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: Smoke oozed up between the planks.

P : Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.

Q : The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.

R : Everyone now knew there was fire on board.

S : Flames broke out here and there.

S6: Most people bore the shock bravely.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

SRQP

B.

QPSR

C.

RSPQ

D.

QSRP

Correct answer is A

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: All the land was covered by the ocean.

P : The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body into two halves.

Q : A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water.

R : The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.

S : The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.

S6: The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PQRS

B.

PQSR

C.

QPSR

D.

QPRS

Correct answer is D

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: For some time in his youth, Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.

P : Then a chance Customer would come.

Q : Young Lincoln's way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else's

R : Lincoln would jump up and attend to their needs and then revert to his reading.

S : He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.

S6: Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

SRQP

B.

QSPR

C.

SQRP

D.

QPSR

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

729.

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: Calcutta unlike other cities kept its trams.

P : As a result, there is horrendous congestion.

Q : It was going to be the first in South Asia.

R : They run down the centre of the road

S : To ease it, the city decided to build an underground railway line.

S6: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PRSQ

B.

PSQR

C.

SQRP

D.

RPSQ

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

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