PLACEMENT AIDS: VERBAL ABILITY

Verbal Ability

No. Of Questions: 25 Duration: 20 mins

Directions for Questions 36-40: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey, he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand, from which the torch may very well have been developed, could be used for illumination was probably incidental to the primary purpose of preserving a flame. Lamps, too, were probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig or fibre burning in the molten fat dropped by a roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed into it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea shells, have persisted in identical form up to recent times.

36. Primitive man’s most important use for fire was

(a) To provide warmth

(b) To provide warmth and to cook food

(d) To cook food

37. The firebrand was used to

(a) Prevent accidents

(b) Provide light

(d) Scare animals

38. Lamps probably developed through mere

(a) Hazard

(b) Fate

(d) Planning

39. Early lamps were made by

(a) putting the fat in a shell and lighting it

(b) letting a reed soak the fat

(d) floating a reed in the sea shell

40. According to the passage, which of the following had continued in the same form upto present times?

(a) Lamps made of hollowed stones and sea shells

(b) Carrying of firebrand to preserve fire.

(d) Use of fire as a source of light

Directions for Questions 41-45: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage

Rocks, which have solidified directly from molten materials, are called igneous rocks. Igneous rocks are commonly referred to as primary rocks because they are original source of material found in sedimentaries and metamorphics. Igneous rocks compose the greater part of the earth’s crust, but they are generally covered at the surface by a relatively thin layer of sedimentary or metamorphic rocks. Igneous rocks are distinguished by the following characteristics: (1) they contain no fossils; (2) they have no regular arrangement of layers; and (3) they are nearly always made up of crystals.

Sedimentary rocks are composed largely of minute fragments derived from the disintegration of existing rocks and in some instances, from the remains of animals. As sediments are transported, individual fragments are assorted according to size. Distinct layers of such sediments as gravels, sand, and clay build up, as they are deposited by water and occasionally wind. These sediments vary in size with the material and the power of the eroding agent. Sedimentary materials are laid down in layers called strata.

When sediments harden into sedimentary rocks, the names applied to them change to indicate the change in physical state. Thus, small stones and gravel cemented together are known as conglomerates; cemented sand becomes sandstone; and hardened clay becomes shale. In addition to these, other sedimentary rocks such as limestone frequently result from the deposition of dissolved material. Organic substances, such as shells of clams or hard skeletons of other marine life normally precipitate the ingredient parts.

Both igneous and sedimentary rocks may be changed by pressure, heat solution, or cementing action. When individual grains from existing rocks tend to deform and interlock, they are called metamorphic rocks. For example, granite, an igneous rock, may be metamorphosed into gneiss or schist. Limestone, a sedimentary rock, when a subjected to heat and pressure may become marble, a metamorphic rock. Shale under pressure becomes slate.

41. The primary purpose of the passage is to

(a) Differentiate between and characterize igneous and sedimentary rocks

(b) Explain the factors that may cause rocks to change in form

(d) Define and describe several diverse kinds of rocks

(e) Explain why rocks are basic parts of the earth’s structure

42. All of the following are sedimentary rocks EXCEPT

(a) Shale

(b) Schist

(d) Limestone

(e) Gravel

43. The passage would be most likely to appear in a _______

(a) Teaching manual accompanying an earth science text

(b) Technical article for geologists

(d) Newspaper feature explaining how oil is found

(e) Nonfiction book explaining where to find the results of sedimentation

44. The relationship between igneous and sedimentary rocks may best be compared to the relationship between

(a) Sand and Clay

(b) Water and Land

(d) Nucleus and cell wall

(e) Leaves and Compost

45. The passage contains information that would answer which of the following questions? I)which elements form igneous rocks?

II)what produces sufficient pressure to alter a rock?

III)why is marble called a metamorphic rock?

(a) I only

(b) I and II only

(d) II and III only

(e) I, II and III only

Directions for Questions 46-50:

The following questions have sentences with blanks.

Choose the answer option which will correctly fill the blank

46. He shot everyone _______

(a) both "in sight" and "in his sight" are correct

(b) in his sight

(d) neither "in sight" nor "in his sight" is correct

47. He _______ through the show.

(a) Both 'slept' and 'slept off' are correct

(b) slept off

(d) Neither 'slept' nor 'slept off' is correct

48. There is so much melodrama that the audience _______

(a) is switched off

(b) switches off

(d) neither "switches off" nor "is switched off" is correct

49. The heroine _______ for her lover.

(a) pines away

(b) pines

(d) neither "pines" nor "pines away" is correct

50. In Gadar, Om Puri _______ the villain.

(a) acted

(b) played

(d) neither "played" nor "acted" is correct

Directions for Questions 51-55: In the following questions a set of sentences are given.

Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

51.

(i) Some sections of the public might be seeing Gadar as a provocative film.

(ii) Some sections of the public would be seeing Gadar as a provocative film.

(iii) Some sections of the public see Gadar as a provocative film.

(iv) All the statements are grammatically incorrect

(a) i

(b) ii

(d) iv

52.

(i) She says Garam Hawa is being a shining example of a Partition film.

(ii) She would be saying Garam Hawa is a shining example of a Partition film.

(iii) She says Garam Hawa is a shining example of a Partition film.

(iv) All the statements are grammatically incorrect

(a) i

(b) ii

(d) iii

53.

(i) The author is telling that Gadar should be screened.

(ii) The author would say that Gadar should be screened.

(iii) The author says that Gadar should be screened.

(iv) All the statements are grammatically incorrect

(a) i

(b) ii

(d) iii

54.

(i) The author is agreeable with the view that Partition should be discussed.

(ii) The author agrees with the view that Partition should be discussed.

(iii) The author would be agreeable to the view that Partition should be discussed.

(iv) All the statements are grammatically incorrect

(a) i

(b) iv

(d) ii

55.

(i) In Gadar, the father will always be telling his daughter to forget her husband in Hindustan.

(ii) In Gadar, the father is telling his daughter to forget her husband in Hindustan.

(iii) In Gadar, the father tells his daughter to forget her husband in Hindustan.

(iv) All the statements are grammatically incorrect

(a) iii

(b) ii

(d) iv

Directions for Questions 56-60: For each of the questions below, from the options given there choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word given in the Question.

56. Cursory

(a) Scold

(b) Casual

(d) High

57. Pilfer

(a) Destroy

(b) Damage

(d) Steal

58. Shied

(a) Declared

(b) Avoided

(d) Vocalized

59. Candid

(a) Frank

(b) Impertinent

(d) Rude

60. Cryptic

(a) Egyptian

(b) Written

(d) Puzzling

(e) Dead