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 about 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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If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the second, the fifth and the eighth letters of the word 'CARETAKER', which of the following will be the first letter of that word ? If no such word can be made, give X as the answer. If more than one such word can be made, give M as the answer.
Answer: D
Correct answer: M
Number the letters of CARETAKER: C(1) A(2) R(3) E(4) T(5) A(6) K(7) E(8) R(9). The second, fifth and eighth are A, T, E. Three English words can be made from them - ATE, EAT and TEA - so by the instruction the answer is M.
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The letter of the word NUMKIPP are in disorder. If they are arranged in proper order, the name of a vegetable is formed.
What is the last letter of the word so formed ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: N
The letters of NUMKIPP rearrange to PUMPKIN, a vegetable. Its last letter is N. The double p in the jumble is the clue: few vegetables carry one, and PUMPKIN accounts for both.
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Cars provide us with a personalised transport _______________________ (SOLVE) that’s always available
Answer: A
Correct answer: Solution
The blank follows the noun modifier transport and needs a noun of its own: SOLVE gives solution. Solves and solved are verb forms.
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Parking spaces are huge areas of land used up by empty cars _______________________ (WAIT) for hours for their passengers to return
Answer: A
Correct answer: waiting
The blank describes the empty cars, so a present participle is needed: cars waiting for hours. Awaits is a finite verb and would leave the sentence with two main verbs.
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The letters of the word RROTCA are in disorder. If they are kept in appropriate order, it suggests the name of a vegetable. What is the last letter of the word so formed?
Answer: A
Correct answer: T
RROTCA rearranges to CARROT, and its last letter is T. The two Rs in the jumble are the clue: few vegetables carry a double R.
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A chained structure of letters are numbered as 1,2,3,4,5 and 6. In the options, four possible arrangements of these numbers are given. Choose the option so that it forms a meaningful word.
L T Y S A
1 2 3 4 5
Answer: C
Correct answer: 4,5,1,2,3
The letters are L T Y S A, numbered 1 to 5. Taking them in the order 4, 5, 1, 2, 3 gives S, A, L, T, Y - SALTY. None of the other three orders spells an English word.
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We don’t have to make compromises or take into _______________________ (CONSIDER) where other people want to travel.
Answer: A
Correct answer: consideration
Take into consideration is a fixed phrase, and it takes the noun form of CONSIDER. Considerence is not a word.
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Preferring our _______________________ (FREE) to sharing transport with others, we get into our cars to get to our workplaces, do our shopping, or to go out to the theatre
Answer: B
Correct answer: Freedom
Preferring our ___ needs a noun, and the noun from FREE is freedom. Frees is a verb form.
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We all enjoy the facilities that shopping malls and _______________________ (ENTERTAIN) complexes bring us, because we can use our cars to get there
Answer: A
Correct answer: Entertainment
The blank modifies complexes, and English uses a noun in that position: entertainment complexes, like shopping malls just before it. Entertaining and entertained are participles.
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