Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

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6. CUPIDITY
(A) stupidity
(B) rudeness
(C) largess
(D) laziness

7. URBANE
(A) wise
(B) unwise
(C) polite
(D) arrogant

8. EXTRANEOUS
(A) relevant
(B) irrelevant
(C) extra
(D) external

9. DICEY
(A) safe
(B) risky
(C) kind
(D) zero

10. JUDAS
(A) boring
(B) joyful
(C) traitor
(D) faithful

ANSWERS: NTS SAMPLE PAPER
6(C) 7(B) 8(A) 9(A) 10(D)

EXPLANATION: NTS SAMPLE PAPER

6. (C) Cupidity  means greed (a strong desire for more wealth, property etc.). And, Largess  means generous in giving money. Hence, largess is the opposite to cupidity.
7. (B) Urbane  means wise, hence unwise is the opposite.
8. (A) Extraneous  means irrelevant, hence relevant is the opposite.
9. (A) Dicey  means risky, hence safe is the opposite.
10. (D) Judas  means traitor, hence faithful is the opposite.

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GAT Sample Paper

GAT General Sample Test Questions (NTS Sample Paper)
Number of Questions: 100 (Total Marks: 100)
Time allowed: 120 minutes (2 hours)

Choose from the following, the answer that is closest in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

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1. RAVENOUS
(A) restful
(B) restless
(C) starving
(D) implore

2. CRAVEN
(A) cowardly
(B) laziness
(C) politely
(D) arrogant

3. ADUMBRATE
(A) coward
(B) laziness
(C) polite
(D) outline

4. INSOLENT
(A) rude
(B) innocent
(C) kind
(D) bad-tempered

5. CONGNIZANCE
(A) cogent
(B) awareness
(C) encyclopedia
(D) Arrogance

ANSWERS: GAT SAMPLE PAPER
1(C) 2(A) 3(D) 4(A) 5(B)

EXPLANATION: GAT SAMPLE PAPER

1. (C) Ravenous  means extremely hungry. Hence, starving is the synonym.
2. (A) Craven  means lacking courage. Hence, cowardly is the synonym.
3. (D) Adumbrate  means outline (a brief overview). Hence, outline is the synonym.
4. (A) Insolent  means extremely rude. Hence, rude  has the closest meaning.
5. (B) Cognizance  means awareness or knowledge of something.

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Read the following paragraphs carefully. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Unemployment is an important index of economic slack and lost output, but it is much more than that. For the unemployed person, it is often a damaging affront to human dignity and sometimes a catastrophic blow to family life. Nor is this cost distributed in proportion to ability to bear it. It falls most heavily on the young, the semiskilled and unskilled, the black person, the older worker, and underemployed person in a low income rural area who is denied the option of securing more rewarding urban employment… The concentrated incidence of unemployment among specific groups in the population means far greater costs to society that can be measured simply in hours of involuntary idleness or dollars of income lost. The extra costs include disruption of the careers of young people, increased juvenile delinquency, and perpetuation of conditions which breed racial discrimination in employment and otherwise deny equality of opportunity. There is another and more subtle cost. The social and economic strains of prolonged under-utilization create strong pressures for cost-increasing solutions… On the side of labor, prolonged high unemployment leads to “share-the-work” pressures for shorter hours, intensifies resistance to technological change and to rationalization of work rules. On the side of business, the weakness of markets leads to attempts to raise prices to cover high average overhead casts and to pressures for protection against foreign and domestic competition.

21. According to the passage, unemployment is an index of
(A) over utilization of capacity
(B) economic slack and lost output
(C) diminished resources
(D) the employment rate

22. While unemployment is damaging to many, it falls most heavily upon all except the
(A) black
(B) semiskilled
(C) unskilled
(D) white middle class

23. The cost to society of unemployment can be measured by all except
(A) lost incomes
(B) idleness
(C) the death rate
(D) juvenile delinquency

24. Serious unemployment leads labor groups to demand
(A) more jobs by having everyone work shorter hours
(B) higher wages to those employed
(C) “no fire” policies
(D) cost-cutting solutions

25. According to the passage, a typical business reaction to a recession is to press for
(A) higher unemployment insurance
(B) protection against imports
(C) government action
(D) restrictive business practices

ANSWERS: PRACTICE PAPER NTS TEST
21(B)
22(D)
23(C)
24(A)
25(B)

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Fill in the blanks with suitable answer from the given options.

16. Most of the guests arrived __________ buses.
(A) with
(B) by
(C) from
(D) in

17. The man __________ you met is an aeronautical engineer.
(A) who
(B) whose
(C) whom
(D) which

18. When they were younger, they __________ ten kilometers a day.
(A) walked
(B) had walked
(C) has been walking
(D) had been walking

19. The number of computer engineers __________ increasing every year.
(A) is
(B) are
(C) has been
(D) have been

20. The newly installed video game sounds very __________.
(A) interest
(B) interesting
(C) interested
(D) interestingly

ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE PAPER
16(D) 17(C) 18(A) 19(A) 20(B)

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Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital. (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

11. DETERIORATE : IMPROVE
(A) feckless : careless
(B) evanescent : exigent
(C) hope : hone
(D) obstinate : tractable

12. AGGRAVATE : ALLEVIATE
(A) later : precede
(B) urbane : naive
(C) evasive : wordy
(D) feeble : worker

13. VINDICTIVE : MERCY
(A) transient : fleeting
(B) elated : happy
(C) crestfallen : cognizant
(D) skeptical : trustfulness

Fill in the blanks with suitable answer from the given options.

14. In Lahore, fares are __________ high.
(A) fascinatedly
(B) extraneously
(C) exorbitantly
(D) passionately

15. As a result of the __________, no one can trade with North Korea.
(A) enigma
(B) embargo
(C) vicious
(D) voracious

ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE PAPER
11(D) 12(A) 13(D) 14(C) 15(B)

EXPLANATION: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE PAPER

11. (D) deteriorate  means to become worse. So, deteriorate and improve are opposite. Similarly, obstinate  (strict to own style, behavior; difficult to deal with) and tractable  (easy to deal with or control) are opposite.
12. (A) aggravate  (to make worse) and alleviate  (ease; to make sth less severe) are opposite. Similarly, later  and precede  are opposite.
13. D vindictive  (trying to harm) and mercy  (kindness) are opposite. Similarly, skeptical  (dubious, doubtful) and trustfulness are opposite.
14. (C) exorbitant  (too much high) is the most suitable option.
15. (B) embargo  (ban on commercial activities) is the most suitable option.

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Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

6. CONSENSUS
(A) agreement
(B) disagreement
(C) quality
(D) special case

7. FECKLESS
(A) weak
(B) careless
(C) careful
(D) unlucky

8. EMINENT
(A) imminent
(B) happy
(C) famous
(D) unknown

9. PARTISAN
(A) neutral
(B) popular
(C) biased
(D) stubborn

10. NEPOTISM
(A) query
(B) favoritism
(C) impartial
(D) neophyte

ANSWERS: NTS PRACTICE PAPER
6(B) 7(C) 8(D) 9(A) 10(C)

EXPLANATION: NTS PRACTICE PAPER

6. (B) consensus  means “agreement”. Hence, disagreement in the opposite.
7. (C) feckless  means “careless”. Hence, careful is the opposite.
8. (D) eminent  means “famous”. Hence, unknown is the opposite.
9. (A) partisan  means “biased or someone who supports a particular idea/party”. Hence, neutral is the opposite.
10. (C) nepotism  means “favoritism (to support someone)”. Hence impartial (neutral) is the opposite.

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GAT Practice Test

GAT General Practice Test Questions (NTS Practice Test)
Number of Questions: 100 (Total Marks: 100)
Time allowed: 120 minutes (2 hours)

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Choose from the following, the answer that is closest in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). (Find answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.)

1. ANOMALY
(A) normal
(B) straight
(C) irregularity
(D) integrity

2. ABSTRUSE
(A) showy
(B) evident
(C) difficult to manage
(D) difficult to understand

3. VACUOUS
(A) stupid
(B) truthfulness
(C) ravenous
(D) confused

4. PRAGMATIC
(A) practical
(B) magnetic
(C) liar
(D) arrogant

5. PROBITY
(A) probability
(B) honesty
(C) peaceful
(D) carelessness

ANSWERS: GAT PRACTICE TEST
1(C) 2(D) 3(A) 4(A) 5(B)

EXPLANATION: GAT PRACTICE TEST

1. (C) anomaly  means “unusual and unacceptable; oddness; irregularity”. Hence, “irregularity” is the synonym.
2. (D) abstruse  means “difficult to understand; deep”. Hence, “difficult to understand” is the answer.
3. (A) vacuous  means “stupid”.
4. (A) pragmatic  means “realistic”. Hence, “practical” is the synonym.
5. (B) probity  means “honesty”.

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Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital.

11. CONTINENT : WORLD
(A) teacher : classroom
(B) class : school
(C) cogent : powerful
(D) apple : fruit

12. YAWN : BOREDOM
(A) walk : run
(B) apple : fruit
(C) smile : amusement
(D) tiger : carnivorous

13. BAT : CRICKET
(A) hockey : stick
(B) football : soccer
(C) court : tennis
(D) rugby : sports

14. GAGGLE : GEESE
(A) class : school
(B) fish : pond
(C) tiger : jungle
(D) swarm : bees

15. OBSERVE : SCRUTINIZE
(A) fond : doting
(B) running : eating
(C) point : location
(D) east : direction

ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE
11(B) 12(C) 13(B) 14(D) 15(A)

EXPLANATION

11. (B) World is made up of continents, as school is made up of classes.
12. (C) Yawn  is a sign of boredom, as smile is a sign of amusement.
13. (B) Bat is used to play cricket, as football is used to play soccer.
14. (D) Gaggle is a group of geese, as swarm is a group of bees.
15. (A) Scrutinize  means to examine/look carefully. So, scrutinize is the higher degree of observe, as doting  (an extreme love for sb/sth) is the higher degree of fond  (love for sb/sth).

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Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters).

6. FOE
(A) friend
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) genuine

7. CHARLATAN
(A) fraud
(B) shrink
(C) genuine
(D) central

8. PERIPHERAL
(A) habit
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) central

9. DIFFIDENT
(A) shy
(B) confident
(C) deprived
(D) stupid

10. FOMENT
(A) greed
(B) silent
(C) quash
(D) uneasy

ANSWERS: VERBAL REASONING PRACTICE
6(A) 7(C) 8(D) 9(B) 10(C)

EXPLANATION

6. (A) Foe  means enemy. Hence, friend is the opposite.
7. (C) Charlatan  means fraud. Hence, genuine is the opposite.
8. (D) Peripheral  means something not central (for example, side-business). Hence, central (main) is the opposite.
9. (B) Diffident  means shyness (or shy). Hence, confident is the opposite.
10. (C) Foment  means to incite. Hence, quash  (to suppress or to put down) is the opposite.

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NTS Verbal Reasoning Practice

Verbal reasoning section practice questions with answers and explanation. NTS test preparation material for verbal section (English section). The English section of the NTS test consists of questions from Vocabulary (Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies, Blanks), Grammar, and Reading Comprehension.

VERBAL REASONING: PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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Choose from the following, the answer that is closest in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters). Fins answers and explanation to the answers at the bottom of the page.

1. INNATE
(A) right
(B) inborn
(C) inquire
(D) excessive

2. PROFANE
(A) desecrate
(B) restrain
(C) belief
(D) honest

3. TENET
(A) foe
(B) stable
(C) improvement
(D) dogma

4. GREGARIOUS
(A) chary
(B) glorious
(C) glowing
(D) sociable

5. ANTAGONIST
(A) opportunist
(B) proponent
(C) opponent
(D) eloquent

ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL REASONING PRACTICE
1(B) 2(A) 3(D) 4(D) 5(C)

EXPLANATION

1. (B) Innate  means inborn (what you have when you were born).
2. (A) Profane  means to desecrate something holy.
3. (D) Tenet  means belief. Hence, dogma  is the synonym.
4. (D) Gregarious  means sociable.
5. (C) Antagonist  means opponent.

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