Verbal Reasoning questions and answers

Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers

Verbal Reasoning questions assess your ability to spell words correctly, use accurate grammar, understand analogies, read and comprehend written information etc. You will be presented with short passages of text, which you’ll be required to interpret and then answer questions. Verbal Reasoning questions and answers are typically in the ‘True, False, Cannot Say’ multiple-choice format, although there are a range of alternatives too.

Practise with our Verbal Resoning test questions to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual test.

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In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: Far away in a little street, there is a poor house.

P : Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seamstress.

Q : One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman.

R : He has a fever and asking for oranges.

S : In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill.

S6: His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

SRQP

B.

PQSR

C.

QPSR

D.

RSPQ

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

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In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: Minnie went shopping one morning.

P : Disappointed, she turned around and returned to the parking lot.

Q : She got out and walked to the nearest shop.

R : She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped.

S : It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home.

S6: She drove home with an empty basket.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

RSQP

B.

RQSP

C.

PQRS

D.

QPRS

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

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In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: We now know that the oceans are very deep.

P : For example, the Indian ocean has a range called the Indian Ridge.

Q : Much of it is fairly flat.

R : However, there are great mountain ranges as well.

S : On average, the bottom is 2.5 miles to 3.5 miles down

S6: This reaches from the India to the Antarctic.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

SQPR

B.

PQSR

C.

RSQP

D.

QPRS

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

674.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: A black haired, young woman came tripping along.

P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat.

Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.

R : The child jumped up to catch the hat.

S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.

S6: Both disappeared from view.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PSQR

B.

RPSQ

C.

QRPS

D.

SQRP

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

675.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language.

P : But they succeed in playing games of chess.

Q : Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them.

R : They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.

S : They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.

S6: How they manage to do this we do not know.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PSQR

B.

RPSQ

C.

QSPR

D.

SRPQ

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.