Subject English
Analogies
Instruction: Each related pair of words in capital letters is followed by a number of pairs of words or phrases. Select the pair of words or phrases that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
876. RELEVANT : CRUCIAL
(a) marginal :unique
(b) perceptible : obvious
(c) apparent : real
(d) possible : desirable
(e) None of these
Ans. b
877. WARDROBE : CLOTHES
(a) stove : crockery
(b) bookshelves : books
(c) drawer : shelves
(d) necking : earrings
(e) None of these
Ans. b
878. PRACTICING : EXPERTISE
(a) thinking : logic
(b) growing : health
(c) exercise : strength
(d) eating : nutrition
(e) None of these
Ans. c
Replacement of Words
Instruction: Replace the underlined word with the appropriate word or phrase that best keeps the meanings of the original sentence.
879. Managers shouldstrive for excellence
(a) Cooperatate with others
(b) be patient
(c) make efforts
(d) pay well
(e) None of these
Ans. c
880. To look quick though a book is an important study skill.
(a) skim
(b) summarize
(c) Outline
(d) Rephrase
(e) None of these
Ans. a
881. Writing a beautiful sonnet is as much an achievement as to finish a 400 page novel.
(a) it is to finishing
(b) finishing
(c) if to finish
(d) to have finished
(e) None of these
Ans. b
882. Her brothers along with her parents insist that she remains in school.
(a) are insisting
(b) insists
(c) were insisting
(d) have insisted
(e) None of those
Ans. b
883. Using it wisely, leisure promotes health, efficiency and happiness.
(a) Because of usefulness
(b) If used wisely
(c) Having used it wisely
(d) Because it is used wisely
(e) None of these
Ans. b
884. The world ‘Philosopher’ means -
(a) a thinker
(b) a person who does good to other person
(c) a learned man
(d) a person who lefts reason govern his life.
Ans. a
885. Socrates believed that an angry man was -
(a) not superior to a beast
(b) equal to a beast
(c) disliked by all
(d) less human than beast
Ans. b
886. Which one of the following is not true for Socrates wife?
(a) She disturbed her husband
(b) She was not reasonable
(c) She would lose her temper frequently
(d) She did not insult Socrates
Ans. d
887. The expression not to put out means -
(a) to be irritated
(b) not to be vexed
(c) not to be angry
(d) not to be bed tempered
Ans. a
888. ‘After thunder comes rain’ Here thunder means ---
(a) a thunder bolt
(b) the loud and angry scolding of Socrates; wife
(c) the laughter of the passersby
(d) a loud noise which usually follows usually a flash of lightening.
Ans. b
889. IMPERVIOUS
(a) Penetrable
(b) Hidden
(c) Tolerable
(d) Gentle
Ans. a
890. CELIBACY
(a) Chastity
(b) Misogyny
(c) Matrimony
(d) Divorce
Ans. c
891. ELUCIDATE
(a) Afflict
(b) Ratify
(c) Dominate
(d) Obscure
Ans. d
892. RETRENCH
(a) Insist
(b) Preclude
(c) Splurge
(d) Convince
Ans. c
893. MISCONSTRUE
(a) Watch patiently
(b) Follow closely
(c) Assemble carefully
(d) Grasp accurately
Ans. d
894. PLAY: ACTS
(a) eassy : topics
(b) games: athletics
(c) novel : chapters
(d) drams :actors
Ans. c
895. GEOLOGY: SCIENCE
(a) fir :tree
(b) theory :practice
(c) fashion :style
(d) biology : laboratory
Ans. c
896. JUDGE: GAVEL
(a) orator :dais
(b) teacher : blackboard
(c) violin : music
(d) conductor : baton
Ans. d
897. CANDLE: TALLOW
(a) banana : peel
(b) statue: bronze
(c) violin : music
(d) conductor : baton
Ans. b
898. VIRTUE: INTEGRITY
(a) vice : sloth
(b) verify :Truth
(c) purity :honesty
(d) vanity : ambition
Ans. a
899. The witness was supposed to ___ to weight his words carefully.
(a) adjure
(b) abjure
(c) adjudicate
(d) incriminate
Ans. a
900. At such a serious moment, you’re ___ is inappropriate.
(a) courtesy
(b) levity
(c) pertinence
(d) solemnity
Ans. b