Infosys Verbal Questions with Answers for 2024

Sentence 1- The rise of Indian athletes in global rankings across a variety of sports is a de facto (A)/critical (B) requirement for developing sustainable mass interest in these sports.

“De facto” refers to something actually existing in reality. It does not make sense in sentence 1.

“Critical” is the right word choice here.

Sentence 2- This needs to be complimented (A)/complemented (B) by some other initiatives, such as developing television-friendly competitive formats.

Compliment and complement are words that are often confused. Complimenting someone means praising them. The verb complement means “to complete”.

So the right word choice for sentence 2 is complement.

Sentence 3- Notwithstanding early hurdles in invoking (A)/evoking (B) interest, it is heartening to see the emergence of Indian Premier League (IPL) formats in hockey, football, badminton and kabaddi.

To invoke is to appeal to or call upon for help. To evoke is to elicit or produce. Evoking is the correct word choice for this sentence.

Sentence 4- The entry of big broadcasters into a sport invariably nurtures (A)/pushes (B) the ecosystem towards better facilities, training and production quality.

To nurture is to rear, bring up or nourish. However, in the given sentence “pushes” is the right word choice. The entry of broadcasters can nurture the ecosystem, but the word “towards” in the given sentence means the verb “pushes” makes sense, not nurture.

In all sentences alternative B is the correct one, so the correct answer is BBBB.

Sentence 1- The government deserves to be congratulated wholeheartedly for at long last bringing to an end one of the most pernicious (A)/pernickety (B) vestiges of the license-permit Raj.

Pernicious means harmful and pernickety, fussy or snobbish. Either word seems to fit the sentence given; we need to read on to finalize the right choice.

Sentence 2- Early this week, a notification was issued taking (A)/delisting (B) the last 20 products off the "reservation list" - the list of products that can legally be made only by small and medium enterprises, or SMEs.

The correct word choice here is taking, as it is followed by an “off” in the sentence. Delisting the last 20 products makes sense, but delisting cannot be followed by an “off”.

It is also clear from this sentence that the correct word choice for sentence 1 is pernicious, not pernickety.

Sentence 3- Typically for such economic restrictions, this reservation for SMEs was counter-productive: not only did it stunt the sector, but it ensured the perpetuation (A)/perpetration (B) of monopolies.

Perpetuation and perpetration are again words that are very often confused. Perpetuation implies making something perpetual or continuing forever. Perpetration is the noun form of perpetrate, meaning to commit (a crime, or something negative).

Perpetuation is the correct choice here.

Sentence 4- The value of trade as the engine of domestic reform can hardly be underemphasized (A)/overemphasized (B).

The correct word choice here is overemphasized.

Note that there is a 'but' in the sentence immediately following the clause given. So the option that starts with "though" isn't correct.

What do competitive exams allow not allow? In answer to this question, "the use of a calculator" is the correct wording of the response. Both "using calculators" and "using of calculators" are incorrect.

In the sentence given, the clause “whoever is chosen as the new chief” is followed by “it is”, which is incorrect. The person chosen as the new chief cannot be referred to as “it”.

Blank (1): If people are happy when there is more activity in a lobe, why should we suppress that lobe? ‘Improving’ doesn’t make much sense here either. A medication to stimulate that lobe makes sense, not ‘challenge’ the lobe.

Blank (2): We are discussing some new insight; the discussion is towards finding something that will work. So the correct word here is effective.

Sentence C talks of how verb usage goes up when unnecessary words are reduced. This ties in with sentence A which talks of how good writers use more verbs. It is also clear C follows A.

Sentence B says it is hard to write without verbs. Sentence D adds to this saying that \"use verbs\" is hence not good advice. Therefore D follows B.

By looking at the sentences we see that sentence A makes a good start to the paragraph.

Sentences B and D talk of flowers and flowering plants. Sentence B talks of how land plants existed without flowers for several millions of years. Sentence D talks of when flowering plants appeared. It is clear D follows B.

Sentence C speaks of “equally familiar grasses”. So obviously, some other example- in this case, flowering plants- precedes this.

Sentences A and C talk of the evolution of grasses. A follows C.

The paragraph given starts by stating that Darwin was not the first to come up with the idea of evolution, but the first to come up with a theory of how it possibly occurred. Though he had a good knowledge of biology and exposure to the huge biodiversity on Earth through his voyage of the Beagle, his eureka moment came not when he was immersed in the subject, but as he read the paper of an economist, Malthus and applied it to evolution.

The active voice of given sentence is - The police rescued hundreds of students. As here sentence is in form of sub+verb+obj.

She ran so fastly is the mistake.

Generally, 'ly' is added to adjectives to form adverbs.

(For example: slow - slowly, quick - quickly).

Fast is both an adjective and an adverb, hence 'ly' is not required. It is not used in English language.

Correct sentence: She ran so fast that she was able to catch the running bus.