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Verbal Comprehension Test 5
Questions Booklet
Instructions
Read the passage of information thoroughly and select the correct answer from the four
options. Read the question thoroughly to ensure you know what the question entails.
There is only one correct answer per question.
Base your answers only on the information given in the passage.
There is a time limit of 30 seconds per question.
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Practice Aptitude TestsThe Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major Islamic caliphates. It was ruled
by the Umayyad dynasty, whose name derives from Umayyad Ibn Abd Shams, the great-
grandfather of the first Umayyad caliph. Although the Umayyad family originally came from
the city of Mecca, their capital was Damascus, Syria. At its largest, the Umayyad caliphate
covered more than five million square miles, making it one histories largest empires and
home to 28.8% of the world’s population. After the Umayyad dynasty was overthrown, they
fled to North Africa where they established the Caliphate of Cordoba.
Q1 Which one of the following best replaces “derives” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Transpired
b) Originates
c) Draws
d) Develops
Q2 Which one of the following best replaces “established” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Founded
b) Build
c) Invented
d) Instigated
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.An Atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon, either partially or completely. Atolls are
formed through the extinction of volcanic islands. As the island and the ocean floor subside,
corral growth builds a fringing reef, often including a shallow lagoon between the land and
the main reef. As the subsiding continues, the fringing reef becomes the larger barrier reef
farther from the shore, with a bigger and deeper lagoon inside. Eventually, the island sinks
below sea level and the barrier reef becomes an atoll, enclosing the open lagoon.
Q3 Which one of the following best replaces “encircles” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Consumes
b) Surrounds
c) Encapsulates
d) Milieus
Q4 Which one of the following best replaces “subsiding” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Sagging
b) Subsidence
c) Settling
d) Collapsing
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Behavioural economics and its sister field, behavioural finance, is the study of social,
cognitive and emotional factors on the economic decisions of individuals and institutions.
This field is typically focused on the bounds of rationality by economic agents. Behavioural
models typically integrate insights from psychology with neo-classical economic theory, and
therefore cover a range of concepts, methods and paradigms. There are three prevalent
themes in behavioural finance: Heuristics, Framing and Market Inefficiencies.
Q5 Which one of the following best replaces “integrate” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Incorporate
b) Amalgamated
c) Provides
d) Absorbs
Q6 Which one of the following best replaces “prevalent” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Overriding
b) Rampant
c) Leading
d) Predominant
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The Spade-Toothed whale is believed to be the world’s rarest species of beaked whale.
The species was identified in 1986, when a Spade-Tooth whale skull was found beached in
Chile. However, in 2010 two whole specimens were found stranded on Opape beach, New
Zealand, the first time compete specimens have been found. DNA analysis of the three
finds identified they were of the same species, allowing biologists to officially name the
species M.traversii, or the Spade-Toothed whale. The appearance of the whale was only
described in 2012, and nothing is known about their behaviour, although it is predicted to
be similar to other beaked whales.
Q7 Which one of the following best replaces “beached” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Stranded
b) Ashore
c) Shipwrecked
d) Marooned
Q8 Which one of the following best replaces “officially” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Correctly
b) Appropriately
c) Appreciably
d) Formally
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The city of Jericho is a Palestinian city located near the west banks of the Jordan River.
Jericho is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, with evidence of
settlement dating back to 9000BC. The first settlement was built near the Ein as-Sultan
spring, between 10,000 and 9,000BC. Due to increasing global temperatures around this
time, agriculture and permanent residence become possible, leading to the development of
permanent villages. By about 9,400 BC, the town of Jericho had grown to more than 70
homes, and may have housed over 1000 people. Famously, the early town was surrounded
by a 3.6 metre high wall, known as the wall of Jericho.
Q9 Which one of the following best replaces “located” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Founded
b) Adjacently
c) Situated
d) Formulated
Q10 Which one of the following best replaces “agriculture” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Husbandry
b) Gardening
c) Gathering
d) Horticulture
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The BCG (Boston Consulting Group) growth-s hare matrix is a chart formulated by Bruce
Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in order aid organisations with their analysis of
services and products. This chart is designed t o help companies allocate resources by
plotting where products or services rank on market-growth and relative market share.
Products and services with high growth -high m arket share are referred to as “stars” and
require further investment. Low market growth - high market share products are “cash
cows”, reliable sources of income. Low market share-low growth products are referred to as
“dogs” and require de-vestment. Finally high m arket growth-low market share products are
“question marks”, requiring in-depth analysis b efore further investment.
Q11 Which one of the following best replaces “formulated” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Produced
b) Presented
c) Synthesised
d) Inaugurated
Q12 Which one of the following best replaces “allocate” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Identify
b) Bestow
c) Distribute
d) Endowment
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The Richter Magnitude Scale is a method of assigning a single number to quantify the
energy released during an earthquake. The magnitude is defined as the logarithm of the
ratio of the amplitude of the wave’s measures through a seismograph, to an arbitrary small
amplitude. Therefore, an earthquake that measures 5.0 of the Richter scale has a shaking
amplitude of 10 times that of an earthquake measuring 4.0. Since the middle of the 20th
century, the Richter Scale has been mostly superseded by the Moment Magnitude Scale,
the Richter Scale is still used in Russia and some other former Soviet Union states.
Q13 Which one of the following best replaces “method” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Measurement
b) Scale
c) Approach
d) Process
Q14 Which one of the following best replaces “superseded” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Supplanted
b) Transferred
c) Removed
d) Usurped
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The Handicap principle is an evolutionary hypothesis proposed in 1975 by Amotz Zahavi,
e xplaining how animals may evolve handicapped signals which put the animal at a
disadvantage, in order to express biological fitness. The best example of this is the
plumage of Peacocks. Although the plumage of the peacock may make the Peacock seem
vulnerable to predators, the handicap principle suggests it is a method of signalling their
biological fitness to Peahens by surviving this long, despite the disadvantage of a large
p lumage. Although initially this hypothesis was criticised, it has since gained widespread
acceptance by the scientific community.
Q15 Which one of the following best replaces “proposed” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Suggested
b) Commended
c) Highlight
d) Requested
Q16 Which one of the following best replaces “vulnerable” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Liable
b) Predisposition
c) Susceptible
d) Weak
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The United States Bullion Depository, often referred to as “Fort Knox” is a fortified vault
building located next to Fort Knox in Kentucky, which houses a large proportion of the
United States gold reserves, among other precious items belonging to the federal
government. The United States Bullion Depository holds 4,578 metric tons of gold bullion,
which is approximately 3% of all the gold ever refined in human history. Despite this huge
volume of gold held at the United States Bullion Depository, the Federal Reserve Bank
holds 7000 metric tons of gold bullion, putting the United States bullion depository in
second place for the largest gold reserve in the USA.
Q17 Which one of the following best replaces “proportion” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Volume
b) Percentage
c) Amount
d) Degree
Q18 Which one of the following best replaces “approximately” while maintaining
the meaning of the sentence?
a) Relatively
b) Comparably
c) Roughly
d) Precisely
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The Beast of Bodmin, also known as the beas t of Bodmin moor is a phantom wild cat
believed to live in Cornwall, in the UK. The Be ast of Bodmin becomes the centre of
numerous sightings with occasional reports of attacked livestock. The beast is supposedly
a panther-like cat or even a whole species of c at purported to be living in the Bodmin Moor
area. In general however, scientists reject the claims due to the larger numbers of big cats
required to maintain a stable breeding populat ion. Never the less, for many years the Beast
of Bodmin remained a popular topic of local fo lklore, with occasional mention in national
newspapers.
Q19 Which one of the following best replaces “supposedly” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Evidently
b) Plainly
c) Purportedly
d) Questionably
Q20 Which one of the following best replaces “maintain” while maintaining the
meaning of the sentence?
a) Confirm
b) Supports
c) Verify
d) Sustain
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