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TEST CODE : TCS Ninja -

Verbal Ability_6(R)
Total number of question : 10
Test duration (min) : 10 min
Correct attempt (mark) :1
Wrong attempt (mark) : -0.33

VERBAL ABILITY E.g. sentence: He accused me of stealing his notebook.

‘Accused’ is always followed by the preposition ‘of’. In
Question 1 the given sentence, the word immediately following
In the following sentences, there may be some errors the blank is NOT ‘of’. Hence option a is eliminated.
in the parts which are marked as A, B, C, D. Identify the Option "alleged":
part which has errors. Alleged – Claim without proof
1. I do not wish to make a formal (A)/ complaint, but I E.g. sentence: One of the Delhi gang-rapists alleged
would have been better pleased (B)/if you gave the that he was innocent of the crime.
(C)/award to the person who best deserved it.(D)/ ‘Alleged’ is not an adjective, but a verb. Thus it cannot
a. A b. B c. C d. D be chosen as the answer.
Option "vindicated":
Answer: C Vindicated – To clear of blame/suspicion
E.g. sentence: He felt vindicated after all the charges
Explanation: were dropped.
Change gave to had given because the verb in the ‘Vindicated’ is used to describe people and NOT
previous clause is in the past conditional tense. ‘charges’.
Option "levelled":
Question 2 Levelled (v.) – Directed
Choose the most appropriate sentence which can This meaning fits perfectly when describing ‘charges’.
replace the ‘Underlined’ phrase. This is thus the answer.
2. He refused to co-operate with me, and thus threw a
spanner on my plan. Question 4
a. executed b. left me alone with Choose the most logical order of sentences among the
c. sabotaged d. restructured given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
4. A. There are more than 20 major languages and
Answer: C several hundred minor ones and it is the home of
several major religions.
Explanation: B. There are several million indigenous peoples living in
’To throw a spanner on something’ is to spoil it from different parts of the country.
succeeding. C. In spite of all these diversities we share a common
land mass.
Question 3 D. India is a land of continental proportions and
Directions for questions: Choose the most logical fit for immense diversities.
each blank. a. DABC b. DCBA c. CABD d. BACD
3. Shilpa Shetty was cleared of all allegations; she was
free of all charges ______against her. Answer: A
a. accused b. alleged
c. levelled d. vindicated Explanation:
It is very clear that only D can be the beginning
Answer: C sentence and C the ending sentence. The correct
sequence is "DABC".
Explanation:
The word in the blank is an adjective for ‘charges’. Questions 5 to 10
Option "accused": Read the passage given below and choose the best
Accused – To charge (someone) with an offence option for the blanks.
‘Accused’ is always followed by who is being accused.
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2. The part which follows the colon is where the reason
has been elaborated.
ELIMINATION OF ‘DEFINED’:
• ‘Defined’, by itself, is NOT an adjective. It is merely a
verb. If one has to use ‘defined’ as an adjective, one
has to add words like ‘clearly’/’well’.
E.g.: Clearly defined/well-defined
Hence, since ‘defined’ is NOT an adjective by itself, it is
eliminated.
ELIMINATION OF ‘RESOLVED’:
• Resolve = Find a solution to
5.Which of the following best fits blank 23? ‘Resolve’ is used only with problems and issues,
a. achieved b. drawn because only problems/issues can have solutions
c. acquired d. obtained found for. It is illogical to talk about finding a solution
for a ‘reason’.
Answer: B E.g.: The problem of frequent theft in the building was
resolved by hiring a security guy.
Explanation: ELIMINATION OF ‘DISTINCT’:
• Certain usages in English are always set pairs. One • Distinct = Different/Unique
such example is ‘drawing conclusions’. ‘Distinct’ would not be a grammatically wrong fit for
• We think in terms of images. Dan Brown, the famous the blank, if we are trying to refer to the ‘reason’ as
author of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ once talked about his being ‘distinct’.
childhood in an interview. When he grew up, Brown “The research makes the reason distinct:.....”
never had a TV at home. He looked back at having • However, if ‘distinct’ is used in the blank, the part
grown up without a TV, with great happiness. He said, which follows the colon should talk about what makes
“When you watch a lot of TV, you stop thinking the reason distinct. That is not the case here.
because television paints the picture for you. But when The part which follows the colon merely states WHAT
you read books, you paint your own pictures.” THE REASON is, not what makes the reason distinct.
• For example, when you read a biography of Adolph Hence ‘distinct’ is eliminated.
Hitler, you form an opinion (conclusion) about him. The CASE FOR ‘CLEAR’:
conclusion/opinion you form is the image you • “The research makes the reason clear:….”
paint/draw in your mind. Thus the process of reading The follow up question is ‘So what is the reason?’ –
and understanding a piece of work is similar to looking “Management behaviour is often the root of the
at a picture and understanding it. Hence the usage of problem.”
‘drawing conclusions’.
• Moreover, there is the usage of ‘drawing 7. Which of the following best fits blank 25
(withdrawing) money from an ATM’ or ‘drawing water a. foundation b. ground c. base d. root
from a well’. This usage of ‘drawing conclusions’ is of
the same kind. Answer: D

6. Which of the following best fits blank 24? Explanation:

a. clear b. distinct c. resolved d. defined • All the answer options seem to be similar, for all the
options refer to a starting point.
Answer: A • The accepted and popular way of looking at a
problem is like looking at a tree. Just like how a tree
Explanation: grows when uncut; a problem grows and becomes
“The research makes the reason ____: management bigger when unchecked. The cause (starting point) of
behaviour is often the root of the problem.” problem is usually referred to as the ‘root’ of the
Observations made from the aforementioned problem.
sentence: Popular usages:
1. The blank must be filled with an ‘adjective’. This 1. “Money is the root of all evil” is a famous proverb.
adjective qualifies the noun ‘reason’.

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2. ‘Root cause analysis’ is a common technical term “...day to day issues ____ all their time.”
used to refer to the process of finding the cause of any Keyword: Time
engineering problem. • ‘Contained’ and ‘caught’ are words which are never
used with ‘time’. ‘Contained’ in particular is more often
8. Which of the following best fits blank 26? used with specific quantified objects. Hence they are
a. notified b. expressed eliminated.
c. informed d. addressed • ‘Held’ when used as ‘held up’ would mean ‘delay’, a
context relevant to ‘time’.
Answer: B E.g.: I was held up in traffic and was thus late to the
meeting.
Explanation: However, due to the absence of the word ‘up’
Keyword: “View” following the blank, ‘held’ cannot be used here.
ELIMINATION OF ‘NOTIFIED’ AND ‘INFORMED’:• • ‘Occupied’ would be the best fit, for it means ‘filling
‘Notified’ and ‘informed’ are synonyms. Both words up (time or space)’.
are used usually only when referring to a piece of
information, not when used with views/opinions. 10. Which of the following best fits blank 28?
E.g. 1: The staff members were informed of the delay a. significance b. meaning
in the meeting. c. definition d. sense
E.g. 2: The staff members were notified of the delay in
the meeting. Answer: A
ELIMINATION OF ‘ADDRESSED’:
• ‘Addressed’ can have two meanings: ‘Talk to (a Explanation:
gathering)’ and ‘deal with (an issue)’. Keyword: Minor
E.g. 1: The Prime Minister addressed the people of • Let X be the answer. X, in the sentence, is attributed
India on the eve of Independence Day. to as minor X. This means that X is an item which has
E.g. 2: The Prime Minister addressed the issue of got several degrees/levels: Major level and minor level.
terrorism during his Independence Day speech. • ‘Meaning’, ‘definition’ and ‘sense’ are all items which
It is again not applicable to be used with will never go together with ‘minor’, because it is
views/opinions. illogical to talk about several degrees/levels of all of
• A view is a personal opinion put forward by them.
someone. Hence it is only logical to say that views are I.e. There is no major/minor meaning, no major/minor
‘expressed’. definition and no major/minor sense. All three items
are very singular, in the sense that they are either
9. Which of the following best fits blank 27? present or absent.
a. caught b. occupied c. held d. contained E.g.: Meaning and lack of meaning, sense and lack of
sense, definition and lack of definition.
Answer: B • ‘Significance’ means importance. There can be levels
of significance, i.e. major and minor importance. Thus
Explanation: ‘significance’ is the best fitting answer.

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