CSC Verbal Ability Test1

Marks : __/20
Total number of questions : 20

Number of answered questions : 20
Number of unanswered questions : 0
Test Review : View answers and explanation for this test.
Direction (for Q.No. 1):

It is to progress in the human sciences that we must look to undo the evils which have resulted from
a knowledge of physical world hastily and superficially acquired by population unconscious of the
changes in themselves that the new knowledge has imperative. The road to a happier world than
any known in the past lies open before us if atavistic destructive passions can be kept in leash while
the necessary adaptations are made. Fears are inevitable in time, but hopes are equally rational and
far more likely to bear good fruit. We must learn to think rather less of the dangers to be avoided
than of the good that will lie within our grasp if we can believe in it and let it dominate our thoughts.
Science, whatever unpleasant consequences it may have by the way, is in its very nature a liberator,
a liberator of bondage to physical nature and in time to come, a liberator from the weight of
destructive passions. We are on the threshold of utter disaster or unprecedentely glorious
achievement. No previous age has been fraught with problems so momentous; and it is to science
that we must look to for a happy future.
1. To carve out a bright future man should
A. analyse dangers that lie ahead
B. try to avoid dangers
C. overcome fear and dangers
D. cultivate a positive outlook

Your Answer: Option D
Correct Answer: Option D
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Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to
make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
2. I have got some tea, but I do not have a sugar.
A. some
B. got
C. more
D. any
E. No correction required
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In questions below, each passage consist 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 P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.
3. S1: In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most
important person in the room.
P : For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals.
Q : On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee.
R : While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the 'feel' of this committe.
S : As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities.
S6: From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own.
The Proper sequence should be:
A. RSQP
B. PQRS
C. SQPR
D. QSRP
Learn more problems on : Ordering of Sentences
In each of the sentences given below a word is printed in bold. Below it four choices are given. Pick
up the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printer in bold and can replaces it
without altering the meaning of the sentence.
4. The invasion force had no artillery and was completely annihilated.
A. dismembered
B. reduced
C. destroyed
D. split
Your Answer: Option C
Correct Answer: Option C
Learn more problems on : Synonyms
In the questions below the sentences have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given
alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
5. "Please don't go away", she said.
A. She said to please her and not go away.
B. She told me to go away.
C. She begged me not to go away.
D. She begged that I not go away.

Learn more problems on : Change of Speech
In each question rearrange the given sentences in proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph;
then, mark the correct sequence as answer.
6.
Finally the bureaucratic organisation took over from the pioneering enterprise.
The 19th century was the age of entrepreneur, the self-made man.
Thoughtful business administration took over from action-centred business
entrepreneurship.
In the 20th century the rational executive took command.
A. 4213
B. 3124
C. 2431
D. 2341
E. 4213
Your Answer:
Learn more problems on : Paragraph Formation
In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
7. VICTORIOUS
A. Defeated
B. Annexed
C. Destroyed
D. Vanquished
Your Answer: Option A
Correct Answer: Option A
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In each questions below five words are given. Find out that word, the spelling of which is WRONG.
The letter of that word is the answer. If all the four words are spelt correctly, the answer is 'E', i.e.,
"All Correct".
8. (solve as per the direction given above)
A. Numerous
B. Nucleus
C. Nuisence
D. Numismatics
E. All correct
Explanation:
Nuisance
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Direction (for Q.Nos. 9 - 10):
In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in
the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
9. While the ladies continued their small talk in the drawing room, I felt bored.
A. whispering
B. backbiting
C. gossip
D. light conversation
Learn more problems on : Idioms and Phrases
10. The old man was cut to the quick when his rich son refused to recognise him.
A. surprised
B. hurt intensely
C. annoyed
D. irritated
Your Answer: Option B
Correct Answer: Option B
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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be
in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'.
(Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
A. Everyone visiting the house asked the young girl
B. how could she kill the wolf
C. single handed and without a weapon.
D. No error.
Your Answer: Option B
Explanation:
'how she could kill the wolf'
Learn more problems on : Spotting Errors
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be
in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'.
(Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
A. Immediately after boarding the bus,
B. Mahesh asked the conductor.
C. that if he knew
D. where the museum was,
E. No error.
Explanation:
if he knew
A. Rajesh won the case as
B. he argued very forcefully and
C. in such the intelligent way
D. that the judge changed his opinion.
E. No error.
Explanation:
in such an intelligent way
Nehru's was a many sided personality. He enjoyed reading and writing books as much as he
enjoyed fighting political and social evils or residing tyranny. In him, the scientist and the humanist
were held in perfect balance. While he kept looking at special problems from a scientific standpoint.
He never forgot that we should nourish the total man. As a scientist, he refused to believe in a
benevolent power interested in men's affairs. but, as a self proclaimed non-believer, he loved
affirming his faith in life and the beauty of nature. Children he adored. Unlike Wordsworth, he did not
see him trailing clouds of glory from the recent sojourn in heaven. He saw them as a blossoms of
promise and renewal, the only hope for mankind.
14. A 'many-side personality' means
A. a complex personality
B. a secretive person
C. a person having varied interests
D. a capable person
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Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence
meaningfully complete.
15. The boy was cured ...... typhoid.
A. from
B. of
C. for
D. through
Your Answer:
Learn more problems on : Selecting Words
16. His conduct is bad, and his honesty is not ...... suspicion.
A. above
B. beyond
C. under
D. in
Your Answer:
Learn more problems on : Selecting Words
Each sentences below consist of a word or a phrase which is bold. It is followed by four words or
phrases. Select the word or pharse which is closes to the OPPOSITE in meaning of the bold word
or phrase.
17. He is the most prudent person. I have ever came across.
A. shortsighted
B. reckless
C. inconsiderate
D. injudicious
Your Answer:
18. You can hardly find any trace of humility in the man.
A. pride
B. insolence
C. arrogance
D. conceit
19. The bedroom is at the rear side of this house.
A. unusual
B. front
C. upper
D. back
Your Answer:
20. He spoke against corruption with zeal.
A. indifference
B. calmness
C. despair
D. passiveness
Your Answer:

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Marks : __/20

Total number of questions : 20

Test Review : View answers and explanation for this test.

Direction (for Q.No. 1):

B. try to avoid dangers

C. overcome fear and dangers

D. cultivate a positive outlook

B. She told me to go away.

C. She begged me not to go away.

D. She begged that I not go away.

B. how could she kill the wolf

C. single handed and without a weapon.

B. Mahesh asked the conductor.

D. where the museum was,

B. he argued very forcefully and

C. in such the intelligent way

D. that the judge changed his opinion.

C. a person having varied interests

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