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Mini Mocks for Verbal 1
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Question 1
Directions: The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A- To, much of the Labour movement, it symbolises the brutality of the upper classes.
B- And to everybody watching, the current mess over foxhunting symbolises the government’s weakness.
C- To foxhunting’s supporters, Labour’s 1991 manifesto commitment to ban it symbolises the party’s metropolitan roots and hostility to the countryside.
D- Small issues sometimes have large symbolic power.
E- To those who enjoy thundering across the countryside in red coats after foxes, foxhunting symbolises the ancient roots of rural lives.
B- And to everybody watching, the current mess over foxhunting symbolises the government’s weakness.
C- To foxhunting’s supporters, Labour’s 1991 manifesto commitment to ban it symbolises the party’s metropolitan roots and hostility to the countryside.
D- Small issues sometimes have large symbolic power.
E- To those who enjoy thundering across the countryside in red coats after foxes, foxhunting symbolises the ancient roots of rural lives.
Question 2
A- In the case of King Merolchazzar’s courtship of the Princess of the Outer Isles, there occurs a regrettable hitch.
B- She acknowledges the gifts, but no word of a meeting date follows.
C- The monarch, hearing good reports of a neighbouring princess, dispatches messengers with gifts to her court, beseeching an interview.
D- The princess names a date, and a formal meeting takes place; after that everything buzzes along pretty smoothly.
E- Royal love affairs in olden days were conducted on the correspondence method.
B- She acknowledges the gifts, but no word of a meeting date follows.
C- The monarch, hearing good reports of a neighbouring princess, dispatches messengers with gifts to her court, beseeching an interview.
D- The princess names a date, and a formal meeting takes place; after that everything buzzes along pretty smoothly.
E- Royal love affairs in olden days were conducted on the correspondence method.
Question 3
A- Who can trace to its first beginnings the love of Damon for Pythias, of David for Jonathan, of Swan for Edgar?
B- Similarly with men.
C- There is about great friendships between man and man a certain inevitability that can only be compared with the age old association of ham and eggs.
D- One simply feels that it is one of the things that must be so.
E- No one can say what was the mutual magnetism that brought the deathless partnership of these wholesome and palatable foodstuffs about.
B- Similarly with men.
C- There is about great friendships between man and man a certain inevitability that can only be compared with the age old association of ham and eggs.
D- One simply feels that it is one of the things that must be so.
E- No one can say what was the mutual magnetism that brought the deathless partnership of these wholesome and palatable foodstuffs about.
Question 4
A- Events intervened, and in the late 1930s and 1940s, Germany suffered from "over- branding".
B- The British used to be fascinated by the home of Romanticism.
C- But reunification and the federal government's move to Berlin have prompted Germany to think again about its image.
D- The first foreign package holiday was a tour of Germany organized by Thomas Cook in 1855.
E- Since then, Germany has been understandably nervous about promoting itself abroad.
B- The British used to be fascinated by the home of Romanticism.
C- But reunification and the federal government's move to Berlin have prompted Germany to think again about its image.
D- The first foreign package holiday was a tour of Germany organized by Thomas Cook in 1855.
E- Since then, Germany has been understandably nervous about promoting itself abroad.
Question 5
A- The wall does not simply divide Israel from a putative Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders.
B- A chilling omission from the road map is the gigantic 'separation wall' now being built in the West Bank by Israel.
C- It is surrounded by trenches, electric wire and moats; there are watchtowers at regular intervals.
D- It actually takes in new tracts of Palestinian land, sometimes five or six kilometres at a stretch.
E- Almost a decade after the end of South African apartheid, this ghastly racist wall is going up with scarcely a peep from Israel's American allies who are going to pay for most of it.
B- A chilling omission from the road map is the gigantic 'separation wall' now being built in the West Bank by Israel.
C- It is surrounded by trenches, electric wire and moats; there are watchtowers at regular intervals.
D- It actually takes in new tracts of Palestinian land, sometimes five or six kilometres at a stretch.
E- Almost a decade after the end of South African apartheid, this ghastly racist wall is going up with scarcely a peep from Israel's American allies who are going to pay for most of it.
Question 6
A- Luckily the tide of battle moved elsewhere after the American victory at Midway and an Australian victory over Japan at Milne Bay.
B- It could have been no more than a delaying tactic.
C- The Australian military, knowing the position was hopeless, planned to fall back to the south-east in the hope of defending the main cities.
D- They had captured most of the Solomon Islands and much of New Guinea, and seemed poised for an invasion.
E- Not many people outside Australia realize how close the Japanese got.
B- It could have been no more than a delaying tactic.
C- The Australian military, knowing the position was hopeless, planned to fall back to the south-east in the hope of defending the main cities.
D- They had captured most of the Solomon Islands and much of New Guinea, and seemed poised for an invasion.
E- Not many people outside Australia realize how close the Japanese got.
Question 7
A- Call it the third wave sweeping the Indian media.
B- Now, they are starring in a new role, as suave dealmakers who are in a hurry to strike alliances and agreements.
C- Look around and you will find a host of deals that have been inked or are ready to be finalized.
D- Then the media barons wrested back control from their editors, and turned marketing warriors with the brand as their missile.
E- The first came with those magnificent men in their mahogany chambers who took on the world with their mighty fountain pens.
B- Now, they are starring in a new role, as suave dealmakers who are in a hurry to strike alliances and agreements.
C- Look around and you will find a host of deals that have been inked or are ready to be finalized.
D- Then the media barons wrested back control from their editors, and turned marketing warriors with the brand as their missile.
E- The first came with those magnificent men in their mahogany chambers who took on the world with their mighty fountain pens.
Question 8
A- The celebrations of economic recovery in Washington may be as premature as that "Mission Accomplished" banner hung on the USS Abraham Lincoln to hail the end of the Iraq war.
B- Meanwhile, in the real world, the struggles of families and communities continue unabated.
C- Washington responded to the favourable turn in economic news with enthusiasm.
D- The celebrations and high-fives up and down Pennsylvania Avenue are not to be found beyond the Beltway.
E- When the third quarter GDP showed growth of 7.2% and the monthly unemployment rate dipped to 6%, euphoria gripped the US capital.
B- Meanwhile, in the real world, the struggles of families and communities continue unabated.
C- Washington responded to the favourable turn in economic news with enthusiasm.
D- The celebrations and high-fives up and down Pennsylvania Avenue are not to be found beyond the Beltway.
E- When the third quarter GDP showed growth of 7.2% and the monthly unemployment rate dipped to 6%, euphoria gripped the US capital.
Question 9
Directions : The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste a undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity, its impact is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to be poor.
(B) Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women from less thriving classes.
(C) It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation- being low class and being female – that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes
(D) A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severely.
(E) Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class.
(B) Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women from less thriving classes.
(C) It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation- being low class and being female – that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes
(D) A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severely.
(E) Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class.
Question 10
Direction: Sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
Sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
A- Overcoming the handicap of crushing poverty, he has had a phenomenal run thus far.
B- Soon enough, the mentor faced exploitation charges, with a government agency taking objection to the manner on which the boy’s grooming is being handled.
C- When his widowed mother was reportedly on the verge of giving up on it all, a martial arts coach descended on stage like a deux ex machine.
D- The controversy even founded its way to the court.
A- Overcoming the handicap of crushing poverty, he has had a phenomenal run thus far.
B- Soon enough, the mentor faced exploitation charges, with a government agency taking objection to the manner on which the boy’s grooming is being handled.
C- When his widowed mother was reportedly on the verge of giving up on it all, a martial arts coach descended on stage like a deux ex machine.
D- The controversy even founded its way to the court.
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