General English and Verbal Reasoning Test 4

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.

Those who argue that New Delhi must throw in its lot with Washington because (.), have at least got honesty on their side.

He is a new, if 60-year-old face. He is a lavishly decorated ex-marine from a marine family and has a son serving in Iraq. He has plenty of Washington experience – inside the Pentagon - but he is also a novelist, historian and serial divorcee. He had a public spat with Mr. Bush at a party.

The protest crowds like him. And he has themes. Being against the war in Iraq is one of them. Being angry about the increasing economic burdens on middle America – and the grotesque inflation of boardroom pay – is another. And he uses both those tunes to great effect. He looks so alluring now because a marine hero who wants troops out of Iraq and also wants Mr. Bush to fly to Tehran for talks with the President there, fits perfectly with any obvious prescription for success.

Which of the following conclusions <b style="font-family:" arial;="" font-size:="" small;="">cannot be inferred from the passage?

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.

In 1932, Carl David Anderson discovered the first anti–particle – the positron. By the 1950s the anti–proton and the anti–neutron had been discovered. The importance of these discoveries was not just the fact that Dirac’s theory had been proven. (.) This energy of mass annihilation is known as photon energy and it promises to be a major source for our energy requirements in the very near future.

Directions: The last sentence in the following passage has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage.
Belief in a greater power in the Universe is something I hope never becomes extinct. I hope Man, as a species, never becomes so arrogant in his technological marvels that he sees himself in the role of God; making and destroying life by a humanistic moral code. I still like to look up at the heavens and believe that there is life out there, somewhere, races of beings struggling with the same ideas and concepts that we as a species are experiencing. I hope that one day we do make contact with other life, and that in doing so we find the seeds of Brotherhood out there in the stars, as I believe that this great experiment has been tried elsewhere. The Universe is too vast a place with too many galaxies and stars for Man to be the “Be all and end all”. Don't ask me to explain my reasoning for I can't.

Directions: The last sentence in the following passage has been deleted. Select the sentence, out of the available options, that best suits the end of the passage.
Many surveys and studies have been conducted asking buyers what traits they value most in sellers. This information is invaluable for those who truly want to be toward the top of the sales profession. Some of the traits buyers say they want to see in sellers are their being: honest, knowledgeable, organized, punctual, solution-oriented, and empathic. For some sellers, these come very naturally, while for others perhaps it`s a constant struggle to exhibit these traits.
Nearly all the traits can be summed up in one word �

Directions: The question contains a sentence/sentences/part thereof followed by five choices. Select from these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence or part.
The Doomsday Clock has been moved closer to midnight by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) due to increased perception of risk of catastrophe on account of two reasons: the perils of ready to launch nuclear weapons;

Directions: The question contains a sentence/sentences/part thereof followed by five choices. Select from these choices the one which most logically completes the idea contained in the given sentence or part.
There is hydrogen and there is oxygen, and there is chloride of sodium, and the dark blue colour is nothing but the reflection of billions of ether vibrations. But have I really to choose between two statements concerning the waves, one of which is valuable and the other not?