Analytical Ability Reviewer - Part 2

Practice 20 Analytical Ability questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 2 of our Analytical 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.

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Sample questions from Part 2

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.

Sample question 1

No one were happy about the Mindanao crisis.

  • No one
  • were happy
  • about
  • crisis
Answer: were happy
The phrase "No one were happy" is not acceptable in formal written English because "no one" is a singular subject and should be followed by the singular verb "was."

### Answer
b. were happy

Sample question 2

The Cabinet regularly meet once a week.

  • Cabinet
  • regularly
  • meet
  • once a week.
Answer: meet
The phrase "The Cabinet regularly meet" contains an error. The subject "Cabinet" is a collective noun and should be treated as singular. Therefore, it should be "The Cabinet regularly meets once a week."

### Answer
The phrase "meet" should be "meets."

Sample question 3

Both the Senators and the Congressmen legislates laws.

  • Both
  • Senators
  • Congressmen
  • legislates
Answer: legislates
The phrase "Both the Senators and the Congressmen legislates laws" contains an error. The subject "Both the Senators and the Congressmen" is plural, so the verb should be "legislate" instead of "legislates."

### Answer
The phrase "legislates" should be "legislate."

Sample question 4

The Philippine government have three branches of powers: the executive, the legislative and the judicial.

  • government
  • have
  • branches
  • powers
Answer: have
The phrase "The Philippine government have three branches of powers" contains an error. The subject "The Philippine government" is singular, so the verb should be "has" instead of "have."

### Answer
The phrase "have" should be "has."

Sample question 5

The Supreme Court upholds the highest principles and standards of morality as embodied in the Constitution.

  • upholds
  • principles
  • standards
  • No error
Answer: No error
The sentence is correct: "The Supreme Court" is singular and takes "upholds"; the parallel nouns are properly used. No error.

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