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Mini Mocks for Verbal 4

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Question 1

In the following question, four different senteces are given. Choose the option that contains the grammatically incorrect sentence/s.
I. He is feeling that this relocation is nothing but the kick upstairs.
II. Consensus is now emerging at our state and national levels
III. A more and more rigorous circle is formed from which one is more and more unlikely to escape.
IV. It happened up on a system that worked.
V. None of the these.

Question 2

All of the following sentences A, B, C and D are taken from a same passage and jumbled up. But one of them is incoherent. Find the incoherent statement.
Sachin did not ask for this honour.
A. There are consolation prizes which console, and some which char the soul.
B. I am not suggesting we write a condolence letter, but sympathy is certainly due to Sachin.
C. Membership of Parliament is a handsome freebie for Sachin Tendulkar.
D. Nomination to the Rajya Sabha is a pretty desultory substitute for someone who has been promised the Bharat Ratna.
Delhi‘s politicians, ever eager to climb a bandwagon, led the clamour for Sachin’s elevation to jewel of India after he got his 99th international hundred.
Incoherent statement is:

Question 3

Given below are sentences, each using the question word different ways. Identify the sentence which uses the question word in a grammatically incorrect manner.
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Question 4

Passage – III
Last November, I organized a seminar about terrorism in aviation. In order to drive home the potential hazards to the students, we visited a large eastern U.S airport with the intention of acting like a terrorist group looking for targets of opportunity. What we discovered was, at times fascinating and at other frightening.
In general US airports have two areas where the visitors have access : a a public area with little active security measures and a more secure area in the airport waiting and boarding areas. The less secure areas usually contain ticket counters, baggage claim, gift shops, restaurants and other airport services. Getting into the main areas involves going through a screening process that includes X-ray inspection of carry on items and walking through metal detectors. Other security measures include limiting curbside parking at the terminal, securing unattended luggage and requiring that all passengers be identified by the airlines by use of picture identification. In the academic exercise, the group made several notable security observations.
Most of the trash bins in the terminal areas were set within larger concrete containers. An explosive set within one of these containers would likely be directed upward. However, in several cases there were metal and fiberglass containers, sometimes adjacent to the concrete ones; also located around the terminal.
During visit, there were numerous announcements about how untended baggage would be collected by the airport authority. At one point, our party observed an unattended umbrella propped against a wall near one of the screening areas. The umbrella was plain in view and in close proximity to constant foot traffic. It was over 45 minutes before an airport staff member removed the umbrella. Most areas of the terminal were designed such that it was difficult to leave a bag unattended in heavily travelled areas of the terminal without it being seen. Our group specifically observed custodial staff going about their duties to see they were security conscious.
In general, we were quite impressed with the level of security. The most woorisome aspects of what we saw were that the effectiveness of active and passive security measures varied greatly, and that a group of people unschooled in the ways of terrorism could very quickly discover numerous opportunities for committing mayhem without being detected.
Which statement is correct?

Question 5

Which statement/s is/are incorrect?
I. US airports have two insecure areas where the visitors have access.
II. The effectiveness of active and passiv security measures varied greatly.
III. The US airport authorities were quick in collecting the unattended baggage.

Question 6

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A) Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do.
B) After waking up, she lay on the bed thinking of what to do.
C) At 11 o’clock she took shower and got ready.
D) She spent most of the day shopping.

Question 7

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A) It was a tough situation and Manasi' was taking pains to make it better.
B) Slowly her efforts gave fruit and things started improving.
C) Everyone complemented her for her good work
D) She was very happy and thanked everyone for their help.

Question 8

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A) Harish told Raj to plead guilty.
B) Raj pleooed guilty of stealing money from the shop.
C) The court found Raj guilty of all the crimes he was charged with.
D) He was sentenced for three years in jail.

Question 9

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences:

A) Beauty, as it turns up, isn’t skin deep.
B) A study at a Scottish university has shown that attractiveness in females relates to the hormonal composition of blood.
C) Researchers found that men tend to be attracted to women who have high levels of oestrogen, a natural hormone linked to fertility.
D) The report also found that women with high estrogen levels had more feminine features, such as bigger eyes, fuller lips and smooth skin.

Question 10

In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.
Chomsky’s research revealed that children can learn to decipher meanings long before the recognition that signifiers and signifieds are arbitrarily connected and have no real relationship.
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