Adjectives

Definition of Adjective

Adjectives are describing words. Large, grey, and friendly are all examples of adjectives. In the examples below, these adjectives are used to describe an elephant.

Examples:

• Large elephant
• Grey elephant
• Friendly elephant

Adjectives Modify Nouns
The word elephant is a noun. Adjectives are added to nouns to state what kind, what colour, which one or how many. Adjectives are said to modify nouns and are necessary to make the meanings of sentences clearer or more exact.

Examples:

• Follow the yellow cab.
(In this example, the adjective yellow modifies the noun cab.)
• Craig caught a large bass.
(In this example, the adjective large modifies the noun bass.)
• It is the girl with the pale face again.


• The principal words should be in bold.
(Beware of the adjective principal - see right)
• The rusty nail he stood on was the cause of the infection.


• Please put the old documents in the shredder.


• There is an essential matter we need to discuss.


• Peter guessed the right number.

Examples of Adverbs

An adverb is a modifying part of speech. It describes verbs, other adverbs, adjectives, and phrases. They are used to describe how, where, when, how often and why something happens. Here are a few examples:

Verb- The cat climbed quickly up the tree. (quickly describes how the cat climbed)

Adverb- Mike worked very carefully on his paper. (very shows how carefully he worked) Adjective- She is nearly ready to go. (nearly tells to what extent she is ready)

Consider the following example:

She decided to write her paper. (no adverbs)
She quickly decided to write her paper. (her decision was quick)
She decided to write her paper quickly. (her writing was quick)

I wanted to go upstairs.
She has lived in the city since June. (in the city – prepositional phrase)

Tenses

1. I _________ ice-cream.




A.) likes	B.) liked
C.) have been liking	D.) like

2. Children generally _________ quarrels easily.




A.) forgets	B.) forget
C.) forgot	D.) will forget

3. She ________ to school every day.




A.) goes	B.) go
C.) will go	D.) gone

4. At present, he _______ in Mahindra Satyam.




A.) works	B.) work
C.) is working	D.) worked

5. I _______ just ___________ my homework.




A.) have, completed	B.) has, completed
C.) had, completed	D.) will, complete

Articles

1. He is ………….. European.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

2. She bought ………………. gift to her daughter.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

3. Karan will arrive in ………… hour.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

4. The child is playing under ……………. tree.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

5. Rahul is ……….. most intelligent boy in our class.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

6. I gave ………….. one rupee note to a beggar.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

7. He plays …………. Cricket.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

8. Eating ………….. apple every day is good for health.




A.) a	B.) an
C.) the	D.) None of these

Verbal Reasoning

16.  If arranged properly which one of the following is not a river in India.

(a) ANUMAY

(b) IHSOK

(c) TABROC

(d) ADAMRAN

(e)None of these

 Ans (c) It is CORBAT. It is a National Park 

17.  If the following words are arranged in a natural sequence, which word would be the first.

(a) Night

(b) Negative

(c) Neighbour

(d) Near

(e) None of these

Ans (d)  

18. In an office having 55 employees men out number the women by 15. How many women are working in that office.

(a) 30

(b) 20

(c) 40

(d) 50

(e) None of these

Ans (b) 

19. Reaching a place of appointment on Friday I found that I was two days earlier than the scheduled day. If I had reached on the following Wednesday how many days late would I have been.

(a) one day

(b) two days

(c) three days

(d) four days

(e) None of these

Ans (c)

20. Reena traveled from point A to a distance of 10 feet east at point B. She then turned right and walked 3 feet. Again she turned right and walked 14 feet. How far is she from the starting point.

(a) 4 feet

(b) 5 feet

(c) 24 feet

(d) 25 feet

(e) None of these

Ans (a) 

Verbal Ability

Directions (Q.9 & 10): In a code language any letter which is immediately after or before a vowel in the English alphabet is substituted by that vowel and any vowel i.e. A, E, I, O and U is substituted by the letter immediately following that vowel in the English alphabet.

9. How can the word FEVERISH be written in that code language?

(a) EDVDRJSI 

(b) EFUFRHSI

(c) EFUFRJSI

(d) EDUFRJSI

(e) None of these

Ans (c) 

10. How can the word CONFEDERATION be written in that code language?

(a) CPOGFEDRBUTPO

(b) CPOEFEFRBUJPO

(c) CNOEFEFRBUHNO

(d) CONFFDERATION

(e) None of these

Ans (b) 

11. If each of the vowels i.e. A, E, I, O, & U along with the 3rd letter to its right in the alphabet are taken out and arranged one after the other in the same order followed by the remaining letters of the alphabet, which of the following will be 5th to the left of the 19th letter from the left in the new arrangement? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

(a) G

(b) H

(c) J

(d) W

(e) none of these

Ans (a) 

12. How many pairs of letters are there in the word SPONTANEOUS which have number of letters between them in the word one less than the number of letters between them in English alphabet?

(a) five

(b) one

(c) four

(d) Two

(e) Three

Ans (a)

Verbal Ability

Directions (questions 1 to 5): Read the following information and answer the questions given below.

(i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are seven members standing in a row (not necessarily in the same order) facing north.

(ii) C and B have as many members between them as G and C have between them.

(iii) D, who is 3rd from the extreme left, is 3rd to the left of E.

(iv) A and D are neighbors and F and C are neighbors.

1. Which of the following statements may be false?

(a) A is the 3rd to the left of F

(b) D is 3rd to the left of E

(c) F is 3rd the right of A

(d) B is 3rd to the left of C

(e) None of these

 Ans (d)  

2. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) C and E are neighbors

(b) E is to the immediate left of F

(c) C is to the immediate left of D

(d) A is to the immediate left of D

(e) None of these

Ans (d)

3.  Who is at the extreme right?

(a) Data inadequate

(b) G

(c) B

(d) E

(e) None of these

Ans (a)

4. Which of the following given two pairs of neighbors?

(a) A, C and D, C

(b) A, B and E, G

(c) D, C and E, F

(d) C, F and C, E

(e) None of these

Ans (c)

5.  What is the position of F?

(a) Immediate to the right of E.

(b) Third to the left of G

(c) Immediate to the left of C

(d) 5th to the right of B

(e) None of these

 Ans (e) 

6. Four of the following five groups of letters are alike in some way while one is different. Find out which one is different.

(a) ISLOJ

(b) LUOQM

(c) AKDGB

(d) FPILG

(e) NXQTO

Ans (b)  

Verbal Reasoning

6. Four of the following five groups of letters are alike in some way while one is different. Find out which one is different.

(a) ISLOJ

(b) LUOQM

(c) AKDGB

(d) FPILG

(e) NXQTO

Ans (b)  

7. In the sequence given below the sum of the two digits which immediately precede the digit ‘4’ exceeds the sum of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 4 and sum of the two digits which immediately follow the digit 6 exceeds the sum of the two digits which immediately precede the digit 6. How many such 4’s and 6’s together are there?

5 4 4 6 2 6 3 5 6 4 2 8 4 3 7 6 6 4 8 3

(a) 4

(b) 6

(c) 3 

(d) 5

(e) None of these

Ans (a) 

8. Below are given six three-digit numbers. The digits comprise of numeric and letters. The letter indicates its serial order in the English alphabet. What will be the middle digit of the 4th number when the numbers are arranged in the descending order after interchanging numeric in each number without altering the place of letter in the number?

19F, 2H9, 98B, D76, 7A6, 61E

(a) 8

(b) 9

(c) 6 

(d) 7

(e) None of these

Ans (e)