List of top Verbal and Logical Ability Questions asked in IBSAT

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
My friend has a bee in his bonnet.

Directions: In the following question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
VITIATE

Directions: In the following question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
TRITE

Directions: In the following question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
CONTRITE

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
If a nation is unable to come to ______ on interpreting its own past, it will be unable to ______ its national interests.

Directions: In the following question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
SQUANDER

Directions: In the following question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words.
INDIGENT

Directions: In the question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words
ENFRANCHISE

Directions: In the question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words
ADROIT

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Globalization ______ both prosperity and ______.

Directions: In the question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words
DESICCATE

Directions: In the question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words
QUIESCENT

Directions: In the question, each word is followed by five options. Choose the option which is the closest antonym of the given words. While choosing your answer, keep in mind the finer distinctions in the meaning and usage of certain words
TENUOUS

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Unscrupulous use of chemical insecticides to ______ the pests leads to pest ______.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words that best fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
A ______ relationship with Moscow will help New Delhi to ______ its ties with both Washington and Beijing.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
If we give them this concession, it will be the thin end of the wedge.

Directions: Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
Archana cut me dead in the street.

Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
The robbery was committed in the wee hours of the day.

Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
She was sure to steal a march upon her rivals.

Gloves : Hand : : Scarf :
Directions: In the question, the first two words are related in a particular manner. You have to choose a word from the options so that a new pair of words is formed where the relation is the same as that of the first pair of words. You are required to consider the secondary meaning of certain words while choosing an answer.

Artist : Paint : : Sculptor :
Directions: In the question, the first two words are related in a particular manner. You have to choose a word from the options so that a new pair of words is formed where the relation is the same as that of the first pair of words. You are required to consider the secondary meaning of certain words while choosing an answer.

Directions: In this question, each sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). Find out which part of the sentence contains an error. If there is no error, mark your answer as (e).

Choose the option that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
The carrot and stick policy pays dividends in every organization.

Directions: In this question, each sentence is divided into four parts (a), (b), (c) and (d). Find out which part of the sentence contains an error. If there is no error, mark your answer as (e).

Directions: Choose a suitable one-word substitute for the given phrase from the options under the question
The unauthorized use or reproduction of another’s work