Verbal Ability


Question 1
Based only on the following passage, which one of the options can be inferred with certainty?
When the congregation sang together, Apenyo would also join, though her little screams were not quite audible because of the group singing. But whenever there was a special number, trouble would begin; Apenyo would try singing along, much to the embarrassment of her mother. After two or three such mortifying Sunday evenings, the mother stopped going to church altogether until Apenyo became older and learnt to behave.
At home too, Apenyo never kept quiet; she hummed or made up silly songs to sing by herself, which annoyed her mother at times but most often made her become pensive. She was by now convinced that her daughter had inherited her love of singing from her father who had died unexpectedly away from home.

[Excerpt from These Hills Called Home by Temsula Ao]
A
The mother was embarrassed about her daughter's singing at home.
B
The mother's feelings about her daughter's singing at home were only of annoyance
C
The mother was not sure if Apenyo had inherited her love of singing from her father.
D
When Apenyo hummed at home, her mother tended to become thoughtful.
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Question 2
Elvesland is a country that has peculiar beliefs and practices. They express almost all their emotions by gifting flowers. For instance, if anyone gifts a white flower to someone, then it is always taken to be a declaration of one's love for that person. In a similar manner, the gifting of a yellow flower to someone often means that one is angry with that person.

Based only on the information provided above, which one of the following sets of statement(s) can be logically inferred with certainty?

(i) In Elvesland, one always declares one's love by gifting a white flower.
(ii) In Elvesland, all emotions are declared by gifting flowers.
(iii) In Elvesland, sometimes one expresses one's anger by gifting a flower that is not yellow.
(iv) In Elvesland, sometimes one expresses one's love by gifting a white flower.
A
only (ii)
B
(i), (ii) and (iii)
C
(i), (iii) and (iv)
D
only (iv)
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Question 3
Kind : _______ : : Often : Seldom
A
Cruel
B
Variety
C
Type
D
Kindred
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Question 3 Explanation: 
Often and seldom are antonyms. Hence, correct option will be the antonym of kind i.e. Cruel.
Question 4
The line ran ______ the page, right through the centre, and divided the page into two.
A
across
B
of
C
between
D
about
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Question 5
The James Webb telescope, recently launched in space, is given humankind unprecedented access to the depths of time by imaging very old stars formed almost 13 billion years ago. Astrophysicists and cosmologists believe that this odyssey in space may even shed light on the existence of dark matter. Dark matter is supposed to interact only via the gravitational interaction and not through the electromagnetic-, the weak - or the stronginteraction. This may justify the epithet "dark" in dark matter.
Based on the above paragraph, which one of the following statements is FALSE?
A
No other telescope has captured images of starts older than those captured by the James Webb telescope.
B
People other than astrophysicists and cosmologists may also believe in the existence of dark matter.
C
The James Webb telescope could be of use in the research on dark matter.
D
If dark matter was known to interact via the strong-interaction, then the epithet "dark" would be justified.
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