If we arrange the following chained structure of letters “TANLP”, we will get a meaningful word. The last 3 letter of that word will describe a category of
Answer: A
Correct answer: Animal
TANLP rearranges to PLANT. Its last three letters are ANT, which is an animal - an insect. The question tests two steps: unscrambling the word, then reading a smaller word out of its tail.
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Which one of these words CANNOT be formed from the letters of the word ENVIRONMENT ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: MOVEMENT
ENVIRONMENT supplies three N’s, two E’s and one each of V, I, R, O, M and T. INVENT, MENTOR and IRON all fit within that.
MOVEMENT requires two M’s, and ENVIRONMENT has only one.
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If by arranging the letters of the word NABMODINT, the name of a game is formed,
what are the first and the last letters of the word so formed ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: B, N
NABMODINT rearranges to BADMINTON. Its first letter is B and its last is N. The two n's and the d in the jumble point to it.
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Shopping is one of the most popular spare time ________________ (ACTIVE)
Answer: A
Correct answer: Activities
The blank follows one of the most popular spare time, so it needs a plural noun. ACTIVE becomes the noun activity, and the plural is activities. Activeness is a state, not a set of things one does.
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Cars are efficient, _______________________ (CONVENIENCE) and fast.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Convenient
The blank sits in a list of adjectives - efficient, ___ and fast - so the adjective form of CONVENIENCE is required. Conveyance is a noun, and a different word besides.
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They have also brought us _______________________ (DEPEND)
Answer: B
Correct answer: independence
The sentence continues the claim that cars have given us freedom, so the noun must be positive: DEPEND with in- gives independence. Interdependence means reliance on one another, which is the opposite of the freedom being described.
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An estimated one in every five people is ______________ (ABLE) to keep their spending habits under control
Answer: A
Correct answer: Unable
The sentence reports a failure to control spending, so the adjective must be negative: the prefix un- turns able into unable. Able to would reverse the meaning.
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If we make a meaningful word with the first, fourth, ninth and fourteenth letters of the word 'ADMINISTRATION', which of the following will be the third letter of that word from the right end of that word ?
Answer: A
Correct answer: A
Number the letters of ADMINISTRATION: A(1) D(2) M(3) I(4) N(5) I(6) S(7) T(8) R(9) A(10) T(11) I(12) O(13) N(14). The first, fourth, ninth and fourteenth are A, I, R, N, which spell RAIN. Counting from the right end - N, I, A - the third letter is A.
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Consider the following sequences :
D A R O B
1 2 3 4 5
Now which of the following structure will give a meaningful word?
Answer: C
Correct answer: 54231
The letters are D A R O B, numbered 1 to 5. Taken in the order 5, 4, 2, 3, 1 they give B, O, A, R, D - BOARD. None of the other three orders spells a word.
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Which one word can be formed from the following letters ?
a a d e f g r s u
Answer: B
Correct answer: safeguard
The nine letters given are a, a, d, e, f, g, r, s, u - and SAFEGUARD uses each of them exactly once. Stagnation needs two t's and an n, grandson needs an n and an o, and pseudo-grade needs a p and an o. Checking for a letter the word needs but the list does not contain is the fastest way through this type.
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