Sunday, 19 October 2014

English Verbal & Reasoning - 1

English Verbal & Reasoning - 1

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fills the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

There is a considerable amount of research about the factors that make a company innovate. So is it possible to create an environment (1) to innovation? This is a particularly pertinent (2) for India today. Massive problems in health, education etc. (3) be solved using a conventional approach but (4) creative and innovative solution that can ensure radical change and (5). There are several factors in India’s (6). Few countries have the rich diversity that India or its large, young population (7). While these (8) innovation policy interventions certain additional steps are also required. These include (9) investment in research and development by (10) the government and the private sector, easy transfer of technology from the academic word etc. To fulfil its promise of being prosperous and to be at the forefront, India must be innovative.

1. (a) stimuli       (b) conducive    (c) incentive       (d) facilitated     (e) impetus
Ans: (b)

2. (a) objective (b) controversy (c) doubt             (d) question       (e) inference
Ans: (d)

3. (a) cannot       (b) possibly         (c) should            (d) never             (e) must
Ans: (a)

4. (a) necessary                (b) apply              (c) need               (d) consider        (e) requires
Ans: (e)

5. (a) quantity    (b) advantages  (c) increase         (d) chaos             (e) growth
Ans : (e)

6. (a) challenges               (b) praises           (c) favour            (d) leverage       (e) esteem
Ans: (c)

7. (a) blessed     (b) enjoys           (c) endows         (d) prevails         (e) occurs
Ans: (b)

8. (a) aid               (b) jeopardize   (c) promotes      (d) endure          (e) cater
Ans: (a)

9. (a) acute         (b) utilizing          (c) restricting     (d) inspiring        (e) increased
Ans: (d)

10. (a) both         (b) besides         (c) combining     (d) participating                     (e) also
Ans: (a)

Directions: In each of the following question four words are given of which two words are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning. Find the two words which are most nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the number of the correct letter combination as your answer. 

11. (a) Consent                 (b) Nascent        (c) Emerging       (d) Insecure
(1) a – c                (2) b – d                               (3) b - c                                 (4) a – d                (5) a – b
Ans: (3)

12. (a) Elated      (b) Eccentric       (c) Explicit            (d) Abnormal
(1) a – b                (2) b – d               (3) a – c                (4) a – d                (5) d – c
Ans: (2)

13. (a) Abundance           (b) Incomparable             (c) Projection     (d) Plethora
(1) a – c                (2) a – b                (3) c – d                (4) b – d               (5) a – d
Ans: (5)

14. (a) Purposefully         (b) Inaccurately                                (c) Inadvertently              (d) Unchangeably
(1) a – c                (2) a – b                (3) b – c                (4) b – d               (5) a – d
Ans: (1)

15. (a) germane                (b) generate      (c) reliable           (d) irrelevant
(1) b – d               (2) b – c                                (3) a – b                (4) c – d                                (5) a - d
Ans: (5)

Directions: Study the given information and answer the following questions:
When a word and number arrangement machine is given an input line of words and numbers, it arranges them following a particular rule. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement: (All the numbers are two digit numbers)

Input: 40 made butter 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86 92 fell now 19
Step I: butter 19 40 made 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86 92 fell now
Step II: cookies 23 butter 19 40 make 37 salt extra 52 86 92 fell now
Step III: extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 40 made salt 52 86 92 fell now
Step IV: fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 made salt 52 86 92 now
Step V: made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 salt 86 92 now
Step VI: now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 salt 92
Step VII: salt 92 now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19
Step VII is the last step of the above arrangement as the intended arrangement is obtained.

As per the rules followed in the given steps, find out the appropriate steps for the given input.

Input: 32 proud girl beautiful 48 55 97 rich family 61 72 17 nice life

16. How many steps will be required to complete the given input?
(1) Five                 (2) Six                    (3) Seven             (4) Eight               (5) Nine
Ans: (3)

17. Which of the following is the third element from the left end of step VI?
(1) beautiful       (2) life                   (3) 61                     (4) Nice                                (5) 17
Ans: (4)

18. Which of the following is step III of the given input?
(1) proud 72 girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 55 97 rich 61 nice life
(2) life 55 girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 proud 97 rich 61 72 nice
(3) girl 48 family 32 beautiful 17 proud girl 48 55 97 rich 61 72 nice life
(4) family 32 beautiful 17 proud girl 48 55 97 rich 61 72 nice life
(5) girl 48 life 55 family 32 beautiful 17 proud 97 rich 61 72 nice
Ans: (3)

19. What is the position of ‘nice’ from the left end in the final step?
(1) Fifth                (2) Sixth               (3) Seventh        (4) Eight               (5) Ninth
Ans: (1)

20. Which element is third to the right of ‘family’ in Step V?
(1) beautiful       (2) 17                     (3) Proud             (4) 97                     (5) 32
Ans: (2)

Direction: Study the information and answer the following questions:

In a certain code language- ‘ Economics is not money’  is written as ‘ka la ho ga’,  ‘demand and supply economics’ is written as, ‘mo ta pa ka’, ‘money makes only part’ is written as, ‘zi la ne ki’,  ‘demand makes supply economics’ is written as, ‘zi mo ka ta

21. What is the code for ‘money’ in the given code language?
(1) ga                     (2) mo                   (3) pa                    (4) ta                     (5) la
Ans: (5)

22. What is the code for ‘supply’ in the given code language?
(1) only ta            (2) only mo         (3) either pa or mo          (4) only pa
(5) either mo or ta
Ans: (5)

23. What is the code for ‘demand only makes’ in the given code language?
(1) xi ne mo        (2) mo zi ne        (3) ki ne mo        (4) mo ki zi          (5) xi ka ta
Ans: (4)

24. What may be the possible code for ‘work and money’ in the given code language?
(1) pa ga la          (2) pa la tu           (3) mo la pa        (4) tu la ga           (5) pa la ne
Ans: (2)

25. What is the code for ‘makes’ in the given code language?
(1) mo                   (2) pa                    (3) ne                    (4) zi                      (5) ho
Ans: (4)

(Note: In Question No 24 the new word is ‘work’ which doesn’t appear in any of the coded languages given. Similarly the code word ‘tu’ also doesn’t appear anywhere and as such we can assume ‘tu’ refers to ‘work’. On this basis the answer (2) is arrived for Question No 24.)



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