Verbal Reasoning questions assess your ability to spell words correctly, use accurate grammar, understand analogies, read and comprehend written information etc. You will be presented with short passages of text, which you’ll be required to interpret and then answer questions. Verbal Reasoning questions and answers are typically in the ‘True, False, Cannot Say’ multiple-choice format, although there are a range of alternatives too.
Practise with our Verbal Resoning test questions to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual test.
Corduroy is fast establishing itself as this year's fabric. While the ribbed cotton itself provides utilitarian tenaciary, texture and warmth, it is the fabric's long held associations that may provide a hint to its current revival as a fabric for all seasons.
It is Corduroy's link with the good breeding and country living that made it an essential ingredient in the gentleman's wardrobe along with Wellington boots and decent wooly. It combines the comfortable nonsense appeal of cotton with the perfectly correct luxury finish of velvet. Corduroy has the ability to appear either supremely sophisticated or rough and ready.
According to the passage, corduroy is essential in a gentleman's wardrobe because
it goes with Wellington boots
its current revival gives a taste of the latest fashion
it has its associations with good upbringing and a conservative lifestyle
it can be an idea alternative to the woollen clothes
Correct answer is C
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Corduroy is fast establishing itself as this year's fabric. While the ribbed cotton itself provides utilitarian tenaciary, texture and warmth, it is the fabric's long held associations that may provide a hint to its current revival as a fabric for all seasons.
It is Corduroy's link with the good breeding and country living that made it an essential ingredient in the gentleman's wardrobe along with Wellington boots and decent wooly. It combines the comfortable nonsense appeal of cotton with the perfectly correct luxury finish of velvet. Corduroy has the ability to appear either supremely sophisticated or rough and ready.
Corduroy is a fabric for all seasons because
it can be worn not only in winter but also in summer
of its peculiar texture and warmth
it is made popular by catchy advertisements
gentleman can wear it in both formal and informal occasions
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Corduroy is fast establishing itself as this year's fabric. While the ribbed cotton itself provides utilitarian tenaciary, texture and warmth, it is the fabric's long held associations that may provide a hint to its current revival as a fabric for all seasons.
It is Corduroy's link with the good breeding and country living that made it an essential ingredient in the gentleman's wardrobe along with Wellington boots and decent wooly. It combines the comfortable nonsense appeal of cotton with the perfectly correct luxury finish of velvet. Corduroy has the ability to appear either supremely sophisticated or rough and ready.
According to the author, the special quality of corduroy is that
it needs no ironing
it combines the virtues of both cotton and velvet
it contains the correct mixture of cotton and velvet
both the rich and the not-so rich can afford to buy it
Correct answer is D
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Corduroy is fast establishing itself as this year's fabric. While the ribbed cotton itself provides utilitarian tenaciary, texture and warmth, it is the fabric's long held associations that may provide a hint to its current revival as a fabric for all seasons.
It is Corduroy's link with the good breeding and country living that made it an essential ingredient in the gentleman's wardrobe along with Wellington boots and decent wooly. It combines the comfortable nonsense appeal of cotton with the perfectly correct luxury finish of velvet. Corduroy has the ability to appear either supremely sophisticated or rough and ready.
Which one of the following best describes the passage?
It tells us about the usefulness of corduroy
It tells us about the virtues of corduroy
It persuades us to buy corduroy
It makes us understand the everlasting appeal of corduroy to the young
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
Organisations are institutions in which members compete for status and power. They compete for resources of the organisation, for example finance to expand their own departments, for career advancement and for power to control the activities of others. In pursuit of these aims, groups are formed and sectional interests emerge. As a result, policy decisions may serve the ends of political and career systems rather than those of the concern. In this way, the goals of the organisation may be displaced in favour of sectional interests and individual ambition.
These preoccupations sometimes prevent the emergence of organic systems. Many of the electronic firms in the study had recently created research and development departments employing highly qualified and well paid scientists and technicians. Their high pay and expert knowledge were sometimes seen as a threat to the established order of rank, power and privilege. Many senior managers had little knowledge of technicality and possibilities of new developments and electronics. Some felt that close cooperation with the experts in an organic system would reveal their ignorance and show their experience was now redundant.
The author tends to the senior managers as
ignorant and incompetent
a little out of step with their work environment
jealous of their younger colleagues
robbed of their rank, power and privilege
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.