Verbal Reasoning questions and answers

Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers

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.

2,021.

Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plagued the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.

Mahatma Gandhi's views opposed industrialisation of villages because

A.

it would help the poor and not the rich

B.

it would take away the skill of the villagers

C.

it would affect the culture of the Indians

D.

it would undermine self-sufficiency and destroy the beauty of life of the villager

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,022.

Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plagued the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.

Which one of the following best illustrates the relationship between the phrases:
(i) 'eschew the glittering prizes' and
(ii) 'idyllic and rural paradise'?

A.

unless you do (i), you cannot have (ii)

B.

(i) and (ii) are identical in meaning

C.

first of all you must have (ii) in order to do (i)

D.

the meaning of (i) is directly opposite to (ii)

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,023.

Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plagued the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.

The basis of 'an idyllic and rural paradise' is

A.

rapid industrialisation of villages

B.

self sufficiency in food, clothes and simplicity of the lifestyle

C.

bringing to the villages the glittering prizes of the 20th century

D.

supporting those holdings powerful political positions

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,024.

Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that plagued the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to those who inherited the reins of political power.

The meaning of 'glittering prizes that the 20th century so temptingly offers' is

A.

pursuit of a commercialised material culture

B.

replacement of rural by urban interests

C.

complete removal of poverty

D.

absence of violence and corruption

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

2,025.

Speech is great blessings but it can also be great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of unusual word, or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend.

Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions to men.

Speech can be curse, because it can

A.

hurt others

B.

lead to carelessness

C.

create misunderstanding

D.

reveal our intentions

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.