Cognizant GenC Verbal Ability Questions 2025

1. In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.

VIRTUOUS

2. In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.

DEFIANCE

3. Direction for (Q 3 to Q5)

In the questions below, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled as P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: Once upon a time there lived three young men in a certain town of Hindustan.
P: All the people of the neighborhood were mortally afraid of them.
Q: They were so powerful that they could catch growing lions and tear them to pieces.
R: Someone told them that they would become immortal if they killed Death.
S: The young men believed themselves to be very good friends.
S6: All of them set out in search of their foe called Death.

The Proper sequence should be:

4. S1: Since the sixties, there has been an increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of mental activity and behavior.
P: It has a format that is very similar to that of Brain and Language, a sister journal.
Q: Since then, a number of journals devoted entirely to this area of research have appeared.
R: Before the 1960s when this field was the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were scattered in various neurological journals.
S: Brain and cognition is one such journal.
S6: So far the journal has published a mixture of articles including reports and investigations.

The Proper sequence should be:

5. S1: Moncure Conway devoted his life to two great objects freedom of thought, and freedom of the individual.
P: They threaten both kinds of freedom.
Q: But something also has been lost.
R: There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages.
S: In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time.
S6: Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defense of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence then there is now.
The Proper sequence should be:

6. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A. An Indian ship
B. laden with merchandise
C. got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.
D. No error.

7.

In each question below a sentence broken into five or six parts. Join these parts to make a meaningful sentence. The correct order of parts is the answer.

1. seen
2. going
3. you
4. him
5. have

8. In the questions given below, a part of the sentence is italicized and underlined. Below are given alternatives to the italicized part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, the option 'D' is the answer.

When it was feared that the serfs might go too far and gain their freedom from serfdom, the protestant leaders joined the princes at crushing them.

9.

Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom, If there is no correct meaning given, E (i.e.) 'None of these' will be the answer.

To hit the nail right on the head

10.

Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom, If there is no correct meaning given, E (i.e.) 'None of these' will be the answer.

To end in smoke