RK JHA Solutions for Chapter: Verbal and Logical Ability, Exercise 6: Solved Paper 2015

Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order.

I. It is certainly true that the critics-those persons whom the dictionary describes as 'skilled in judging the qualities or merits of some class of things, especially of literary or artistic work'-have long harboured murderous thoughts about the conditions of our drama, but their ineffectuality as public executioners is legendary.

II. But not close enough, it would seem, for this 'marriage' constitutes the case of an absolute desire encountering a relative compliance.

III. The reviewers, by contrast, come close to being the most loyal and effective allies the commercial theatre could possibly desire.

IV. Perhaps the greatest irony in a situation bursting with ironies is the reiterated idea that the critics are killing the theatre.

V. We all know that when theatre people or members of the public refer to the critics, they nearly always mean the reviewers.

In the traditions of many religions throughout the world (including Judaeo-Christian beliefs), there has long been a sustained belief that the Universe as we know it today did not exist forever in the past, and that there was a spontaneous act which gave birth to all that has been, all that is, and all that will be. In other words, the Universe itself has not been eternal as our senses might indicate at first glance, ...

Which of the following options can meaningfully complete the above sentence?

It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the differential equation of Schrodinger and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. The two, apparently dissimilar, approaches were proved to be mathematically equivalent.

Which of the following sentences would most meaningfully follow the above paragraph?

Six words are given below.

I. Cacophonic

II. Cacographic

III. Calamitous

IV. Catastrophic

V. Contraindicative

VI. Cataclysmic

Which of the above words have similar meanings?

Read the four sentences given below.

I. He is the most _______ of the speakers to address us today.

II. The belief in _______ justice is the essence of his talk.

III. This hall would have been full but for the________ rain.

IV. Many in the audience have achieved _________ in their respective fields.

Which of the following sequence of words would most appropriately fit the blanks?

In the following passage, I shall demonstrate that there is a psychological technique which makes it possible to interpret dreams, and that on the application of this technique, every dream will reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of significance and one which may be assigned a specific place in the psychic activities of the waking state. Further, I shall endeavour to elucidate the processes, which underlie the strangeness and obscurity of dreams and to deduce from these processes, the nature of the psychic forces whose conflict or cooperation is responsible for our dreams. This done, my investigation will terminate, as it will have reached the point where the problem of the dream merges into more comprehensive problems and to solve these, we must have recourse to material of a different kind.

Which of the following would be closest to the ideas expressed in the first two sentences of the above passage?

Identify the correct sequence of words that aptly fit the blanks in the following passage.
It is ______ (i) _______ that the accused had _______
(ii) _______(iii)_______ from all criminal activities by adopting the ________(iv)_______ of a sanyasi However, despite repeated requests from the counsel for prosecution, the court has________ (v)_______ a lie detector to ascertain the truth.

Read the following statements carefully.

Statement I If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present.

Statement II Murali did not work as hard as his friends but had secured Ist rank in the examination.

Which of the following options is correct with respect to the above two statements?