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Sample Test - Verbal Ability - CAT 2009

Question 1. For the word given at the top of the table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (A, B, C, D) with their corresponding usage on the right (E, F, G, H). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages correctly matched.

1. BILL

Dictionary definition		Usage
A.	A written statement showing how much money you own someone for the goods or services you have received	E.	The bill was passed in the parliament with a wafer thin margin.
B.	Written document containing a proposal for a new law	F.	They were arrested for willfully mutilating 100 rupee bills.
C.	A list of event and performers at a concert, show, movie, etc.	G.	Settling bills is an unsetting chore.
D.	Paper money as in bank note	H.	Cats has been topping the bill in Broadway for over ten years.

(1)			(2)			(3)			(4)
A	G		A	H		A	F		A	G
B	H		B	G		B	G		B	E
C	E		C	E		C	H		C	H
D	F		D	F		D	E		D	F

Questions 2 to 4. For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.

2. TEMPORAL: Do not get tempted by these temporal pleasures. They do not last long.

(1)

Eternal

(2)

Immortal

(3)

Everlasting

(4)

Ephemeral

3. FATUOUS: He is far too sensible to have done a fatuous thing like this.

(1)

Stupid

(2)

Intelligent

(3)

Inane

(4)

Foolish

4. MACABRE: The office wore a macabre look on Friday after the company downsized its staff strength.

(1)

Grisly

(2)

Tropical

(3)

Gruesome

(4)

Lugubrious

Question 5. Sentences given in this question, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

5.

1. One of the solutions provided by this calculator was the Torpedo Track Angle, the gyro angle to be applied to the torpedoes. This angle was relative to the direction the bow would be facing when the fish was fired.
2. The advantage of this was that the bow didn't necessarily have to be pointed towards the target.
3. During the attack, estimated target speed, course and range were fed into a mechanical angle solver ("fruit machine") which was also provided with the submarine's gyro heading.
4. Torpedo spread was achieved by maintaining a steady course (of the submarine) and varying the gyro angle firing interval (time between firing) for each fish.

(1)

BCDA

(2)

ADCB

(3)

CBDA

(4)

CADB

Answers
1.	(4)
2.	(4)
3.	(2)
4.	(2)
5.	(4)

 

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