so, she eats more.

a)    Fatter …… fat       b)  depressed ….. fat          c) fatter …… depressed  

 d) fat ….fat

     

5.    Throughout the ages, literature and art have pictured the fat man – from legend’s Santa Claus to Shakespeare’s hulking Falstaff, as a ----------- soul, proud of his -------.

a)    Jolly …. Girth       b)  merry ….standing         c) obese …… fat     

d)   happy …… physique

Answers:       1.    (a)        2.     (d)        3.      (b)        4.    (c)        5.     (a)