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.
In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in bold and italics in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
There is no love lost between the two neighbours.
close friendship
cool indifference
intense dislike
a love hate relationship
Correct answer is C
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in bold and italics in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
I cannot get along with a man who plays fast and loose.
behaves in an unreliable and insincere way
has a loose tongue
lives a life of ease and luxury
does not know how to behave himself
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in bold and italics in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
I felt that it was a tall order to expect Monisha to go home alone at twelve in the night.
Difficult
Too much
Customary
Simple
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in bold and italics in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
In spite of the efforts of all peace loving people, world peace is still a far cry.
an impracticable idea
an abstract idea
out of reach
a long way off
Correct answer is D
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in bold and italics in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.
Discipline is on the wane in schools and colleges these days.
declining
increasing
spreading
spiralling
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.