Accenture - Verbal & Reasoning - 6

Accenture – Verbal & Reasoning – 6

(Question 1-5) Identify the word that is similar in meaning to the given word in block letters.

1.       SACROSANCT

(a)    Too important           (b) worship         (c)  sacrifice        (d) best

Ans: (a)

2.       WHIMSICAL

(a)    Victorious                    (b)  swift              (c)  fanciful          (d)  momentary

Ans: (c)

3.       CANDID

(a)    Frank                             (b)  close              (c)  dignity           (d)  happy

Ans: (a)

4.       SPECIFICATION

(a)    Pointing                       (b)  documentation         (c)  reasoning     (d)  advertising

Ans: (b)

5.       EXTRADITE         

(a)    Addiction                     (b) logical             (c)  deport           (d) important

Ans: (c)

(Question 6-11) Fill in the blank with the appropriate word to complete a meaningful sentence:

6.       Fate smiles --------- those who untiringly grapple with stark realities of life.

(a)    With              (b)  over               (c)  on                   (d)  round

Ans: (c)

7.       The miser gazed --------- at the pile of gold coins in front of him.

(a)    Avidly            (b) admiringly    (c)  thoughtfully                (d) earnestly

Ans: (a)

8.       Catching the earlier train will give us the ---------- to do some shopping.

(a)    Chance         (b) luck                 (c)  possibility                     (d) occasion

Ans: (a)

9.       I saw a --------- cows in the field.

(a)    Group           (b) herd               (c)  swarm           (d) flock

Ans: (b)

10.   The grapes are now ---------- enough to be picked.

(a)    ready            (b) mature          (c) ripe                  (d)  advanced

Ans: (c)

11.   Success in this examination depends ---------- hard work alone.

(a)    At                   (b) over                (c) for                    (d) on

Ans: (d)

(Question 12-16) Identify the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word in block letters.

12.   ENORMOUS

(a)    Soft                                (b) average         (c)  tiny                 (d) weak

Ans: (c)

13.   COMMISSIONED

(a)    Started         (b) closed            (c) finished         (d) terminated

Ans: (d)

14.   EXODUS

(a)    Influx            (b) home coming             (c) return             (d) restoration

Ans: (a)

15.   RELINQUISH

(a)    Abdicate      (b) renounce     (c) posses            (d) deny

Ans: (c)

16.   EXPAND

(a)    Contract       (b) condense     (c)  congest         (d) conclude

Ans: (b)

(Question 17-19) Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow:

Passage: In country ‘X’ democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought three civil wars in twenty years. To restore stability an agreement is reached to rotate the top offices of the President, Prime Minister and the Army Chief among the parties so that each party controls one and only office at all times. The three office holders must each have two deputies, one from each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose staff composed of equal members of his or her chief’s party and member of the third party.

17.   When the democratic party holds Presidency, the staff of the Prime-Minister’s deputies are composed of:

(i)                  One-fourth of democratic party members

(ii)                One half of justice party members and one fourth of Conservative party members   

(iii)               One half of Conservative party members and one fourth of Justice party members.

(a)    (i) only

(b)   (i) and (ii) only

(c)    (ii) or (iii) but not both

(d)   (i) and (ii) or (i) and (iii)

Ans: (a)

18.   Which of the following is allowable under the rules stated:

(a)    More than half of the staff within  given office

(b)   Half of the staff within a given office

(c)    Any person having a member of the same party

(d)   Half the total number of members in all parties.

Ans: (a)

19.   When the office of the Army Chief passes from Conservative to Justice party, which of the following must be fired?

(a)    The democratic deputy and all staff members

(b)   Justice party deputy and all their staff

(c)    Justice party deputy and half of his Conservative party staff

(d)   The conservative deputy and all their staff

Ans: (a)