Verbal Ability Quiz 22

Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).
A) In the nineteenth century, a conjecture called the vortex theory of the atom became extremely popular in England and America.
B) It was widely believed at the time that space was permeated by an incompressible frictionless fluid called the ether.
C) Atoms, Lord Kelvin suggested, were super-small whirlpools of ether, vaguely similar to smoke rings, and take the form of knots and links.
D) Unless you were not a physicist you would not have understood vortex theory.
E)None of the these.

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.

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.
On your visit to the great estuary, you tend to question how they lived here at all, given to them the clouds of mosquitoes, the snakes and the sweltering summertime heat.

The lion lifted his head listlessly, then eyed at us over his paws.

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.

Incoherent statement is:

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.

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences:

A) Management, when facing a management problem, and having no clue as to what to do, but feeling that it should be doing something, always seems to resort to the dreaded database.
B) Management, when faced with a management problem, having no clue as to what to do, but feeling that they should be doing something, always seem to resort to the dreaded database.
C) Being faced by a management problem, having no clue as to what to do, but feeling that they should be doing something, management always seems to resort to the dreaded database.
D) Management, when face-to-face with a management problem, having no clue to what to do, but feeling that they should be doing something, always seems to resort to the dreaded database.
E) All correct.

Her acceptance of speech (A) Was well received (B) Eliciting thunderous applause (C) At several points (D)

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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