National/State Common Entrance Examination Practice Tests – Verbal Aptitude Set 2 – Questions with Answers and Explanations

SECTION I

From the options lettered A — E, choose the one that contains the sound made by the animal in the sentence.

Sing is to the bittern as _____ is to dog.

A. bark
B. bray
C. coo
D. grunt
E. squeak

The mouse made a _______ sound as I touched its tail.

A. booing
B. braying
C. growling
D. roaring
E. squeaking

The monkeys _________ as the owner of the farm approached.

A. booed
B. croaked
C. droned
D. gibbered
E. growled

_______ is the sound made by a pig.

A. Gibber
B. Boon
C. Croak
D. Moo
E. Grunt

SECTION II

The words below are written in codes. Study each word and its code word carefully and work out how the code is written.

Examples are given below:

SUCCESS is written as SSUSCEC

ABILITY is written as AYBTIIL,

ANXIOUS is written as ASNUXOI

Now use the code pattern to answer question numbers 6 - 10

6. The word COMFORT would be written as ________

A. CFMOROT
B. COTMRFO
C. CMOFRTO
D. CTMORMOF
E. CROTMOFE

The word EXPLAIN would be written as _________

A. ENLIPAX
B. ENXIPAL
C. EPALXIN
D. EXINLAP
E. EXINPALE

The word APPLAUD would be written as _______

A. ADPUPAL
B. APALPUD
C. APDUAPL
D. APUDPAL
E. AUDPLAP

The word FASHION would be written as _______

A. FANOHIS
B. FHNAOSI
C. FNAOSIH
D. FONASIH
E. FSIHNAO

The word PROVIDE would be written as ________

A. PERDOIV
B. PEVRODI
C. POREDIV
D. PREDIVO
E. PRODIVE

A. Beef
B. Mutton
C. Pork
D. Veal
E. Violin

A. Deacon
B. Goalkeeper
C. Player
D. Referee
E. Captain

A. Chef
B. Fork
C. Plate
D. Pot
E. Spoon

A. Mud
B. Ocean
C. River
D. Sea
E. Stream

Cat and kitten
Fish and ________

A. Fawn
B. fry
C. foal
D. kid
E. tadpole

Carmel and colt
Elephant and ________

A. calf
B. nit
C. puppy
D. tadpole
E. whelp