Communication Ability: Practice Test

Sakshi Education

PRACTICE TEST
Directions: (Questions 1 to 8) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

I planned the evening in an Italian restaurant as the staff is affable, they know how to greet a beautiful girl, the food is going to be good even if it's only okay, and the bill won't raise your eyebrows over your hairline. Plus, as Neil Simon once said, "There are two laws in the universe: 'The Law of Gravity' and 'Everybody Likes Italian Food'. We are almost done. Then a terrible thing happened. While we were waiting for the coffee, the head waiter, with an ingratiating smile on his false face, came up to us bearing a large basket full of huge peaches. They had the blush of an innocent girl; they had rich tone of an Italian landscape. But surely, peaches were not in season then? Lord knew what they cost. I knew too-a little later-for my guest, going on with her conversation, absent-mindedly took one.
'You see you've filled your stomach with a lot of meat'-my one miserable little chop-'and you can't eat more. But I shall enjoy the peach and it is irresistible'.

The bill came, and when I paid it I found that I had only enough for a quite inadequate tip. Often you are appreciated by a meal that revolves around an exotic menu. And then there's the snooty factor, where you're judged as much by the service staff and the lady whom you have taken out for dinner, especially when it comes to the tip. Her eyes rested for an instant on the three francs I left for the waiter, and I know that she thought me mean. But when I walked out of the restaurant I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.

Which one of the following words/groups of words suggests that the peaches were attractive?
1) Huge
2) In season
3) Blush of an innocent girl
4) Ingratiating
Which one of the following statements about the passage is true?
1) The incident happened at the author's home
2) There were a number of guests
3) The incident happened at a hotel
4) The writer enjoyed the party
The author knew that the peaches would be expensive because
1) They appeared huge
2) they looked as beautiful as the Italian landscape
3) The lady liked them
4) They were difficult to come by at that time of the year
The lady might have thought him mean because
1) He left three Francs as tip
2) he did not eat any peach
3) He had filled his stomach with a lot of meat
4) he walked out rather abruptly
'The bill won't raise your eyebrows over your hairline' it means
1) Not easy to handle
2) very expensive
3) Cheap and shabby
4) affordable
The superior factor that the author is talking in the passage is
1) Impressing the lady
2) impressing the staff
3) Paying the tip
4) about the waiter
When he walked out of the restaurant what was his condition?
1) He had the whole month before him.
2) He had the whole month before him and not a penny in his pocket.
3) He had a penny in his pocket.
4) He had a lot of money in pocket.
The two laws that are talked in the passage refer to:
1) Laws of gravitational force
2) Law of gravity and love for Italian food
3) Law of universe
4) Universal gravity laws

Directions: (Questions 9 to 12) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Ingratiating
1) Deterring
2) Disgusting
3) Repellant
4) Flattering
Blush
1) Pale
2) White
3) Flush
4) Pallid
Innocent
1) Honest
2) Guilty
3) Sinful
4) Evil
Exotic
1) Boring
2) Dull
3) Usual
4) Alluring

Directions: (Questions 13 to 15) Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word printed in bold as used in the passage.
Affable
1) Friendly
2) Pleasant
3) Lovely
4) Nasty
Terrible
1) Atrocious
2) Ghastly
3) Mild
4) Severe
Mean
1) Selfish
2) Greedy
3) Noble
4) Niggard

Directions: (Questions 16 to 20) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error if any will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part will be the answer. If there is no error, mark (5) as your answer. (Ignore punctuation errors if any.)
Some people (1) get used to changes (2) very easily (3) than other do. (4) No error. (5)
Rakesh told me (1) that I am ready (2) to do (3) any work. (4) No error. (5)
Each of the movies (1) were great and the choice (2) for the best one among all three (3) was very (4) difficult indeed. No error. (5)
They have (1) requested me not take (2) any action unless and until (3) I don't see all the documents. (4) No error. (5)
When your mother inquired about (1) your marks (2) your lied her (3) have you not? (4) No error. (5)

Directions: (Questions 21 to 25) Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark (5) as the answer.
Since the beginning of the term, we are spending a lot of time on poetry.
1) Spent
2) Will spend
3) Have spent
4) had spend
5) No improvement
Never I have seen such a scene.
1) Have I
2) Had I
3) I was
4) did I
5) No improvement
I was bigger in seniority than his friend.
1) Superior
2) Better
3) Higher
4) best
5) No improvement
Both sexes are influenced by broadly held beliefs about appropriate male and female behavior.
1) Squarely
2) strongly
3) Widely
4) highly
5) No improvement
I am looking forward to joining your organization.
1) Join
2) join in
3) Down
4) up
5) No improvement

Directions: (Questions 26 to 30) Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
To ____ yourself from ____wear warm clothes.
1) Prohibit, heat
2) protect, cold
3) Save, cold
4) suffer, cold
The ____words of the mother comforted the ____child.
1) Harsh, naughty
2) sweet, happy
3) Soft, energetic
4) soothing, disappointed
The new Principal ____stress on routine administration ____than on academic matters and examination reforms.
1) Released, only
2) began, even
3) Started, further
4) laid, rather
Kamesh ____me coming to his table, he smiled and ____me a chair.
1) Found, signaled
2) met, sat
3) Looked, gave
4) saw, offered
There is no glory in war ____the blood it -____.
1) Thinking, demands
2) considering, sheds
3) Worth, costs
4) comparing, spills

Directions: (Questions 31 to 35). In each question below, four words printed in bold are given. These are numbered (1) , (2) , (3) and (4) . One of these words printed in bold may either be wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word that is inappropriate or wrongly spelt if any. The number of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and appropriate in the context of the sentence then mark (5) i.e. 'All Correct as your answer.'
All said and done (1) / it is the basic value that is (2) / most importance and (3) / helps you in the long run. (4) / All Correct as your answer. (5)
It is a mystery (1) / how some people (2) / can foreteller events (3) / on the basis of horoscope. (4) / All Correct as your answer. (5)
He not only believes (1)/ in hard work and (2) / also in honesty (3) / of the highest order. (4) / All Correct as your answer. (5)
I am grateful to you (1) / and all your friends (2) / for the showed sympathy (3) / and kindlness to me. (4) / All Correct as your answer. (5)
This time election (1) / did not had (2) / heat and dust usually (3) / associated with it. (4) / All Correct as your answer. (5)

Directions: (Questions 36 to 40) . Re-arrange the following five sentences (1) , (2) , (3) , (4) and (5) in proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
1. One friend turns to the other and says. "I' II bet you ten rupees, the man will not jump".
2. Two friends sitting in a restaurant are watching the 9:00 0' clock news. A report comes on about a man threatening to jump from the top floor of a building.
3. To this his friend replies. "I also saw the six O'clock news but I didn't think he'd do it again".
4. "It's a bet" agrees his friend. A few minutes later the man on the ledge jumps and the loser hands his friend ten rupees.
5. "I can't take your money" his friend admits, "I saw him jump earlier on the six O'clock news".
The first sentence should be
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
5) 5
The second sentence should be
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
5) 5
The last sentence should be
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
5) 5
The fourth sentence should be
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
5) 5
The third sentence should be
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
5) 5

ANSWERS:
1. 3; 2. 3; 3. 4; 4. 1; 5. 4;
6. 3; 7. 2; 8. 2; 9. 4; 10. 3;
11. 1; 12. 4; 13. 4; 14. 3; 15. 3;
16. 4; 17. 2; 18. 2; 19. 2; 20. 3;
21. 3; 22. 1; 23. 1; 24. 3; 25. 1;
26. 2; 27. 4; 28. 4; 29. 4; 30. 2;
31. 3; 32. 3; 33. 2; 34. 4; 35. 2;
36. 2; 37. 1; 38. 3; 39. 5; 40. 4
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