Sample
Questions From Verbal Section
Sentence
Completion
1.
Nonviolent demonstrations often create such tensions that a community that
has constantly refused to ------ its injustices is forced to correct them:
the injustices can no longer be -------------
(A)
acknowledge. .ignored
(B) decrease. .verified
(C) tolerate.. accepted
(D) address.. eliminated
(E) explain.. discussed |
Ans: A.
Simplified
Sentence:
As a result of nonviolent demonstrations a community that has refused to
------------its injustices is forced to correct them. They can no longer
be ---------------
Clue
Words:
'is forced to correct injustices'
Type of
analogy:
Cause and effect
Option
meanings:
(A) Acknowledge=admit -------Ignored= disregarded
(B) Decrease = reduce -------- Verified = confirmed
(C) Tolerate = bear --------------Accepted = approved
(D) Address = deal with---------- Eliminated = erased
(E) Explain = describe, clarify --- Discussed = Talked about
Explanation:
The clue words 'is forced to correct them' indicate that the correction is
being done unwillingly. This means that the injustices can no longer be
'ignored' or 'accepted', the other three choices do not make sense. A
community that has 'refused to tolerate injustices' will have nothing to
correct, so we can also rule out option (C). Option (A) is therefore the
correct one: the injustices can no longer be ignored, they will have to be
acknowledged.
2. There are, as yet, no vegetation types or ecosystems whose study
has been ---- to the extent that they no longer-----ecologists.
(A)
perfected.. hinder
(B) exhausted.. interest
(C) prolonged. .require
(D) prevented. .challenge
(E) delayed. .benefit |
Ans:
E
Simplified
Sentence:
The N.I.H. have decided that human genes can be used only to correct
diseases for which --------------- treatments are unsatisfactory.
Clue Words:
'only'
Type of
analogy:
Cause and effect
Option
meanings:
(A) Similar = same
(B) Most = almost all
(C) Dangerous = not safe
(D) Uncommon = rare
(E) Alternative = different
Explanation:
We can straightaway rule out options (A),(C) and (D) because they are
illogical. If 'similar' treatments were unsatisfactory there would be no
point in trying gene therapy. Nobody would try out 'dangerous' treatment
and very few would attempt 'uncommon' ones. It is clear from the question
that gene therapy is to be used only as a last resort, after ALL the other
treatments have been tried out.
So option (E) is the correct answer.
Reading
Comprehension
The
belief that art originates in intuitive rather than rational faculties was
worked out historically and philosophically in the somewhat wearisome
volumes of Benedetto Croce, who is usually considered the originator of a
new aesthetic. Croce was, in fact, expressing a very old idea. Long before
the Romantics stressed intuition and self-expression, the frenzy of
inspiration was regarded as fundamental to art, but philosophers had
always assumed it must be controlled by law and by the intellectual power
of putting things into harmonious order. This general philosophic concept
of art was supported by technical necessities. It was necessary to master
certain laws and to use intellect in order to build Gothic cathedrals, or
set up the stained glass windows of Chartres. When this bracing element of
craftsmanship ceased to dominate artisits outlook, new technical elements
had to be adopted to maintain the intellectual element in art. Such were
linear perspective and anatomy.
i. The
passage suggests that which of the following would most likely have
occurred if linear perspective and anatomy had not come to influence
artistic endeavor?
A).The craftsmanship that shaped Gothic architecture would have continued
to dominate artists outlooks.
B).Some other technical elements would have been adopted to discipline
artistic inspiration.
C).Intellectual control over artistic inspiration would not have
influenced painting as it did architecture.
D).The role of intuitive inspiration would not have remained fundamental
to theories of artistic creation.
E).The assumptions of aesthetic philosophers before Croce would have been
invalidated.
Ans : B
Explanation:
The answer is (B). Since technical elements were necessary to support and
discipline art, and different elements had prevailed till then, linear
prospective and anatomy were just 2 new elements that dominated artist's
out look. If not them, something else would have.
ii. The passage supplies information for answering which of the
following questions.
A).Does Romantic art exhibit the triumph of intuition over intellect?
B).Did an emphasis on linear perspective and anatomy dominate romantic
art?
C).Are the intellectual and intuitive faculties harmoniously balanced in
post-Romantic art?
D).Are the effects of the rational control of artistic inspiration evident
in the great works of pre-romantic eras?
E).Was the artistic craftsmanship displayed in Gothic cathedrals also an
element in paintings of this period?
Ans : E
Explanation:
The paragraph talks bout preromantic art mainly, not romantic art
("long before the romantics--------") so we cannot answer A, B
and C which are about other periods. It also does not talk about paintings
at all, son we don't have information to answer (E) we can answer Q(D)
easily from the paragraph.
Analogies
1.
SKELETON : ANIMAL ::
(A)
ivory : piano
(B) peel : fruit
(C) ore : mine
(D) mast : ship
(E) framing : building |
Ans : E.
Explanation:
Skeleton is the framework of an animal. Animal cannot exist with out a
skeleton.
(A) Ivory is not a framework of piano.
(B) Peel is not the framework of a fruit it surrounds the fruit.
(C) Ore is obtained from a mine but it's not its framework.
(D) Mast is the pole rising from the deck of a ship it is a framework for
some part of the ship but not all of it.
(E) Framing is a frame of a building. Hence the answer is (E) .
2. OUTSKIRTS:TOWN::
(A).rung:
ladder
(B).trunk: tree
(C).water: goblet
(D).margin: page
(E).anger: airplane |
Ans
: D.
Explanation:
Outskirts surround a town
(A) Rung does not surround a ladder. It is part of a ladder.
(B) Trunk does not surround a tree.
(C) Water does not surround a goblet. It is inside the goblet.
(D) Margin surrounds the page. Hence the answer is (D)
(E) A hangar houses an aeroplane but doesn't surround it.
Antonyms
1.
FALLACY:
(A)
personal philosophy
(B) imaginative idea
(C) unconfirmed theory
(D) tentative opinion
(E) valid argument |
Ans
: E.
Explanation:
FALLACY is a wrong argument, a mistake in logic, wrong notion or
idea.
(A) Personal philosophy and its opposite impersonal philosophy are neither
an antonym nor a synonym of Fallacy.
(B) Imaginative idea or original thought and its opposite unimaginative
idea or a commonplace or unoriginal idea are not opposites of Fallacy.
(C) An unconfirmed theory has a negative connotation. Fallacy is not a
confirmed theory.
(D) Tentative or unsure opinion is also a negative phrase.
(E) A valid argument is the exact opposite of Fallacy. Since if an
argument is not valid, it is a fallacy. This is the correct antonym.
2. DIVULGE:
(A)
keep secret
(B) evaluate by oneself
(C) refine
(D) restore
(E) copy |
Ans : A.
Explanation:
To DIVULGE is to reveal.
(A) To keep secret or hide or not reveal is the correct antonym. 'A' is
the antonym.
(B) A self-test is not the opposite of 'reveal'.
(C) To refine is to purify. Its opposite, 'to adulterate' or to make
impure is not the same as to reveal or to divulge.
(D) Restoration is giving back to the rightful owner, property, job or
whatever the person has had. The opposite of restore would be to seize or
take away. This is not the same as divulge or reveal.
(E) To copy is to duplicate. What is not copied is not necessarily
revealed.
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