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General Aptitude
Verbal Ability

Practice questions from Verbal Ability.

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Q#1 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2025 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Here are two analogous groups, Group-I and Group-II, that list words in their decreasing order of intensity. Identify the missing word in Group-II.

Group-I:  Abuse  Insult  Ridicule

Group-II: ________  Praise  Appreciate

Extol

Prize

Appropriate

Espouse

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Q#2 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2025 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Had I learnt acting as a child, I __________ a famous film star.

Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

will be

can be

am going to be

could have been

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Q#3 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2025 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Identify the option that has the most appropriate sequence such that a coherent paragraph is formed:

P. Over time, such adaptations lead to significant evolutionary changes with the potential to shape the development of new species.

Q. In natural world, organisms constantly adapt to their environments in response to challenges and opportunities.

R. This process of adaptation is driven by the principle of natural selection, where favourable traits increase an organism's chances of survival and reproduction.

S. As environments change, organisms that can adapt their behaviour, structure and physiology to such changes are more likely to survive.

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Q#4 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2024 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

If’ ’denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words

[charm   enamor  bewitch]

is analogous to [bored __________  weary].

Which one the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

Jaded

baffled

Dead

Worsted

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Q#5 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2024 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Sequence the following sentences (P, Q, R, S) in a coherent passage:

P: Shifu’s student exclaimed, “Why do you run since the bull is an illusion?”

Q: Shifu said, “Surely my running away from the bull is also an illusion.”

R: Shifu once proclaimed that all life is illusion.

S: One day, when a bull gave him chase, Shifu began running for his life.

SPRQ

SRPQ

RSPQ

RPQS

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Q#6 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

"I cannot support this proposal. My ________will not permit it."

Conscious

Consensus

Conscience

Consent

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Q#7 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +1 mark -0.33 marks

Courts : ________: : Parliament : Legislature

(By word meaning)

Judiciary

Executive

Governmental

Legal

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Q#8 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Forestland is a planet inhabited by different kinds of creatures. Among other creatures, it is populated by animals all of whom are ferocious, There are also creatures that have claws, and some that do not. All creatures that have claws are ferocious.

Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following options can be logically inferred with certainty?

All creatures with claws are animals.

Some creatures with claws are non-ferocious.

Some non-ferocious creatures have claws.

Some ferocious creatures are creatures with claws.

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Q#9 Verbal Ability GATE EC 2023 (Set 1) MCQ +2 marks -0.66 marks

Which one of the following options can be inferred from the given passage alone?

When I was a kid, I was partial to stories about other worlds and interplanetary travel. I used to imagine that I could just gaze off into space and be whisked to another planet.        

[Excerpt from The Truth about Stories by T. King]

It is a child's description of what he or she likes.

It is an adult's memory of what he or she liked as a child.

The child in the passage read stories about interplanetary travel only in parts.

It teaches us that stories are good for children.

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