Verbal Reasoning Aptitude Test Practice Pack

Improve your Verbal Reasoning skills with our newly revised Verbal Reasoning Practice Test Pack. This comprehensive resource covers all the sections found in the actual exams. Additionally, you will gain valuable insights into the test structure and content, which will help you craft effective study strategies. Start your preparation journey by using our Verbal Reasoning Practice Test today.

About Verbal Reasoning Practice Test

In a job interview, the questions you encounter can vary significantly depending on the role you’re applying for. They might range from fundamental reading comprehension to more intricate reasoning tasks. Recruiters also use a number of different test providers, which offer a range of verbal reasoning assessments for different industries and job levels. We will look at these in more detail later in this article.

What to expect:

Critical thinking is employed at various stages throughout the problem-solving and decision-making process, thereby enhancing comprehension, analysis, and evaluation. These stages encompass several crucial steps, including:

• Defining the problem.
• Selecting the relevant information to solve the problem.
• Recognizing the assumptions that are both written and implied in the text.
• Creating hypotheses and selecting the most relevant and credible solutions.

Sample Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions

Choose the combination of words that is most suitable to fill in the blanks:

Work-life balance schemes in the workplace have been __________ by employees and increase morale and ________ at work.

A. Commended, Motivate
B. Celebrated, Discourage
C. Condemned, Inspiration
D. Applauded, Motivation
E. Criticized, Inspired

Answer: Option D – applauded, motivation.

Explanation:

Question 2

In a similar manner, just as the sun’s rays can be focused on by a magnifying glass to burn a piece of paper, high-intensity ultrasound waves can likewise be concentrated to burn human tissue. The waves remain harmless until they converge at the focal point, enabling a surgeon to operate deep inside the body without harming the surrounding tissue.
HIFU requires no cuts to be made, and many operations don’t even need an anesthetic so that the patient can be in and out of hospital within a day

How can HIFU enable the early release of patients from the hospital?

A. Ultrasound waves can be very focused
B. It allows for very deep penetration to the body
C. It is harmless
D. No cuts are required

Answer: is Option (D).

Explanation:
You can find the answer in the first sentence of the paragraph: “HIFU requires no cuts to be made, and many operations don’t even need an anesthetic so that the patient can be in and out of hospital within a day.”

Answers (A) and (B) are mentioned in the passage, but not as HIFU enables the patient to be released early. Answer (C) is incorrect, as the passage notes that “The waves remain harmless until they converge at the focal point” – they aren’t always harmless.

Question 3

Choose the word among the answers that can best replace the underlined word in the sentence:

The new CEO vowed to address the company’s environmental concerns.

A. Implicated
B. Negated
C. Affirmed
D. Engrossed

Answer: is Option (C) – Affirmed.

Explanation:
A pledge can be in two forms. Firstly, it is a binding promise or undertaking to do, give, or refrain from doing something. Secondly, it involves holding something as security or guaranty for the fulfillment of a contract or payment.
The closest option is affirmation – a solemn declaration that confirms something publicly, as well as an expression of dedication to upholding the stated goal/s.
If the CEO affirmed his plan to deal with environmental issues, he assured that he would diligently work towards achieving this goal.

Question 4

Butterfly → caterpillar : toad →________

A. Tadpole
B. Frog
C. Swamp
D. Fly
E. Lizard

Answer: is Option (A) – tadpole.

Explanation:

Question 5

Please identify which type of error appears in the sentence below:

The heat of the desert greatly affected the traveler; consequently, he regretted not leaving with the professor, who had offered him a ride to the city.

A. Grammar
B. Spelling
C. Punctuation and Capitalization
D. None of the above

Answer: is Option (A).

Explanation:
According to the English language’s grammar rules, ‘whom’ should be applied when the noun refers to objects rather than the sentence’s subject. If you can replace the word with “she” or “he,” opt for “who.” For instances where “her” or “him” could replace it, use “whom.” In this segment of the sentence – “the professor… had offered him a ride” – the professor is the subject, and the traveler is the object.

Question 6
Please select a pair of words that have a similar relationship

Sand : Glass

A. Cotton: Wool
B. Tree: Paper
C. Seed : Flower
D. Stove : Oven

Answer: is Option (B) – tree: paper.

Explanation:
‘Sand’ undergoes processing, transforming into ‘glass’, much like how ‘trees’ are processed to produce ‘paper’. Without any artificial processing, a ‘seed’ actively grows into a ‘flower’.

The answer is ‘tree’ : ‘paper.’

Question 7

NEUTRAL means the same as…

A. Beige
B. Territory
C. Flag
D. Bland
E. Noncommittal

Answer: is Option (E) – Noncommittal.

(A) Beige is a colour
(B) Territory is a location
(C) Flag is an object
(D) Bland describes a taste

Neutral and noncommittal individuals lack strong opinions or feelings on a subject.

Question 8

8. Select the word that is spelled incorrectly:

A. Apprehensive
B. Deduction
C. Retrieve
D. Misspell

Answer: is Option C.

Explanation:
The correct spelling of the word is ‘retrieve.’ The letter I usually comes before E. An exception is when these two letters follow the letter C, in which case the letter E will come first, as in the word “receive.” Another exception is the word “weird.”

Question 9

The new health and safety regulations stipulate that helmets must be worn and fastened, with the head torch operating at all times, while working within the mine. Other safety devices would be prioritized according to the previous depth regulations and following the mine’s security engineer’s daily instructions.

On dates of detonations, maximal safety wear should be implemented both inside the mine and within a 500-meter radius outside the perimeter, without any exceptions.

The mine’s security engineer serves as the sole authority in determining which safety gear miners wear.

A. True
B. False
C. Cannot say

Answer: is Option (B) – False.

Explanation:
The text states that “The use of other safety devices are prioritized according to previous depth regulations and following the daily instructions provided by the mine’s security engineer”. So the use of safety devices is determined both by past regulations and by the engineer”.

The answer is False

Question 10

IMPERIOUS is the opposite of…

A. Arrogant
B. Moody
C. Subservient
D. Quiet
E. Stormy

Answer: is Option (C) – subservient.

Explanation:
(A) Arrogant is showing an offensive attitude of superiority.
(B) Moody is unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess.
(D) Quiet is making little or no noise.
(E)Stormy is full of angry or violent outbursts of feeling.

Imperious means “assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering”, so the antonym is subservient – “prepared to obey others unquestioningly.”