Why Wisdom Mart

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The Verbal Section stresses extensively on one having a competent vocabulary

Apart from Reading Comprehension, all other types of question essentially seek to evaluate your vocab repertoire.

Analogies: 2 words would be given, and there would be an implied relationship between these 2 words, that one needs to find out. After the relationship is ascertained, another similar pair needs to be made, where one word is supplied as part of the question.

Eg. Conductor: Baton::

A)     blacksmith : hammer

B)     professor : university

C)    page : book

D)    string : guitar

E)     handle : door

The right answer is A) blacksmith : hammer

Antonyms: One needs to find a word, among the given alternatives that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.

Eg.  Erratic: A) momentary B) loose  C) consistent  D) mixed  E) quiet

The right answer is C) consistent

Sentence Completion: This are typical "Fill in the Blanks" questions wherein one has to complete a given sentence by selecting the appropriate word(s) from the given alternatives.

Eg: Galileo finally ----------- his theories, for it was heresay to --------- the teachings of  the Church.

A)   composed --- assuage

B)   recanted --- contradict

C)   invoked --- deploy

D)   demonstrated --- delude

E)    protracted --- ameliorate

The right answer is B) recanted ---- contradict

Reading Comprehension: RC questions form a completely different set of questions. There generally would be more than one Reading passage, 2-3 questions based on each of these passages.