Verbal Ability

Question: Dantes probably broke the jug
[A].

in the morning

[B].

during the night

[C].

after breakfast

[D].

at exactly 3pm

Answer: Option B

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Question: According to their passage, the children make life difficult for their parents
[A].

by their ceaseless curiosity

[B].

by unceasing bombardment of questions

[C].

by asking irrelevant questions

[D].

by posing profound questions

Answer: Option A

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Question: According to their passage, parents do their best to discourage curiosity in their children
[A].

because they have no time

[B].

because they have no patience to answer them

[C].

because they feel that their children ask stupid questions continuously

[D].

because they are unable to answer all the questions

Answer: Option D

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Question: Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline means
[A].

children retaining their curiosity in spite of being discouraged by their parents

[B].

children pursuing their mental curiosity

[C].

children’s curiosity subdued due to parents intervention

[D].

children being disciplined by their parents

Answer: Option A

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Question: A historian really studies the past
[A].

to comprehend the present and to reconstruct the future

[B].

to explain the present and plan the future

[C].

to understand the present and make fortune

[D].

to understand the present and mould the future

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

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Question: In the above passage, the phrase “amounts to a row of beans” means that the news
[A].

is weak and often wanting entirely

[B].

deserves no one’s attention

[C].

should travel the wires

[D].

is junk dressed up as real news

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

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Question: Evaluation of news would imply
[A].

less dependence on modern systems of communication

[B].

more careful analysis of each news story and its value

[C].

separating beans from junk

[D].

discriminating horrors from disasters

Answer: Option B

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Question: Newspapers lack a sense of discrimination because
[A].

they do not separate the real news from mere sensationalism

[B].

they have to accept whatever is received on the wires

[C].

limited manpower makes serious evolution impossible

[D].

people don’t see the difference between ‘junk’ and ‘real’ news

Answer: Option A

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Question: A person who aspires to lead could learn from the history of battles
[A].

what led the previous leaders win a battle

[B].

what made them lose a battle

[C].

the qualities and deficiencies of commanders of these battles

[D].

the strategies that they have evolved in course of these battles

Answer: Option C

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Question: A knowledge of history is necessary to interpret current problems because
[A].

they have roots in the past

[B].

they can be contrasted with the past events

[C].

they may be repetitions of past events

[D].

only then they can be put in a proper context

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

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