Verbal Ability Test - 2

The following is stated in the passage: "Lack of pay equity and equal opportunities are the elephants in the room for every woman in the Australian workforce. Although the causes are complex, research suggests they are based on deep cultural expectations and stereotypes that are not to do with the efforts of individual women at work".

Option 2 is incorrect due to error in parallelism. In order to balance the verb “afford” in first part of the sentence, the noun “getting” should be replaced with the verb 'get'. So, we can eliminate option 2.

Option 3 is incorrect because of the missing noun in the sentence following the verb “get”. The sentence uses the incorrect form of'restore' or 'replace'. It should be 'restoration' or 'replacement'. So, eliminate option 3.

The words “foresight” and “prudence” are synonymous to each other. They refer to ‘the act or power of foreseeing’. In order to arrive at the correct  answer, we need to pick the correct synonym of “integrity”. “Integrity” refers to ‘adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty’. From all of the options provided, only option 4 with “rectitude” referring to ‘rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue’ is synonymous to “integrity”.

Though options 1, 2 and 3 have positive connotations like the main words presented, they refer to other characteristics and are not synonyms of “integrity”.

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

“Riposte” or “repartee” are synonymous and mean ‘a quick reply or a return in a dialogue’.
Thus, the relationship is synonymous. “Denigrate” means ‘to blacken or criticize or speak badly about someone’.
From all the four words, only ’'Besmirch*' meaning 'to tarnish or damage someone's reputation' is synonymous to denigrate.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

Although it’s not a rule, usually the full name or the full form precedes the short name or the short form. For e.g, You would use Karl Marx first before you start saying Mr. Marx. By applying the same line of reasoning, the idea of ‘mobile phones’ in statement D should precede ‘phones’ in statement C. We can thus eliminate options 1 and 4.

All the other 2 options - 2 and 3 have statement D as the start.

Option 2 moves from statement D to statement C. Statement D talks of complicating matters while statement C moves on to public events requesting switching off phones. Possible flow of logic but, not a very convincing one. Statement B follows talking of ‘it can be used almost everywhere’. Everywhere as an idea does not flow with public event. On the other hand, if we consider statement B as a new idea, not closely connected with statement C, then the jump in ideas from statement D to statement C and from statement C to statement B is too abrupt. This eliminates option 2.

Option 3 flows well through the entire sequence. Statement D introduces the idea. Statement B takes the idea further and A gives specific inputs to what does it mean by ‘anywhere & everyone’. The passage concludes with a specific course of action which is an outcome of ‘complicating matters’ in statement A, ‘everyone and anyone’ in statement B, and ‘examples of social events’ in statement C.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Option 1 is incorrect as “take a call” is grammatically incorrect.

Option 2 is incorrect as “foretaste” means ‘an advance token or warning’. Option 3 is incorrect as the right preposition to use would be ‘of’ instead of "n" .

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Options 1 and 4 are incorrect, since they have redundancy error. Since option 1 uses “have” and option 4 uses “that”, for the second time. Also, there is a tense parallelism error.
Option 2 is incorrect, since it is missing the possessive pronoun “their” before “services”.
Option 3 is correct because of no redundancy error.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Option 1 is wrong due to the incorrect usage of “that”. 'That' is used for a non-restrictive clause and refers to a group or a class. Since, the sentence is referring to one book, 'which' should be used.

Option 2 is in present perfect tense, hence the verb to be used should be 'have' instead of "are".

Option 3 uses the preposition “onto” incorrectly. The sentence calls for the preposition “upon” meaning 'in approximate contact with'.

There is no error in option 4.

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

The possible words that can be made taking into consideration the conditions and the letters provided above are:
“meal” “ammo” is an informal term for ammunition.
“mole”
“memo”
“male”
“loam”
“lame”

The adverb “immediately” indicates urgency associated with time. It could fit in sentences (ii), (iv) and (v). However, the adverb “now” does not fit in the construction of sentence (iii). So, option 1 is ruled out.

The adverb “urgently” refers to something that requires immediate action. “Immediately” is a better fit for sentence (i) as compared to “urgently”. So, option 3 is ruled out.

If the adverb “now” was used at the end of the sentence (i), it would become grammatically incorrect. So, option 4 is also ruled out.

The sequence of words given in option 2, fits well within the sentences mentioned above.