Accenture - Verbal & Reasoning - 4

Accenture – Verbal & Reasoning - 4

Directions for Questions 1-3: Choose the option which will correctly fill the blank.

1. I will be here __________ Thursday and Friday.

A. During

B. for

C. until

D. after

Ans: (A)

2. I have been here ______ three years

A. since

B. from

C. for

D. none of the above

Ans: (C)

3. The sun rose ______the horizon.

A. below

B. over

C. in

D. above

Ans: (D)

Directions for Questions 4-6 : Choose the word nearest in meaning to the word in

Italics from the given options.

4. Now the fury of the demonstrators turned against the machines.

A. Rage

B. Acrimony

C. Asperity

D. Passion

Ans: (A)

5. Malice is a feeling that we should always avoid.

A. Spite

B. Envy

C. Hatred

D. Cruelty

Ans: (A)

6. He was punished for shirking his official work

A. Delegating

B. Slowing

C. avoiding

D. Postponing

Ans: (C)

Directions for Questions 7-10: Choose the answer option which will correctly fill the

blank.

7. Seiko is______ practicing Buddhist

A. an

B. the

C. a

D. none of these

Ans: (C)

8. ___________ awards ceremony at Kremlin would not normally have attracted so

much attention .

A. A

B. An

C. The

D. All the above

Ans: (B)

9. He spilled ___________ milk all over the floor

A. A

B. An

C. The

D. none of these

Ans: (C)

10. I saw _________ movie last night. _____ movie was entertaining.

A. the, A

B. A, the

C. An, A

D. the, the

Ans: (D)

Directions for Questions 11-14: Read the passage and answer the questions that

follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

Disequilibrium at the interface of water and air is a factor on which the transfer of heat

and water vapour from the ocean to the air depends. The air within about a millimetre

of the water is almost saturated with water vapours and the temperature of the air is

close to that of the surface water. Irrespective of how small these differences might

be, they are crucial, and the disequilibrium is maintained by air near the surface

mixing with air higher up, which is typically appreciably cooler and lower in water

vapour content. The turbulence, which takes its energy from the wind, mixes the air. As

the speed of wind increases, so does the turbulence, and consequently the rate

of heat and moisture transfer. We can arrive at a detailed understanding of this

phenomenon after further study. The transfer of momentum from wind to water,

which occurs when waves are formed is an interacting-and complicated phenomenon.

When waves are made by the wind, it transfers important amounts of energy-energy,

which is consequently not available for the production of turbulence.

11. This passage principally intends to:

A. resolve a controversy

B. attempt a description of a phenomenon

C. sketch a theory

D. reinforce certain research findings

E. tabulate various observations

Ans: (B)

12. The wind over the ocean usually does which of the following

according to the given passage?

I. Leads to cool, dry air coming in proximity with the ocean surface.

II. Maintains a steady rate of heat and moisture transfer between the ocean

and the air.

III. Results in frequent changes in the ocean surface temperature.

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and II only

D. II and III only

E. I, II, and III

Ans: (A)

13. According to the author the present knowledge regarding heat and

moisture transfer from the ocean to air as

A. revolutionary

B. inconsequential

C. outdated

D. derivative

E. incomplete

Ans: (E)

14. According to the given passage, in case the wind was to decrease until

there was no wind at all, which of the following would occur?

A. The air, which is closest to the ocean surface would get saturated

with water vapours.

B. The water would be cooler than the air closest to the ocean

surface.

C. There would be a decrease in the amount of moisture in the air

closest to the ocean surface.

D. There would be an increase in the rate of heat and moisture

transfer.

E. The temperature of the air closest to the ocean and that of the air

higher up would be the same.

Ans: (A)

Directions for Questions 15-20: Read the passage and answer the questions that

follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

Roger Rosenblatt's book Black Fiction, manages to alter the approach taken in many

previous studies by making an attempt to apply literary rather than socio political

criteria to its subject. Rosenblatt points out that criticism of Black writing has very

often served as a pretext for an expounding on Black history. The recent work of

Addison Gayle's passes a judgement on the value of Black fiction by clearly political

standards, rating each work according to the ideas of Black identity, which it

propounds.

Though fiction results from political circumstances, its author react not in ideological

ways to those circumstances, and talking about novels and stories primarily as

instruments of ideology circumvents much of the fictional enterprise. Affinities and

connections are revealed in the works of Black fiction in Rosenblatt's literary analysis;

these affinities and connections have been overlooked and ignored by solely political

studies.

The writing of acceptable criticism of Black fiction, however, presumes giving

satisfactory answers to a quite a few questions. The most important of all, is there a

sufficient reason, apart from the racial identity of the authors, for the grouping

together of Black authors? Secondly, what is the distinction of Black fiction from other

modern fiction with which it is largely contemporaneous? In the work Rosenblatt

demonstrates that Black fiction is a distinct body of writing, which has an identifiable,

coherent literary tradition. He highlights recurring concerns and designs, which are

independent of chronology in Black fiction written over the past eighty years. These

concerns and designs are thematic, and they come from the central fact of the

predominant white culture, where the Black characters in the novel are situated

irrespective of whether they attempt to conform to that culture or they rebel against

it.

Rosenblatt's work does leave certain aesthetic questions open. His thematic analysis

allows considerable objectivity; he even clearly states that he does not intend to judge

the merit of the various works yet his reluctance seems misplaced, especially since an

attempt to appraise might have led to interesting results. For example, certain novels

have an appearance of structural diffusion. Is this a defeat, or are the authors working

out of, or attempting to forge, a different kind of aesthetic? Apart from this, the style

of certain Black novels, like Jean Toomer's Cane, verges on expressionism or

surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that

portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by

more naturalistic modes of expressions?

Irrespective of such omissions, what Rosenblatt talks about in his work makes for an

astute and worthwhile study. His book very effectively surveys a variety of novels,

highlighting certain fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon Johnson's

Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man. Black Fiction is tightly constructed, and

Level headed and penetrating criticism is exemplified in its forthright and lucid style.

15. The author of the passage raises an objection to criticism of Black

fiction like that by Addison Gayle as it:

A. Highlights only the purely literary aspects of such works

B. Misconceive the ideological content of such fiction

C. Miscalculate the notions of Black identity presented in such fiction

D. Replaces political for literary criteria in evaluating such fiction

E. Disregards the reciprocation between Black history and Black

identity exhibited in such fiction.

Ans: (D)

16. The primary concern of the author in the above passage is:

A. Reviewing the validity of a work of criticism

B. Comparing various critical approaches to a subject

C. Talking of the limitations of a particular kind of criticism

D. Recapitulation of the major points in a work of criticism

E. Illustrating the theoretical background of a certain kind of

criticism.

Ans: (A)

17. The author is of the opinion that Black Fiction would have improved had Rosenblatt:

A. Undertaken a more careful evaluation of the ideological and historical aspects of Black Fiction

B. Been more objective in his approach to novels and stories by Black authors

C. Attempted a more detailed exploration of the recurring themes in

Black fiction throughout its history

D. Established a basis for placing Black fiction within its own unique literary tradition

E. Calculated the relative literary merit of the novels he analysed thematically.

Ans: (E)

18. Rosenblatt's discussion of Black Fiction is:

A. Pedantic and contentious

B. Critical but admiring

C. Ironic and deprecating

D. Argumentative but unfocused

E. Stilted and insincere.

Ans: (B)

19. According to the given passage the author would be least likely to

approve which among the following?

A. Analysing the influence of political events on the personal ideology of Black writers

B. Attempting a critical study, which applies socio political criteria to

the autobiographies of Black authors

C. A literary study of Black poetry that appraises the merits

of poems according to the political acceptability of their themes

D. Studying the growth of a distinct Black literary tradition within the context of Black history

E. Undertaking a literary study, which attempts to isolate aesthetic qualities unique to Black fiction?

Ans: (C)

20. From the following options, which does the author not make use of while discussing Black Fiction?

A. Rhetorical questions

B. Specific examples

C. Comparison and contrast

D. Definition of terms

E. Personal opinion.

Ans: (D)