Tech Mahindra Verbal Questions with Solutions

1. Choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given word

COMIC

2. Read the given passage and answer the following question :

At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.

Englishmen like others to react to political situations like

3. At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.

According to the author his countrymen should

4. Fill in the Blanks with correct choice:

The government should provide attractive tax ___________ to create the market of quality goods.

5. In the question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

Since the beginning of history

P: have managed to catch
Q: the Eskimos and Red Indians
R: by a very difficult method
S: a few specimens of this aquatic animal

The Proper sequence should be:

6. Choose the pair of words that have a similar relationship to that between the given pair of words.

CHIMERA:AUTHENTICITY ::

7. In the following question 4 options are given, you are required to identify the best way of writing the sentence in the context of the right usage of standard written English.

If he has to decide to go to the college, one would recommend that he plan to go to IIM, Ahemdabad.

8. In the following questions a part of the sentence has been underlined. You have to find the best way of writing the underlined part of the sentence.

In the fall of 1996 the Indian Government dispatched samples of the cells of militants to those four US scientists, who were the only Americans authorized to test them

9. In the following question choose the Antonym of the given word.

STRINGENT

10. The sentences given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

A. He felt justified in bypassing Congress altogether on a variety of moves.

B. At times he was fighting the entire Congress.

C. Bush felt he had a mission to restore power to the presidency.

D. Bush was not fighting just the democrats.

E. Representative democracy is a messy business, and a CEO of the White House does not like a legislature of second guessers and time wasters.