Verbal Ability Reviewer - Part 27

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

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Part 27 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.

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Sample questions from Part 27

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

Sample question 1

Unlike his talkative brother, Jun is quiet and ___.

  • outspoken
  • noisy
  • reserved
  • sociable
Answer: reserved
"Unlike" signals contrast with talkative: reserved (quiet, not expressive).

Sample question 2

Water is ___ to life; no living thing can survive without it.

  • harmful
  • optional
  • essential
  • unnecessary
Answer: essential
If nothing survives without water, it is essential.

Sample question 3

An effective negotiator must be ___ enough to yield on minor points while remaining firm on essentials.

  • pragmatic
  • intransigent
  • capricious
  • obsequious
Answer: pragmatic
Yielding on small matters while firm on essentials is practical: pragmatic. Intransigent means unyielding.

Sample question 4

The speaker was so ___ that the audience listened ___ to every word.

  • boring; attentively
  • eloquent; attentively
  • eloquent; carelessly
  • dull; eagerly
Answer: eloquent; attentively
A speaker who holds the audience is eloquent, and the audience listens attentively.

Sample question 5

Public officials must be ___ in handling government funds, accounting for every peso.

  • careless
  • secretive
  • meticulous
  • indifferent
Answer: meticulous
Accounting for every peso is meticulous (very careful) work.

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