← Back to Quizzes Hints: 2/2 Verbal Reasoning Set – 6 Hard Start Your name (optional): Share Certificate Browse Quizzes Play Again [{"type":"single","prompt":"Statement:","options":["Only 1 follows","Only 2 follows","Both follow","Neither follows"],"answer":[0],"explanation":"We know sets \u201cpoets\u201d and \u201cintroverts\u201d both lie inside \u201csensitive\u201d, but we are not sure they overlap. So we can only say it is possible (may be), not definite.","hint":"\u201cMay be\u201d can follow from a possible overlap, \u201care\u201d needs certain overlap."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Statement:","options":["Only 1 follows","Only 2 follows","Both follow","Neither follows"],"answer":[1],"explanation":"From the statement we only know something about punctuality, not about \u201ctrain vs flight\u201d sets. We can\u2019t assert \u201cno flight is a train\u201d, but we can safely say it is possible that some flights are not trains.","hint":"Don\u2019t invent a relation between flights and trains that is not given."},{"type":"single","prompt":"In a certain code language:","options":["DSJUDJBM UIJOLJOH","DSJUDJBM UIJOLJOI","DSJUDJBN UIJOLJOH","DSJUDJBM UHJOLJOH"],"answer":[0],"explanation":"Shift each letter +1: C\u2192D, R\u2192S, I\u2192J, T\u2192U, I\u2192J, C\u2192D, A\u2192B, L\u2192M \u2192 \u201cCRITICAL\u201d \u2192 DSJUDJBM; \u201cTHINKING\u201d \u2192 U\u2192V? Wait: T\u2192U, H\u2192I, I\u2192J, N\u2192O, K\u2192L, I\u2192J, N\u2192O, G\u2192H \u2192 UIJOLJOH. So full code: DSJUDJBM UIJOLJOH.","hint":"Move each letter one step forward; keep spaces same."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Choose the best replacement for the underlined part:","options":["than the train left","when the train had left","when the train left","than the train had left"],"answer":[2],"explanation":"The standard correlative is \u201chardly\u2026 when\u2026\u201d; \u201chad he reached\u201d (past perfect) and \u201cleft\u201d (simple past) is correct.","hint":"Pairs: \u201chardly\u2026 when\u201d, not \u201chardly\u2026 than\u201d."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Statement:","options":["Training always guarantees promotion.","Training has some positive effect on performance.","Employees who don\u2019t attend training are lazy.","Performance cannot be improved in any other way."],"answer":[1],"explanation":"For the statement to make sense, it assumes training positively affects performance; the others are extreme or unrelated.","hint":"Look for an assumption that is necessary but not exaggerated."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Rearrange the parts to form a coherent sentence:","options":["3,1,4,2","1,3,4,2","3,4,1,2","2,3,1,4"],"answer":[0],"explanation":"\u201cEffective communication is essential for success in modern workplaces.\u201d \u2192 3,1,4,2.","hint":"Start with the main subject (\u201ceffective communication\u201d)."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Pick the option that best expresses the meaning of the sentence:","options":["Many people understood it clearly.","Almost nobody understood it.","Everyone was confused by it.","A large majority misunderstood it."],"answer":[1],"explanation":"\u201cFew people\u201d usually implies \u201cvery small number\u201d, close to \u201calmost none\u201d.","hint":"\u201cFew\u201d (without \u201ca\u201d) suggests scarcity, not plenty."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Two statements are given:","options":["Both can be true.","Only 1 can be true.","Only 2 can be true.","Both must be false."],"answer":[1],"explanation":"If all students passed, then none failed; statement 2 contradicts 1. So only 1 can be true (or both could be false in real life, but question asks under assumption they refer to the same context and we must choose best option).","hint":"\u201cAll\u201d and \u201csome failed\u201d cannot both hold together."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Choose the most appropriate meaning of the phrase:","options":["Believe it completely","Reject it immediately","Accept it but not fully believe it","Be angry about it"],"answer":[2],"explanation":"The phrase means to listen to something but be slightly doubtful about its truth.","hint":"You \u201cseason\u201d the information with doubt, not swallow it whole."},{"type":"single","prompt":"Statement:","options":["Many people enjoy working in offices.","Internet connections are getting faster.","A large share of daily commuters are office workers who could work remotely.","Some companies do not allow work from home."],"answer":[2],"explanation":"If most commuters are potential remote workers, then work-from-home will significantly reduce traffic, strongly supporting the statement.","hint":"Strengthening means making the effect (\u201creduce congestion\u201d) more likely or larger."}]
