Verbal Section Most Important Questions and Answers Part 4
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33. An occasional - remark spoiled the - that made the paper memorable.
(a) colloquial
(b) trite - cliches
(c) urbane - sophisticated
(d) hackneyed - originality
(e) jovial - fun.
Ans: (d)
34. Broadway audiences have become inured to - and so - to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of the quality of the production before them. ?
(a) cleverness: eager
(b) condescension: disinclined
(c) sentimentality: reluctant
(d) mediocrity: desperate
(e) histrionics: unlikely
Ans: (d)
35. Nineteenth - century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical - or a brilliant - blending Egyptian and Assyruin art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece.
(a) conversion - annexation
(b) apparition - amalgam
(c) stratagem – appropriation
(d) paradigm - construct
(e) example - synthesis
Ans: (b)
36. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in western society during the current decade is - critical.
(a) archetypally
(b) perennially
(c) disturbingly
(d) uniquely
(e) cautiously
Ans: (d)
37. Even though in today՚s Soviet union the - Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank - and - file clergy still. Have little - to practice their religion.
(a) adversaries of - inclination
(b) traditionalists among - incentive
(c) practitioners among - opportunity
(d) leaders of - latitude
(e) dissidents within -obligation
Ans: (d)
38. Unlike the Shakespearean plays, The ‘’ closet dramas ‘’ of the nineteenth century were meant to be - rather than -
(a) seen - acted
(b) read – acted
(c) produced - acted
(d) quiet - loud
(e) sophisticated - urbane
Ans: (b)
39. The little - known but rapidly expanding use of computers in mapmaking is technologically similar to the more - uses in designing everything from bolts to satellites.
(a) ingenuous
(b) recent
(c) secure
(d) publicized
(e) successful
Ans: (d)
40. Although his outnumbered troops fought bravely, the general felt he had no choice but to - defeat and - a retreat.
(a) oversee - reject
(b) acknowledge - order
(c) hasten - suggest
(d) seek - try
(e) overcome - request
Ans: (b)
41. No hero of ancient or modern times can surpass the Indian with his lofty contempt of death and the - with which he sustained the cruelest confliction.
(a) guide
(b) assent
(c) reverence
(d) fortitude
(e) concern
Ans: (d)
42. The hostess attempted to - a romantic atmosphere that would bring the two young people together in -
(a) expand - fealty
(b) present - collusion
(c) simulate - conflict
(d) introduce - cacophony
(e) contrive - matrimony
Ans: (e)
43. Employers who retire people who are willing and able to continue working should realize that - age is not an effective - in determining whether an individual is capable of working.
(a) intellectual - criterion
(b) Chronological - criterion
(c) Physical - barrier
(d) deteriorating - value
(e) chronological - factor
Ans: (b)