Verbal Ability Questions and Answers

In the following questions, every passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as A, B, C and D. Find out the proper order for these four sentences.

1

1. The maddening traffic congestion at the junction outside the University everyday is not only because four roads converge at one point.

A. Evacuation of traffic from each of the four arterial roads is a task as these hurdles slow down the vehicles.
B. Peak hour traffic then piles up for several km on all the four roads.
C. Pot holes, water logging and dug up roadsides are also to blame.
D. The daily commuters often fume at the wastage of time and fuel.

6. According to experts, poor quality of roads slows down vehicles compounding the infrastructural problems at this junction.

a

CABD

b

CDBA

c

CDAB

d

CBDA

correct answer a

Answer: Option 1.

In the following questions, every passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as A, B, C and D. Find out the proper order for these four sentences.

2

1. The researchers examine a psychological advantage that pioneering companies often encounter.

A. But they caution that this advantage must be weighed against the existence of inexpensive local products, underdeveloped communication infrastructure, and cultural fragmentation.
B. Customers in emerging markets tend to be strongly loyal to first – mover brands, even after viable alternatives appear.
C. First – movers there have the opportunity to seize loyal consumers – if only they can reach them.
D. In Myanmar, for example, there is only one television set per hundred people.

6. The bottom line, according to the study, is that it does not always pay to move first.

a

ACBD

b

DABC

c

BCAD

d

BADC

correct answer d

Answer: Option 4.

3

Find correct sequence of sentence :

P: on youngsters in the cities and the villages

Q: The effect

R: of the cinema

S: on the school and college going is very bad

a

PRQS

b

QRSP

c

QPSR

d

RQSP

correct answer b

Answer: Option 2( QRSP )

4

Find correct sequence of sentence :

P: not indeed in the sense that education has been universal
Q: Our country has been a land of learning
R: and the learned man has been held in higher esteem than the warrior or administrator
S: but in the sense that education has been universal

a

QRSP

b

RSPQ

c

QPSR

d

RQSP

correct answer c

Answer : Option 3 (QPSR)

5

Find the correct sequence of sentences :

P: to protect vegetables from cold
Q: in view of the prevailing weather conditions
R: farmers to smoke their fields during the night
S: agricultural experts have advised

a

PRQS

b

QSRP

c

RPSQ

d

SPQR

correct answer b

Answer: Option 2(QSRP)

6

Find the correct sequence of sentences:

P: in my heart of hearts
Q: to hear his voice
R: I wasn't sure what I really wished
S: through that window once more

a

PQRS

b

RPQS

c

SRQP

d

RPSQ

correct answer b

Answer : Option 2(RPQS)

7

Find the correct sequence of sentences :

P: only five or six new ones
Q: to have been found, although
R: there are over 31,000 documented meteorites
S: are found every year

a

RSPQ

b

PQRS

c

RQPS

d

RPSQ

correct answer c

Answer : Option 3(RQPS)