Verbal Classification

1.Which word does NOT belong with the others?

parsley basil dill mayonnaise

2.Which word does NOT belong with the others?

inch ounce centimeter yard

3.Which word does NOT belong with the others?

tyre steering wheel engine car

4.Which word does NOT belong with the others?

tulip rose bud daisy

5.Which word does NOT belong with the others?

rye sourdough pumpernickel loaf

Letter and Symbol Series

1.SCD, TEF, UGH, ____, WKL

CMN UJI VIJ IJT

2.B2CD, _____, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D

B2C2D BC3D B2C3D BCD7

3.FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____

JAK HAL HAK JAI

4.ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, _____, MLNA

OLPA KLMA LLMA KLLA

5.CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU

GRR GSS ISS ITT

Number Series

1.Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What number should come next?

(1/3) (1/8) (2/8) (1/16)

2.Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number should come next?

7 10 12 13

3.Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What number should come next?

20 22 23 26

4.Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?

22 24 25 26

5.Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next?

12 14 27 53

Verbal Analogies

1.DIVA:OPERA

producer:theatre director:drama conductor:bus thespian:play

2.GRAIN:SALT

shard:pottery shred:wood blades:grass chip:glass

3.THRUST:SPEAR

mangle:iron scabbard:sword bow:arrow fence:epee

4.PAIN:SEDATIVE

comfort:stimulant grief:consolation trance:narcotic ache:extraction

5.LIGHT:BLIND

speech:dumb language:deaf tongue:sound voice:vibration

Change of Speech

1."If you don't keep quiet I shall shoot you", he said to her in a calm voice.

He warned her to shoot if she didn't keep quiet calmly 

He said calmly that I shall shoot you if you don't be quiet.

He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.

Calmly he warned her that be quiet or else he will have to shoot her.

2.I told him that he was not working hard.

I said to him, "You are not working hard." 

I told to him, "You are not working hard." 

I said, "You are not working hard." 

I said to him, "He is not working hard."

3.His father ordered him to go to his room and study.

His father said, "Go to your room and study."

His father said to him, "Go and study in your room."

His father shouted, "Go right now to your study room"

His father said firmly, "Go and study in your room."

4.He said to his father, "Please increase my pocket-money."

He told his father, "Please increase the pocket-money" 

He pleaded his father to please increase my pocket money.

He requested his father to increase his pocket-money. 

He asked his father to increase his pocket-money.

5.She said that her brother was getting married.

She said, "Her brother is getting married."

She told, "Her brother is getting married."

She said, "My brother is getting married."

She said, "My brother was getting married."

Change of Voice

1.After driving professor Kumar to the museum she dropped him at his hotel.

After being driven to the museum, Professor Kumar was dropped at his hotel. 

Professor Kumar was being driven dropped at his hotel. 

After she had driven Professor Kumar to the museum she had dropped him at his hotel. 

After she was driven Professor Kumar to the museum she had dropped him at his hotel.

2.I remember my sister taking me to the museum.

I remember I was taken to the museum by my sister.

I remember being taken to the museum by my sister.

I remember myself being taken to the museum by my sister. I remember taken to the museum by my sister.

3.Who is creating this mess?

Who has been created this mess? 

By whom has this mess been created? 

By whom this mess is being created? 

By whom is this mess being created?

4.They greet me cheerfully every morning.

Every morning I was greeted cheerfully. 

I am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.

I am being greeted cheerfully by them every morning.

Cheerful greeting is done by them every morning to me.

5.Darjeeling grows tea.

Tea is being grown in Darjeeling.

Let the tea be grown in Darjeeling. 

Tea is grown in Darjeeling. 

Tea grows in Darjeeling.

Idioms and Phrases

1.To make clean breast of

To gain prominence To praise oneself To confess without of reserve To destroy before it blooms

2.To keeps one's temper

To become hungry To be in good mood To preserve ones energy To be aloof from

3.To catch a tartar

To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty To catch a dangerous person To meet with disaster To deal with a person who is more than one's match

4.To drive home

To find one's roots To return to place of rest Back to original position To emphasise

5.To have an axe to grind

A private end to serve To fail to arouse interest To have no result To work for both sides

One Word Substitutes

1.Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool

Imbecility Senility Dotage Superannuation

2.That which cannot be corrected

Unintelligible Indelible Illegible Incorrigible

3.The study of ancient societies

Anthropology Archaeology History Ethnology

4.A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power

Expert Intellectual Snob Literate

5.A person who insists on something

Disciplinarian Stickler Instantaneous Boaster

Closet Test

Today most businessmen are very worried. To begin with, they are not used to competition.In the past they sold whatever ...(1)... produced at whatever prices they chose. But ...(2)... increasing competition, customers began to ...(3)... and choose. Imports suddenly became ...(4)... available and that too at cheaper ...(5)...

1.(solve as per the direction given above)

it he they we

2.(solve as per the direction given above)

with by after from

3.(solve as per the direction given above)

buy take pick want

4.(solve as per the direction given above)

hardly easily frequently conveniently

5.(solve as per the direction given above)

costs returns dividend prices