Part 14 of our Verbal Ability reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.
Start Part 14Sample questions from Part 14
Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.
Sample question 1
a. The best consultants are those who can suggest
b. or apply an array of methods aim at helping their clients
c. understand a situation, diagnose it, and
d. act accordingly under a given situation.
e. NO ERROR
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Sample question 2
a. A three-act play or a novel are to be read;
b. a total of two hundred pages
c. of poetry—lyric, dramatic, or narrative—is
d. also required of everyone.
e. NO ERROR
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Sample question 3
a. Some people are
b. simply too opportunities
c. to take a stand
d. on controversial issues.
e. NO ERROR
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Sample question 4
a. In this modern age of today,
b. most people are
c. too highly educated
d. to believe in superstitions.
e. NO ERROR
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
Sample question 5
a. If anybody objects,
b. let them think of a better scheme
c. rather than make fun
d. of the proposed plan.
e. NO ERROR
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e