WIPRO - Verbal - 3

WIPRO – Verbal - 3

Read the following Passage and select the best answer for questions (1-4) among the given choices:

Routines are the unreturned algorithms followed by each one of us, every day in life. Routine is a chain of events, which never changes the order once it is prioritized. Following the routine is a schedule of events. For a student it would it be assignments, attending schools, coaching classes or doing a Project. For the business man, schedule is restricted to attend meetings, presentations and entertaining new Prospective clients.

Sometimes life begins so hectic that you feel as if you are the only person who is working harder than all others. Such type of thoughts comes to us due to thinking about ourselves. Others may be facing the same shade of destiny as you, but you think they are luckier than you. Yes, the grass on the other side is always greener and fresher.

Maintaining your cool, at times of difficulty and in spite of hectic-schedules is the key to a bright career and success in life. Because, unless we ourselves change the pace with the change in times and keep ourselves abreast of the latest time table of our organizer, we will lag behind.

The more the things one has to do or one is into, the more is his involvement in a mental, physical or social way into these things. Due to this his own personal problems are out of sight because, all the time his mind is thinking of completing the task on hand and problems which are out of sight are out of mind.

Each thing that we do adds to our personality. It shapes our thinking and makes us more organized, experienced, knowledgeable and creative. The time and effort that we put in every day into tasks is the brick and mortar of our future life. So friends, it is always better to be busy rather then idle. Hasn’t everyone heard that an idle mind is the devils work shop? Behind every successful man is a devotedly followed schedule.

1)      The author of the passage is of the opinion that
a)      The world is merciless to a few persons
b)      Behind every successful man there is a woman
c)      All other people seem to be luckier than the author
d)      We must keep cool even in difficult times

Ans: (d)

2)     What is the general observation about human nature that the writer makes?
a)      People generally hate to be tied to a schedule or routine
b)      People generally feel that they can progress by following a schedule
c)      People feel that they alone are overburdened and being treated crudely
d)      People follow routines happily because they require less effort.

Ans: (c)

3)      According to the above passage, we must
a)      Not involve ourselves too much in the work that we do
b)      Avoid keeping hectic schedules because they must harm our body.
c)      Be loathing to put time and sweat into our bodies.
d)      Run neck and neck with God’s timetable less we lag behind.

Ans: (d)

4)      The result of many things we do results in-
a)      Enhancing our personality
b)      Bettering our organizational and creative ability
c)      Giving us knowledge and experience
d)      All the above

Ans: (d)

5)      From the following sets of words, choose the word correctly spelt
a)      Accomodate
b)      Acommodate
c)      Accommodate
d)      Acoommodate

 Ans: (c)

6)      Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the given idiomatic expression or phrase 

          “ A rising star “
a)      A star that rises the highest in the sky
b)      A star which shines the most.
c)      A person coming into prominence
d)      A star that appears only once in a month.

Ans: (c)

7)      Select among the given choices the word or phrase for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.  

The recent nuclear threat is the ________________of 12 years of terrorist attacks, which have inflicted on us more casualties both military and civilian than Iraq did on Kuwait
a)      Culmination
b)      Reflection
c)      Dogma
d)      Defiance

Ans: (a)

  

8)      Given below are sentences which when arranged logically forming a coherent passage? Choose the given option which gives the correct sequence.
a)      The alternative was a blitz by the health workers to popularize preventive measures.
b)      The information was considered inadequate.
c)      People have been reading about AIDS in the mass media
d)      Nobody is sure as to how effective this would be.
e)      People were also not being influenced enough to take preventive measures.
A)    cbade
B)    abcde
C)    bacde
D)    cdabe

Ans: (A)

9)  Chose the lettered pair that express a relationship most similar to the relationship expressed in the capitalized pair HOBBLE ::WALK
a)      Gallop ::Run
b)      Stammer::Speak
c)      Stumble::Fall
d)      Sniff::Smell  

Ans: (b)

10)  Select among the given choices the word or phrase for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.  

While there is hope in the one-day game, where Indian team has at last cast aside the chain of________________thought, there is a very long journey to make in Test cricket
a)      Delinquent
b)      Delirious
c)      Decadent
d)      Disruptive

Ans: (d)

11)  Select among the given choices the word or phrase to replace the underlined phrase in the following sentence.

Our departure from this place from now depends on they coming here.
a)      Depends on them coming here
b)      Depends on their coming here
c)      Depend on their’s coming here
d)      Depends on their’s coming here

Ans: (b)

12)   Choose the lettered pair that express relationship most similar to the relationship expressed in the capitalized pair.   FRAYED::FABRIC
a)      Thawed::Ice
b)      Renovated::Building
c)      Frazzled::Nerves
d)      Watered::Lawn

Ans: (a)

13)  Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the given idiomatic expression or phrase

“ To wash one’s hand off “
a)      To wash one’s hand with water
b)      To wash one’s hand with soap
c)      To disclaim the entire responsibility
d)      To put one’s firm in trouble

Ans: (c)

14)  Given below are sentences which when arranged logically from a coherent passage. Choose the     given option which gives the correct sequence.
a)      What is amazing is that rescinding of decisions does not seem to be one bit embarrass the   government.
b)      “Rollback “appears to have now become an institutionalized decision making process of the government
c)      This is certainly suggested by the frequency of prices and subsidies are announced and then the status quo restored in part or in full.
d)       It has well and truly forms an integral part of the functioning of the government.
e)      Even the word, “Rollback “, has become a permanent entry lexicon of political discourse.
A)    abcde
B)    bcade
C)    bcdae
D)    ebdca  

Ans: (B)