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Verbal Reasoning MCQs with answers and solutions. NTS Verbal Reasoning: These are different types of verbal reasoning (or English section) online multiple choice questions (MCQs) on the NTS test. It also contains questions from English section of the past NTS test papers. Answers and explanation to the verbal reasoning questions and answers is given after the sample questions. Link to NTS verbal reasoning PDF MCQs questions with answers is given below.
The English (Verbal Reasoning) section of the NTS test consists of the following three type of questions:
- Vocabulary (Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies, Blanks)
- Grammar, and
- Reading Comprehension
Verbal Reasoning MCQs
Choose the word that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
Q. INTEGRITY
(A) questioning
(B) transparency
(C) honesty
(D) sadness
The synonym is: (C) honesty
Integrity means honesty.
Q. PREROGATIVE
(A) interrogative
(B) right
(C) wise
(D) casual
The synonym is: (B) right
Prerogative means right (or legal rights).
Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
Q. RESTIVE
(A) mistake
(B) calm
(C) hurry
(D) restless
The antonym is: (B) calm
Restive means restless. So, calm is the antonym.
Q. PRODIGAL
(A) wasteful
(B) confident
(C) neutral
(D) frugal
The antonym is: (D) frugal
Prodigal means wasteful (who spends too much). So, frugal (economic or one who spends with care) is the antonym.
Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital.
Q. TIGER : CARNIVOROUS
(A) lion : jungle
(B) cat : house
(C) cow : herbivorous
(D) wolf : clever
The answer is: (C) cow : herbivorous
Tiger is carnivorous (meat eating) animal. And, cow is herbivorous (grass eating) animal.
Q. CONSTELLATION : STARS
(A) archipelago : islands
(B) city : country
(C) book : pen
(D) school : education
The answer is: (A) archipelago : islands
Constellation is made up of stars. And, archipelago is made up of islands.
Fill in the blanks with suitable choices.
Q. We cannot predict whether he will go on a picnic or not. He is so ________.
(A) deleterious
(B) offensive
(C) feckless
(D) capricious
The answer is: (D) capricious
Cannot predict whether will go or not. So, he is unpredictable. Hence, capricious (unpredictable) is the best choice.
Q. He is ________ fame and money. He pursues research just as an amateur scientist.
(A) indifferent to
(B) enamoured of
(C) running for
(D) struggling for
The answer is: (A) indifferent to
Amateur (non-professional or unpaid worker) works without being paid. So, indifferent to (not interested) in fame and money is the best choice.
Q. Octopuses have not only large brains ________ also a well-developed nervous system.
(A) but
(B) and
(C) are
(D) and have
The answer is: (A) but
not only …. but also. This is a conjunction.
Q. I hardly ________ meet him.
(A) ever
(B) never
(C) had ever
(D) had never
The answer is: (A) ever
We cannot use negative word, never, with ‘hardly’. So, ‘ever’ is the best choice.
Q. She wouldn’t ask you if she ________ not sure.
(A) was
(B) were
(C) has
(D) had
The answer is: (B) were
The verb, to be, will always appear as were in the present conditional.
Q. Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. This is a
(A) Simple Sentence
(B) Compound sentence
(C) Complex sentence
(D) Mixed sentence
The answer is: (B) Compound sentence
There are two clauses in the sentence. Hence, it is a compound sentence.
Read the following paragraphs carefully. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
These huge waves wreak terrific damage when they crash on the shores of distant lands or continents. Under a perfectly sunny sky and from an apparently calm sea, a wall of water may break twenty or thirty feet high over beaches and waterfronts, crushing houses and drowning unsuspecting residents and bathers in its path. How are these waves formed? When a submarine earthquake occurs, it is likely to set up a tremendous amount of shock, disturbing the quite waters of the deep ocean.
Q. One surprising aspect of the waves discussed in the passage is the fact that they
(A) are formed in concentric patterns
(B) often strike during clear weather
(C) arise under conditions of cold temperature
(D) are produced by deep swells
The answer is: (B) often strike during clear weather
Read this: Under a perfectly sunny sky and from an apparently calm sea, a wall of water may break.
Q. It is believed that the waves are caused by
(A) seismic changes
(B) concentric time belts
(C) underwater earthquakes
(D) storms
The answer is: (C) underwater earthquakes
Read this: When a submarine earthquake occurs, it is likely to set up a tremendous amount of shock.
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