1. ENGLISH - APTITUDE TEST 1
Instructions: Read the heading carefully before attempting the questions. Answer
all questions.
Time: 30 minutes.
SECTION A
Sentence Completion
1. Hundreds of citizens showed up to___________ the planning commission’s
master plan for regional centers, claiming that adding 800,000 additional
people to the metro area by the year 2010 would cause overcrowding and
gridlock.
(A) Vote on (B) protest (C) celebrate (D) view (E) stop
2. Man has no choice but to seek truth, he is made uncomfortable and
frustrated without truth—thus, the quest for truth is part of what makes us
___________ .
(A) Noble (B) different (C) human (D) intelligent (E) aggressive
3. In these politically correct times, it has become ___________ to discuss
certain subjects at all.
(A) Safe (B) eccentric (C) precarious (D) efficacious (E) effortless
4. While environmentalists and NGO’s have welcomed the move, there has been
strong _______ from many a quarter.
(A) Opposition (B) rivalry (C) approval (D) defiance (E) acceptance
5. The condemnatory drivel of critics directed toward Steven Spielberg’s latest
film attests to the fact that the pretentious critics have lost sight of the
purpose of movies:_________
(A) to exalt (B) to correct (C) to mislead (D) to convert (E) to entertain
6. Although prices ___________ during the fuel shortage, the suppliers actually
saw___________ in profits.
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2. (A) Increased ­­­­­­ a loss (B) stabilized ­­­­­­ a boon (C) shot up ­­­­­­­ an expansion
(D) fluctuated ­­­­­ a deprivation (E) decreased ­­­­­­ a windfall
Each of the questions below consists of two words that have a certain relationship
to each other, followed by five lettered pairs of related words. Select the lettered
pair of words.
7. DILIGENT : ASSIDUOUS :: (C) incantation : discernment
(A) suspicious: reliable (D) theory : calculation
(B) cautious: indecisive (E) conjecture : truth
(C) repentant: innocent 10. LAMPOON : MOCK ::
(D) peerless: common (A) exalt : ennoble A
(E) indigent : poor A (B) entice : disown
(C) prattle : talk
8. LOQUACIOUS : GARRULOUS (D) entreat : controvert
(A) harsh : kindly (E) debate : heckle
(B) animate : weary
(C) gluttonous : disloyal 11. SMOKE : COMBUSTION ::
(D) rash : impetuous A (A) muster : contingency
(E) blithe : gloomy (B) certainty : apprehension
(C) cosmetics : appearance
9. ANATHEMA : CURSE :: (D) art : painting
(A) hex : blessing (E) energy : nuclear fission
(B) admonition : censure A
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3. 12. POLITIC : PRUDENT :: (C) insulting : reputable
(A) portentous : contemptible (D) disconcerting : embarrassing
(B) exquisite : unrefined (E) bucolic : constrictive
SECTION B
For the following problems, choose the word most opposite in meaning to the
capitalized word.
1. GRATUITOUS: (A) voluntary (B) arduous (C) solicitous (D) righteous
(E) befitting
2. FALLOW: (A) fatuous (B) productive (C) bountiful (D) pertinacious
(E) opprobrious
3. METTLE: (A) ad hoc (B) perdition (C) woe (D) trepidation (E) apathy
4. SAVANT: (A) dolt (B) sage (C) attaché (D) apropos comment
(E) state of confusion
5. RIFE: (A) multitudinous (B) blemished (C) sturdy (D) counterfeit (E) sparse
6. ABRIDGE: (A) distend (B) assail (C) unfetter (D) enfeeble (E) prove
7. PRODIGAL: (A) bountiful (B) dependent (C) provident
(D) superfluous (E) profligate
8. REQUIEM: (A) humility (B) prerequisite (C) resolution (D) reign (E) hiatus
9. METE: (A) indict (B) convoke (C) hamper (D) disseminate (E) deviate
10. SEVERANCE: (A) continuation (B) dichotomy (C) astringency (D)
disclosure (E) remonstrance
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4. ANSWERS
SECTION A
1 B SECTION B
2 C 1. E
3 C 2. B
4 A 3. D
5 E 4. A
6 A 5. E
7 E 6. A
8 D 7. C
9 B 8. D
10 A 9. B
11 E 10. A
12 D
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