iSoft Placement Paper - Verbal Ability Questions

iSoft Placement Paper - Verbal Ability Questions

Q1. Write synonyms for

SALVE: WOUND

a) utter: apology
b) exploit: weakness
c) mollify: anger
d) squander: opportunity
e) emulate: achievement

FORENSICS: ARGUMENTATION

a) autopsy: death
b) syntax: grammar
c) jurisprudence: law
d) archaeology: site
e) etymology: dictionary

UNCOUTH

a) ungraceful
b) rough
c) slovenly
d) dirty

COMMENSURATE

a) measurable
b) proportionate
c) beginning
d) appropriate

SYNOPSIS

a) index
b) mixture
c) summary
d) puzzles

Q2. Fill in the blanks

She has an aversion___ taking even tablets and syrups.

a) With
b) At
c) Against
d) To

Ria finally found the photographs, after hours spent ____ through drawers.

a) Cavorting
b) Haggling
c) Rummaging
d) Divagating

Catching the earlier bus will give us the ___ to do some shopping.

a) Chance
b) Luck
c) Possibility
d) Occassion

Traffic is moving very slowly ____ to failure of some traffic lights.

a) Owing
b) Due
c) Because
d) Since

We live in a _____ age, everyone thinks that maximising pleasure is the sole point of life.

a) Ubiquitous
b) Propitious
c) Sporadic
d) Hedonistic

Q3. Write antonyms for

CHASTE
a) Defiled
b) Deify
c) Faithful
d) Immune

SPARTAN

a) Decadent
b) Teutonic
c) Slavish
d) Autonomous

ACRID

a) Rancid
b) Viscous
c) Sweet
d) Livid

EUPHONY

a) Melody
b) Cacophony
c) Entropy
d) Apostrophe

NOISOME

a) Fetid
b) Rank
c) Upright
d) Pacific