Verbal Ability Test - 4

Languish is weaken or deteriorate or grow weak.

Animate is to give appearance.

Invigorate is to give strength or energy to.

His habits are very similar to mine.

• The use of the preposition 'To' is correct because it is used to show a relationship between one person or thing and another, here it is the habits of two persons.
• The use of the preposition 'Of' is incorrect because it implies belonging to somebody; relating to somebody.
• The use of the preposition 'On' is incorrect because it implies in or into a position covering, touching, or forming part of a surface.
• The use of the preposition 'With' is incorrect because it implies in the company or presence of somebody/something.

Information is the most appropriate word to fill the blanks.

Information means knowledge or facts.

News means information, headlines.

Facts mean details, factual data.

Acknowledgment the act of showing that you have seen or noticed somebody/something

If someone is or feels under the weather, they feel ill.

For example: I'm feeling a bit under the weather - I think I'm getting a cold.

Therefore, the word that describes Yashpal's state most appropriately is illness.

Hope when gets matured it becomes Aspires. Similarly, fib (little falsehood) when gets matured it becomes lie. 

So, Hope : Aspires, Fib : Lie.

Decimal is a number system with ten as base. Similarly, binary is a number system with two as base. Others don't have a number system.

King penguins are active throughout the long summer days. 

• The given sentence is grammatically correct.
• Here, 'King penguins' is plural. 
• The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second-largest species of penguin, smaller, but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin.
• Therefore, a plural helping verb that is 'are' is used.

The complete sentence- Earth's deserts are a land of extreme temperature constantly pushing life to the limit.

• Here, 'are a land of extreme temperature' should be used instead of 'is a land of extremes'.
• Here, in the given sentence 'deserts' is plural. Therefore, it should be followed by a plural helping verb that is 'are'.
• Here, ‘Extremes’ is also incorrect.
• Rather it should be ‘extreme temperature’ to form a grammatically correct sentence.

The correct sentence- Suresh has neither encouraged nor condoned violence.

• Here, 'Suresh has neither' should be used instead of 'Suresh have never'.
• 'Neither' is used in the negative sense when we are presenting things that aren’t true or valid. Neither…nor gives a negative meaning to verbs. 
• And we also know that 'Neither' is always followed by 'nor'.
• Hence, ‘never’ should be replaced with ‘neither’ to form a grammatically correct sentence.
• We know that 'Suresh' is singular and it should be followed by a singular helping verb. Hence, 'has' should be used instead of 'have'.

Quagmire (noun): An area of soft, wet ground that you sink into if you try to walk on it.

Predicament (noun):  An unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of.

For example:

1. At the end of the game, the pitch was a real quagmire.
2. She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament.

Therefore, the word Predicament is the most appropriate synonym for Quagmire.