107
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
PERTINENT (OPPOSITE)
a. Irrational
b. Irregular
c. Insistent
d. Irrelevent
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
23
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Fallible
b. Enthusiastic
c. Unsuspecting
d. Unrealistic
Only those who are gullible take every advertisement seriously.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
22
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Verbose
b. Involved
c. Lucid
d. Witty
His style is quite transparent.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
21
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Libertine
b. Loafer-type
c. Criminal
d. Freelance
A person unrestrained by the rules of morality or tradition is called a licentious person.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
20
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Hatred for mankind
b. Hatred for womankind
c. Love for the reasonable
d. Love for womankind
Swift is known in the world of letters for his misogynism.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
24
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Later
b. Many
c. Few
d. Earlier
We didn't believe in his statement, but subsequent events proved that he was right.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
25
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Beaten up
b. Captured
c. Killed
d. Mutilated
The angry villagers have lynched two suspected child-lifters already.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
26
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Natural tendency
b. Aptitude
c. Characteristic
d. Quality
He has a propensity for getting into debt.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
30
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Quietened
b. Channelized into healthy directions
c. Stirred up
d. Contained and suppressed
e. Disapproved
By his speech he fermented trouble in the ranks of the army.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
29
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Fatiguing
b. Weakening
c. Aesthetic
d. Harmful
e. Appreciable
The environment left a deleterious effect on his health.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
28
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Depression
b. Boom
c. Regeneration
d. Sudden and violent change
e. Unprecedented collapse
The economic cataclysm which followed the industrial revolution brought with it complex problems hitherto unknown.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
27
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. The pessimist
b. The sceptic
c. Sceptic about the existence of God or any ultimate reality
d. The atheist
e. The altruist
The agnostic demanded proof before he would accept the statement of the secretary.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
14
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Opening
b. Stodgy
c. End
d. Past tense of go
VENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
13
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Courageous
b. Rash
c. Bold
d. Daring
RECKLESS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
12
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Appreciate
b. Frank
c. Indulge
d. Pacify
GRATIFY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1285
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. It is an act against the drawbacks of appetite
b. It brings joy in eating, and one learns to appreciate food
c. It is the method to understand how civilization evolved
d. It is a punishment for the greedy and unkind
What are the benefits of fasting?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1284
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Neither were fed nor entertained regularly
b. They renew and refresh themselves regularly
c. They were regularly separated from their loved ones and things they liked
d. The roles of men and women were clearly divided for both professions
What commonality has been highlighted between the sailors and hunters?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1283
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. After so many days of being hungry, the cave men and women felt alive once again after eating the food
b. People respected and were thankful for getting food after days of being hungry and also of being united with their loved ones
c. Cave men and women ate and celebrated together with the entire community making the feast really enjoyable
d. Cave men and women enjoyed themselves in the feast and performed a ceremony to thank the Gods for their safe return back home
'The long-awaited meal became a feast to remember and an almost sacred celebration of life', what does this line imply?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1282
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The olden times, when the roles of men and women were clearly divided, were far more enjoyable than the present time
b. There is not enough effort required anymore to obtain food and hence the pleasure derived is not the same
c. People who don't have enough to eat enjoy life much more than those who have plentiful
d. We should deny ourselves pleasures once in a while in order to whet our desires and feel more alive
What is the author's main argument in the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
3
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Inflexible
b. Bitter
c. Good-natured
d. Disguisedly sarcastic
IRONIC
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
7
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Poor
b. Foolish
c. Insane
d. Strained
WRETCHED
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
8
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Hindrance
b. Repression
c. Obstacle
d. Restriction
RESTRAINT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
9
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Full of confidence
b. FALSE
c. Encouraging
d. Provocative
MENDACIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
10
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Punish
b. Curse
c. Dismiss
d. Reprimand
ADMONISH
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
11
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Lean
b. Gaunt
c. Emaciated
d. Obese
CORPULENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
31
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Capricious
b. Whimsical
c. Flamboyant
d. Pretentious
e. Showily attractive
He has got a meretricious style which does not produce a lasting effect.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
32
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
a. Infrequent, irregular
b. Persistent, constant
c. Continuous
d. Sparing
e. Corrective and preventive both
The liberal school of thought trusts in education reform and the sporadic use of force to remedy the depravity of certain isolated individuals or groups.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
33
Select the word or phrase which fits each definition.
a. Creditable
b. Credible
c. Credulous
d. Sensitive
e. Sensible
A person who readily believes others.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
50
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Soldier
b. Urchin
c. Surrender
d. Breeze
e. Spouse
WAIF
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
49
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Revaluation
b. Assessment
c. Loss
d. Retaliation
e. Nonsense
REPRISAL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
48
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Calm
b. Cryptic
c. Practical
d. Salivary
e. Dishonest
PHLEGMATIC
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
47
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Stale
b. Necessary
c. Indifferent
d. Nonchalant
e. Vivid
MUSTY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
121
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
(A) Umesh is/(B) five years/ (C) senior than me./ (D) No error.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
122
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
(A) Can I lend/(B) your pencil/(C) for a minute, please ?/(D) No error.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
123
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
(A) Ganguly is one of the finest batsmen/ (B) that India have produced/ (C) over the decades./ (D) No error
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
124
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
(A) She sang/ (B) very well/(C)isn't it?./ (D) No error.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
125
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
(A) The man told to her/ (B) that he had not brought his dog/ (C) out for a walk as he was afraid that it would rain./ (D) No error
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
128
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Got fined
b. Fined
c. Was to be fined
d. No improvement needed
Neha was fined for careless driving.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
46
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Felony
b. Misdeed
c. Indignity
d. Fiat
e. illiteracy
MISDEMEANOUR
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
45
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Pious
b. Outrageous
c. Anxious
d. Sociable
e. Gloomy
EGREGIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
44
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Exculpate
b. Educate
c. Exonerate
d. Prepare
e. Embarrass
INCULCATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
37
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Worldly
b. Disarming
c. Moving
d. Inherent
e. Seeking
PERIPATETIC
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
36
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Iridescent
b. Transparent
c. Translucent
d. Pollutant
e. Giving off an odour
OPALESCENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
35
Select the word or phrase which fits each definition.
a. Epilogue
b. Conclusion
c. Peroration
d. Permutation
e. Percussion
Last part of speech.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
34
Select the word or phrase which fits each definition.
a. Transitional
b. Ephemeral
c. Transient
d. Transitory
e. Monumental
Flowers and insects or anything lasting only for a day.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
38
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Pertaining to charms or magic
b. Highly sensitive
c. Needlessly repetitious
d. Highly touchy
e. Fleeting
TAUTOLOGICAL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
39
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Entertain
b. Transform
c. Turn away
d. Lead towards
e. Displease
AVERT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
40
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Galvanize
b. Visualize
c. Locate
d. Quote
e. Signal
CITE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
41
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Regenerate
b. Obese
c. Different
d. Hungry
e. Bloody
CORPULENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
42
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Garrulous
b. Primeval
c. Vigorous
d. Disparate
e. Thin
EMACIATED
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
43
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Paint
b. Garner
c. Adorn
d. Abuse
e. Banish
GARNISH
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1282 - 1285
Fasting is an act of homage to the majesty of appetite. So I think we should arrange to give up our pleasures regularly-our food, our friends, our lovers- in order to preserve their intensity, and the moment of coming back to them. For this is the moment that renews and refreshes both oneself and the thing one loves. Sailors and travelers enjoyed this once, and so did hunters, I suppose. Part of the weariness of modern life may be that we live too much on top of each other, and are entertained and fed too regularly.
Once we were separated by hunger both from our food and families, and then we learned to value both. The men went off hunting, and the dogs went with them; the women and children waved goodbye. The cave was empty of men for days on end; nobody ate, or knew what to do. The women crouched by the fire, the wet smoke in their eyes; the children wailed; everybody was hungry. Then one night there were shouts and the barking of dogs from the hills, and the men came back loaded with meat.
This was the great reunion, and everybody gorged themselves silly, and appetite came into its own; the long-awaited meal became a feast to remember and an almost sacred celebration of life. Now we go off to the office and come home in the evenings to cheap chicken and frozen peas. Very nice, but too much of it, too easy and regular, served up without effort or wanting. We eat, we are lucky, our faces are shining with fat, but we don't know the pleasure of being hungry any more.
Too much of anything-too much music, entertainment, happy snacks, or time spent with one's friends- creates a kind of impotence of living by which one can no longer hear, or taste, or see, or love, or remember. Life is short and precious, and appetite is one of its guardians, and loss of appetite is a sort of death. So if we are to enjoy this short life we should respect the divinity of appetite, and keep it eager and not too much blunted.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1072
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Uncontrolled
b. Strange
c. Stupid
d. Difficult
BIZARRE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1071
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Daily
b. Language
c. Dialogue
d.Converse
DIALECT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1036
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Smooth
b. Imported
c. Lavish
d. Standard
PLUSH
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1035
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Mixed
b. Luxurious
c. Decorated
d. Finished
ASSORTED
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1034
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Complacent
b. Fat
c. Irritable
d. Old
GRUMPY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1033
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Taste
b. Spicy
c. Pungent
d. Mild
BITTER
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1037
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Good
b. Enthralling
c. Beautiful
d. Pleasing
DELIGHTFUL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1038
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Eagerness
b. Excitement
c. Brave
d. Power
ZEAL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1039
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Sweat
b. Quiver
c. Tiredness
d. Boredom
PALPITATION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1040
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Connect
b. Collect
c. Attend
d. Assemble
CONGREGATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1041
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Connect
b. Dissolve
c. Attend
d. Disperse
CONSOLIDATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1042
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Quick
b. Excitement
c. Indifference
d. Enjoy
FERVOR
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1032
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Tolerate
b. See
c. Carry
d. Doing
ENDURE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1031
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Compulsory
b. Useless
c. Important
d. Included
IMPERATIVE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
931
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Fall
b. Advance
c. Ahead
d. Forward
REGRESS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
924
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Throw
b. Pull
c. Release
d. Connect
HARNESS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
923
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Pleasant
b. Violent
c. Fine
d. Beautiful
GORY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
908
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Stupendous
b. Average
c. Olympic
d. Useless
PRODIGIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
907
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Naive
b. Dispensable
c. Essential
d. Useful
CRUCIAL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
925
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Fair
b. Reasonable
c. Fast
d. Extreme
MODERATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
926
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Excited
b. Stylish
c. Furious
d. Simple
SOBER
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
927
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Joy
b. Despair
c. Cry
d. Jubilation
EUPHORIA
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
928
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Constrain
b. Settle
c. Liberate
d. Fetter
INCARCERATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
929
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Unsurpassable
b. Hazard
c. Unbelievable
d. Safety
JEOPARDY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
930
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Consistency
b. Difficult
c. Absurd
d. Simple
PARADOX
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1044
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Stupidity
b. Ignorance
c. Inattentive
d. Indifference
NONCHALANCE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1045
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Evidence
b. Exam
c. Order
d. Test
TESTIMONY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1046
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Difficult
b. Beautiful
c. Faultless
d. Nice
IMMACULATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1064
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Same
b. Seeable
c. Tangible
d. Present
PALPABLE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1063
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Lazy
b. Labor
c. Trivial
d. Hard
LABORIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1062
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Comply
b. Agree
c. Untie
d. Disjoin
ADHERE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1061
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Follow
b. Agree
c. Insist
d. Deceive
ASSERT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1065
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Communicable
b. Harmful
c. Preventive
d. Survival
CONTAGIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1066
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Responsive
b. Unbreakable
c. Glacial
d. Distasteful
FRIGID
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1067
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Adjoin
b. End
c. Enjoy
d. Expand
ABUT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1068
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Attach
b. Timing
c. Interfere
d. Build
TAMPER
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1069
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Foam
b. Ice
c. Beat
d. Forward
FROTH
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1070
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Transparent
b. Dull
c. Glowing
d. Lame
LUMINOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1060
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Protect
b. Wall
c. Surrounding
d. Gate
FENCING
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1059
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Progression
b. Original
c. Initial
d. Solve
SEQUEL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1058
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Evacuate
b. Decrease
c. Disappear
d. Harm
VANISH
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1051
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Flourish
b. Stay
c. Try
d. Work
THRIVE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1049
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Sounds
b. Chants
c. Humming
d. Stories
HYMNS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1048
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Fables
b. Answers
c. Written
d. Papers
APOLOGUES
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1047
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Overpower
b. Excitement
c. Happy
d. Cry
OVERWHELM
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1052
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Fast
b. Furious
c. Alluring
d. Tasty
TEMPESTUOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1053
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Luxury
b. Happy
c. Enthusiasm
d. Handwork
EXUBERANCE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1054
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Stupendous
b. Grand
c. Tasty
d. Decorated
SUMPTUOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1055
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Luxurious
b. Transparent
c. Happiness
d. Intelligent
OPULENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1056
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Apprise
b. Balance
c. Song
d. Agree
ACCORD
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1057
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Extra
b. Miscellaneous
c. Unimportant
d. Bright
SUNDRY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
137
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Why he wrote the letter was since
b. For which he wrote the letter was because
c. Why he wrote the letter was that
d. No improvement needed
The reason why he wrote the letter was because he could not contact him over the phone.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
138
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Away
b. Up
c. Down
d. No improvement needed
While crossing the highway a five year old child was knocked out by a passing car.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
139
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Did they speak
b. They will speak
c. They had spoken
d. No improvement needed
Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate wife about it.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
78
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Indigence
b. Opulence
c. Sorrow
d. Exuberance
Like poverty, affluence can sometimes create its own problems.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
77
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Resurgence
b. Breakthrough
c. Continuation
d. Combination
IMPASSE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
76
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Invaluable
b. Worthless
c. Inferior
d. Lowly
VALUABLE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
75
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Aggressive
b. Straightforward
c. Dignified
d. Supercilious
SUBSERVIENT (OPPOSITE)
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79
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Admire
b. Respect
c. Applaud
d. Appreciate
I abhor the ideas he sometimes expresses.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
80
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Impractical
b. Impossible
c. Difficult
d. Impracticable
The members thought that the task was feasible.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
151
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. From
b. With
c. In with
d. On about
e. Up with
Rati just chimes . . . . the opinion of her husband and seems to have no mind of her own.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
152
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. In/in
b. At/between
c. Inside/of
d. Under/beyond
e. Beyond/under
Most children remain . . . . school . . . the ages of seven and eight.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
153
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. For
b. With
c. To
d. Through
e. Off
When Shankar remembered his wife long dead he was moved . . . . tears.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
154
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Till
b. Round
c. Through
d. To
e. From
The protracted illness has reduced him . . . . skeleton.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
74
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Copious
b. Extravagant
c. Generous
d. Ostentatious
FRUGAL (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
73
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Frugal
b. Thrifty
c. Stingy
d. Generous
NIGGARDLY (OPPOSITE)
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72
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Defeated
b. Annexed
c. Destroyed
d. Vanquished
VICTORIOUS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
55
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Achieving
b. Serious
c. Capitalistic
d. Sneezing
e. Expensive
CHAFFING (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
54
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Various
b. Lacking
c. Benign
d. Pompous
e. Futile
NEFARIOUS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
53
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Produced by fire
b. Worthy
c. Given to questioning
d. Huge
e. Known
IGNOBLE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
52
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Carried
b. Close
c. Permanent
d. Removed
e. Certain
TRANSIENT (OPPOSITE)
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56
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Amuse
b. Treat honestly
c. Prate
d. Shackle
e. Vilify
COZEN (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
57
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Narrowing
b. Prompt
c. Enlarging
d. Portentous
e. Sour
DILATORY (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
58
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Suggestive
b. Doubtful
c. Untidy
d. Pleasant
e. Bearish
GRISLY (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
59
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Related
b. Mischievous
c. Respective
d. Pious
e. Violent
IRREVERENT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
60
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Youthful
b. Ruddy
c. Strong
d. Unravelled
e. Sedate
JAUNTY (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
71
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Indifferent
b. Troublesome
c. Weak
d. Unconcerned
QUIESCENT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
155
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. With
b. Of
c. In
d. About
e. None of these
Social psychology studies . . . . the behaviour of human groups organised or unorganised.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
156
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Insolence . . . .irately
b. Insouciance . . . .cordially
c. Graciousness . . . .amiably
d. Arrogance . . . .disdainfully
e. Querulousness . . . .affably
Because she had a reputation for . . . . we were surprised and pleased when she greeted us so . . . ..
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
157
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Proud . . . . almsgiver
b. Noble . . . . philanthropist
c. Affluent . . . . mendicant
d. Natural . . . . philosopher
e. Peripatetic . . . .vagabond
Raghav is not attracted by the . . . . life of the . . . . , always wandering through the country-side, begging for charity.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
209
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. He supported capitalism
b. He extended Darwin's theory of evolution to a lot of things
c. He had one broad and simple idea and many specific ideas flowed from it
d. He was a friend of Parsons
According to the author, why was Spencer so popular in the 19th Century?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
205
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Because he believed in Darwin's theory of evolution
b. Because his work was perceived to justify capitalism
c. Because he was an English philosopher
d. None of these
Why did Spencer have a large enthusiastic following in the United States?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
205 - 212
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The big idea was evolution, but, while Darwin applied it to species change, speculating about society and culture only with reluctance, Spencer saw evolution working everywhere. "This law of organic progress is the law of all progress," he wrote, "whether it be in the development of the Earth, in the development of Life upon its surface, in the development of Society, of Government, of Manufactures, of Commerce, of Language, Literature, Science, [or] Art." Spencer has been tagged as a social Darwinist, but it would be more correct to think of Darwin as a biological Spencerian. Spencer was very well known as an evolutionist long before Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published, in 1859, and people who had limited interest in the finches of the Galápagos had a great interest in whether the state should provide for the poorer whether it was right to colonize India.
In New York Spencer told his admirers that they had got him seriously wrong. He did not approve of the culture of American capitalism, and, while he admired its material achievements, he was concerned that, for Americans, work had become a pathological obsession. Americans were endangering their mental and physical health through overwork, and many were turning gray before their time-ten years earlier than the British, Spencer believed. America needed "a revised ideal of life," he said, and it was time to "preach the gospel of relaxation." He went on, "Life is not for learning, nor is life for working, but learning and working are for life." Having administered that slap to the face of national virtue, Spencer steamed off back to England.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The great event of the New York cultural season of 1882 was the visit of the sixty-two-year-old English philosopher and social commentator Herbert Spencer. Nowhere did Spencer have a larger or more enthusiastic following than in the United States, where such works as "Social Statics" and "The Data of Ethics" were celebrated as powerful justifications for laissez-faire capitalism. Competition was preordained; its result was progress; and any institution that stood in the way of individual liberties was violating the natural order. "Survival of the fittest"-a phrase that Charles Darwin took from Spencer-made free competition a social as well as a natural law.
Spencer was, arguably, the single most influential systematic thinker of the nineteenth century, but his influence, compared with that of Darwin, Marx, or Mill, was short-lived. In 1937, the Harvard sociologist Talcott Parsons asked, "Who now reads Spencer?" Seventy years later, the question remains pertinent, even if no one now reads Talcott Parsons, either. In his day, Spencer was the greatest of philosophical hedgehogs: his popularity stemmed from the fact that he had one big, easily grasped idea and a mass of more particular ideas that supposedly flowed from the big one.
205 - 212
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
210
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Darwin's idea of evolution preceded that of Spencer
b. Both Darwin and Spencer got the idea of the evolution at the same time
c. Spencer's idea of evolution preceded that of Darwin
d. Darwin and Spencer worked on totally different models of evolution
What is the author most likely to agree to in the following?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
211
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Vindication
b. Surprise
c. Happiness
d. Depression
What must have been the most-likely response/reaction of the New York audience to Spencer's talk in 1882?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
212
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. People who were not interested in the bird finch
b. People who were not interested in finches in particular from Galapagos
c. People who were not interested in animal species or natural evolution
d. People who did not have interest in birds
Which people is the author referring to in the statement: "people who had limited interest in the finches of the Galápagos"?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
"Build a worse mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." This isn't much of a slogan, but over the past few years it has, in certain circles, become conventional wisdom, thanks mainly to "The Innovator's Dilemma," a 1997 book by a Harvard professor named Clayton Christensen. Why, Christensen asked, do companies that dominate one kind of technology tend to get swamped by those that offer something new? American auto companies ruled the world of big, powerful cars but were blindsided by the Japanese when small cars came into vogue. The same thing happened to companies that made big radios when the transistor radio came along, and to minicomputer manufacturers with the arrival of the P.C.
Christensen discovered that the new technologies-he called them "disruptive technologies"-were actually less effective, at first, than those they replaced. Japan's cars were less powerful and more dangerous than Detroit's. Transistor radios were tinny. P.C.s were weak. But the new products were both inexpensive and convenient. This allowed them to win over the low end of the market, the people who couldn't afford-or didn't want-an El Dorado or an Emerson. Eventually, as the disruptors got better, they won over the rest of the market.
213 - 220
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1506
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
(A) It have been/ (B) ages since I/ (C) played the guitar./ (D) No error
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
213 - 220
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
History is littered with failed Type Ones. What's significant, though, is its rejection of the Christensen model that characterized the Internet economy, where companies tried to topple incumbents by being faster and cheaper. That was nice for consumers but not for companies; when everyone's getting cheaper and faster, no one's making any money. Now companies and venture capitalists are searching for innovations that represent a qualitative advance. They're heeding the economist Joseph Schumpeter: "Innovations are changes . . . which cannot be decomposed into infinitesimal steps. Add as many mail-coaches as you please, you will never get a railroad."
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
170
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Theoretical
b. Vague
c. Concrete
d. Tentative
e. Redundant
In place of the more general debate about abstract principles of government that most delegates probably expected, the constitutional convention put . . . . proposals on the table.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
169
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Hostage
b. Autocrat
c. Compass
d. Newcomer
e. Harbinger
Because it arrives so early in the season, before many other birds, the robin has been called the . . . . of spring.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
168
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. An intimacy. . . . precarious
b. A fidelity . . . . munificent
c. A skill . . . . excessive
d. An indifference . . . . chancy
e. A senstivity . . . . distinctive
In Japanese art, profound emotion is frequently couched in images of nature, observed with . . . . conditioned by life in a land of dramatic seasonal change, where perils of earthquake and typhoon make nature's bounty . . . . and its processes awesome and beautiful.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
161
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Accord with
b. Reconcile with
c. Reconcile to
d. Correspond with
e. Correspond to
The result does not . . . . my original conception of the master.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
160
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Ignominiously
b. Privately
c. Magnanimously
d. Fortuitously
e. Inconspicuously
To the dismay of the student body, the class president was . . . . berated by the principal at a school assembly.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
159
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Begging
b. Impecunious
c. Penitent
d. Impervious
e. Impetuous
Now that he was prosperous and affluent, he gladly contributed funds to assist the . . . . and the disabled.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
158
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Devastate
b. Devoure
c. Embezzle
d. Defalcate
e. Dawdle
Legislation was passed to punish brokers who . . . . their clients funds.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
162
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Complicated
b. Intricate
c. Entrapped
d. Entangled
e. Tangled
Patriotism, like so many other objects of this imperfect world, is a . . . . web of good and evil.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
163
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Destructive
b. Revolting
c. Disastrous
d. Unfailing
e. Compounded
The consequences of the growing materialism of the modern age will be . . . .
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
164
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Enthralling
b. Accomplished
c. Pedestrian
d. Auspicious
e. Masterful
We were amazed that a man who had been heretofore the most . . . . . of public speakers could, in a single speech, electrify an audience and bring them cheering to their feet.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
165
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Lessened
b. Invalidated
c. Restrained
d. Dispersed
e. Fueled
New concerns about growing religious tension in northern India were . . . . this week after at least fifty people were killed and hundreds were injured or arrested in riots between Hindus and Muslims.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
166
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Harden
b. Stagnate
c. Inflate
d. Propagate
e. Decompose
In a revolutionary development in technology, several manufacturers now make biodegradable forms of plastic; some plastic six-pack rings, for example, gradually . . . . when exposed to sunlight.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
167
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Satiric
b. Elegiac
c. Free
d. Humorous
e. Didactic
Unlike other examples of . . . . verse, Milton's 'Lycidas' does more than merely mourn the death of Edward King; it also denounces corruption in the church in which King was ordained.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
51
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
a. Foolish
b. Bitter
c. Voracious
d. Veracious
e. Fallacious
SAGACIOUS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1030
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Related
b. Included
c. Different
d. Solitary
RECLUSE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1029
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Passionate
b. Vocalize
c. Complex
d. Difficult
ARTICULATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
200
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Credible
b. Discipline
c. Gullible
d. Weakness
CREDULITY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
199
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Disturb
b. Carefree
c. Distress
d. Emotive
BLITHE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
198
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Beautiful
b. Distasteful
c. Boring
d. Crude
BOORISH
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
197
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Discipline
b. To go away
c. Deceit
d. Slander
ASPERSION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
201
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Delude
b. Fancy
c. Flood
d. Illusion
DELUGE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
202
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Conversation
b. Speech
c. Function
d. Religion
DISCOURSE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
203
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Discreet
b. Disturb
c. Different
d. Defame
DISPARATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
301
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Take from
b. Exchange
c. Back off
d. Slide
SWAP
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
302
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Musician
b. Sailor
c. Painter
d. Writer
AUTHOR
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
303
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Boring
b. New and exciting
c. Faulty
d. Fast
REVOLUTIONARY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
196
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Self-confidence
b. Probe
c. Approval
d. Distress
APPROBATION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
195
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Face
b. Fragile
c. Soft
d. Easily done
FACILE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
909
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) Ravi said to me that (B) he too wanted (C) to go to the ball.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
334
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. The nuclear bombs on its
b. A nuclear bombs on it
c. The nuclear bomb on it
d. The nuclear bomb on its
e. No improvement
Japan was severly damaged after USA dropped the nuclear bombs on it.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
333
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. This animals
b. Those animal
c. These animals
d. No improvement
These animal are suffering in the zoo.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
332
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. Prisons in India
b. Prisons of India
c. Prisons for India
d. Prisons at India
e. No improvement
The state of prison in India is amongst the worst in the world.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
140
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Looks ahead to
b. Looks for
c. Looks onto
d. No improvement needed
The mother has not seen the child for several months and now eagerly looks forward to seeing him.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
335
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. Cross upon the line
b. Cross the line
c. Cross out the line
d. No improvement
If you cross on the line you will be disqualified.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
336
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. His intense desire
b. His desirable power
c. His hunger for power
d. No improvement
His powerful desire brought about his downfall.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
337
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. Women doctor
b. Woman doctors
c. Women doctors
d. No improvement
There is a dearth of woman doctor in our state. We may have to recruit some from the other states.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
338
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. The tallest
b. Taller
c. The taller
d. A taller
e. No improvement
She is tallest of all the girls.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
339
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. Leveled for
b. Eye with
c. Eye against
d. Leveling with
e. No improvement
All allegations leveled against him were found to be baseless.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
340
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. To construct
b. At constructing
c. Constructing
d. No improvement
They have been stopped from constructing new buildings.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
304
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Brave
b. Hungry
c. Sincere
d. Good looking
COURAGEOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
305
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Swift
b. Calm
c. Angry
d. Attentive
FURIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
306
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Pure
b. Dirty
c. Interesting
d. Curious
SHABBY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1022
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Delicious
b. Varied
c. Vivid
d. Good
DELECTABLE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1021
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Peak
b. Valley
c. Hill
d. Bottom
NADIR
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1020
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Twinkle
b. Pendant
c. Pin
d. Crown
TIARA
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1019
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Celebration
b. Preparation
c. Happy
d. Dance
JUBILATION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1023
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Useless
b. Primary
c. Weak
d. Novice
ELEMENTARY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1024
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Disturbing
b. Agitated
c. Numb
d. Calm
TRANQUIL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1025
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Quiet
b. Talkative
c. Lovely
d. Amazing
LOQUACIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1026
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Frill
b. Chips
c. Daunting
d. Plain
RUFFLE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1027
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Frilled
b. Dotted
c. Periphery
d. Cut
FRINGE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1028
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Betray
b. Argument
c. Conceive
d. Force
DECEIVE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1017
iufSelect the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Dry
b. Separated
c. Arrogant
d. Superfluous
ARID
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1016
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Relish
b. Relate
c. Antiquities
d. Collect
RELICS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1015
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Productive
b. Proud
c. Quick
d. Splendid
PROLIFIC
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1008
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Squander
b. Speak
c. Overflow
d. Seek
SPLURGE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1007
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Home
b. Dwelling
c. Abroad
d. On-board
ABODE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
308
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Demotion
b. Caution
c. Explosion
d. Repulsion
DETONATION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
307
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Attraction
b. Predilection
c. Disinclination
d. Defiance
RELUCTANCE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1009
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Great
b. Imaginary
c. Huge
d. FALSE
UTOPIA
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1010
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Home
b. Village
c. Piglet
d. Farm
HAMLET
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1011
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Similar
b. Flaunt
c. Humble
d. Luxuriant
EPICUREAN
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1012
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Imagining
b. Admiring
c. Charming
d. Celebrating
ENCHANTING
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1013
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Economical
b. Enjoy
c. Grant
d. Smooth
SAVOR
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1014
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Decorate
b. Enjoy
c. Admire
d. Hate
ADORN
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
906
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Take
b. Expel
c. Absorb
d. Blend
EMIT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
903
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Embracing
b. Avoiding
c. Eluding
d. Dodging
SHUNNING
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
902
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Burdened
b. Appease
c. Alleviation
d. Placate
ASSUAGEMENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
280
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What does Devyani Raman's statement imply?
a. Beautiful clothes are an important luxury item and should be taken care of
b. The luxury goods market is becoming disorganized
c. The supply of beautiful clothes is very high
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
279
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Why do different rules apply to Wal-Mart and luxury good firms?
a. India is encouraging luxury goods while it doesn't encourage Wal-Mart
b.India is an attractive market for luxury goods
c. There are different rules for retail firms and those that sell their own product
d. India does not have a flourishing counterfeit industry
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
278
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What is the author most likely to agree to as the reason for the inflow of luxury good groups in India?
a. The fast growth in Indian economy leading to bright future prospects
b. To serve 'the new breed of maharajas'
c. To serve the tiny fraction of high income groups in India
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
277
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Who are the 'new breed of Maharajas' ?
a. Maharajas who recovered their wealth in 2004
b. The children of the older Maharajas
c. The new class of rich people which emerged in India post liberalisation
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
281
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What could be the meaning of the word 'modish', as can be inferred from the context it is used in first line of the passage?
a. Unattractive
b. Stylish
c. New
d. Beautiful
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
282
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What is the author most likely to agree to?
a. The current number of dollar millionaires in India is very high
b. The current number of dollar millionaires in India is low
c. The current number of dollar millionaires in India match world average
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
283
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What is a good estimate of the middle class population in India today as inferred from the passage?
a. 583 m
b. 250 m
c. 58 m
d. 300 m
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
284
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According to the author, which of these is not a problem for the luxury good firms in the Indian market?
a. High import duty
b. Difficulty in finding retail space
c. Restriction on firms to enter Indian markets
d. All of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
361
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
INVINCIBLE (OPPOSITE)
a. Voluble
b. Victorious
c. Visible
d. Vulnerable
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
362
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
GHOULISH (OPPOSITE)
a. Gruesome
b. Gentle
c. Ghastly
d. Garrulous
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
277 - 284
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Demand for all kinds of consumer products is about to surge, in short. And although restrictions on foreign investment prevent retail giants such as Wal-Mart and Tesco from entering India directly, different rules apply to companies that sell their own products under a single brand, as luxury-goods firms tend to. Since January 2006 they have been allowed to take up to 51% in Indian joint ventures. India is also an attractive market for luxury goods because, unlike China, it does not have a flourishing counterfeit industry. Credit is becoming more easily available.
Barriers to growth remain, however. High import duties make luxury goods expensive. Rich Indians tend to travel widely and may simply buy elsewhere. Finding suitable retail space is also proving a headache. So far most designer boutiques are situated in five star hotels.
But things are changing. Later this year Emporio, a new luxury-goods mall, will open in a prosperous neighbourhood in the south of Delhi. It is likely to be the first of many. Even so, India could remain a difficult market to crack. The boss of Luxury Marketing Council, an international organisation of 675 luxury-goods firms , Devyani Raman, describes India's luxury-goods market as "a cupboard full of beautiful clothes with a new outfit arriving every day-it could start to look messy without the right care". This, she says, includes everything from teaching shop assistants appropriate manners to instilling in the Indian public a proper understanding of the concept of luxury.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
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At the end of the 19th century, India's maharajahs discovered a Parisian designer called Louis Vuitton and flooded his small factory with orders for custom-made Rolls-Royce interiors, leather picnic hampers and modish polo-club bags. But after independence, when India's princes lost much of their wealth, the orders dried up. Then in 2002 LVMH, the world's largest luxury-goods group, made a triumphant return to India, opening a boutique in Delhi and another in Mumbai in 2004. Its target was the new breed of maharajah produced by India's liberalised economy: flush, flash, and growing in number.
Other purveyors of opulence followed, from Chanel to Bulgari. In recent months a multitude of swanky brands have announced plans to set up shop in India, including Dolce & Gabbana, Hermès, Jimmy Choo and Gucci. Though only a tiny fraction of the total population will spend on these brands but it is India's future prospects that have excited the luxury behemoths.
India has fewer than 100,000 dollar millionaires among its one billion-plus population, according to American Express, a financial-services firm. It predicts that this number will grow by 12.8% a year for the next three years. The longer-term ascendance of India's middle class, meanwhile, has been charted by the McKinsey Global Institute, which predicts that average incomes will have tripled by 2025, lifting nearly 300m Indians out of poverty and causing the middle class to grow more than tenfold, to 583m.
277 - 284
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276
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What is the author most likely to agree to in the following?
a. There is not enough evidence to state that word-of-mouth marketing is useful
b. There is enough evidence to state that word-of-mouth marketing is useful
c. Evidence shows that word-of-mouth marketing is a failed technique
d. Word-of-mouth marketing is unethical
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The difficulty for marketers is creating the right kind of buzz and learning to control it. Negative views spread just as quickly as positive ones, so if a product has flaws, people will soon find out. And Peter Kim of Forrester, a consultancy, points out that when Microsoft sent laptops loaded with its new Windows Vista software to influential bloggers in an effort to get them to write about it, the resulting online discussion ignored Vista and focused instead on the morality of accepting gifts and the ethics of word-of-mouth marketing. Bad buzz, in short.
BzzAgent, a controversial company based in Boston that is one of the leading exponents of word-of-mouth marketing, operates a network of volunteer "agents" who receive free samples of products in the post. They talk to their friends about them and send back their thoughts. In return, they receive rewards through a points program-an arrangement they are supposed to make clear. This allows a firm to create buzz around a product and to see what kind of word-of-mouth response it generates, which can be useful for subsequent product development and marketing. Last week BzzAgent launched its service in Britain. Dave Balter, BzzAgent's founder, thinks word-of-mouth marketing will become a multi-billion dollar industry. No doubt he tells that to everyone he meets.
270 - 276
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
270 - 276
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When it came to promoting its new video-game console, the Wii, in America, Nintendo recruited a handful of carefully chosen suburban mothers in the hope that they would spread the word among their friends that the Wii was a gaming console the whole family could enjoy together. Nintendo thus became the latest company to use "word-of-mouth" marketing. Nestlé, Sony and Philips have all launched similar campaigns in recent months to promote everything from bottled water to electric toothbrushes. As the power of traditional advertising declines, what was once an experimental marketing approach is becoming more popular.
After all, no form of advertising carries as much weight as an endorsement from a friend. "Amway and Tupperware know you can blend the social and economic to business advantage," says Walter Carl, a marketing guru at Northeastern University. The difference now, he says, is that the internet can magnify the effect of such endorsements.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
260
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Why was Gandhi assassinated?
a. Because he was favouring the Muslims
b. His assassin thought he was partial to the Muslims
c. He got killed in the violence after partition
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
259
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What does the author imply about the future of Pakistan?
a. It becomes a secular country
b. It becomes unsecular
c. It is unprosperous
d. It becomes a rogue state
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
270
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What is the tone of the passage?
a. Neutral
b. Biased
c. Celebratory
d. Critical
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
271
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What can we infer from Walter Carl's statement?
a. Amway and Tupperware are products where word of mouth marketing could be used
b. Amway and Tupperware are consumers who appreciated word of mouth marketing
c. Amway and Tupperware are companies who use word of mouth marketing
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
272
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What is the effect of internet on word-of-mouth marketing?
a. It is impeded by the internet
b. It is encouraged by the interne
c. Internet magnifies the moral issues of this marketing technique
d. Internet has made it obsolete
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
273
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According to the passage, in what order did different companies use word of mouth marketing?
a. Nintendo before Sony, Nestle and Philips
b. Nintendo after Sony, Nestle and Philips
c. Nintendo, Sony, Nestle and Philips: all at the same time
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
274
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
According to Peter Kim, what happened to Microsoft's marketing campaign for Vista?
a. It succeeded
b. It succeeded with some hiccups
c. It failed
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
275
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Where does BzzAgent operate?
a. USA and India
b. USA and UK
c. USA only
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
727
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
LACE
a. Paper
b. Cloth
c. Wood
d. Person
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
915
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
(A) She always offer her (B) food to the poor (C) and needy.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
999
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
(A) Fishermen is (B) spotted catching fish on (C) the bank of the river.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1263
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
From the passage what can be inferred to be the centre's initial outlook towards the Lejre project?
a. It initiated the project
b. It eagerly supported it
c. It felt the project was very unique
d. It was apprehensive about it
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1262
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What is the main purpose of building the Iron Age experimental center?
a. Prehistoric village where people can stay for a week or two to get away from modern living
b. Replicate the Iron Age to get a better understanding of the time and people of that era
c. To discover the differences between a doomed smoke oven and an open fire to identify the more efficient of the two
d. Revive activities of ancient women such as weaving, pottery, dyeing, cooking and baking
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1262 - 1265
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The unique Iron Age Experimental Centre at Lejre, about 40 km west of Copenhagen, serves as a museum, a classroom and a place to get away from it all. How did people live during the Iron Age? How did they support themselves? What did they eat and how did they cultivate the land? These and a myriad of other questions prodded the pioneers of the Lejre experiment.
Living in the open and working 10 hours a day, volunteers from all over Scandinavia led by 30 experts, built the first village in the ancient encampment in a matter of months. The house walls were of clay, the roofs of hay - all based on original designs. Then came the second stage - getting back to the basics of living. Families were invited to stay in the 'prehistoric village' for a week or two at a time and rough it Iron Age-style.
Initially, this experiment proved none too easy for modern Danes accustomed to central heating, but it convinced the centre that there was something to the Lejre project. Little by little, the modern Iron Agers learnt that their huts were, after all, habitable. The problems were numerous - smoke belching out from the rough-and-ready fireplaces into the rooms and so on. These problems, however, have led to some discoveries: domed smoke ovens made of clay, for example, give out more heat and consume less fuel than an open fire, and when correctly stoked, they are practically smokeless.
By contacting other museums, the Lejre team has been able to reconstruct ancient weaving looms and pottery kilns. Iron Age dyeing techniques, using local natural vegetation, have also been revived, as have ancient baking and cooking methods.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1257
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
"Appliance makers are tackling the messy fridge problem with a host of new features". What does "Host" of new features mean?
a. Improvised
b. Significant
c. Multitude
d. Recipient
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1264
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What is the meaning of the sentence "Initially, this experiment proved none too easy for modern Danes accustomed to central heating, but it convinced the centre that there was something to the Lejre project."?
a. Even though staying in the huts wasn't easy for the modern people, the centre saw merit in the simple living within huts compared to expensive apartments
b. Staying in the huts was quite easy for the modern people and the centre also saw merit in the simple living within huts compared to expensive apartments
c. The way of living of the Iron Age proved difficult for the people of the modern age who are used to living in luxury
d. The way of living of the Iron Age proved very easy for the people of the modern age since it was hot inside the huts, and they were anyway used to heated rooms
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1265
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What can be the title of the passage?
a. Modern techniques find their way into pre-historic villages
b. Co-existence of ancient and modern times
c. Glad to be living in the 21st Century
d. Turning back time
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1266 - 1269
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
China's massive subsidization of its steel industry is having consequences that are truly global. By expanding its steel industry by Government fiat, rather than in response to the demands of the market, China has skewed the entire world market in steel and in the inputs used to make steel. In doing so, it has directly injured both foreign steel producers and steel consuming industries in other countries.
China's explosive growth between 2000 and the present required massive amounts of steel, and indeed, during much of this period China was the world's leading steel importer. By building up its steel industry to artificial levels, though, China deprived steel producers in other countries of valuable sales. This is significant, because steel is a highly cyclical industry.
Not surprisingly, the rapid expansion of steel making capacity in China led first to the replacement of imports, and then to a boom in exports. In product line after product line, Chinese exports have flooded world markets, driving down prices.
The world in many ways constitutes an integrated market for steel. Through a dramatic expansion in capacity fueled largely by subsidies and Government-directed lending, the Chinese steel industry is destabilizing that market. Foreign steel producers are not the only ones harmed by the subsidized expansion of the Chinese steel industry. Foreign steel consumers have also been injured. The expansion of the steel industry is only part of the Chinese Government's plan for the development of the Chinese economy. The Chinese Government is also encouraging the development of manufacturing industries that use steel.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
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Manufacturers of products that are steel-intensive, such as automotive parts and appliances, are seeing increasing competition from Chinese producers who have access to subsidized domestic steel. Subsidized steel is going to manufacture components in China that ultimately end up in the United States and replace American steel. Indeed, American consumers report that they can import finished parts cheaper from China than they can buy the steel here. At the same time that U.S. steel producers are seeing increased imports caused, directly and indirectly, by increased Chinese production, we are also seeing many of our domestic customers move production to China, or go out of business altogether.
1266 - 1269
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1266
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Which of the options most closely describes 'by Government fiat'?
a. In response to Government order
b. Before the Chinese Government ordered
c. With the help of Chinese owned fiat company
d. In keeping with Government intuition
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1267
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What is the main motive behind expansion of steel industry in China?
a. Increased returns as a result of higher market share globally
b. Replacing imports and growth of Chinese economy
c. Driving out foreign producers and consumers from the world market of steel
d. Make a global impact in all industries, beginning with steel industry
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1256
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What is the primary intention behind the refrigerator manufacturers introducing various changes as described in the passage?
a. Drive consumers to clean their refrigerators more often and reduce health risks
b. Using consumer insight to enhance convenience and combat the problem of cleaning
c. Using consumer insight to develop more advanced technology which would lead to higher revenues
d. Educate customers on how to maximize storage efficiency and ensure food lasts longer
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1255
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Which of these have not been highlighted as one of the ways of solving problem of messy refrigerators?
a. Advanced technology
b. More spacious shelves
c. Increased lighting
d. Cleaning-up more often
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1254
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What can be inferred as the main reason for consumers not cleaning their refrigerators?
a. Since the refrigerators do not have light, it is difficult to spot food that is getting spoilt
b. The clutter in the fridge in less intrusive and hence tends not to be very important
c. It is easy to simply shove more items in the refrigerator than bothering cleaning it up
d. They lack the right education with regards to storage and cleaning of the refrigerator
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1088
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
BIFURCATE
a. Break
b. Split
c. Bridge
d.Pass
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1087
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
PREAMBLE
a. Rules
b. Law
c. Rights
d. Introduction
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1050
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
FLABBERGASTED
a. Serious
b. Clear
c. Surprised
d. Happy
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1043
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
FEROCIOUS
a. Violent
b. Timid
c. Fast
d. Unbearable
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1101
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
ACCENTUATE
a. Exaggerate
b. Increase
c. Suppress
d. Low
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1104
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
TIMOROUS
a. Meek
b. Brave
c. Faulty
d. Hesitant
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1158
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
The institute reserves the right to make any change in the items ________ in the itinerary.
a. Contains
b. Contained
c. Contain
d. Includes
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1173
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Astronauts have completed a major mission in space. It was ______ a replacement of the fuel tank in one of the space stations.
a. Concerns
b. Concern
c. Concerning
d. Concerned
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
For its new fridge, Whirlpool Corp. spent months inventing a shelf with microscopic etching so it can hold a can of spilled soda. The technology is just one weapon against a dirty kitchen secret: Most Americans clean their fridges only once or twice a year.
Now, appliance makers like Whirlpool, Viking Range Corp. and Sub-Zero Inc. are tackling the messy fridge problem with a host of new features including souped-up shelves, bacteria-killing devices and better lighting. General Electric Co., for example, says it is rolling out new refrigerators in May with 10 lighting sources inside instead of its usual three-so food that might be forgotten in a corner and spoil will be easier to spot. The new GE models sell for $1,599 or $1,799 for stainless steel.
In Whirlpool's 2005 refrigerator habits survey of 2,571 consumers, 33% said they don't spend any time cleaning the refrigerator before grocery shopping. In order to make room for items just purchased, 27% reported shoving everything in and not worrying about organization.
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AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1254 - 1257
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Whirlpool hopes that increasing the amount of storage space might help. The company's new shelves, to be released later this year, are 25% roomier than previous models. But having more room won't necessarily limit clutter. People often don't store things properly anyway. While the door shelves seem to be a perfect fit for a carton of milk, Sub-Zero says the area is the worst place to store dairy products because it's the warmest part of the fridge.
Sub-Zero decided that education was the next step. The company started including with models an instructional card that shows the various regions of the refrigerator, from "coldest" to "cool," and gives tips on how long certain foods should be stored. Indeed, when consumers are told how to organize their fridges, they tend to tidy up.
But the hassle factor can override even the strongest good intentions. It's a pain to clean the refrigerator, and the task is too easy to avoid since once the door is closed the mess is out of sight and out of mind.
A dirty fridge isn't just an aesthetic problem. Spills and food residue can carry health risks, too, says Penn State's Ms. Cutter.
At least one manufacturer is rolling out bacteria-killing technology. Last year, Viking Range released a built-in model (priced from $6,600 to $8,800) that contains Sharp Electronics Corp.'s Plasma cluster Ion Air Purifier. In a test conducted by an outside firm hired by Viking Range, the Plasma cluster killed 99% of the bacteria in the fridge.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
258
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The author persists on talking about the "Bob Hope movie" in the article. Why?
a. Because the movie was a classic of 1947
b. He thinks it caused the partition of the sub-continent
c. He uses it to show the apathy of the Britishers towards the sub-continent
d. It was Mountbatten's favourite movie
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
257
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
In the view of the author, what does Nehru's phrase "tryst with destiny" symbolise today?
a. A celebration of Indian independence
b. An inspirational quote
c. A reminder of Gandhi's assassination
d. A symbol of the ills of the partition
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
256
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What is the author primarily talking about in the article?
a. Mountbatten's association with India
b. Nehru's speech
c. Gandhi's assassination
d. The aftermath of the partition
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
238
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What do you infer from the sentence -'For some of us, life in ......but emotionally and intellectually'?
a. A person has one leg in one truck and the other in the second truck
b. A person meets with an accident
c. The nation is moving in two different directions
d. The nation is suffering from many road accidents
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
237
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Why does the author calls 'progress' as peculiar?
a. Because modern is good and traditional is bad
b. Because of its unbalanced nature
c. Because it differs politically and personally
d. None of these
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What is globalization? Who is it for? What is it going to do to a country like India, in which social inequality has been institutionalized in the caste system for centuries? Is the corporatization and globalization of agriculture, water supply, electricity and essential commodities going to pull India out of the stagnant morass of poverty, illiteracy and religious bigotry? Is the dismantling and auctioning off of elaborate public sector infrastructure, developed with public money over the past sixty years, really the way forward? Is globalization going to close the gap between the privileged and the underprivileged, between the upper castes and the lower castes, between the educated and the illiterate? Or is it going to give those who already have a centuries-old head start a friendly helping hand? These are huge, contentious questions. The answers vary depending on whether they come from the villages and fields of rural India, from the slums and shantytowns of urban India, from the living rooms of the burgeoning middle class or from the boardrooms of the big business houses.
237 - 244
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
It's as though the people of India have been rounded up and loaded onto two convoys of trucks (a huge big one and a tiny little one) that have set off resolutely in opposite directions. The tiny convoy is on its way to a glittering destination somewhere near the top of the world. The other convoy just melts into the darkness and disappears. A cursory survey that tallies the caste, class and religion of who gets to be on which convoy would make a good Lazy Person's concise Guide to the History of India. For some of us, life in India is like being suspended between two of the trucks, one leg in each convoy, and being neatly dismembered as they move apart, not bodily, but emotionally and intellectually.
Sixty years after independence, India is still struggling with the legacy of colonialism, still flinching from the "cultural insult." As citizens we're still caught up in the business of "disproving" the white world's definition of us. Intellectually and emotionally, we have just begun to grapple with communal and caste politics that threaten to tear our society apart. But meanwhile, something new looms on our horizon. On the face of it, it's just ordinary, day-to-day business. It lacks the drama, the large-format, epic magnificence of war or genocide or famine. It's dull in comparison. It makes bad TV. It has to do with boring things like jobs, money, water supply, electricity, irrigation. But it also has to do with a process of barbaric dispossession on a scale that has few parallels in history. You may have guessed by now that I'm talking about the modern version of globalization.
237 - 244
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
239
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
How does the author feel about 'Globalisation' in India?
a. Curious
b. Hopeless
c. Enthusiastic
d. Speculative
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
240
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What does the sentence "We greaten like the maturing head of a hammerhead shark with eyes looking in diametrically opposite directions.' imply?
a. Indian people are barbaric in nature
b. We are progressing in some areas and regressing in the others
c. India has a diverse culture
d. Some people are modern while the others are traditional in approach
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
241
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What do you infer from the sentence in context of the passage-'India lives in several centuries at the same time.'?
a. We are progressing in some areas and regressing in the others
b. People from different countries are living in India
c. India has a diverse culture
d. Some people are modern while the others are traditional in approach
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
242
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What do you infer from the following lines-'In the lane behind my house, every night I walk past road gangs of emaciated labourers digging a trench to lay fiber-optic cables to speed up our digital revolution. In the bitter winter cold, they work by the light of a few candles.' ?
a. India has a balanced mixture of both traditional and modern people
b. Progress is unbalanced
c. Digital revolution is very important for our economic growth
d. There is shortage of electricity in India
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
243
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What does the phrase "cultural insult" imply?
a. People from one culture do not respect people from the other cultures
b. Disrespect of British towards Indian culture
c. White people's definition for us
d. Ill-treatment at hands of British
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
237 - 244
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
India lives in several centuries at the same time. Somehow we manage to progress and regress simultaneously. As a nation we age by pushing outward from the middle--adding a few centuries on either end of the extraordinary CV. We greaten like the maturing head of a hammerhead shark with eyes looking in diametrically opposite directions.
I don't mean to put a simplistic value judgment on this peculiar form of "progress" by suggesting that Modern is Good and Traditional is Bad--or vice versa. What's hard to reconcile oneself to, both personally and politically, is the schizophrenic nature of it. That applies not just to the ancient/modern conundrum but to the utter illogic of what appears to be the current national enterprise. In the lane behind my house, every night I walk past road gangs of emaciated laborers digging a trench to lay fiber-optic cables to speed up our digital revolution. In the bitter winter cold, they work by the light of a few candles.
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244
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Why does the response towards 'Globalisation in India' differ in different parts of India?
a. Due to different literacy levels
b. Due to religious diversity in India
c. It will not benefit all sections of the society
d. It may not have all the answers to India's current problems
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235
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What is the author most likely to agree to?
a. People generally do not try to hide money taken as bribe
b. People hide money taken as bribe primarily to avoid detection
c. People hide money taken as bribe from view even if detection possibility is low
d. None of these
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A second type of euphemism dresses up a dodgy payment as a friendly favour done by the bribe-payer. There is plenty of creative scope. Nigerian policemen are known to ask for "a little something for the weekend". Mexican traffic police will suggest that you buy them a refresco, a soft drink, as will Angolan and Mozambican petty officials, who call it a gazoso in Portuguese.
Double meaning can help soothe the awkwardness of bribe-paying. Baksheesh, originally a Persian word now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean "tip", "alms" and "bribe". In Kenya a machine-gun-wielding guard suggested to a terrified Canadian aid worker: "Perhaps you would like to discuss this over chai?" The young Canadian was relieved: the difficulty could be resolved with some chai, which means both "tea" and "bribe".
Along with the obscurantist language, bribe-taking culture around the world often involves the avoidance of physically handing the money from one person to another. One obvious reason is to avoid detection, which is why bribes are known as "envelopes" in countries from China to Greece. But avoidance of a direct hand-over is common even where there is no chance of detection. There will always be some officials who will take money right from a bribe-payer's hands, but most seem to prefer to find some way to hide the money from view.
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
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236
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What could be the meaning of the word 'obscurantist' as inferred from the passage?
a. Clear
b. Unclear
c. Nasty
d. Polite
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Give people power and discretion, and whether they are grand viziers or border guards, some will use their position to enrich themselves. The problem can be big enough to hold back a country's development. For most people in the world, though, the worry is not that corruption may slow down their country's GDP growth. It is that their daily lives are pervaded by endless hassles, big and small. And for all the evidence that some cultures suffer endemic corruption while others are relatively clean, attitudes towards corruption, and even the language describing bribery, is remarkably similar around the world.
In a testament to most people's basic decency, bribe-takers and bribe-payers have developed an elaborate theatre of dissimulation. This is not just to avoid detection. Even in countries where corruption is so common as to be unremarkable and unprosecutable-and even when the transaction happens far from snooping eyes-a bribe is almost always dressed up as some other kind of exchange. Though most of the world is plagued by corruption, even serial offenders try to conceal it.
One manifestation of this is linguistic. Surprisingly few people say: "You are going to have to pay me if you want to get that done." Instead, they use a wide variety of euphemisms. One type is quasi-official terminology. The term widely used at border crossings is "expediting fee". For a euphemism it is surprisingly accurate: paying it will keep your bags, and perhaps your contraband, from being dumped onto a floor and sifted through at a leisurely pace. (A related term, used in India, is "speed money": paying it can get essential business permits issued considerably faster.)
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
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204
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
ENTICE
a. Flee
b. Enter
c. Trap
d. Tempt
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184
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: Ms. Parasuram started a petrol pump in Madras.
S6: Thus she has shown the way for many others.
P: A total of twelve girls now work at the pump.
Q: She advertised in newspapers for women staff.
R: They operate in two shifts.
S: The response was good.
a. PQSR
b. SQPR
c. QSPR
d. PQRS
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Rich Westerners may not think of their societies as plagued by corruption. But the definition of bribery clearly differs from person to person. A New Yorker might pity the third-world businessman who must pay bribes just to keep his shop open. But the same New Yorker would not think twice about slipping the $50 to sneak into a nice restaurant without a reservation. Poor people the world over are most infuriated by the casual corruption of the elites rather than by the underpaid, "tip"-seeking soldier or functionary. Thus there is no single cultural or social factor that inclines a society towards corruption, but economic factors play a big part. Most clearly, poverty and bribery go together.
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
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230
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Which of the following the author does not identify as linguistic manifestation of corruption?
a. Asking for a favour
b. Use of double meanings
c. Use of quasi-official terminology
d. Relate to food item
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231
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What is bribe generally called in China?
a. Hand-over
b. Refresco
c. Envelopes
d. Baksheesh
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232
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
In summary what does the passage primarily suggest and provide evidence for?
a. Corruption is always concealed in some way, both linguistically and in the process
b. Corruption exists only in developing economies
c. Corruption is an unethical practice
d. Corruption slows down GDP growth
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233
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What could be the meaning of the word dissimulation, as can be inferred from the context it is used in first line of the passage?
a. Hypocrisy
b. Clarity
c. Frankness
d. Insult
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234
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What best represents the author's attitude towards the rich people in the West?
a. Appreciative
b. Mildly critical
c. Heavily critical
d.Mildly appreciative
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285 - 292
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The impressive recent growth of certain sectors of the Indian economy is a necessary but insufficient condition for the elimination of extreme poverty. In order to ensure that the poorest benefit from this growth, and also contribute to it, the expansion and improvement of the microfinance sector should be a national priority.
The studies suggest that the impact of microfinance on the poorest is greater than on the poor, and yet another that non-participating members of communities where microfinance operates experience socio-economic gains - suggesting strong spillover effects. Moreover, well-managed microfinance institutions (MFIs) have shown a capacity to wean themselves off of subsidies and become sustainable within a few years.
Microfinance is powerful, but it is clearly no panacea. Microfinance does not directly address some structural problems facing Indian society and the economy, and it is not yet as efficient as it will be when economies of scale are realised and a more supportive policy environment is created. Loan products are still too inflexible, and savings and insurance services that the poor also need are not widely available due to regulatory barriers.
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Still, microfinance is one of the few market-based, scaleable anti-poverty solutions that are in place in India today, and the argument to scale it up to meet the overwhelming need is compelling. According to Sa-Dhan, the overall outreach of MFIs is 6.5 million families and the sector-wide loan portfolio is Rs 2,500 crore. However, this is meeting only 10% of the estimated demand. Importantly, new initiatives are expanding this success story to the some of the country's poorest regions, such as eastern and central Uttar Pradesh.
The local and national governments have an important role to play in ensuring the growth and improvement of microfinance. First and foremost, the market should be left to set interest rates, not the state. Ensuring transparency and full disclosure of rates including fees is something the government should ensure, and something that new technologies as well as reporting and data standards are already enabling. Furthermore, government regulators should set clear criteria for allowing MFIs to mobilise savings for on lending to the poor; this would allow for a large measure of financial independence amongst well-managed MFIs. Each Indian state could consider forming a multi-party working group to meet with microfinance leaders and have a dialogue with them about how the policy environment could be made more supportive and to clear up misperceptions.
There is an opportunity to make a real dent in hard-core poverty through microfinance. By unleashing the entrepreneurial talent of the poor, we will slowly but surely transform India in ways we can only begin to imagine today.
285 - 292
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285
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What could be the meaning of the word 'panacea' in the passage?
a. Solution
b. Problem
c. Solution to all problems
d. Sustainable solution
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
741
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
APPETITE
a. Hunger
b. Revulsion
c. Antipathy
d. Fasting
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740
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
HISTORIC
a. Insignificant
b. Notable
c. Unremarkable
d. Dull
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736
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
FICKLE
a. Improve
b. Constant
c. Unstable
d. Hurtful
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702
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
AUDACIOUS (OPPOSITE)
a. Sad
b. Cowardly
c. Gloomy
d. Dim
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174
In the question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
He told us that
P: and enjoyed it immensely
Q: in a prose translation
R: he had read Milton
S: which he had borrowed from his teacher
a. RSQP
b. QRPS
c. RQSP
d. RQPS
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Sixty years ago, on the evening of August 14, 1947, a few hours before Britain's Indian Empire was formally divided into the nation-states of India and Pakistan, Lord Louis Mountbatten and his wife, Edwina, sat down in the viceregal mansion in New Delhi to watch the latest Bob Hope movie, "My Favorite Brunette." Large parts of the subcontinent were descending into chaos, as the implications of partitioning the Indian Empire along religious lines became clear to the millions of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs caught on the wrong side of the border. In the next few months, some twelve million people would be uprooted and as many as a million murdered. But on that night in mid-August the bloodbath-and the fuller consequences of hasty imperial retreat-still lay in the future, and the Mountbattens probably felt they had earned their evening's entertainment.
While the Mountbattens were sitting down to their Bob Hope movie, India's constituent assembly was convening in New Delhi. The moment demanded grandiloquence, and Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's closest disciple and soon to be India's first Prime Minister, provided it. "Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny," he said. "At the stroke of the midnight hour, while the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance."
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Posterity has enshrined this speech, as Nehru clearly intended. But today his quaint phrase "tryst with destiny" resonates ominously, so enduring have been the political and psychological scars of partition. The souls of the two new nation-states immediately found utterance in brutal enmity. In Punjab, armed vigilante groups, organized along religious lines and incited by local politicians, murdered countless people, abducting and raping thousands of women. Soon, India and Pakistan were fighting a war-the first of three-over the disputed territory of Kashmir. Gandhi, reduced to despair by the seemingly endless cycle of retaliatory mass murders and displacement, was shot dead in January, 1948, by a Hindu extremist who believed that the father of the Indian nation was too soft on Muslims. Jinnah, racked with tuberculosis and overwork, died a few months later, his dream of a secular Pakistan apparently buried with him.
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253
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
From the passage, what can we conclude about the view of the author about Lord Mountbatten?
a. Appreciative
b. Sarcastic
c. Neutral
d. Speculative
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254
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What is the author likely to agree to as the reason for the chaos in the sub-continent in 1947?
a. Because Gandhi was assassinated
b. Because the British left the sub-continent in haste
c. Because the Hindus and Muslims could not live in peace
d. Because Lord Mountbatten was watching a movie on 14th August 1947
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255
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What could possibly "grandiloquence" mean as inferred from the context in which it has been used in the passage?
a. Grand party
b. Celebrations
c. Lofty speech
d. Destiny
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633
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
SLOTHFUL (OPPOSITE)
a. Lazy
b. Animal
c. Summit
d. Industrious
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561
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
A) Guilt and self pleasure are (B) two most strong drivers (C) of any human act.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
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525
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
PAUCITY
a. Affluence
b. Superfluity
c. Plethora
d. Scarcity
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289
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Which of the following is not a challenge faced by microfinance in India?
a. Does not help the poorest
b. Efficient when economy of scale is achieved
c. Non-conducive policy environment
d. Structural problems of Indian society
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288
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Why does the author talk about the 'entrepreneurial talent of poor' in the concluding paragraph?
a.Entrepreneurship among poor is encouraged by microfinance
b.Entrepreneurship among poor is an alternate to microfinance
c.Entrepreneurship among poor is discouraged by microfinance
d. None of these
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287
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Why are saving products not available?
a. Due to inflexibility of loan products
b. Due to regulatory restrictions
c. Since insurance services are not available
d. Saving products are not available
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286
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Why, according to the author, should microfinance be scaled up in India?
a. The demand for microfinance is high
b. It is a market-based anti-poverty solution
c. It is sustainable
d. Both 1 and 2
e. 1, 2 and 3
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290
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Which of the following is correct with regard to microfinance?
a. The supply is more than demand
b. The demand is more than supply
c. The supply & demand are well balanced
d. None of these can be inferred from the passage
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291
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What is the author's view about interest rates?
a. The government should set them
b. There should be transparency with regard to them
c. The market forces should set them
d. Both 1 and 2
e. Both 2 and 3
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292
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Which of the following will the author agree to?
a. Indian economy growth will solve the problem of poverty
b. Indian economy growth is not enough to solve the problem of poverty
c. Indian economy growth aggravates the problem of poverty
d. None of these
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405
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
HAMPER (OPPOSITE)
a. Hinder
b. Impede
c. Bolster
d. Gift
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491
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
GRATIFY (OPPOSITE)
a. Oblige
b. Humor
c. Indulge
d. Upset
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510
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
UNYOKE
a. Merge
b. Split
c. Federate
d. Amalgamate
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1268
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
How have US steel consumers gotten affected as a result of Chinese steel?
a. Import from China has become very easy and hence there is no need to manufacture the finished product in the US
b. Subsidized Chinese steel which is not of very high quality is affecting quality of finished product
c. Demand for steel is less than supply from China, leading smaller US steel consumers to shut down business
d. Raw material in America costs more than the finished product in China and hence production is unfeasible
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1269
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
What does "dramatic expansion" indicate?
a . Artificial expansion
b. Noticeable expansion
c.Unstable expansion
d. Unreal expansion
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185
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.
S6: In any case, we should not mock at others' habits.
P: One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.
Q: A man of another country will not do so.
R: It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth.
S: Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.
a. RPQS
b. RPSQ
c. PRQS
d. QPRS
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180
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: On vacation in Tangier, Morocco, my friend and I sat down at a street cafe.
S6: Finally a man walked over to me and whispered, "Hey buddy .... this guy's your waiter and he wants your order."
P: At one point, he bent over with a big smile, showing me a single gold tooth and a dingy face.
Q: Soon I felt the presence of someone standing alongside me.
R: But this one wouldn't budge.
S: We had been cautioned about beggars and were told to ignore them.
a. SQRP
b. SQPR
c. QSRP
d. QSPR
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179
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: American private lives may seem shallow.
S6: This would not happen in China, he said.
P: Students would walk away with books they had not paid for.
Q: A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library.
R: Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.
S: But in general they returned them.
a. PSQR
b. QPSR
c. RQPS
d. RPSQ
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178
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: The cooperative system of doing business is a good way of encouraging ordinary workers to work hard.
S6: The main object is to maintain the interest of every member of the society and to ensure that the members participate actively in the projects of the society.
P: If the society is to be well run, it is necessary to prevent insincere officials being elected to the committee which is solely responsible for the running of the business.
Q: They get this from experienced and professional workers who are not only familiar with the cooperative system, but also with efficient methods of doing business.
R: To a large extent, many cooperative societies need advice and guidance.
S: The capital necessary to start a business venture is obtained by the workers' contributions.
a. SQPR
b. PQSR
c. SRQP
d. PSRQ
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1332
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
EMPATHY (OPPOSITE)
a. Care
b. Sympathy
c. Discontent
d. Indifference
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186
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: There is a difference between Gandhiji's concept of secularism and that of Nehru's.
S6: Instead of doing any good, such secularism can do harm instead of good.
P: Nehru's idea of secularism was equal indifference to all religions and bothering about none of them.
Q: According to Gandhiji, all religions are equally true and each scripture is worthy of respect.
R: Such secularism which means the rejection of all religions is contrary to our culture and tradition.
S: In Gandhiji's view, secularism stands for equal respect for all religions.
a. SQPR
b. PSQR
c. QSPR
d. PRSQ
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187
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: Once upon a time an ant lived on the bank of a river.
S6: She was touched.
P: The dove saw the ant struggling in water in a helpless condition.
Q: All its efforts to come up failed.
R: One day it suddenly slipped into the water.
S: A dove lived in a tree on the bank not far from the spot.
a. RQSP
b. QRPS
c. SRPQ
d. PQRS
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193
Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 to 6
1. Indian golfers contemplating a round or two in China would do well to familiarise themselves with the grazing habits of water buffalo.
A. However, it is rare that these bulky beasts of burden meander across the manicured greens of China's golf courses.
B. Chuangshan - located 90 minutes North of Hongkong was constructed to make the most of the area's natural attributes - an undulating valley ringed by blue mountains.
C. But it is not very rare to find a bamboo hatted worker excitedly directing a moving hazard.
D. Particularly not so if it is Chuangshan Hotspring Golf Club.
6. Chuangshan is unique for more than a highly picturesque phenomenon.
a. ABCD
b. ACDB
c. ADCB
d. ADBC
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194
Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 to 6
1. Hunger lurks unseen in every village and city of our country.
A. What goes unrecognised is that death of starvation is only the most dramatic manifestation of a much more invisible malaise - of pervasive, stubborn, chronic hunger.
B. Yet it surfaces into public consciousness only trainsiently, in moments when there are troubling media reports of starvation deaths.
C. Among these are entire communities, utterly disenfranchised and asset less.
D. And, that there are millions of forgotten people in India who live routinely at the very edge of survival, with hunger as a way of everyday life.
6. Like the Musahaars, a proud and savagely oppressed Dalit community in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, who own not even the land on which their tenuous homesteads are built.
a. CBAD
b. BDAC
c. ADCB
d. BADC
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191
Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 to 6
Take the case of a child raised under slum conditions, whose parents are socially ambitious and envy families with money, but who nevertheless squander the little they have on drink.
Common sense would expect that he would develop the value of thrift; he would never again endure the grinding poverty he has experienced as a child.
He may simply be, unable in later life, to mobilize a drive sufficient to overcome these early conditions.
But infact it is not so.
The exact conditions are too complex but when certain conditions are fulfilled, he will thereafter be a spend thrift.
6. This is what has been observed in a number of cases.
a. DCBA
b. ABCD
c. ACDB
d. BACD
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1
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
VORACIOUS
a. Wild
b. Hungry
c. Angry
d. Quick
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177
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
S1: Metals are today being replaced by polymers in many applications.
S6: Many Indian Institutes of Science and Technology run special programmes on polymer science.
P: Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process, making them a viable alternative to metals.
Q: Polymers are essentially long chains of hydrocarbon molecules.
R: Today polymers are as strong as metals.
S: These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars.
a. QRSP
b. RSQP
c. RQSP
d. QRPS
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173
In the question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
People
P: at his dispensary
Q: went to him
R: of all professions
S: for medicine and treatment
a. QPRS
b. RPQS
c. RQSP
d. QRPS
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172
In the question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
I saw that
P: but seeing my host in this mood
Q: I deemed it proper to take leave
R: as I had frequently done before
S: it had been my intention to pass the night there
a. QPSR
b. QRPS
c. SPQR
d. SRPQ
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145
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
He ____ in wearing the oldfashioned coat inspite of his wife's disapproval.
a. Insists
b. Persists
c. Desists
d. Resists
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144
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
'Please' and ' Thank you' are the little courtesies by which we keep the ____ of life oiled and running smoothly.
a. Path
b. Machine
c. Garden
d. River
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143
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
In school many of us never realised the role that grammar would ____ in later life.
a. Figure
b. Portrary
c. Play
d. Exercise
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142
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Once he has signed the agreement, he won't be able to ____
a. Back up
b. Back in
c. Back at
d. Back out
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146
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Monika is quite intelligent but rather ____
a. Idealistic
b. Generous
c. Lazy
d. Optimistic
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147
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
The boy fell ____ the bicycle.
a. Of
b. Off
c. From
d. Under
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148
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Ravi put ____ the light and slept.
a. For
b. Down
c. In
d. Out
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
149
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Radha felt very much grateful ____ her boss for the kindness he had shown in granting her leave.
a. To
b. For
c. Towards
d. With
e. After
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
150
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
The consequence of his haughtiness was that his services were dispensed ____ by his master.
a. About
b. From
c. With
d. Round
e. Up
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
171
In the question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
It is easy to excuse
P: but it is hard
Q: in a boy of fourteen
R: the mischief of early childhood
S: to tolerate even unavoidable faults
a. RPQS
b. QRSP
c. QRPS
d. RPSQ
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
2
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
TIMID
a. Fast
b. Slow
c. Medium
d. Shy
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
4
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
CORRESPONDENCE
a. Agreements
b. Contracts
c. Documents
d. Letters
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
5
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
DISTANT
a. Far
b. Removed
c. Reserved
d. Separate
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
176
In the question, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Re-arrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
a. SRPQ
b. QRPS
c. QPRS
d. SQPR
It was
P: in keeping with my mood
Q: a soft summer evening
R: as I walked sedately
S: in the direction of the new house
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
905
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
BLEND
a. Mix
b. Separate
c. Flux
d. Break
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
904
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
SURFEIT
a. Less
b. Excess
c. Overeat
d. Starve
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
900
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
COMMENCE
a. Start
b. End
c. Break
d. Prompt
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
310
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Insincere
b. Hard working
c. Sporty
d. Introvert
STUDIOUS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
314
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. General
b. Master
c. Garrulous
d. Expert
SPECIALIST (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
316
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Confound
b. Differentiate
c. Segregate
d. Victimize
DISCRIMINATE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
318
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Conquerable
b. Unconquerable
c. Fable
d. Bulletproof
INVULNERABLE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
895
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Irritating
b. Calming
c. Loud
d. Frenzy
SOOTHING
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
901
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
a. Worsen
b. Enhance
c. Repair
d. Finish
AMEND
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
899
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
AMPLE
a. Slow
b. Abundant
c. Meager
d. Low
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
898
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
CONCEIT
a. Vanity
b. Pride
c. Humility
d.Misunderstanding
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
897
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
ZENITH
a. Famous
b. Peak
c. Pit
d. Nadir
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
17
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
True religion does not require one to proselytise through guile or force.
a. Translate
b. Hypnotise
c. Attack
d. Convert
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
16
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
He is averse to the idea of holding elections now.
a. Convinced
b. Angry
c. Agreeable
d. Opposed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
15
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
The claims of students look hollow when they attribute their poor performance to difficulty of examination.
a. Infer
b. Impute
c. Inhere
d. Inundate
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
6
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
LAMENT
a. Complain
b. Comment
c. Condone
d. Console
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
18
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
She corroborated the statement of her brother.
a. Confirmed
b. Disproved
c. Condemned
d. Seconded
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
19
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the word typed in bold.
The great dancer impressed the appreciative crowd by her nimble movements.
a. Unrhythmic
b. Lively
c. Quick
d. Clear
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
312
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
MIGRANT (OPPOSITE)
a. Foreigner
b. Industrious
c. Native
d. Lazy
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
313
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
TRADITIONAL (OPPOSITE)
a. Efficient
b. Innovative
c. Simple
d. Interesting
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
315
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
AVAILABLE (OPPOSITE)
a. Short
b. Lack
c. Cheap
d. Interested
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
896
Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
ENLARGE
a. Apart
b. Shrink
c. Together
d. Crush
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
141
Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
The ruling party will have to put its own house ____ order.
a. In
b. On
c. To
d. Into
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
136
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
Please remind me of posting these letters to my relatives.
a. By posting
b. To post
c. For posting
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
135
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
They are social insects, living in communities, regulated by definite laws, each member of society bearing a well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.
a. Who are living in communities
b.Living among communities
c. Who lives with communities
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
317
Select the word or phrase which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
TRAJECTORY (OPPOSITE)
a.Ground movement
b. Anticipated result
c. Elevation
d. Flight
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
98
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word .
GAUNT (OPPOSITE)
a. Emaciated
b. Sombre
c. Plump
d. Piquant
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1421
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the word or phrase given in bold.
Birds are quarantined to prevent the spread of bird flu.
a. immunized
b. butchered
c. secluded
d. mingled
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1400
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
NOVICE (OPPOSITE)
a. Neophyte
b. Adept
c. Probationer
d. Greenhorn
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
387
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
Ironically, if Ridic has just stolen the online money he could have stayed in the game.
a. Had just stolen the online money he should have been
b. Has just stolen the online money he could have
c. Had just stole the online money he could have been
d. Had just stolen the online money he could have
e. Has just stole the online money he should had
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
398
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EXHAUST
a. Refresh
b. Animate
c. Sap
d. Refurbish
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
419
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
His coach tells me that he _____ in the league since he was sixteen years old.
a. Has played
b. Will be playing
c. Is playing
d. Has been playing
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
473
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
Cellular mobility for rural women may be at
a nascent stage in India, but those who have it
sweared by the freedom it has brought them.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
634
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
SEDATE (OPPOSITE)
a. Flighty
b. Peaceful
c. Loiter
d. Calm
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
642
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
BASIS
a. Foundation
b. Words
c. Explanation
d. Correlate
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1187
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
A tie is a very important
(B) part of formal dressing
(C) for every men.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1582
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
SET OFF (OPPOSITE)
a. Set Out
b. Set In
c. Get On
d. Get Back
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1512
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
Surprisingly, Manipur received scanty rainfall this year.
a. rare
b. heavy
c. little
d. scattered
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1392
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the word or phrase given in bold.
There is a plethora of flora and fauna in the Indian subcontinent.
a. destruction
b. dearth
c. uniformity
d. abundance
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1385
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
CASTIGATE (OPPOSITE)
a. Discard
b. Trap
c. Compliment
d. Berate
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1349
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
His recent success _____ him more arrogant than what he used to be.
a. make
b. have make him
c. has made
d. was making
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1333
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
GHOULISH (OPPOSITE)
a. Gruesome
b. Pleasant
c. Peevish
d. Garrulous
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1404
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
TRANQUIL (OPPOSITE)
a. Permissive
b. Turbulent
c. Tolerant
d. Placid
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1407
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the word or phrase given in bold.
The altercation between two families attracted the attention of neighbours.
a. animosity
b. incompatibility
c. concord
d. flexibility
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1418
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
ENDORSE (OPPOSITE)
a. Approve
b. Revoke
c. Oppose
d. Reveal
e. Expose
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1461
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the MEANING of the given word.
VULNERABLE
a. Respectable
b. Weak
c. Decayed
d. Immature
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1483
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the MEANING of the given word.
TRANQUIL
a. Serene
b. Turbulent
c. Active
d. Strict
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1500
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
Rashid was taken aback when he got his health reports.
a. surprised
b. shocked
c. afraid
d. worried
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
685
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Karen's neighborhood _____ comprises of small shop owners.
a. Most
b. All
c. Mostly
d. Together
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
779
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
The meeting in the office was held behind _____ doors.
a. Close up
b. Closing
c. Close
d. Closed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
782
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
She studied _____ entire chapter for an hour before the examination.
a. In the
b. The
c. Of the
d. For the
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
127
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
Whatever be our other problems, we have no shortcoming to cheap labour in India.
a. Default
b. Deficit
c. Scarcity
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
126
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
To get one's name in the Rowland Ward's book of hunting records was the hot ambition of every serious hunter.
a. Extreme
b. Burning
c. Reluctant
d.No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
120
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
It is true
that God helps those
who helps themselves.
No error.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
119
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
With little patience
you will be able to
cross this hurdle.
No error
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
129
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
You have come here with a view to insult me.
a. To insulting me
b. Of insulting me
c. For insulting me
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
130
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
I would have waited for you at the station if I knew that you would come.
a. Had known
b. Was knowing
c. Have known
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
131
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
Due to these reason we are all in favour of universal compulsory education.
a. Out of these reasons
b. For these reasons
c. By these reasons
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
132
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
When it was feared that the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from serfdom, the protestant leaders joined the princes at crushing them.
a. Into crushing
b. In crushing
c. Without crushing
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
133
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
The dissidents hold a great problem in every political party.
a. Cause
b. Give
c. Pose
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
134
In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to the italicised part is given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
I shall not go until I am invited.
a. Till I am invited
b. Unless I am invited
c. If not I am invited
d. No improvement needed
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
118
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
Hemant persisted
to do it
in spite of my advice
No error.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
117
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
The retiring principal asked his old pupils
to take the interest in the school
after he has retired.
No error
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
116
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
(A) I had hoped to have met him yesterday/(B) to discuss the matter with him/(C) but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him./(D) No error.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1469
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
When Rimzim said she didn't want to stay in a hostel her mother said that she had no other go. She would have to get used ____ it.
a. of
b. in
c. to
d. for
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1468
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
After repeated washing, the coffee stain _________ from the white shirt.
a. vanished
b. vanishes
c. vanish
d. vanishing
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1398
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
ALTRUISM (OPPOSITE)
a. Conservative
b. Repugnant
c. Combativeness
d. Selfishness
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1383
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
The highlight of the movie was that it could evoke pathos even with a simple message.
a. poignancy
b. discussion
c. mirth
d. laughter
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1626
Choose the correct answer.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
a. Rimsa sang the English song good.
b. Rimsa sang the English song well.
c. Rimsa sang the English song better.
d. Rimsa sang the good English song.
e. Rimsa sang the song in English well.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
111
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation, if any)
At the end of the year
every student who had done adequate work
was automatically promoted.
No error.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
112
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
One of the members/
expressed doubt if/
the Minister was an athiest.
No error.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
113
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
The meeting adjourned abruptly/
by the CEO after
about three hours of deliberation.
No error
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
114
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
You will come
to my party tomorrow,
isn't it ?
No error
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
115
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore - the errors of punctuation, if any)
Do the roses in your garden smell
more sweetly
than those in ours?
No error
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. (D)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
213
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. They are in complete disagreement
b. They are in partial agreement
c. They are in complete agreement
d. None of these
Which of the following is true about Christensen and Mead?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
That, at least, was the message that thousands of giddy entrepreneurs-and beleaguered big-company C.E.O.s-took away from the book. In a sense, the Internet boom was an illustration of Christensen's principles. If you bought and sold stocks online, you got no advice from a broker. If you shopped for a bathing suit online, you couldn't try it on. But, hey, it was cheap and easy. People believed that in the long run cheap and easy would win.
According to Foveon's (a Santa Clare company) founder, a man named Carver Mead, "cheap and easy" is overrated. Mead is what you might call an innovator's innovator. In Mead's view, there are two kinds of disruptive innovations. Type Two innovations are the ones Christensen wrote about. They don't perform as well as the technologies they replace, but they have other virtues (price and convenience). Type One innovations, on the other hand, are of much higher quality than the technologies they replace. Though for a while, at least, they tend to be prohibitively expensive. The refrigerator was better than the icebox. The vacuum cleaner was more powerful than the broom and dustpan. In all these cases, quality won.
213 - 220
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
215
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Internet is a successful instance of Christensen's innovation model
b. Internet is an instance of Christensen's model of innovation, but unsuccessful
c. Internet is an instance of Mead's type I innovation, but unsuccessful
d. Internet is an successful instance of Mead's type I innovation
Which of the statements is the author of the passage most likely to agree to?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
714
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. We got for the dinner
b. We got for a dinner
c. We gotten for dinner
d. No change
What have we got for dinner?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
713
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Furniture arrived
b. A furniture arrived
c. Some furniture arrived
d. No change
Some furnitures arrived for you this morning.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
711
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. When it started to rain
b. When it was raining
c. When it is starting to rain
d. No change
They were going home when it was starting to rain.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
710
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. He was giving it to Jane to sign
b. He gives it to Jane to sign
c. He had been giving it to Jane to sign
d. No change
After Michael typed the letter, he gave it to Jane to sign.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
715
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Packs
b. Shoals
c. Classes
d. Waves
Tuna fish hunters use small aircrafts and helicopters to hunt for _____ of the fattest fish.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
716
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Guarded
b. Picked
c. Reforested
d. Plundered
As wild orchid plants are believed to have medicinal value, their populations in forests have been _____ ruthlessly.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
717
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Critical
b. Worsened
c. Depleted
d. Hit
As poorer nations industrialize aggressively, natural resources are being severely _____.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
718
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Constructive
b. Scathing
c. Soft
d. Indirect
Performance appraisals that contain _____ criticism are appreciated.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
719
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Flash
b. Glamour
c. Aura
d. Story
Behind their _____ of success, film stars are often insecure people.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
720
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Readability
b. Substance
c. Worth
d. Meaning
The magazine is all style and little _____.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
709
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Raju must be doing his homework correctly
b. Raju shall do his homework correctly
c. Raju does his homework correctly
d. No change
Tonight I am going to check that Raju will do his homework correctly.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
708
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. It is sounding like the generator is going to explode
b. It sounds like the generator is going to explode
c. It sounds like generator exploded
d. No change
Get out of the building! It sound like the generator is going to explode.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
707
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. I turn an ignition key
b. I turned the ignition key
c. I was turning the ignition key
d. No change
As soon as I turn the ignition key, the engine caught fire.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
699
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Shrewdly
b. Cannily
c. Wisely
d. Astutely
FOOLISHLY (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
698
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Temporary
b. Brief
c. Fleeting
d. Passing
PERPETUAL (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
697
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Ingenuous
b. Artless
c. Spontaneous
d. Natural
PREMEDITATED (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
696
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Ancient
b. Modern
c. Fresh
d. Present
ARCHAIC (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
700
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Unmoved
b. Cold
c. Hard
d. Chilling
GOBSMACKED (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
701
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a.Hate
b. Loathe
c. Detest
d. Dislike
RELISH (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
703
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Companies' leaders in a brief period would
b. Company's leaders in a brief period will
c. Company's leaders in a brief period shall
d. No change
Recession is one of those times when the behaviour of a companies' leaders in a brief period will determine its future for a very long time.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
704
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Looked at the government hospital
b. Looked up to the government hospital
c. Looked on the government hospital
d. No change
Most of the villagers looked to the government hospital for inexpensive treatment.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
705
lwoIn the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Keep in with the cold
b. Keep up with the cold
c. Put up with the cold
d. No change
I don't know how we are going to put off the cold this winter.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
706
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Attribute his bad mood to tiredness
b. Contribute his bad mood on tiredness
c. Attribute his bad mood with tiredness
d. No change
It's best to attribute his bad mood on tiredness and just forget it.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
721
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Push
b. Modify
c. Moderate
d. Initiate
The company wants to _____ cost-cutting measures before it starts to incur losses.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
722
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Patience
b. Volunteers
c. Workers
d. Materials
Funds are scarce, so _____ are needed to re-build homes destroyed by the flood.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
723
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Divergent
b. Different
c. Irreconcilable
d. Opposite
They are not in talking terms. Their views are _____.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
745
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Hold back
b. Motivate
c. Accomplish
d. Push
HINDER
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
744
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Result
b. Cause
c. Resource
d. Split
PRODUCT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
743
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Scream
b. Shout
c. Quiet
d. Laugh
SILENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
742
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Anxiety
b. Bravery
c. Fearless
d. Familiarity
APPREHENSION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
746
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Soothe
b. Refresh
c. Disturb
d. Suppress
AGITATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
747
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Penetration
b. Disconnection
c. Separation
d. Filtration
ABSORPTION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
750
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Control
b. Freedom
c. Assistance
d. Pending
CHECK
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
751
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Explorer
b. Homely
c. Native
d. Aimless
ADVENTURER
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
753
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Vitalize
b. Inspire
c. Exhaust
d. Enliven
STIMULATE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
754
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Confiscation
b. Liberation
c. Abduction
d. Apprehension
SEIZURE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
738
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Defend
b. Attack
c. Resign
d. Surrender
AVERT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
737
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Beginning
b. Latter
c. Conclusion
d. Prospective
INTRODUCTORY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
735
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Park
b. House
c. Tank
d. Rubber
APARTMENT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
728
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Kill
b. Mix
c. Play
d. Fight
MURDER
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
726
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Back out
b. Give up
c. Renege
d. Renounce
A contract must be honoured. You cannot _____ on it.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
725
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Relinquished
b. Absconded
c. Released
d. Relegated
Due to the controversy surrounding the competition, the winner _____ his title.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
724
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Libel
b. Scandal
c. Liable
d. Gossip
The newspaper report is not true. It may be sued for _____.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
729
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Clumsy
b. Athletic
c. Inept
d. Sluggish
AGILE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
730
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Unethical
b. Deceptive
c. Biased
d. Moral
HONEST
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
731
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Ruler
b. Follow
c. Peasant
d. Beggar
LEADER
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
732
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Weakness
b. Humility
c. Pride
d. Upset
PRESUMPTION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
733
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Ruin
b. Disfigurement
c. Collapse
d. Arrangement
CONSTRUCTION
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
734
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Current
b. Postponed
c. Antique
d. Outdated
LATEST
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
695
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Useful
b. Handy
c. Functional
d. Positive
FUTILE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
694
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Liberal
b. Moderate
c. Light
d. Magnanimous
PETTY (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
693
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Unclear
b. Dull
c. Boring
d. Tedious
VIVID (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
654
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. A, an
b. The, the
c. A, the
d. The, an
______ moon circles _____ earth.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
653
Select the correct option.
a. Excited
b. Ecstatic
c. Elated
d. Excluded
Point out the odd word.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
652
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Hadn't
b. Couldn't
c. Haven't
d. Didn't
_____ we been lying to our parents about smoking?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
651
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Saxophoner
b. Saxophonian
c. Saxophonist
d. Saxophonyst
The musician who plays the saxophone is known as _____.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
656
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Take
b. Took
c. Was in
d. Were in
What were the servants doing when the robbery _____ place?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
657
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Had
b. Has
c. Will have
d. Have
I _____ been regularly exercising for quite a few days now.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
658
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
d. Is, are
Countries which _____ still undergoing the economic processes _____ known as developing countries.
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Were, are
b. Are, were
c. Are, are
e. Are, is
Countries which _____ still undergoing the economic processes _____ known as developing countries.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
659
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Despite
b.Although
c. Since
d. However
_____ being poor, Kaveri still dresses more appropriately than most of her group mates.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
660
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Apart
b. Except
c. In spite
d. Despite
The movie can be categorized as average, _____ the thrilling and unexpected ending.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
661
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Warranted
b. Deserve
c. Deserves
d. Merit
He worked really hard and thus _____ to be promoted.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
650
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Under
b. Down
c. Up
d. Cross
_____ wind is the direction in which the wind is blowing.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
649
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Blown
b. Blues
c. Blew
d. Blue
The fierce wind _____ all night. It was intolerable.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
648
Select the correct option.
a. When the cloud has a silver lining after the rain
b. Every sad or difficult situation has a positive side
c. Good times follow difficult ones
d. A need to face the difficult times with courage
Which of the following explains the meaning of the proverb "Every cloud has a silver lining"?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
637
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Prices
b. Deduction
c. Damaged
d. Obstruct
DISCOUNT
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
636
Give the antonym for the underlined word, in the given blank.
a. Well
b. Weak
c. Uneasy
d. Strong
He was very healthy before he got sick. Now he is very __________.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
214
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Factual
b. Celebratory
c. Satirical
d. Cynical
What best describes the statement: "Build a worse mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." ?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
632
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Sympathy
b. Joy
c. Woe
d. Empathy
SORROW (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
638
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Ignore
b. Satire
c. Use
d. Busy
EMPLOY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
639
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Abuse
b. Abhor
c. Nasty
d. Tardy
HATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
643
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Books
b. The books
c. A book
d. Book
You cannot carry the books and the toys. Put _____ down.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
644
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Were
b. Had
c. Being
d. Was
The leaves _______ yellow and dry.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
645
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Had swum
b. Have swim
c. Have swum
d. Has swim
She _____ the English Channel every summer as a ritual.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
647
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Had
b. Have
c. Ate
d. Eaten
Did you _____ cereal for breakfast?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
662
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Good
b. Finest
c. Best
d. Better
Being a compulsive shopper is _____ than being an impulsive shopper.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
663
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. And
b. Or
c. But
d. Since
e. Thus
The questions in the test paper were very vague _____ confusing.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
664
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Has
b. Have
c. Should
d. Had
e. Would
Ujjwal's squandering habits _____ left him with very little money.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
682
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. From
b. At
c. On
d. In
The new television set was delivered _____ damage condition.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
681
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. On
b. For
c. At
d. In
We urgently need to recruit a counselor _____ the vacant position.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
680
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Was
b. Been
c. Is
d. Being
Today _____ the inaugural day of the pub, the drinks were served free of cost.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
678
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Since
b. While
c. Yet
d. Because
The rival team won the match _____ they foul played.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
683
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Has
b. Had
c. Have
d. Want
Salim could not make it to the party as he _____ to finish his assignment.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
684
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Thus
b. Since
c. That
d. So
The car is in such terrible state _____ it can cause serious damage.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
686
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Do
b. Did
c. Could
d. Should
Its always good to carry some cash as some shops _____ not accept credit cards.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
689
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Though
b. Since
c. However
d. Despite
_____ I have car sickness, I prefer to travel by train.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
690
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Make
b. Forced
c. Made
d. Cause
The embarrassment caused in class _____ him change his school.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
691
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Costly
b. Important
c. Valuable
d. Beneficial
WORTHLESS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
677
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Has
b. Was
c. Have
d. Is
e. Had
Mentally he _____ not been the same after his near fatal accident.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
676
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Since the
b. Due to
c. Despite of
d. Reason being
______ negligence of the transport company, lot of our goods were damaged in transit.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
675
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Shall, will
b. Should, shall
c. Will, will
d. Should, will
We _____ better follow the instructions on sign board or we _____ get lost again.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
668
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Though
b. Because
c. However
d. Since
e. While
_____ the shirt was washed twice, still he refused to wear it.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
667
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. As
b. Because
c. Since
d. In spite
There is a huge traffic jam ______ of heavy rain.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
666
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. With, can
b. Having, could
c. With, could
d. Having, can
Only a qualified teacher _____ teaching certificate _____ teach at our school.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
665
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Between
b. In middle of
c. Among
d. In between
Ali is the fastest runner _____ all the students.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
669
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Was
b. Is
c. Were
d. Be
The roads to hills _____ closed because of land slides.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
670
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Steal
b. Stole
c. Take
d. Took
The thief _____ all precious paintings from the gallery.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
671
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Were
b. Was
c. Is
d. Have
Each of the students _____ handed over a set of sports kit.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
672
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Got
b. Get
c. Gotten
d. Getting
He _____ the position of group leader because of his effective leadership skills.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
673
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Was getting
b. Were getting
c. Is getting
d. Was gotten
The climate ________hotter day by day because of global warming.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
674
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Will joining
b. Will join
c. Shall join
d. Should join
Neither Manyata nor her friends ______ the session tonight.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
755
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Apparent
b. Noticeable
c. Hidden
d. Evident
CONSPICUOUS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
756
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Arrogance
b. Rudeness
c. Insolence
d. Humility
BOLDNESS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
757
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Complicate
b. Relieve
c. Aggravate
d. Intensify
WORSEN (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
267
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The economic progress is impressive, but the poor (earning one dollar per day) are not benefited
b. The economic progress is impressive disallowing the government to take tough decisions
c. There is not enough skilled workforce and the government does not realize this
d. Government is not ready to invest in setting up new universities
According to the passage, what is the paradox of the Indian economy today?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
266
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Near to community colleges
b. Like community colleges
c. Close association with community colleges
d. None of these
In the third sentence of the third paragraph of the passage, the phrase "closer to community colleges " is used. What does it imply?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
265
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Growing Indian economy
b. Higher education in India
c. India's skill shortage
d. Entrepreneurship in India
What is an appropriate title to the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
264
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Democratic
b. Liberal
c. Impeding
d. Undemocratic
What can you infer as the meaning of 'stifling' from the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
268
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Companies are paying higher to lure skilled people to jobs
b. American companies are ready to pay higher to skilled workers
c. Entrepreneurship is growing in India
d. There are not enough skilled workers, while the demand for them is high
Why are salaries for skilled workers rising?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
293 - 300
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror. Experts are calling it "sanitised barbarism". Demographic trends indicate the country is fast heading towards a million female foetuses aborted each year.
Although foetal sex determination and sex selection is a criminal offence in India, the practice is rampant. Private clinics with ultrasound machines are doing brisk business. Everywhere, people are paying to know the sex of an unborn child. And paying more to abort the female child. The technology has even reached remote areas through mobile clinics. Dr. Puneet Bedi, obstetrician and specialist in foetal medicine, says these days he hardly sees a family with two daughters. People are getting sex determination done even for the first child, he says.
If the 1991 Census showed that two districts had a child sex ratio (number of girls per thousand boys) less than 850; by 2001 it was 51 districts. Child rights activist Dr. Sabu George says foeticide is the most extreme form of violence against women. "Today a girl is several times more likely to be eliminated before birth than die of various causes in the first year. Nature intended the womb to be a safe space. Today, doctors have made it the most unsafe space for the female child," he says. He believes that doctors must be held responsible - "They have aggressively promoted the misuse of technology and legitimised foeticide."
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Akhila Sivadas, Centre for Advocacy and Research, Delhi, feels that the PCPNDT Act (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques - Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) is very well conceived and easy to use. The need of the hour is legal literacy to ensure the law is implemented. "The demand and supply debate has been going on for some time. Doctors say there is a social demand and they are only fulfilling it. They argue that social attitudes must change. However, in this case supply fuels demand. Technology will have to be regulated. Technology in the hands of greedy, vested interests cannot be neutral. There is a law to prevent misuse and we must be able to use it," she says.
On the "demand" side, experts such as Dr. Agnihotri argue that women's participation in workforce, having disposable incomes and making a contribution to larger society will make a difference to how women are seen. Youth icons and role models such as Sania Mirza are making an impact, he says.
Others feel there needs to be widespread visible contempt and anger in society against this "genocide" - "the kind we saw against the Nithari killings," says Dr. Bedi. "Today nobody can say female foeticide is not their problem." Time we all did our bit to help save the girl child. Time's running out.
293 - 300
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
293
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The girl child is as safe in the mother's womb as after birth
b. The girl child is safer in the mother's womb in comparison to after birth
c. The girl child is safer after birth as compared to the mother's womb
d. None of these
Which of the following will Dr. George agree to?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
294
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Effective use of law
b. Mass public outrage
c. Comparison with Nithari killing
d. Contempt towards doctors
What is the solution to the problem of female foeticide as envisioned by Dr. Bedi?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
295
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Factual
b. Biased
c. Aggressive
d. Sad
What is the tone of the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
263
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The total amount of young population is low
b. The total number of colleges are insufficient
c. Students do not want to study
d. Maximum universities and colleges do not match global standards
According to the passage, why India does not have enough skilled labour?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
262
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Jobs provided by American companies
b. Jobs held (or to be held) by American people
c. Jobs open to only American citizens
d. Jobs provided by the American government
What does "American jobs" in the last line of the first paragraph of the passage imply?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
261
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Wages in the developing countries are less as compared to wages in the developed countries
b. Wages in the developing countries are more as compared to wages in the developed countries
c. Wages in the developing countries are same as wages in the developed countries
d. None of these
Which of these could you infer according to the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
803
a. The rise and fall of a national empire
b. The downfall of successive regimes in Spain
c. The history of Spain
d. Spain in eighteenth century
What is the summary of the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
803-806
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The eighteenth century saw a new dynasty, the Bourbons, which directed considerable effort towards the institutional renewal of the state, with some success, peaking in a successful involvement in the American War of Independence.
The end of the eighteenth and the start of the nineteenth centuries saw turmoil unleashed throughout Europe by the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, which finally led to a French occupation of much of the continent, including Spain. This triggered a successful but devastating war of independence that shattered the country and created an opening for what would ultimately be the successful independence of Spain's mainland American colonies.
Following a period of growing political instability in the early twentieth century, in 1936 Spain was plunged into a bloody civil war. The war ended in a nationalist dictatorship, led by Francisco Franco which controlled the Spanish government until 1975.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
803-806
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The Kingdom of Spain was created in 1492 with the unification of the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon. For the next three centuries Spain was the most important colonial power in the world. It was the most powerful state in Europe and the foremost global power during the 16th century and the greater part of the 17th century. Spain established a vast empire in the Americas, stretching from California to Patagonia, and colonies in the western Pacific.
Spain's European wars, however, led to economic damage, and the latter part of the 17th century saw a gradual decline of power under an increasingly neglectful and inept Habsburg regime. The decline culminated in the War of the Spanish Succession, where Spain's decline from the position of a leading Western power, to that of a secondary one, was confirmed, although it remained the leading colonial power.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
802
a. Dinosaurs are not extinct: fossil records prove it all
b. Artefacts are the new science of today
c. Co-existence of dinosaurs and humans: a fact or myth?
d. Transition between parallel worlds is possible
What can prove to be a suitable title for the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
804
a. War of succession confirmed the leading position of Spain
b. Spain was no longer regarded as the ruling colonial power
c. A vast empire was established in Europe
d. Power steadily declined under Habsburg regime
What occurred in the latter part of 17th century?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
805
a. A small part of the continent was occupied by French people
b. Spain was occupied by the French
c. War of independence was unable to yield any positive result
d. American colonies were destroyed after the war
What was the result of Napoleonic wars?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
806
a. Follow a particular path
b. Guide or transform
c. Reach the highest point
d. Introduce on a grand scale
What is the meaning of the term 'culminated'?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
261 - 268
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The economic transformation of India is one of the great business stories of our time. As stifling government regulations have been lifted, entrepreneurship has flourished, and the country has become a high-powered center for information technology and pharmaceuticals. Indian companies like Infosys and AMCAT are powerful global players, while Western firms like G.E. and I.B.M. now have major research facilities in India employing thousands. India's seemingly endless flow of young, motivated engineers, scientists, and managers offering developed-world skills at developing-world wages is held to be putting American jobs at risk, and the country is frequently heralded as "the next economic superpower."
But India has run into a surprising hitch on its way to superpower status: its inexhaustible supply of workers is becoming exhausted. Although India has one of the youngest workforces on the planet, the head of Infosys said recently that there was an "acute shortage of skilled manpower," and a study projects that this year salaries for skilled workers will rise fourteen and a half per cent, a sure sign that demand for skilled labor is outstripping supply.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
How is this possible in a country that every year produces two and a half million college graduates and four hundred thousand engineers? Start with the fact that just ten per cent of Indians get any kind of post-secondary education, compared with some fifty per cent who do in the U.S. Moreover, of that ten per cent, the vast majority go to one of India's seventeen thousand colleges, many of which are closer to community colleges than to four-year institutions. India does have more than three hundred universities, but a recent survey by the London Times Higher Education Supplement put only two of them among the top hundred in the world. Many Indian graduates therefore enter the workforce with a low level of skills. A current study led by Vivek Wadhwa, of Duke University, has found that if you define "engineer" by U.S. standards, India produces just a hundred and seventy thousand engineers a year, not four hundred thousand. Infosys says that, of 1.3 million applicants for jobs last year, it found only two per cent acceptable.
261 - 268
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
India has taken tentative steps to remedy its skills famine-the current government has made noises about doubling spending on education, and a host of new colleges and universities have sprung up since the mid-nineties. But India's impressive economic performance has made the problem seem less urgent than it actually is, and allowed the government to defer difficult choices. (In a country where more than three hundred million people live on a dollar a day, producing college graduates can seem like a low priority.) Ultimately, the Indian government has to pull off a very tough trick, making serious changes at a time when things seem to be going very well. It needs, in other words, a clear sense of everything that can still go wrong. The paradox of the Indian economy today is that the more certain its glowing future seems to be, the less likely that future becomes.
261 - 268
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
296
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The act is inconsistent
b. The act needs reform
c. The act encourages demand for foeticide
d. The act is sound, but needs enforcement
What is Akhila Sivadas's opinion on the PCPNDT act?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
297
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Unforgivable
b. Legitimate
c. Free from dirt
d. None of these
What does the word 'sanitised' imply in the first paragraph of the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
298
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. They think it is legitimate
b. They do it because people demand it
c. The technology is available and there is no harm using it
d. None of these
What is the doctors' explanation for foeticide?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1630
Choose the correct answer.
a. I have been in Ladakh.
b. I has been in Ladakh.
c. I has been to Ladakh.
d. I was been to Ladakh.
e. I have been to Ladakh.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1631
Choose the correct answer.
a. Mary play basketball in the evening.
b. Mary plays basketball in the evening.
c. Mary play basketball in evening.
d. Mary plays basketball in evening.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1632
Choose the correct answer.
a. Younis has played twenty matches last year.
b. Younis have played twenty matches last year.
c. Younis has been played twenty matches last year.
d. Younis have been played twenty matches last year.
e. Younis had been played twenty matches last year.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1485
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. packed
b. received
c. opened
d. sent
The shipment should not be dispatched if there are any quality issues.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1629
Choose the correct answer.
a. Which of the seven continents, does Japan belongs to?
b. Which of the seven continent, does Japan belongs to?
c. Which of the seven continents, does Japan belong to?
d. Which off the seven continents, does Japan belong to?
e. Which off the seven continent, does Japan belongs to?
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1628
Choose the correct answer.
a. Though he got low marks in Mathematics, but he was happy with his performance.
b. Although he got low marks in Mathematics, but he was happy with his performance.
c. Though he got low marks in Mathematics, he was happy with his performance.
d. Though he got low marks in Mathematics, still he was happy with his performance.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1627
Choose the correct answer.
a. The boss either requested Rima or Shashi to stay back.
b. The boss either requested for Rima or Shashi to stay back.
c. The boss requested for either Rima or Shashi to stay back.
d. The boss requested either Rima or Shashi to stay back.
Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1595
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. judgment
b. decision
c. order
d. chaos
The election verdict was quite surprising as the ruling party was re-elected for the first time in fifty years.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1509
Improve the sentence by selecting the correct alternative to the italicised part of the sentence.
a. greed
b. negligence
c. foolishness
d. luck
He lost all the money in gambling, primarily because of his avarice.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1508
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
a. Safety
b. Leisure
c. Secretly
d. Haunted
PERIL (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1343
Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.
a. Inferior
b. Credited
c. Prestigious
d. Important
EMINENT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
269
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Word of mouth marketing
b. Selling of video-game consoles, bottled water and electric toothbrushes
c. Traditional advertising
d. None of these
What is the experimental approach being discussed in the first paragraph?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
269
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The difficulty for marketers is creating the right kind of buzz and learning to control it. Negative views spread just as quickly as positive ones, so if a product has flaws, people will soon find out. And Peter Kim of Forrester, a consultancy, points out that when Microsoft sent laptops loaded with its new Windows Vista software to influential bloggers in an effort to get them to write about it, the resulting online discussion ignored Vista and focused instead on the morality of accepting gifts and the ethics of word-of-mouth marketing. Bad buzz, in short.
BzzAgent, a controversial company based in Boston that is one of the leading exponents of word-of-mouth marketing, operates a network of volunteer "agents" who receive free samples of products in the post. They talk to their friends about them and send back their thoughts. In return, they receive rewards through a points program-an arrangement they are supposed to make clear. This allows a firm to create buzz around a product and to see what kind of word-of-mouth response it generates, which can be useful for subsequent product development and marketing. Last week BzzAgent launched its service in Britain. Dave Balter, BzzAgent's founder, thinks word-of-mouth marketing will become a multi-billion dollar industry. No doubt he tells that to everyone he meets.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The Stratosphere, specifically, the lower Stratosphere has, it seems, been drying out. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas, and the cooling effect on the Earth's climate due to this desiccation may account for a fair bit of the slowdown in the rise of global temperatures seen over the past ten years. The Stratosphere sits on top of the Troposphere, the lowest, densest layer of the atmosphere.
The boundary between the two, the Tropopause, is about 18km above your head, if you are in the tropics, and a few kilometers lower if you are at higher latitudes (or up a mountain). In the Troposphere, the air at higher altitudes is in general cooler than the air below it, an unstable situation in which warm and often moist air below is endlessly buoying up into cooler air above. The resultant commotion creates clouds, storms and much of the rest of the world's weather. In the Stratosphere, the air gets warmer at higher altitudes, which provides stability.
The Stratosphere-which extends up to about 55km, where the Mesosphere begins, is made even less weather-prone by the absence of water vapor, and thus of the clouds and precipitation to which it leads. This is because the top of the Troposphere is normally very cold, causing ascending water vapor to freeze into ice crystals that drift and fall, rather than continuing up into the Stratosphere.
1234 - 1237
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1115
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Is
b. Stays
c. Walks
d. Be
A person's shadow always ______ beside him/her, no matter what.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
300
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Demand for principled doctors
b. Demand for high income jobs for women
c. Demand for youth icons
d. Demand for sex determination and abortion
Which "demand" does the author refer to, in paragraph 5?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
299
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Dr. Agnihotri and Dr. George
b. Dr. Bedi and Dr. Agnihotri
c. Dr. George and Dr. Bedi
d. Dr. George and Ms. Sivadas
Which of the two people mentioned in the passage suggest similar solution to the problem?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1234 - 1237
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
A little water manages to get past this cold trap. But as Dr Solomon and her colleagues note, satellite measurements show that rather less has been doing so over the past ten years than was the case previously. Plugging the changes in water vapor into a climate model that looks at the way different substances absorb and emit infrared radiation, they conclude that between 2000 and 2009 a drop in the Stratospheric water vapor of less than one part per million slowed the rate of warming at the Earth's surface by about 25%.
Such a small change in Stratospheric water vapor can have such a large effect precisely because the Stratosphere is already dry. It is the relative change in the amount of a greenhouse gas, not its absolute level, which determines how much warming it can produce.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1234
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Tropopause, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere
b. Troposphere, Tropopause, Stratosphere, Mesosphere
c. Troposphere, Tropopause, Mesosphere, Stratosphere
d. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Tropopause, Mesosphere
What is the order of layers in the atmosphere, starting from the lowermost and going to the topmost?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1235
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Because, unlike the Stratosphere, there is too much water vapor in the Troposphere
b. Because the Troposphere is not directly linked to the Stratosphere, but through the Tropopause which creates much of the world's weather
c. Because of the interaction between warm and cool air which is unpredictable in nature and can lead to storms
d. Because this layer of the atmosphere is very cloudy and can lead to weather related disruptions
Why is the situation in the troposphere defined as unstable?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1236
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The layer of Stratosphere is situated too far above for the water vapor to reach
b. Rising global temperatures, leading to reduced water vapor that gets absorbed in the Troposphere
c. The greenhouse gas gets absorbed by the clouds in the Troposphere and comes down as rain
d. Before the vapor can rise up, it has to pass through below freezing temperatures and turns into ice
What accounts for the absence of water vapor in stratosphere?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
1237
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Relative change in water vapor content in the Stratosphere
b. Drop in Stratospheric water vapor of less than one part per million
c. The extreme dryness in the Stratosphere
d. Absorption and emission of infrared radiation by different substances
What in the passage has been cited as the main reason affecting global temperatures?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
269
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
When it came to promoting its new video-game console, the Wii, in America, Nintendo recruited a handful of carefully chosen suburban mothers in the hope that they would spread the word among their friends that the Wii was a gaming console the whole family could enjoy together. Nintendo thus became the latest company to use "word-of-mouth" marketing. Nestlé, Sony and Philips have all launched similar campaigns in recent months to promote everything from bottled water to electric toothbrushes. As the power of traditional advertising declines, what was once an experimental marketing approach is becoming more popular.
After all, no form of advertising carries as much weight as an endorsement from a friend. "Amway and Tupperware know you can blend the social and economic to business advantage," says Walter Carl, a marketing guru at Northeastern University. The difference now, he says, is that the internet can magnify the effect of such endorsements.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
801
a. Evolution followed the same direction in two different worlds
b. Existence of species differ in both worlds
c. Two worlds are separated by the destruction of a planet
d. Both worlds co-exist in the present day
Which of the following best describes parallel worlds?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
800
a. Onset of an event
b. Evolution of species
c. End of existence
d. In the presence of
What is the meaning of the term 'demise'?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
799
a. Lives of dinosaurs are not linked to those of humans
b. Human beings' fossil records were found in the same time period as dinosaurs
c. Dinosaurs ceased to exist 13 million years ago
d. A cosmic bomb destroyed all forms of life on Earth
Which of the following assumptions were proved wrong?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
774
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Turned
b. Had turned
c. Is turning
d. Will turn
His dream of holding an exhibition _____ into reality when he shifted to Delhi.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
773
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Is being
b. Had being
c. Has been
d. Is been
The business _____ incurring losses since early September.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
772
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Attend
b. Attending
c. Attends
d. Attend to
He had no interest in _____ obligatory dinners and social events.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
771
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. In care
b. Carefully
c. With care
d. Caring
Cross the street _____ , since there are puddles on the uneven road.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
775
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. On
b. With
c. In
d. As
She woke up _____ a start in the middle of the night.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
776
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Was going to
b. Could have
c. Could
d. Will have
Nothing _____ convinced her to cancel her trip to Goa.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
777
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Refuses to
b. Refused to
c. Refused of
d. Refuse to
The company _____ increase her salary before the appraisal.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
778
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. For
b. In
c. As
d. Due to
They walked for miles on an empty road _____ their car had broken down.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
780
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Make
b. Will make
c. Has made
d. Makes
Success _____ him more arrogant than what he used to be.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
781
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Is
b. Will
c. Has
d. Have
The movie _____ released amidst much fanfare.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
770
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Had blocked
b. Was blocking
c. Blocked
d. Had been blocking
The snow _____ the long driveway, making it difficult to reverse the car.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
769
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Not touched
b. Untouched
c. Untouching
d. Not touch
The glass lay _____ on the table.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
768
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Analyze
b. Simplify
c. Confuse
d. Resolve
CLARIFY (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
761
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Administer
b. Accomplish
c. Abandon
d. Exert
ENFORCE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
760
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Detest
b. Beastly
c. Respectful
d. Hideous
RUDE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
759
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Entertaining
b. Witty
c. Comical
d. Depressing
HUMOROUS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
758
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Symbolic
b. Illustrative
c. Literal
d. Pictoral
FIGURATIVE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
762
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Break down
b. Give in
c. Cease
d. Conquer
SUCCUMB (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
763
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Curb
b. Restrain
c. Release
d. Stifle
SUFFOCATE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
764
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Inferior
b. Credit
c. Prestige
d. Important
EMINENT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
765
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Elaboration
b. Intricacy
c. Clarity
d. Implication
COMPLEXITY (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
766
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Stationary
b. Fixed
c. Inactive
d. Mobile
SETTLED (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
767
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Humble
b. Reserved
c. Egotistic
d. Timid
MODEST (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Alaska is known as a good place for seeing the Polar Aurora, also known as "Northern Lights." Most often, you see greenish white ribbons stretching across the sky, roughly from East to West, usually with waves in them. And if you look closely at them, you will note that they contain many parallel rays, running across their width.
Two things about those rays are noteworthy. One, the bright ones fade while dim ones brighten instead, a bit like flames in a fireplace, and just as mesmerizing. Some auroras are deep red, and these may be just a shapeless glow, or they may have rays, too. And second, the direction of those rays is related to the magnetism of the Earth.
783 - 786
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
783 - 786
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Anyone who has ever used a compass knows that the Earth is a giant magnet. The needle of the compass usually points towards one of two points, the magnetic poles of the Earth, located near the geographic poles. Actually, the magnetic force points not just Northward but also slants down into the Earth. The rays of the aurora faithfully follow that slanting direction.
That was one clue that the aurora was related to the Earth's magnetism. The other clue was found by keeping tabs on how often aurora was seen in various locations. It turned out that the important factor was distance from the magnetic pole. That pole is separated from the geographic pole, marking the Earth's rotation axis, and currently it is in the Arctic Ocean, just North of Canadian soil.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
783
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Northern Lights - a fading phenomenon
b. Natural display of light - the wonder of Northern Lights
c. Scientists at a loss for explaining auroras
d. Aurora rays baffle scientists - no conclusion reached
What can be the suitable title for the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
795-798
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Most penguins are built to stay warm in extreme cold, a necessity for a bird that lives in the frigid and windy Southern Ocean. The ability to live in the coldest place on Earth comes with a trade-off; however, they're not very good at shedding extra heat. Penguins don't migrate to the North Pole simply because they can't get there. The vast reaches of ocean between 45°S latitude and the Northern Atlantic and Pacific are too hot for them.
Penguins are fabulous swimmers but they're rather slow and awkward on land. Nonetheless, they spend considerable lengths of time on land during the breeding season, remaining for long periods in the colony. Fortunately, there are few predators on the Southern islands or the beaches and ice of Antarctica. In the North, it would be different. In the north, there are Polar bears, Arctic foxes and other predators, including people. Any penguin colony that started up in the Arctic would likely quickly fall prey to these carnivores. Indeed, the few human attempts to establish penguin colonies in the Arctic have all failed.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
795-798
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Have you ever seen penguins and polar bears together? Yes! On Christmas cards and advertisements. In the real world, however, it just doesn't happen. Polar bears live in the Arctic and penguins are found almost exclusively in the Southern hemisphere.
Only a few penguins live in the warmer parts of the Southern oceans. The Galapagos Penguin, breeding in the Galapagos region, may even breed a little North of the equator, and the African Penguin may range as far North as the equator. These penguins have special ways of keeping cool and live in places where cold ocean currents cool the immediate environment - the Humboldt Current in the Eastern Pacific, and the Benguela and Agulhas Currents off South Africa. They are non-migratory species, so they're not likely to stray too far North.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
794
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. They care about bringing justice in the existing legal system
b. Introduction of reforms will result in irrational verdicts
c. Laws in the legal system cannot be modified or changed
d. Earnings of lawyers will suffer to a great extent
Why are adequate reforms not being taken by lawyers?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
793
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Acts of discrimination were severely punished
b. Defendants were responsible for poor functioning of the system
c. Right to sue for anything was provided to people
d. Authorities were denied the power to give verdicts
Which of the following statements hold true for the neutral system?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
795
a. Life of penguins in the Southern hemisphere
b. Difficulties faced by penguins for shelter
c. Penguins' role in protecting the environment
d. Reasons behind penguins living in Southern hemisphere
What is highlighted in the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
796
a. The currents provide the warmth for protection
b. Ocean currents provide the cooling effect
c. Humboldt current can cool the environment
d. Both 2 and 3
How does African penguin stay in warm areas?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
797
a. Penguins are cold blooded
b. They will become extinct if they cross the equator
c. Equatorial waters are too warm for them
d. Penguins do not possess the ability to migrate across oceans
Why can't penguins migrate to Northern hemisphere?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
798
a. Melting snow in the Arctic reduces the probability of survival
b. Penguins are not raised to live in colonies
c. Animals of the Arctic are likely to feed on penguins
d. The environment in Arctic region is only suitable for Polar bears
Why are survival chances of penguin colonies low in the Arctic region?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
799-802
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
It is commonly assumed that dinosaurs went extinct 67 million years ago when a cosmic bomb devastated this planet's surface and changed its climate so drastically that it did not support dinosaur life any longer. Humans appeared on the fossil record millions of years later. To establish a link between these two species does not seem possible. Could this assumption be wrong?
In 1966, near the little town of Ica in the Peruvian mountains, the town physician Dr. Cabrera found thousands of stones etched with images and many of them showed humans and dinosaurs living together. The mystery is deepened by the fact that some stones at Ica show this planet's surface with a distribution of the continents as it was approximately 13 million years ago. Moreover, Dr. Cabrera found human remains next to plant specimens as they existed during the Mesozoic age, which ended with the demise of the dinosaurs.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
799-802
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The only possible explanation can be that this planet is home to two worlds: the present one and another one, which lags 13 million years behind in its geologic evolution. This other world did not experience an extinction of the dinosaurs and, therefore, evolution took an entirely different course. Humans and dinosaurs did coexist in this parallel world.
Two parallel worlds for one planet is a fantastic concept. It means when one world disappears the other materializes. The change from one world to the other must have a reason and we can only takes guesses what this reason is.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
792
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Children are scared to play and hurt themselves
b. Strong likelihood of lawsuit in case a child is injured
c. Lack of responsibility on behalf of teachers has led to this move
d. To adhere to the law passed for protection of children
Why are school authorities removing swings from playgrounds?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
791
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Positive outcome of law in America
b. Misuse of law has shaken faith of Americans
c. Unlawful practice of lawsuits
d. Society suffers with the ever-changing legal system
What can be a suitable title for the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
791-794
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
This sue-for-anything philosophy was created in the 1960s, when judges and legislators woke up to abuses of racism and other discrimination that had gone unchecked for centuries. When the bad values of judges and legislators were finally exposed, they decided to create a neutral system in which no one in authority would assert any values. Give people the right to sue for anything, they thought, and then they can't blame us for imposing bad values. Pretty soon, every angry person or clever lawyer learned how to demand new "rights", but these new rights ended up taking away others' rights.
Trial lawyers justify ruinous claims like a $78,000,000 verdict in Arkansas against a nursing home for the neglect of a 93 years old resident on the basis that it will teach the defendant a lesson not to do it next time. The money, though, comes from you and me, through rapidly rising costs and health insurance premiums. The most important accountability, which the trial lawyers never propose, is to remove the licenses of inept doctors or nursing homes so that they can't hurt someone else. Trial lawyers, of course, don't make much money if the focus is on better health care, rather than huge verdicts. A society needs red lights and green lights. The legal system is badly broken. Yet, few efforts at reform have gotten very far.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
787-790
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Astrology has originated from Vedas (the oldest Hindu books of knowledge) and flourished in ancient India, lakhs of years ago. Its roots cannot be traced, but it was discussed and much regarded by all the great Indian seers like Parashara, Jaimini and others. Astrology is referred to as 'Jyotish' , which means 'related to light'. But then what is light?
The word light is indicative of knowledge, and darkness is a symbol of ignorance. Astrology lights the path of human beings and provides better guidance in molding their future.
There is another type of light, the light coming from various planets. This light is called radiation. This radiation always carries different types of energies. This light which comes from various planets and constellations continuously falls on all living beings on the Earth, since their birth till their death. We know that human brain and the nervous system are a thousand times more sensitive than a photographic film. If we expose the photographic film to the Sun, it gets spoiled immediately. Then why can't we accept that the human brain and the nervous system are also affected by the Sun's rays? We are all bathing continuously in an array of different radiations coming from different celestial bodies, and why can't we say that those radiations will definitely affect our lives?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
786
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Glorify the beauty
b. Spellbind or enthrall
c. Unworthy of attention
d. Appreciate the presence of a thing
What is the meaning of 'mesmerizing'?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
785
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The rays move along the needle pointing towards geographic poles
b. The rays are perpendicular to magnetic poles
c. Parallel rays travel between geographic and magnetic poles
d. Rays are in the direction of magnetic pole slanting into Earth
How are the rays related to the magnetism of Earth?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
784
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Ribbons stretching from west to east
b. Curtain of rays with no distinct lines
c. Parallel rays with waves in them
d. Both 2 and 3
What is the shape of 'Northern Lights'?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
787-790
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Radiations, light, magnetic fields, gravity etc., from different planets and constellations act upon human beings' body and mind and thereby modify the way they take decisions and thus influence their future. Certainly a study is needed to establish this fact, and Astrology does this. A study conducted from 1957 to 1968 in Britain revealed that most of the murders are recorded on full Moon days only, thus Moon is influencing some people to lose their mental balance.
Just because the modern pseudo scientists did not put a stamp of approval to it, we cannot say Astrology is not a science. The science is ever changing , finding new theories and opposing its own doctrines. The scientists once declared that the Sun is revolving around the Earth. After Galileo constructed the telescope, the same scientists said that the Earth is revolving around the Sun. Whether the scientists found it or not, the truth is always same. Probably, the same scientist who is criticizing Astrology today, will hug it tomorrow in reverence.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
787
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. To establish the connection of light
b. To show the sensitivity of Sun rays
c. To prove the effect of Sun rays on both due to the sensitivity
d. To understand the dilemma of radiation
Why is a photographic film compared to a living being?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
788
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Murders are committed globally due to the effect of planets
b. Growth of an individual is directed solely by the radiations
c. A person must align himself to the rays to avoid negative effects
d. Decisions are influenced by light from planets
Which of the following is established by the study of Astrology?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
789
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Both fields involve denial of complete truth
b. Views on astrology and its concepts are accepted by all
c. Change in mindset occurs with origin of new theories
d. Facts stated are ignored due to lack of evidence
In what way is Astrology similar to Science?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
790
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. A state of acceptance
b. A feeling of respect and awe
c. Contradictory in nature
d. Evolution of living beings
What can be inferred from the term 'reverence'?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
791-794
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
In 2001, New York City was hit with a $14,000,000 judgment because a subway train didn't stop in time, to avoid hitting someone, who was lying on the tracks, apparently trying to commit suicide. That is just the kind of shocking verdict that people dedicated to reforming the U.S. legal system, have been talking about for years. Irrational verdicts are merely the beginning of the problem, though.
The fear of possible lawsuits has actually changed the culture of America. Talk to teachers. Keeping discipline is hard when students can threaten that any decision might violate their presumed rights. Visit a playground and look for a seesaw. They are rapidly disappearing, going the way of merry-go-rounds, diving boards, and other joys of childhood. No court ever held that seesaws are too dangerous, but who will protect the school board if one youngster gets off too soon and the other child breaks an ankle?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
631
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Lenient
b. Crabby
c. Unreasonable
d. Tenant
STERN (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
635
Give the antonym for the underlined word, in the given blank.
a. Nice
b. Firm
c. Smooth
d. Fair
Her hands are too rough now. I remember last year they were very ________.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
479
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. There is lot of emphasis on
b. There is a lot of emphasis on
c. A lot being emphasized is
d. The area being emphasized a lot is
e. A lot being emphasized is the
There is lot of emphasis is on infrastructure and the social sector.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
478
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Reflects all the other jewel in the net
b. Reflects all other jewels in the net
c. Reflects all the jewel in the net
d. Reflects all the other jewels in the net
e. Reflects all the other jewels in net
At every intersection of Indra's net is a jewel that reflects all the jewels in the net.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
629
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Procrastinating
b. Doing
c. Putting off
d. Propelling
Raman kept _____ his preparations, which led to his failure in the board exams.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
477
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Head or tail
b. Neither head nor tail
c. Heads or tails
d. Neither heads nor tails
e. Either heads or tails
Even financial analysts agree they couldn't make either head or tail of this beauty.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
480
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. The problem was still very difficult
b. She still found the problem very difficult to her
c. She found the problem very difficult for her
d. She still found the problem very difficult for her
e. She still found the problem very difficult
Using every trick Rama knew, the problem was still very difficult for her.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
481
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Had led companies to again refocus on CSR
b. Have led companies to once again focus on CSR
c. Is leading the companies to once again refocus on CSR
d. Has led companies to once again focus on CSR
e. Has leaded companies to once again focus on CSR
Ethical lapses that have been highlighted by the recession have led companies to once again refocus on CSR.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
476
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
But on the other hand, processed mango
(B) products have undermined the delightful
(C) act that mango eating will be.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
483
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Is one of the index of performance at the international level
b. Is the index of the performance at international level
c. Are an index of performance at the international level
d. Is an index of performance at the international level
It is essential for the Indian academic community to understand that academic research is an index of the performance at the international level.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
482
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Classical, musical riff as their background score
b. Classical music riffs as their background scores
c. Classical music riffs as there background score
d. Classical, music riffs in their background scores
e. Classical music riffs as their background score
There must be a reason why Tom & Jerry cartoons play western classical music riffs in their background score.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
484
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. It is coming at their expense
b. It is costing at their expense
c. It will be expensive
d. It was coming at their expense
The most obvious downside to this pessimism is that it is coming at their expenses.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
485
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. End
b. Dawn
c. Emergence
d. Flexible
e. Adamant
ADVENT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
475
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
The challenge for the Indian IT industry is abysmally low
(B) employability ratio, which means the incapability of companies
(C) to find appropriately skilled candidates for a given job role.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
474
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
Beside, he adds
(B) that students can easily
(C) access libraries of other institutes.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
472
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
This tournament has, in
(B) recent year, become important
(C) stop on the cricket calendar.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
465
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. And being
b. And been
c. And had been
d. And will be
He has devoted the last couple of days only to his family _____ incommunicado to the rest of the world.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
464
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. On
b. At
c. In
d. The
Everyone improves _______ standards but this is a complete overhaul of the erstwhile superb.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
463
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. So far so as to
b. Very far so as to
c. As far as to
d. So far as to
And the optimism doesn't end here. They have gone _____ view the economic downturn as a good thing.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
462
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. Enhanced
b. Good
c. Better
d. Best
We need more effective leaders and therefore we need to groom _____ leaders.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
466
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. Or, and
b. Or the, and the
c. And, or
d. And the, or the
e. Or, and the
Acoustic expressions are of two kinds: one is the divine _____ spiritual acoustic expression _____ other is the physical.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
467
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. By, but the
b. By, but its
c. To, but its
d. To, but it has
e. By, but it has
The power of music is known _____ us all _____ capacity to improve our holistic health is perhaps underestimated.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
468
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. undertake
b. undertook
c. undertaken
d. underwent
e. been undergoing
He elaborated that the institute had _____ research projects looking to solve problems faced by its surrounding region.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
469
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
It also aids
in digestion and act
(C) as a blood purifier.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
470
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
We've been saying it separately up till
(B) now, but we thought it would be
(C) better if we spoke in one voice.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
471
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
Not surprisingly, most of
(B) them have proved
(C) to being spectacular.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
486
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Wholesome
b. Kind
c. Unkind
d. Benevolent
BENIGN (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
488
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Nepotism
b. Absolutism
c. Autocracy
d. Primacy
e. Democracy
DESPOTISM (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
489
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Somber
b. Intense
c. Unimportant
d. Staid
EARNEST (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
508
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Reject
b. Relinquish
c. Acknowledge
d. Enforce
e. Assert
WAIVE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
507
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Deviation
b. Nonconforming
c. Unfashionable
d. Prevalent
VOGUE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
506
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Venal
b. Criminal
c. Condonable
d. Inexcusable
VENIAL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
505
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Appease
b. Addle
c. Adulate
d. Admonish
e. Acquiesce
UPBRAID
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
509
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Plot
b. Naive
c. Deter
d. Complain
WILE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
511
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Absent
b. Present
c. Equitable
d. Level
e. Inane
ABSURD
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
512
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Bravery
b. Cowardice
c. Modesty
d. Pomposity
e. Timidity
BRAVADO
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
513
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Capture
b. Earn
c. Defy
d. Concede
CAPITULATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
630
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Nice
b. Vivid
c. Dexterous
d. Tardy
Meeta has a very strong and _____ memory.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
515
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Participate
b. Abandon
c. Tilted
d. Prejudiced
e. Evenhanded
ESCHEW
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
504
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Temporal
b. Persistent
c. Emigrating
d. Transitory
TRANSIENT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
503
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Resemblance
b. Pretense
c. Appearance
d. Aura
e. Dissimilarity
SEMBLANCE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
502
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Lapse
b. Progress
c. Regress
d. Resume
REVERT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
495
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Beatable
b. Amenable
c. Freed
d. Prone
LIABLE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
494
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Jocund
b. Jaded
c. Jocular
d. Jaunty
JOVIAL (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
493
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Glut
b. Whelm
c. Underwhelm
d. Pronounce
INUNDATE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
492
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Oblivious
b. Bemused
c. Precipitate
d. Preoccupied
e. Alert
HEEDLESS (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
496
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Factual
b. Usual
c. Ordinary
d. Unbiased
e. Figurative
LITERAL (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
497
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Diffuse
b. Marshal
c. Draft
d. Summon
MUSTER (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
498
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Agile
b. Adroit
c. Gawky
d. Deft
e. Smart
NIMBLE (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
499
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Bucolic
b. Fantastic
c. Eccentric
d. Quaint
e. Pedestrian
OUTLANDISH (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
500
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Propensity
b. Zeal
c. Bias
d. Antipathy
PENCHANT (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
501
Select the option that is most nearly opposite to the given word.
a. Ease
b. Anxiety
c. Misgiving
d. Foreboding
QUALM (OPPOSITE)
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
461
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. Spruced
b. Spruced up
c. Spruced on
d. Spruced at
But now a few of them are being _____ to offer tourists a comfortable stay in an ecological setting.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
460
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Crisis
b. Cacophony
c. Teaser
d. Situation
e. Conundrum
May be they feel that Rahul can bail the team out of the potential ______.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
459
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Flag
b. Stoke
c. Discourage
d. Fortify
e. Abate
This may not _______ inflation immediately but will create an overhang of money that will cause an inflationary burst when the recession ends.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
229
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
One manifestation of this is linguistic. Surprisingly few people say: "You are going to have to pay me if you want to get that done." Instead, they use a wide variety of euphemisms. One type is quasi-official terminology. The term widely used at border crossings is "expediting fee". For a euphemism it is surprisingly accurate: paying it will keep your bags, and perhaps your contraband, from being dumped onto a floor and sifted through at a leisurely pace. (A related term, used in India, is "speed money": paying it can get essential business permits issued considerably faster.)
A second type of euphemism dresses up a dodgy payment as a friendly favour done by the bribe-payer. There is plenty of creative scope. Nigerian policemen are known to ask for "a little something for the weekend". Mexican traffic police will suggest that you buy them a refresco, a soft drink, as will Angolan and Mozambican petty officials, who call it a gazoso in Portuguese.
Double meaning can help soothe the awkwardness of bribe-paying. Baksheesh, originally a Persian word now found in many countries of the Middle East, can mean "tip", "alms" and "bribe". In Kenya a machine-gun-wielding guard suggested to a terrified Canadian aid worker: "Perhaps you would like to discuss this over chai?" The young Canadian was relieved: the difficulty could be resolved with some chai, which means both "tea" and "bribe".
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
229
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Give people power and discretion, and whether they are grand viziers or border guards, some will use their position to enrich themselves. The problem can be big enough to hold back a country's development. For most people in the world, though, the worry is not that corruption may slow down their country's GDP growth. It is that their daily lives are pervaded by endless hassles, big and small. And for all the evidence that some cultures suffer endemic corruption while others are relatively clean, attitudes towards corruption, and even the language describing bribery, is remarkably similar around the world.
In a testament to most people's basic decency, bribe-takers and bribe-payers have developed an elaborate theatre of dissimulation. This is not just to avoid detection. Even in countries where corruption is so common as to be unremarkable and unprosecutable-and even when the transaction happens far from snooping eyes-a bribe is almost always dressed up as some other kind of exchange. Though most of the world is plagued by corruption, even serial offenders try to conceal it.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
228
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Issue of confidentiality
b. Misalignment of interests
c. Misalignment of interests and confidentiality
d. None of these
What are the hurdles that social networking has to overcome in order to benefit the business world?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
227
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Because it is used for knowledge management
b. It has a feature to allow employees to interact and cooperate with each other
c. Because IBM developed it
d. Because the service team can get in touch with the right engineers using it
Why does the author call "Lotus Connections" a social software platform?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
229
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Along with the obscurantist language, bribe-taking culture around the world often involves the avoidance of physically handing the money from one person to another. One obvious reason is to avoid detection, which is why bribes are known as "envelopes" in countries from China to Greece. But avoidance of a direct hand-over is common even where there is no chance of detection. There will always be some officials who will take money right from a bribe-payer's hands, but most seem to prefer to find some way to hide the money from view.
Rich Westerners may not think of their societies as plagued by corruption. But the definition of bribery clearly differs from person to person. A New Yorker might pity the third-world businessman who must pay bribes just to keep his shop open. But the same New Yorker would not think twice about slipping the $50 to sneak into a nice restaurant without a reservation. Poor people the world over are most infuriated by the casual corruption of the elites rather than by the underpaid, "tip"-seeking soldier or functionary. Thus there is no single cultural or social factor that inclines a society towards corruption, but economic factors play a big part. Most clearly, poverty and bribery go together.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
229
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Some cultures suffer corruptions while others do not
b. Social factors incline a society towards corruption
c. Bribery is not a cultural phenomena
d. None of these
What is the author likely to agree to, in the following?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
414
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. Co-opt
b. Invite
c. Choose
d. Maintain
But it would not be the first time when politicians tried to _____ religious symbols to win votes.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
415
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. Implification
b. Enactment
c. Statement
d. Issue
In the first ten years after the _____ of the UGC Act, eight institutions were granted deemed university status.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
416
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. Turbulent
b. Peculiar
c. Nascent
d. Unknown
This new technology has the potential to provide handsome returns, even though it is at a _____ stage in India.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
417
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. Utilized
b. Squandered
c. Developed
d. Extended
It is sad, the way she has _____ a 'once a lifetime' opportunity.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
226
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Social networking did not benefit it
b. Social networking was a big success for it
c. Social networking created problems for it
d. None of these
What is the most probable context in which the author is talking about Pizza Hut?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
225
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Dormant
b. Unprincipled
c. Unwanted
d. Enthusiastic
What meaning of avid could you infer from the passage?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
224
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Social network is only useful for recruiting
b. Social networking has other uses apart from recruiting
c. Social networking has not impacted business much
d. The prime use of social networking is for hedge funds
Which of the following statements is Reid Hoffman most likely to agree to?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
219
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Those suffering of vertigo
b. Unhealthy
c. Light-hearted
d. Nervous
What does 'giddy' mean in context of it's usage in the third paragraph of the passage?
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218
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Economically high and low respectively
b. Economically low and high respectively
c. Both economically low
d. Both economically high
Which segment of society are initial users to Christensen's "disruptive technology" and Type One innovation of Mead?
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217
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. The author wants to thank Christensen for writing the book
b. The author is obliged to Christensen for writing the book
c. The author implies that the phrase "Build a worse..." comes from Christensen's book
d. The author is being sarcastic towards Christensen's book
What does the author imply by the phrase thanks mainly to "The Innovator's Dilemma," in the first paragraph?
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216
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. It's quality never improved
b. It helped the consumers
c. The companies could not make money with it
d. It was an instance of Mead's Type II innovation
According to the author, what is the problem companies had with the internet?
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220
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. One should make mail coaches instead of rail roads
b. One should make rail roads instead of mail coaches
c. Incremental changes cannot lead to an innovation
d. Innovations are irreversible changes
What does the statement of Schumpeter imply?
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221 - 228
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
The most avid users of social-networking websites may be exhibitionist teenagers, but when it comes to more grown-up use by business people, such sites have a surprisingly long pedigree. LinkedIn, an online network for professionals that signed up its ten-millionth user this week, was launched in 2003, a few months before My Space, the biggest of the social sites. Consumer adoption of social networking has grabbed most attention since then. But interest in the business uses of the technology is rising.
Many companies are attracted by the marketing opportunities offered by community sites. But the results can be painful. On searching Pizza Hut on MysSpace, the profile of a pizza-delivery driver comes up, who helpfully lets friends in on the chain's latest promotional offers ("Dude, I just heard some scoop from the Hut," ran one recent post). Wal-Mart started up and rapidly closed down a much-derided teenage site called The Hub last year. Reuters hopes to do better with its forthcoming site for those in the financial-services industry.
Social networking has proved to be of greatest value to companies in recruitment. Unlike a simple jobs board, social networks enable members to pass suitable vacancies on to people they know, and to refer potential candidates back to the recruiter. So employers reach not only active jobseekers but also a much larger pool of passive candidates through referrals.
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Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
Having lots of people in a network increases its value in a "super-linear" fashion, says Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn's founder. He says corporate use of his service is now spreading beyond recruiters: hedge funds use it to identify and contact experts, for example.
This technique is also gathering momentum in "knowledge management". IBM recently unveiled a social-software platform called Lotus Connections, that lets company employees post detailed profiles of themselves, team up on projects and share bookmarks. One manufacturer testing the software is using it to put inexperienced members of its customer-services team in touch with the right engineers. It can also be used to identify in-house experts. Software firms will probably start bundling social features of this kind into all sorts of business software.
To work well in the business world, social networking has to clear some big hurdles. Incentives to participate in a network have to be symmetrical, for one thing. The interests of MySpace members-and of jobseekers and employers-may be aligned, but it is not clear why commission-hungry salespeople would want to share their best leads with colleagues. Limiting the size of the network can reduce its value for companies, yet confidentiality is another obvious concern for companies that invite outsiders into their online communities. Social networking sounds great in theory, but the business benefits are still unproven. But if who you know really does matter more than what you know, it has obvious potential.
221 - 228
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221
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Social networking has benefited corporate sector to a large extent
b. Social networking is not useful for corporate sector
c. Social networking may benefit the corporate sector to some extent
d. None of these
What is the author of the passage most likely to agree to?
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222
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. By increasing the reach in a super-linear fashion
b. Making available a larger pool of passive candidates
c. Since enthusiastic teenagers are also on the network
d. None of these
According to the author, how does social networking help recruitment?
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223
Select the correct answer option based on the passage.
a. Social networking and business
b. Social networks
c. Ethics of social networking in business
d. Social networking: pros and cons
Which of the following is an appropriate title for the passage?
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420
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete
a. To see
b. On being seen
c. On seeing
d. To be seen
She was very upset about the marks and insisted _____ by the teacher.
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421
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
The big problem was that we were being told
(B) where all the money would go
(C) but little on where this money will come from
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422
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
It felt like a dream compared to the traffic jams,
(B) honking vehicles, heap of garbage, broken roads
(C) and chaos so common in India.
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452
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Flowed
b. Ebbed
c. Perched
d. Surged
e. Receded
It was a see-saw battle but Manpreet _____ ahead in the third round for the win.
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451
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Equipped
b. Great
c. Renowned
d. Notorious
e. Familiar
We want to become internationally _____ in terms of technological research.
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450
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Outcome, compelling
b. Resolution, cajoling
c. Result, flattering
d. Answer, persuasion
And it raises the question of whether a peaceful _____ of disputes between the two is possible, despite intensive _____ by the US.
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449
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Imperative
b. Urgent
c. Inescapable
d. Contingent
e. Inapposite
If we are to have an inclusive society it is _____ that the poor are connected to electronic networks.
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453
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Chaste
b. Wholesome
c. Fetid
d. Ruined
e. Tainted
The finality of death allows people to forgive _____ celebrities, their human failings.
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454
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
b. Involve
c. Comprise
d. Contains
e. Comprises
In India, women _____ only three percent of senior management.
a. Contain
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455
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Amidst
b. Between
c. Among
d. Beyond
e. Outside
When we found her _____ the romantic ruins and backpackers, she was busy chasing dogs.
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456
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Buried
b. Embedded
c. Wrapped
d. Installed
e. Cemented
The word equity which India has always _____ in its arguments, found a weak mention in passing.
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457
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Prosaic
b. Characterless
c. Imaginative
d. Outdated
In any case, it seems like a travesty to reduce Gandhian values to a _____ ban on liquor.
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458
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
But each attempt ended in _____ failure, just as such attempts have failed all over the world including Britain and the US.
a. Gloomy
b. Spectacular
c. Intense
d. Dismal
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436
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Have their brains stimulated, which
b. Had their brain stimulated, which
c. Have the brains stimulated, while
d. Have their brain stimulate, while
Some of the volunteers had their brains stimulated, which others did not.
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434
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Broke some ground is of recognizing
b. Broke new ground is in recognizing
c. Broke ground is on recognizing
d. Broke new ground is to recognize
A further area in which the court broke some ground is in recognizing the right to privacy as integral to the right of life.
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433
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. In their jobs
b. At their job
c. In their job
d. At his job
In order to have the best job, employees need to excel at their jobs.
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426
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) Stock of companies which are directly
(B) linked to the Railway Budget ended low
(C) on Friday as compared to Thursday.
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425
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) The study did not said
(B) how the countries would
(C) implement the plan.
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424
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
These decision provides
(B) firm ground for all players in
(C) the equality rights arena.
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423
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
At one place by the road,
we saw a table laid with heap of
(C) large red tomatoes for sale.
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427
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) The earlier
(B) prediction brought
(C) bad news.
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428
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) But the decision was not driven
(B) merely on a concern
(C) about containing a virus.
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429
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Would be
b. That is
c. Which was
d. That has been
My first salary was a four figure salary which had been considered very good in those days.
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430
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. You chose
b. You will be choosing
c. You have chosen
d. You are choosing
If you lose touch with your inner enthusiasm, your choice is mediocrity.
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431
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Rather than hampering
b. Rather delaying
c. Rather than helping
d. Rather than delaying
This rise in rates finally ends up hindering rather helping growth.
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516
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Feeble
b. Strong
c. Meager
d. Strength
e. Defect
FOIBLE
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514
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Eternal
b. Lengthy
c. Ephemeral
d. Stable
DECIDUOUS
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432
In the question, a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. I advice you to
b. My advice to you will be to
c. I advice to
d. I advice that you
As your father, my advice would be to say no.
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518
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Dangerous
b. Flushed
c. Worn
d. Unworn
HAGGARD
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596
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PRSQ
b. QSPR
c. SQRP
d. PSQR
S1: The recent economic recession has hit many multinationals.
S6: Quite a few of these firms have declared themselves as bankrupt.
P: As there is hardly any business coming in for these companies.
Q: Many of them have also resorted to mass lay offs.
R: These drastic measures have been taken as a means of cost cutting.
S: Most of these companies have stopped hiring new people.
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595
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. QRSP
b. PSQR
c. QPRS
d. SQRP
S1: He has always been actively involved in charity work.
S6: Wish we had more such people coming up for good causes like this.
P: Recently he donated 50 thousand to a school.
Q: Every year, more than 500 slum children get free education from there.
R: They are also considering opening more branches in India.
S: It was for education of slum children.
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594
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SPRQ
b. PQRS
c. RQSP
d. QSRP
S1: The weather department forecasted heavy rain today.
S6: Finally the authorities had to call police for help.
P: Spectators were quite disappointed and gathered in huge number around the ticket window.
Q: Crowd was getting agitated and out of control.
R: They were asking for the ticket refund.
S: Thus the cricket match between the two colleges was cancelled.
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593
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PSQR
b. SQRP
c. QPRS
d. RPQS
S1: It is important to have seasonal fruits for good health.
S6: On top of it, they are expensive as they include the storage cost as well.
P: However, nowadays, we can get every kind of fruit throughout the year.
Q: Most of these unseasonal fruits are stored in deep freezer.
R: They provide with all kinds of required minerals and vitamins.
S: In the process they often lose their benefits and taste.
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597
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RQSP
b. SQPR
c. QSRP
d. PSQR
S1: My daughter was born in the year 2005.
S6: She was one of the brightest kids in her whole class.
P: She was a quick learner from the beginning.
Q: She could recite poems at two years of age.
R: We put her in kindergarten when she was two and a half years old.
S: She started walking when she was eleven months old.
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598
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SQRP
b. RSQP
c. PQRS
d. QSPR
S1: Maya is a very career oriented woman.
S6: They are a happy couple.
P: However her husband is very supportive.
Q: Her husband is also a Financial Advisor.
R: She has long working hours and is earning more than her husband.
S: She is working as a CA with one of the top MNCs.
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599
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SPRQ
b. QSRP
c. RSQP
d. PSQR
S1: The physics exam paper was quite tough this year.
S6: Hopefully the school will have higher passing percentage this time.
P: The physics test paper is now being designed by some junior teacher.
Q: Thus has asked all fail students to appear for exam again.
R: Only 40% of the total students scored the passing marks.
S: The principal was quite disappointed with this result.
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600
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SQRP
b. QSPR
c. SRPQ
d. PRQS
S1: I have a flight to catch at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.
S6: As the check-in process will also take some time.
P: I would better put an alarm for 6 a.m.
Q: Also another half an hour to reach airport.
R: It would take me around half an hour to get ready.
S: It is always better to reach the airport early.
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601
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PSQR
b. SRQP
c. RQSP
d. QSRP
S1: With Diwali approaching, the shops are flooded with decorative items.
S6: This year, these are being sold for Rs. 15 each.
P: Last year we bought these decorative diyas for Rs. 10 each.
Q: However, because of increased prices, the sale is down compared to last year.
R: As they are aware that the prices would increase as the day gets closer.
S: People have started purchasing various decorative lights and diyas well in advance.
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602
kmnIn the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RQPS
b. PSQR
c. SPRQ
d. QPRS
S1: Sameer has not been coming to office since last week.
S6: Since his plaster will be removed after 30 days.
P: Doctors have advised him complete bed rest for 15 days.
Q: He had six fractures and was rushed to the hospital.
R: He met with a serious accident a few days ago.
S: I think he would be on leave for this whole month.
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592
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SQPR
b. RPQS
c. PRSQ
d. QSPR
S1: I am planning to have a party on Saturday night.
S6: I would not like to offend Akhilesh as he is my senior colleague.
P: I want to invite Rahul, but I would have to ask Akhilesh too.
Q: Akhilesh is not a close friend of mine.
R: I would invite only some very close friends.
S: Inviting Rahul alone may appear very rude.
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591
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SPRQ
b. categorized
c. PRSQ
d. SQPR
S1: Samina has won a competition.
S6: Unfortunately she has already been to Goa twice.
P: She had to recognize the name of the movie through its famous dialogue.
Q: This was the first time she was lucky, and won herself a free trip to Goa.
R: She has never won any contest.
S: They were running it on the television for weeks.
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589
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PRQS
b. QPSR
c. RQSP
d. SQPR
S1: I am going to the supermarket.
S6: As it is their fifth anniversary.
P: Or else we would go together again tomorrow.
Q: Ring me on my mobile if you want something before that.
R: Tomorrow they would be offering special discounts.
S: I will be back by 7:30 p.m.
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582
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. She was disrespecting her mother
b. Her disrespect for her mother was shown
c. She showed disrespect for her mother
d. She disrespected her mother
She had disrespected her mother by throwing a pillow at her during a verbal disagreement.
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581
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. When we were taking a walk in the park
b. While we were walking in the park
c. During our walk in the park
d. While walking in the park
He started to grin ridiculously, when we were walking in the park.
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517
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Standard
b. Brand
c. Specific
d. Individual
GENERIC
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579
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. While we drove towards highway
b. Enrooting towards highway
c. While driving through highway
d. While we drove towards the highway
Driving towards highway, the heavy rain made the road slippery and dangerous.
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583
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PSQR
b. QSPR
c. SQPR
d. SPRQ
S1: He plans to start his own business.
S6: Mastering adequate business skills is of utmost importance.
P: All of them have refused his application for being a novice.
Q: He has approached several banks for a loan.
R: Now he plans to acquire essential business skills first.
S: For that he needs some initial investment.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
584
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SQRP
b. RPSQ
c. PRQS
d. QPSR
S1: Tomorrow is Kaveri's younger sister, Sujata's birthday.
S6: It was unfair of Lavanya to spoil the surprise.
P: Kaveri was quite angry with Lavanya.
Q: She has asked all her friends to be secretive about the party.
R: Lavanya however told Sujata about the surprise.
S6: Kaveri is planning a surprise party for her.
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585
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RSPQ
b. SPQR
c. QPSR
d. QSRP
S1: Today in the morning, I did not feel like having breakfast.
S6: Finally, I ended up having a huge supper before going to bed.
P: By the time I reached office, my head was spinning.
Q: I ate only one apple and left for my work.
R: The doctor prescribed me a few medicines, and told me to have a nutritious meal.
S: I was rushed to see the doctor, as I had fainted on my desk.
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586
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PQRS
b. SQPR
c. RPSQ
d. QSPR
S1: We were planning to watch "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince".
S6: Finally last Saturday, we were able to watch the movie.
P: We had booked the tickets two weeks earlier.
Q: In order to watch the movies of their preference, people usually book in advance.
R: But we were still falling three tickets short.
S: But it is so hard to obtain tickets on weekends.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
587
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PSQR
b. QPRS
c. RQSP
d. SQPR
S1: Rajeev and his friends went for river rafting.
S6: Later they all came to know that he is aqua phobic.
P: Rajeev forced him to have some medicine.
Q: They tried persuading him to join them for rafting, but he had severe stomach ache.
R: Which he refused adamantly. S: Among all his friends, Kunal backed out at the last moment.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
588
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SPQR
b. RPQS
c. QPRS
d. PQSR
S1: Computers have become an integral part of our lives.
S6: If shared cautiously, Internet can prove to be a worthy tool.
P: Internet has helped us greatly in sharing information through virtual world.
Q: However, Internet has also made us quite vulnerable to many types of exploitations.
R: It is hard to imagine our daily life without the existence of computers.
S: Thus, one should be very careful while sharing online information.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
603
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RSQP
b. PSRQ
c. QRPS
d. SPRQ
S1: Aradhana has bought a new red colour gypsy.
S6: Her father runs a garment export house.
S: She drives to college in her new car.
P: Before this red gypsy, she use to drive a black SUV.
R: Her car changes almost every six months.
Q: She comes from a rich family.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
604
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PRSQ
b. QPRS
c. RQPS
d. SQRP
S1: Rahul has been trying to lose weight.
S6: I think it is just a lame excuse for his laziness.
P: As regular morning walk keeps our body fit and healthy.
Q: The trainer has suggested him to start with regular morning walk.
R: He has not yet started his daily walk.
S: He says that because of late night work, it is hard for him to get up early.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
605
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PQSR
b. QRPS
c. SRQP
d. SQPR
S1: Today was my best friend's wedding.
S6: The power supplied in the area is for less than 6 hours a day.
P: They were protesting against power cut.
Q: There was a road block by the protestors.
R: It was because of a huge traffic jam on highway.
S: But we got delayed for the marriage function.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
622
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Hype
b. Credence
c. Publicity
d. Limelight
It was disconcerting that the media was giving _____ to the wrong allegations made by the actor.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
621
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Silence
b. Dullness
c. Boredom
d. Uneasiness
The whole place had an air of _____ , as everyone seemed uninterested.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
620
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Vivid
b. Limpid
c. Beautiful
d. Placid
The lake was so _____ that not a single sound was heard.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
619
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Prominent
b. Required
c. Basic
d. Two
Honesty and hard work are the _____ features of an achiever.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
623
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Light
b. Good
c. Dulcet
d. Loud
The lounge had _____ sounds which gave it a relaxing ambience.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
624
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Saga
b. Fable
c. Essay
d. Autobiography
"The Roots" by Alex Haley is a _____ telling the history of his own family down to the seventh generation.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
625
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Clumsy
b. Nice
c. Urbane
d. Fabulous
The _____ manners of the man signified that he belonged to an elite family.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
626
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. An ocean
b. A follower
c. A preacher
d. An epitome
Mother Teresa is _____ of love.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
627
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Happiness
b. Energy
c. Shock
d. Jubilation
There was _____ in the country when their cricket team won the world cup.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
628
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Lowered
b. Improved
c. Jeopardized
d. Enhanced
He _____ his chances at the university interview by wearing a pair of jeans and t-shirt.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
618
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. QPRS
b. RSPQ
c. SQRP
d. PRQS
S1: Ganga is one of the most pious rivers in India.
S6: Still the government is yet to take serious measures to stop water pollution.
P: We worship and consider it to be a Goddess.
Q: But the fact that it is heavily polluted should not be ignored.
R: People drink Ganga water out of their devotion for Goddess.
S: Though the authorities have initiated several projects for public awareness.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
617
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RSQP
b. SPRQ
c. QSRP
d. PQRS
S1: Avinash is an ace player when it comes to chess.
S6: It would be quite interesting to see them play as competitors.
P: It is quite unlikely that he would not win it this year too.
Q: As he has won most of the junior championships this year.
R: Though this year Aakash is also a strong contender.
S: He has been winning the inter college chess championship from the past 3 years.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
616
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SRQP
b. RSQP
c. PRQS
d. QSPR
S1: A lot of kids were complaining of stomach ache.
S6: However the authorities are not ready to take any responsibility.
P: They have also asked the school authorities to close down the school.
Q: Parents have asked the food sample to be tested.
R: The problem started after their mid day meal was served.
S: Thus, it had to be something in the food they had eaten.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
609
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SRPQ
b. RPQS
c. PRSQ
d. QPRS
S1: Karmanya's brother Arjun is very fond of dogs.
S6: Hopefully she would start liking them both soon.
P: They have two pet dogs - Angel and Micky.
Q: They often end up upsetting Karmanya by being in her room every now and then.
R: But Karmanya is quite scared of them.
S: Arjun is now teaching her to be friendly with the dogs.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
608
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PQRS
b. SQPR
c. PSRQ
d. SRQP
S1: He is a famous novelist.
S6: But I doubt he would ever stop writing novels, as he makes tremendous profit out of these.
P: I think he would be more successful as a columnist.
Q: I prefer reading his magazines editorials.
R: However I am not fond of his books.
S: All his books have been completely sold out.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
607
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PRQS
b. RSQP
c. PQRS
d. SQPR
S1: We have new neighbours from down south.
S6: I have asked others to extend charity as well.
P: There was a huge flood in their village.
Q: The calamity has left them with very little money and limited means.
R: Thus they were forced to leave and come here.
S: We should help them in whichever way we can.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
606
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SRPQ
b. QSPR
c. PRSQ
d. RSQP
S1: Kamal's parents are very happy.
S6: They are not leaving any stone unturned for his final selection.
P: Now he has to clear the interview.
Q: His parents have made him join special classes for it.
R: He has been trying for the past two years.
S: He has been selected in the preliminary round of civil services.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
610
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SPRQ
b. RPSQ
c. SQRP
d. QSPR
S1: My father is an ardent follower of cricket.
S6: However he does admire Dhoni's confidence as a captain.
P: He still feels that no one can match Ganguly's captaincy skills.
Q: Though now he has lost interest in cricket matches.
R: I assume it is because of Sourav Ganguly's retirement.
S: He is a great fan of Sourav Ganguly.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
611
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RQSP
b. PQRS
c. SQPR
d. QPSR
S1: Salima has been studying all night for today's test.
S6: They are hoping to pay the loan back once Salima gets a suitable job.
P: If she doesn't score above 75%, she would be disqualified from her semester.
Q: She scored pretty low last time.
R: As they have taken a bank loan for her course.
S: There is a lot of pressure on her from her parents.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
612
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RSQP
b. PRSQ
c. QPRS
d. SQPR
S1: Soumitra lost his wallet today in the market.
S6: Apart from calling the bank, he should also lodge an FIR.
P: He had all his cards and money in the wallet.
R:He is more worried about the credit cards than the money.
S: The best thing would be to call the bank and block all his cards.
Q: This surely would avoid any kind of credit card forgery.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
613
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. SQPR
b. RPQS
c. PRSQ
d. QSPR
S1: Today the school is celebrating sports day.
S6: It is because all non participating students will be leading an inaugural parade.
P: The regular uniform consist of white shirt, dark blue trousers and black shoes.
Q: Whereas students who are not playing sports can wear their regular uniforms.
R: However today being sports day, they have to wear their sneakers instead of black shoes.
S: All participating students have to wear their sports uniform.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
614
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. RSPQ
b. SRQP
c. QSPR
d. PSRQ
S1: Chetan and Garima are shifting to their new flat.
S6: We can buy it from the corner gift store, as it has good collection of decorative items.
P: Now that the house is ready, they are throwing a house warming party tonight.
Q: They bought this flat one year ago.
R: We should take some decorative piece as a gift.
S: It took them nearly an year to furnish the flat and decorate it.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
615
In the question each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences.
a. PSQR
b. QRSP
c. SPRQ
d. PQSR
S1: Mr. Suresh is retiring next month.
S6: Though I am sure he would only need some time to get back to that level of writing.
P: He would now have ample time to pursue his hobbies.
Q: He was once upon a time actively involved in writing.
R: But eventually he stopped writing as his job was quite demanding.
S: I think he may resume his article writing hobby.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
578
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. A belief in superstitious people that
b. Superstitious people beliefs are that
c. Among superstitious people the belief is that
d. Superstitious people believe that
A belief in superstitious people is that birth marks are the signs of influence on the mother before childbirth.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
580
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. The award presented to the scientist
b. The award that was presented to the scientist
c. The award was presented to the scientist
d. Award presented to scientist
The award which was presented to the scientist was engraved with gold letters.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
576
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Descended from three dogs that lived in China
b. Descended by three dogs that lived in China
c. Have descended from three dogs that lived in China
d. Descended from three dogs that had lived in China
It is the belief of scientists that all breeds of dogs have descended from three dogs found in China.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
540
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
Anil wished to read book,
(B) but we preferred
(C) to watch the movie.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
539
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
I shall go
(B) late for the party. When
(C) you are going?
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
538
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
I was so surprised that
(B) I told me I was imagining things,
(C) but later others confirmed that they too had seen the same sight.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
537
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
His good name
(B) is the same as
(C) my brother's.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
541
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
His father thought he was
(B) intelligent enough to secure a seat
(C) at an university abroad.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
542
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
The teacher whom we met yesterday
(B) is highly qualified and
(C) with very good reputation.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
543
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
I do not remember meeting
(B) him anywhere, yet
(C) he seemed to know me well.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
544
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
If I was able to walk a mile
(B) everyday, then I would have
(C) lost weight quickly.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
577
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Stars which were coming out
b. Stars came
c. Stars came out
d. Stars out
On the night of our wedding, the stars that came out and shone like diamonds.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
546
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) The group of disabled children (B) were happy to participate (C) in the picnic.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
536
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
Your new house
(B) is different than the old one
(C) and it is larger than the old one.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
535
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
It's well-known
(B) that China not only suppresses dissidents at home
(C) but also has uneasy relation with its neighbors.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
534
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Please
b. Lie
c. Huddle
d. Catch
e. Annoy
NETTLE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
522
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Motley
b. Assorted
c. Homogeneous
d. Heterogeneous
e. Countless
MYRIAD
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
521
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Obvious
b. Obscure
c. Vague
d. Concealed
MANIFEST
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
520
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Logical
b. Plausible
c. Rational
d. Oblique
e. Central
LATERAL
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
519
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Insightful
b. Sinister
c. Sincere
d. Naive
INSIDIOUS
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
526
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Despite
b. Suspension
c. Continuation
d. End
RESPITE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
527
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Typing
b. Disembody
c. Misrepresent
d. Forewarn
e. Exemplify
TYPIFY
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
528
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Shake
b. Stable
c. Swindler
d. Actual
e. Nullify
QUACK
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
530
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Accumulate
b. Acquire
c. Procure
d. Dwindle
e. Attrition
ACCRUE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
532
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. Pedestal
b. Support
c. Whirlpool
d. Apex
e. Corner
VERTEX
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
533
Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
a. End
b. Culminate
c. Originate
d. Retreat
EMANATE
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
547
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Instructed
b. Categorized
c. Labeled
d. Restrained
e. Intoned
A child should never be _____ of being very timid or over aggressive.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
545
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
It is difficult to put off
(B) with him because
(C) he is such a show-off.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
549
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Helps
b. Tells
c. Resorts
d. Forms
An honest man never _____ to lies in order to fulfill his goals.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
569
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
The sole motive of taking any type of insurance
(B) is to reduce the monetary stress
(C) on any individual in short as well as long run.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
568
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
We must be quite careful
(B) while opting for alluring discounts
(C) offered by various websites on airfares.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
548
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Circumspect
b. Reckless
c. Impetuous
d. Petrified
A _____ person is bound to insure himself against all types of losses.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
565
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
One need to acquire many talent and master
(B) plenty of disciplines to make
(C) a profitable and reputed business.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
570
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
Christmas give us a opportunity to
(B) rekindle our friendship with friends and relatives,
(C) who are otherwise forgotten in our daily chores.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
571
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Plays who reflect
b. Plays which reflects
c. Plays that reflect
d. Plays reflecting
Shakespeare excelled in writing plays and they also reflect the depth and complexity of human beings.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
572
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. And even distinguish the sizes
b. And they were even distinguishing the sizes
c. And he could even distinguish the sizes
d. And even distinguishing the sizes.
The appropriate atmospheric conditions made it feasible for the astronomers to see the stars and they could even distinguish the sizes.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
573
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. To have the freedom of teaching what they want most
b. Having the freedom to teach what they desire most
c. Having the freedom of teaching what they desire most
d. To have the freedom to teach what they desire most
For many teachers, having the freedom to teach what they desire more, is more important than drawing a handsome salary.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
574
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Are founded around natural disasters, so as to induce fear in public
b. Founded on natural disasters, named so as to induce fear in public
c. Are found on the natural disasters, so as to induce public fear
d. Founded on natural disasters, are named so as to induce fear in public
Many forthcoming films are founded on natural disasters, named so as to induce fear in public.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
575
In the question a part of the sentence is italicized. Alternatives to the italicized part are given which may improve the construction of the sentence. Select the correct alternative.
a. Considering his enormous donations to charity
b. In light of his enormous donations to charity
c. With his enormous donation to charity
d. Keeping in mind his enormous donation to charity
Bearing in mind his enormous donations to charity, his decision to close the organization seems out of character.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
564
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) Regardless of location, (B) Internet have been a milestone in bringing various (C) people, technology, resources and academia together.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
566
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
Extensive programs are being run by government
(B) for making the general public, especially youth
(C) aware of various measure taken for preventing AIDS.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
562
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) Apart from providing us with food (B) which is void of impurities and poisonous chemicals, (C) the other benefit of organic food is that it is quite environment friendly.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
554
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Sturdy
b. Relentless
c. Unstable
d. Robust
In today's _____ economy, people secured with appropriate job are also continuously haunted by the standing fear of being jobless.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
563
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) The accumulated toxins in our body (B) did not just affect our physical being but also (C) have adverse effect on our mental faculties.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
552
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Eluded
b. Acquired
c. Snatched
d. Joint venture
The company _____ a subsidiary in different manufacturing unit, as an effort of diversification.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
551
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Acceptance
b. Concurrence
c. Credence
d. Abdication
The simple absence of grief and indignation at our national tragedy can be termed as _____ of moral responsibility.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
555
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Exogenous
b. Deleterious
c. Pathological
d. Environmental
e. Celestial
The origin of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), as believed by many medical experts can be congenital, whereas others believe it to be _____.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
553
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Noxious
b. Non-toxic
c. Innocuous
d. Bland
The experiment lead to the emission of _____ vapor, which resulted in immediate termination of the research.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
557
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Exhausted
b. Prolonged
c. Prevented
d. Challenged
e. Delayed
No ecosystem or vegetation study has been _____ to an extent so as to satisfy the ecologist's interest.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
560
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
(A) Conjunction is an important part of (B) English grammar which is used to join (C) words with sentences together.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
556
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Rickety
b. Stable
c. Wobbly
d. Rutted
According to psychologists, even the most _____ and resolute human being can have uneven degrees of emotions.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
558
Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
a. Dangerous
b. Similar
c. Alternatively
d. Uncommon
As per the recent ethical rules laid down by National Institute of Health, diseases which can not be treated _____ would qualify for treatment involving human gene manipulation.
AMCAT Specific Aptitude Cracker
559
Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. Ignore the error of punctuation, if any.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C)
d. No error
The management requires
(B) that these applications should be completed
(C) before the end of this quarter.
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