Infosys – Verbal Ability – 7
Directions (Questions 1- 8): Pick out the most
effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the
sentence meaningfully complete.
1.
Catching
the earlier train will give us the ...... to do some shopping.
A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion
Ans: A
A. chance
B. luck
C. possibility
D. occasion
Ans: A
2. Many
of the advances of civilization have been conceived by young people just on the
...... of adulthood
A. boundary
B. threshold
C. peak
D. horizon
Ans: B
B. threshold
C. peak
D. horizon
Ans: B
3. If I take a state roadways bus, I'll
get late...?
A. isn't it
B. won't I
C. will I
D. s it
Ans: B
B. won't I
C. will I
D. s it
Ans: B
4. The
paths of glory lead ...... to the grave.
A. straight
B. but
C. in
D. directly
Ans: B
A. straight
B. but
C. in
D. directly
Ans: B
5. Wheat
...... carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, and dietary fiber in our daily diet.
A. has
B. gives
C. yields
D. provides
Ans: C
A. has
B. gives
C. yields
D. provides
Ans: C
6. ......
all intents and purposes, the manager is the master of the firm.
A. in B. upon C. with D.to
A. in B. upon C. with D.to
Ans: D
7. He
...... in wearing the old fashioned coat in spite of his wife's disapproval.
A. insists
B. persist
C. desists
D. resists
Ans: B
A. insists
B. persist
C. desists
D. resists
Ans: B
8. We
shall not to be able to use your ability in court unless we can find someone to
...... statements.
A. corroborates
B. avouch
C. verifies
D. approve
Ans: A
A. corroborates
B. avouch
C. verifies
D. approve
Ans: A
Directions (Questions 9 - 14): Each of the
following questions contains a small paragraph followed by a question on it.
Read each paragraph carefully and answer the question given below it.
Due to enormous profits involved in smuggling,
hundreds of persons have been attracted towards this anti-national activity.
Some of them became millionaires overnight. India has a vast coastline both on
the Eastern and Western Coast. It has been a heaven for smugglers who have been
carrying on their activities with great impunity. There is no doubt, that from
time to time certain seizures were made by the enforcement authorities, during
raids and ambush but even allowing these losses the smugglers made huge
profits.
9. The passage best supports the
statement that
A. Smuggling hampers the economic development of a
nation.
B. Smuggling ought to be curbed.
C. Authorities are taking strict measures to curb smuggling.
D. Smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.
Ans: D
B. Smuggling ought to be curbed.
C. Authorities are taking strict measures to curb smuggling.
D. Smuggling is fast increasing in our country owing to the quick profit it entails.
Ans: D
Industrial exhibitions play a major role
in a country's economy. Such exhibitions, now regularly held in Delhi, enable
us to measure the extent of our own less advanced industrial progress and the
mighty industrial power and progress of countries like the U.K., U.S.A. and
Russia whose pavilions are the centers of the greatest attention and
attractions.
10. The passage best supports the
statement that industrial exhibitions
A. Greatly tax the poor economies.
B. Are more useful for the developed countries like U.S.A. whose products stand out superior to those of the developing countries.
C. Are not of much use to the countries that is industrially backward.
D. Boost up production qualitatively and quantitatively by analytical comparison of a country's products with those of the developed countries.
Ans: D
B. Are more useful for the developed countries like U.S.A. whose products stand out superior to those of the developing countries.
C. Are not of much use to the countries that is industrially backward.
D. Boost up production qualitatively and quantitatively by analytical comparison of a country's products with those of the developed countries.
Ans: D
It is up to our government and planners to devise
ways and means for the mobilization of about ten crore workers whose families
total up about forty crore men, women and children. Our agriculture is
over-manned. A lesser number of agriculturists would mean more purchasing or
spending power to every agriculturist. This will result in the shortage of
man-power for many commodities to be produced for which there will be a new
demand from a prosperous agrarian class. This shortage will be removed by
surplus man-power released from agriculture as suggested above.
11. The
passage best supports the statement that:
A. Employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
B. Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilization of man-power.
C. A shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
D. The industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country.
Ans: B
A. Employment in production is more fruitful than employment in agriculture.
B. Indian economy is in a poor shape basically due to improper mobilization of man-power.
C. A shift of labour from agricultural sector to the industrial sector would uplift the living standard.
D. The industrial sector is labour-deficient while the agricultural sector is over-manned in our country.
Ans: B
The only true education comes through the
stimulation of the child's powers by the demands of the social situations in
which he finds himself. Through these demands he is stimulated to act as a
member of a unity, to emerge from his original narrowness of action and
feeling, and to conceive him from the standpoint of the welfare of the group to
which he belongs.
12. The
passage best supports the statement that real education
A. Will take place if the children imbibe action and feeling.
B. Will take place if the children are physically strong.
C. Is not provided in our schools today.
D. Comes through the interaction with social situations
Ans: D
A. Will take place if the children imbibe action and feeling.
B. Will take place if the children are physically strong.
C. Is not provided in our schools today.
D. Comes through the interaction with social situations
Ans: D
The
virtue of art does not allow the work to be interfered with or immediately
ruled by anything other than itself. It insists that it alone shall touch the
work in order to bring it into being. Art requires that nothing shall attain
the work except through art itself.
13. This
passage best supports the statement that:
A. Art is governed by external rules and conditions.
B. Art is for the sake of art and life.
C. Art is for the sake of art alone.
D. Artist realizes his dreams through his artistic creation.
A. Art is governed by external rules and conditions.
B. Art is for the sake of art and life.
C. Art is for the sake of art alone.
D. Artist realizes his dreams through his artistic creation.
Ans: C
The attainment of individual and organizational goals is mutually interdependent and linked by a common denominator - employee work motivation. Organizational members are motivated to satisfy their personal goals, and they contribute their efforts to the attainment of organizational objectives as means of achieving these personal goals.
14. The
passage best supports the statement that motivation -
A. Encourages an individual to give priority to personal goals over organizational goals.
B. Is crucial for the survival of an individual and organization.
C. Is the product of an individual's physical and mental energy?
D. Is the external force which induces an individual to contribute his efforts?
A. Encourages an individual to give priority to personal goals over organizational goals.
B. Is crucial for the survival of an individual and organization.
C. Is the product of an individual's physical and mental energy?
D. Is the external force which induces an individual to contribute his efforts?
Ans: A
