Verbal Ability ( Mixed )
Sample questions for Bank PO, MCA and MBA English paper. Covers idioms, antonyms, synonyms and sentence completion tasks.
Questions
Directions: In the following question, sentence with a blank has been given. Select the best alternative to fill up the blank so as to make the sentence most meaningful.
Transnational corporations and foreign firms have ________ keen interest in investing in India.
- displayed
- expressed
- discussed
- negotiated
Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
We should be careful as cellular phone operation is one of the key industries ________ to frauds worldwide.
- open
- vulnerable
- available
- welcome
Directions: The given sentence contains an idiom/phrase. You are to select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom/phrase.
To be a good orator, you don’t have to play to the galleries.
- To offend audiences
- Appease select audience
- To appeal to the public with lower taste
- To go prepared to the hall
Directions: The given sentence contains an idiom/phrase. You are to select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom/phrase.
He has the gift of the gab.
- Gifted
- Is chattering
- A chatterbox
- A good conversationist
Directions: The given sentence contains an idiom/phrase. You are to select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom/phrase.
Parental property has become a bone of contention between the two brothers.
- unifying factor
- a firm view
- something that causes a quarrel
- None of these
Directions: The given sentence contains an idiom/phrase. You are to select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom/phrase.
In the end, he had to eat the humble pie.
- apologise humbly
- adopt an aggressive attitude
- defend oneself vigorously
- None of these
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
To take someone to task
- To rebuke someone
- To praise someone
- To promote someone
- To dismiss someone
Directions: The given sentence contains an idiom/phrase. You are to select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom/phrase.
Once in a blue moon, we meet each other.
- Frequently
- Hardly ever
- Very seldom indeed
- In the light of a blue moon
Directions: The given sentence contains an idiom/phrase. You are to select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom/phrase.
He has been jobless for several months and it is his wife who keeps the pot boiling.
- avoid starvation
- keeps the fire burning
- be angry
- keeps cooking
Directions: Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Latent
- undeveloped
- gay
- convincing
- conspicuous
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Gracious
- benign
- churlish
- clement
- cautious
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Macabre
- ugly
- extravagant
- lovely
- unholy
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Impede
- fall away
- filter
- fester
- facilitate
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Novate
- modern
- ancient
- professional
- novice
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Solace
- discord
- relief
- tranquilization
- accommodation
Directions: In the following questions, sentences with a blank have been given. Select the best alternative to fill up the blank so as to make the sentence most meaningful.
At the party, he met a young woman dressed _______ white and fell in love with her.
- in
- with
- at
- none of these
Directions: In the following questions, sentences with a blank have been given. Select the best alternative to fill up the blank so as to make the sentence most meaningful.
Normally in business, confidence level moves _______ line with the size of the firm.
- in
- up
- up with
- with
Directions: In the following questions, sentences with a blank have been given. Select the best alternative to fill up the blank so as to make the sentence most meaningful.
The kind of language you speak, ________ my ears.
- hurts
- hurt
- has hurt
- had hurt
Directions: In the following questions, sentences with a blank have been given. Select the best alternative to fill up the blank so as to make the sentence most meaningful
First, the hardware must get _________ the ground.
- over
- of
- at
- off
Directions: In the following questions, choose the word from given alternatives which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in the question.
Paradigm
- solution
- role
- model
- treatment
Directions: In the following questions, choose the word from given alternatives which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in the question.
Volition
- firmness
- strength
- will
- approach
Directions: In the following questions, choose the word from given alternatives which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in the question
Felicitous
- sentimental
- happy
- lucky
- scatterbrained
Directions: In the following questions, choose the word from given alternatives which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in the question
Gourmet
- connoisseur of good food
- who has traveled widely
- chef
- voracious eater
Directions: In the following questions, choose the word from given alternatives which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in the question.
Icon
- symbol
- false representation
- document
- destroyer of images
Directions: In the following questions, choose the word from given alternatives which is most nearly the same in meaning to the word given in the question
Perspicacity
- mental keenness
- faithfulness
- calm
- sincere