Verbal Section Most Important Questions and Answers Part 6
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56. In an effort to - its operations, the corporation announced it was acquiring a - company in a different type of manufacturing.
(a) Diversify - subsidiary
(b) adumbrate - solvent
(c) multiply - protracted
(d) intensify - fluctuating
(e) establish - sequential.
Ans: (a)
57. Samuel Clemens chose the - Mark Twain as a result of his knowledge of river boat piloting.
(a) mountebank
(b) protagonist
(c) misanthrope
(d) hallucination
(e) pseudonym.
Ans: (e)
58. To meet all - a source of - electrical power was added to the train՚s engine.
(a) Integuments - parallel
(b) possibilities - incidental
(c) amenities - diverse
(d) contingencies - auxiliary
(e) conveniences - automatic.
Ans: (d)
59. Since the escaping vapours proved to be highly -, measures were at once taken for the - of the experiments.
(a) Volatile - ratification
(b) Observable - insulation
(c) Gaseous - reduction
(d) Noxious - cessation
(e) Incriminating - destruction.
Ans: (d)
60. Eric Fromm does not agree that man is - in Freudian sexual dilemmas for if the - that man creates can be changed for the better, there is hope that the state of man can be changed as well.
(a) Tortured - goals
(b) Trapped - institutions
(c) Caught - symbols
(d) Engulfed - life
(e) Confused - meanings.
Ans: (b)
Verbal Section: Analogies
Directions:
Each of the questions below consists of two words that have a certain relationship to each other, followed by five lettered pairs of related words. Select the lettered pair of words.
1. ANGLE: DECATE
(a) area: square inch
(b) milk: quart
(c) society: classes
(d) letter: alphabet
(e) time: minutes
Ans: (a)
2. CONFIRMED: INVETERATE
(a) knowledge: supposed
(b) financial: bankrupt
(c) immature: callow
(d) credible: incredible
(e) careful: punishing
Ans: (b)
3. LULLABY: BARCAROLE
(a) birth: marriage
(b) night: morning
(c) cradle: gondola
(d) song: poem
(e) carol: sonneteer
Ans: (c)
4. ZOOLOGY: ANIMALS
(a) ecology: pollution
(b) botany: plants
(c) chemistry: atoms
(d) history: people
(e) mathematics: geometry
Ans: (a)
5. DORY: VAN
(a) dairy: cow
(b) fish: vehicle
(c) freighter: caisson
(d) runners: wheels
(e) Danish: Dutch
Ans: (c)
6. PARQUET: WOOD
(a) colour: painting
(b) mosaic: glass
(c) potpourri: medley
(d) collage: tapestry
(e) linoleum: marble
Ans: (b)
7. SAW: CARPENTER
(a) Scissors: tailor
(b) Wagon: farmer
(c) Brush: painter
(d) Typewriter: author
(e) Trowel: bricklayer
Ans: (a)