Free CMAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Questions and Answers

Question 1

Each question has a word followed by four choices. From the choices, identify the one that is opposite in meaning (Antonym) to the main word:
AGGRAVATE

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Ameliorate

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Segregate

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Adulterate

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Accommodate

Question 2

From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (a word that means the same) for the main word:
ABSTRACT

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Summary

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Peculiar

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Normal

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Diagnostic

Question 3

For the word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives that are most appropriate in the given context.

PUGNACIOUSLY: Roosevelt had said pugnaciously that it would count in the end not who fired the first shot but who fired the last.

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Aggressively

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Peacefully

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Pithily

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Vigorously

Question 4

From the choices, select the most suitable synonym (a word that means the same) for the main word:
COMPLACENT

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Satisfied

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Disappointed

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Evasive

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Flimsy

Question 5

From the choices, identify the one that is opposite in meaning (Antonym) to the main word:
CONSIDERATE

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Indifferent

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Comprehensive

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Atrocious

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Malignant

Question 6

For the word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives that are most appropriate in the given context:

OBLIVIOUS: The minister seemed oblivious to the prejudices that prevailed in the village.

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Unaware

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Aware

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Insouciant

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Bothered

Question 7

Compared to, the year 2000, the number of people suffering from hypertension increased by 60% and the number of doctors in the city increased by 30%.

Each of the following if true, could help explain the increase in the number of doctors, except:

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Stress is the cause of hypertension.

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The number of patients in the city has increased.

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The overall population of the city has increased.

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More number of doctors are coming out of city medical colleges.

Question 8

I purchased the original genuine CD of XYZ software. The software worked flawlessly on my computer and I was very happy with it until I spoke to a friend and came to know that even he had purchased the same software, but a pirated copy, at one-tenth of the price that I paid for the software. He is very happy with the software and on his PC too, the software works flawlessly. All this has made me regret my decision to buy a genuine copy of the software instead of the pirated one.

Which of the following, if true would weaken the above conclusion?

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Genuine software is always the latest version and the Software companies provide after-sales support and online updates for it. Ethically it is wrong to use pirated software and there is always a possibility that the company might take legal action against users of pirated software.

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Genuine copies of software are meant for organizations only. Individuals should always buy pirated copies of software.

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Pirated copies of software are very cheap compared to genuine software.

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Software piracy is not a crime and it does not harm the software makers as they can sell a good number of genuine copies to large organizations.

Question 9

From the choices, identify the one that is opposite in meaning (Antonym) to the main word:
IMMACULATE

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Unclean

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Immobile

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Motherly

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Accumulated

Question 10

For the word given below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives that is most appropriate in the given context.

BONHOMIE: Another aspect of Islam's utilitarian paradox has been its bonhomie with authoritarian regime.

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Friendship

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Enmity

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Association

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Relation