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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Cars have given us freedom. We can go wherever we want to go, _______________________ (EVER) we want to go
Answer: B
Correct answer: Whenever
The blank parallels wherever we want to go in the clause before, so it must be the time word of the same family: whenever. Whatever asks about the thing rather than the moment.
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Consider the following series of letters “OTTOAM”. Right arrangement can give a meaningful word of a vegetable. What is the 3rd letter from right?
Answer: A
Correct answer: A
OTTOAM rearranges to TOMATO. Counting from the right - O, T, A - the third letter is A.
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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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