Practice English tests for UPSC, MBA and Bank Exams

Verbal Ability Test 2

In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the best alternative.

1. History is replete with examples that prove that the Goddess of success smiles only at those who are prepared to take decisions whatever the -------------------.

a) results
b) situations
c) circumstances
d) consequences

2. The ability to make ------------------ decisions is a fundamental requirement for both professional success and personal happiness.

a) efficient
b) effective
c) correct
d) strong

3. An effective decision can result in surprising but ------------------- changes to your life.

a) welcome
b) serious
c) significant
d) necessary

4. Although effective decision making is so essential to all areas of our lives, we spend little time ----------------------- how to go about it.

a) wondering
b) planning
c) worrying
d) considering

5. He eats neither red meat nor chicken and favours sea food to keep a ------------- on cholesterol.

a) control
b) measure
c) check
d) regulation

6. Ineffective decision makers are fearful --------------- taking charge of their lives.

a) of
b) to
c) for
d) none of these

7. People who have never realized the importance of ---------------- decision making often find the work tedious and skip it whenever they can.

a) good
b) sound
c) correct
d) right

8. Effective decision makers on the other hand have a ---------------- in their step.

a) wind
b) breeze
c) spring
d) strength

9. Effective decision makers know how to go -------------------- weighing up the pros and cons, how to meet deadlines, and how to consult others for advice.

a) for
b) to
c) about
d) by

10. Australia is ---------------- all over the world for world-class academic opportunities for international students.

a) praised
b) hailed
c) complimented
d) none of these

11. Good leaders know mass emotions well and ------------------ them to an extraordinary degree.

a) suppress
b) utilize
c) exploit
d) stir

12. Despite his tremendous intellectual efforts he could not ---------------

a) succeed
b) establish
c) gain
d) accomplish

13. Although he was aware of the futility of his plans, he insisted on their --------------

a) completion
b) utilization
c) acceptance
d) implementation.

14. If you are ----------------- by your shortcomings, you will not be able to overcome them.

a) angry
b) excited
c) embarrassed
d) sorry

15. Because of his caustic tongue, he was not at all ------------------- in his village.

a) living
b) liked
c) disliked
d) popular

16. Ever since the ---------------- of planning, the policies and the programmes have been designed with the objective of alleviating rural poverty.

a) beginning
b) start
c) inception
d) introduction

17. The problem of rural poor was brought into a --------------- focus during the Sixth Plan.

a) bright
b) clear
c) sharp
d) none of these

18. The Seventh Plan too ------------------- the importance of growth with social justice.

a) highlighted
b) gave importance to
c) emphasized
d) listed

19. Rural poverty is ----------------- linked with low rural productivity and unemployment.

a) completely
b) totally
c) absolutely
d) inextricably

20. It is true that there has been a considerable ------------------ in the incidence of rural poverty over time.

a) reduction
b) decline
c) drop
d) none of these

21. You must ---------------- the habit of admitting your mistakes boldly.

a) develop
b) acquire
c) cultivate
d) imbibe

22. Strong will power enables a leader to develop good habits ------------- for successful leadership.

a) essential
b) required
c) needed
d) necessary

23. An individual with an iron will, will have the stamina to stick to his decisions and task, no matter the ---------------- are.

a) odds
b) problems
c) difficulties
d) complexities

24. One needs a good deal of will power to ----------------- with a difficult task under trying conditions.

a) continue
b) persist
c) go
d) none of these

25. You need all the will power you can muster to ---------------- the temptation to give up.

a) avoid
b) resist
c) control
d) remove

Answers

1. consequences
2. effective
3. welcome
4. considering
5. check
6. of
7. sound
8. spring
9. about
10. hailed
11. utilize
12. succeed
13. implementation
14. embarrassed
15. popular
16. inception
17. sharp
18. emphasized
19. inextricably
20. decline
21. cultivate
22. essential
23. odds
24. persist
25. resist