Verbal Ability · General Aptitude · GATE CE

Even though I had planned to go skiing with my friends, I had to __________ at the last moment because of an injury.

Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

The President, along with the Council of Ministers, _________to visit India next week. Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

Is there any good show_________ television tonight?

Select the most appropriate option to complete the above sentence.

If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [simmer → seethe → smolder] is analogous to [break → raze → _______ ].

Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?

Kind : ________ :: Often : Seldom

(By word meaning)

Eject : Insert : : Advance : _______

(By word meaning)

The movie was funny and I ____________.

You should __________ when to say __________.

"His life was divided between the books, his friends, and long walks. A solitary man, he worked at all hours without much method, and probably courted his fatal illness in this way. To his own name there is not much to show; but such was his liberality that he was continually helping others, and fruits of his erudition are widely scattered, and have gone to increase many a comparative stranger's reputation."

(From E.V. Lucas's "A Funeral")

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

"Why do they pull down and do away with crooked streets, I wonder, which are my delight, and hurt no man living? Every day the wealthier nations are pulling down one or another in their capitals and their great towns: they do not know why they do it; neither do I. It ought to be enough, surely, to drive the great broad ways which commerce needs and which are the life-channels of a modern city, without destroying all history and all the humanity in between: the islands of the past."

(From Hilaire Belloc's "The Crooked Streets")

Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)–(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.

Yoko Roi stands _____ (i) _____ as an author for standing _____ (ii) _____ as an honorary fellow, after she stood _____ (iii) _____ her writings that stand _____ (iv) _____ the freedom of speech.

In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)-(iv). Select the best match for all the blanks.

From the ancient Athenian arena to the modern Olympic stadiums, athletics ___(i)___ the potential for a spectacle. The crowd ___(ii)___ with bated breath as the Olympian artist twists his body, stretching the javelin behind him. Twelve strides in, he begins to cross-step. Six cross-steps ___(iii)___ in an abrupt stop on his left foot. As his body ___(iv)___ like a door turning on a hinge, the javelin is launched skyward at a precise angle.