9. A


Termagant is as overbearing woman – a virago. Shrew is an ill tempered, scolding woman. (Harpy is a mythical figure with a woman’s head and body and bird’s wings and claws. Characteristic of unscrupulous woman).

10. A


Apostasize is to renounce one’s former belief. Just as a Traitor betrays his own country .

11. D


Plebiscite is common people direct vote of all electors. Ukase is an arbitrary command – edict of Russian government.

12. A


Just as a Debater can give the excuse of Laryngitis which is an inflammation of the Larynx. So also a Pedestrian can give the excuse of being lame.

13. C


The diagram of the eye with its details is akin to the optometrist’s job of taking the eye measurement for making spectacles. A psychiatrist absorbs all the details just as an Inkblot. Just as an optometrist uses the eye chart to find out the power of a person’s eyes, in the same way a psychiatrist uses an Ink blot test to determine the personality of an individual.

14. D


of the nature of wood ( of plants) woody, Osseous is having bones or bony.

15. B


A climber moves to the peak. (Just as a pilgrim goes to a shrine.)

16. D


Just as competition brings about rivalry, flattery results in sycophancy.

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Index

Test 3
Section 1 : Verbal Section
Section 2 : Quantitative Section
Section 3 : Analytical Section
Section 4 : Quantitative Section
Section 5 : Verbal Section
Section 6 : Analytical Section
Section 7 : Quantitative Section
Answer key to Test 3