Vocabulary and Idioms in Context - Verbal Ability - General Aptitude (GA) Previous Year Questions

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2014 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2014

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence.
______ is the key to their happiness; they are satisfied with what they have.

A

Contention

B

Ambition

C

Perseverance

D

Hunger

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2014 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2014

Which of the following options is the closest in meaning to the sentence below?
“As a woman, I have no country.”

A

Women have no country.

B

Women are not citizens of any country.

C

Women’s solidarity knows no national boundaries.

D

Women of all countries have equal legal rights.

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2015 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2015

Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence:
Apparent lifelessness _________________ dormant life.

A

harbours

B

leads to

C

supports

D

affects

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2015 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2015

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase.
That boy from the town was a _________________ in the sleepy village.

A

dog out of herd

B

sheep from the heap

C

fish out of water

D

bird from the flock

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2015 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2015

Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.

A

When the teacher eludes to different authors, he is being elusive.

B

When the thief keeps eluding the police, he is being elusive.

C

Matters that are difficult to understand, identify or remember are allusive.

D

Mirages can be allusive, but a better way to express them is illusory.

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2016 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2016

He turned a deaf ear to my request.
What does the underlined phrasal verb mean?

A

ignored

B

appreciated

C

twisted

D

returned

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2016 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2016

Choose the most appropriate set of words from the options given below to complete the following sentence.
_________ _________ is a will, _________ is a way.

A

Wear, there, their

B

Were, their, there

C

Where, there, there

D

Where, their, their

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2017 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2017

She has a sharp tongue and it can occasionally turn __________

A

hurtful

B

left

C

methodical

D

vital

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2017 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2017

“If you are looking for a history of India, or for an account of the rise and fall of the British Raj, or for the reason of the cleaving of the subcontinent into two mutually antagonistic parts and the effects this mutilation will have in the respective sections, and ultimately on Asia, you will not find it in these pages; for though I have spent a lifetime in the country, I lived too near the seat of events, and was too intimately associated with the actors, to get the perspective needed for the impartial recording of these matters”.
Here, the word ‘antagonistic’ is closest in meaning to

A

impartial

B

argumentative

C

separated

D

hostile

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2018 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2018

“The dress ________ her so well that they all immediately ________ her on her appearance.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

A

complemented, complemented

B

complimented, complemented

C

complimented, complimented

D

complemented, complimented

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2018 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2018

“The judge's standing in the legal community, though shaken by false allegations of wrongdoing, remained ________.”
The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

A

undiminished

B

damaged

C

illegal

D

uncertain

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2020 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2020

The recent measures to improve the output would _____ the level of production to our satisfaction.

A

increase

B

decrease

C

speed

D

equalise

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2020 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2020

In one of the greatest innings ever seen in 142 years of Test history, Ben Stokes upped the tempo in a five-and-a-half hour long stay of 219 balls including 11 fours and 8 sixes that saw him finish on a 135 not out as England squared the five-match series.
Based on their connotations in the given passage, which one of the following meanings DOES NOT match?

A

upped = increased

B

squared = lost

C

tempo = enthusiasm

D

saw = resulted in

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Verbal Ability · Vocabulary and Idioms in Context

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2022

Inhaling the smoke from a burning ________ could ________ you quickly.

A

tire / tier

B

tire / tyre

C

tyre / tire

D

tyre / tier

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