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Verbal ability test

August 29, 2015 - pdf

From the given options choose the word that will complete the sentence.

1. She showed great ………………….. and finesse in handling the situation.

a) tact
b) ability
c) trick
d) power

2. The heiress …………………. her inheritance and married outside her father’s faith.

a) forfeited
b) lost
c) fined
d) deprived

3. I couldn’t help but admire the …………………. with which she handled the situation.

a) stability
b) equanimity
c) wit
d) ability

4. His stance on this issue is …………………. and no one knows how he will react.

a) clear
b) transparent
c) equivocal
d) oblique

5. When she was pressed for an answer, she …………………..

a) surrendered
b) resisted
c) gave up
d) equivocated

6.  Conversation stopped as we ………………….. the church.

a) entered
b) entered into
c) entered at
d) entered to

7. Martina …………………. a rich man old enough to be her father.

a) married
b) married to
c) married with
d) married off

Answers

1. She showed great tact and finesse in handling the situation.

2. The heiress forfeited her inheritance and married outside her father’s faith.

3. I couldn’t help but admire the equanimity with which she handled the situation.

4. His stance on this issue is equivocal and no one knows how he will react.

5. When she was pressed for an answer, she equivocated.

6.  Conversation stopped as we entered the church.

7. Martina married a rich man old enough to be her father.

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