Verbal Ability Quiz 22 for CAT & MBA Exams

Question 1

For each of the following, choose the correct sentence.

Question 2

For each of the following, choose the correct sentence.

Question 3

For each of the following, choose the correct sentence.

Question 4

For each of the following, choose the correct sentence.

Question 5

For each of the following, choose the correct sentence.

Question 6

Directions : Each of the following questions has a paragraph with one italicized word that does not make sense, choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.

Intelligent design derives from an early 19^th century explanation of the natural world given by an English clergyman, William Paley. Paley was the popularize of the famous watchmaker analogy Proponents of intelligent design are crupping Paley’s argument with a new gloss from molecular biology.

Question 7

A. People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.
B. Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind’s humanlity.
C. It is no coincidence that William Wilberforce and Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, two leaders of the movement to abolish the slave trade helped found the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1820s.
D. An increasing number of people go further mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that have the capacity to suffer.

Question 8

A. The balance of power will shift to the East as China and India evolve.
B. Rarely the economic ascent of two still relatively poor nations has been watched with such a mixture of awe, opportunism and trepidation.
C. Postwar era witnessed economic miracles in Japan and South Korea, but neither was populous enough to power worldwide growth or change the game in a complete spectrum of industries.
D. China and India, by contrast, possess the weight and dynamism to transform the 21^st century global economy

Question 9

A. Large reductions in the ozone layer, which sits about 15-30 km above the Earth, take place each winter over the polar regions, especially the Antarctic, as low temperatures allow the formation of stratospheric clouds that assist chemical reactions breaking down ozone.
B. Industrial chemicals containing chlorine and bromine have been blamed for thinning the layer because they attack the ozone molecules, making them to break apart
C. Many an offending chemicals have now been banned.
D. It will still take several decades before these substances have disappeared from the atmosphere.

Question 10

Direction: Out of the five statements given below, only one is grammatically correct. Choose the correct statement as your answer.

Question 11

For each of the following, choose the correct sentence.

Question 12

In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.

Anita wore a beautiful broach (A)/brooch (B) on the lapel of her jacket.
If you want to complain about the amenities in you neighborhood, please meet you councilor (A)/counselor (B).
I would like your advice (A)/advise (B) on which job I should choose.
The last scene provided a climactic (A)/climatic(B) ending to the film.
Jeans that flair (A)/flare (B) at the bottom are in fashion these days.