Verbal Ability Reviewer - Part 30

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

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Part 30 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 30

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

Sample question 1

The central argument of the passage is that

  • older vehicles do not pollute
  • cooperatives should be abolished
  • drivers should buy new vehicles without help
  • modernization must address who bears the cost, not only the environmental benefit
Answer: modernization must address who bears the cost, not only the environmental benefit
The "more difficult question is distributional."

Sample question 2

What drawback of consolidation into cooperatives does the author mention?

  • It raises the price of each vehicle.
  • It removes the environmental benefit.
  • Control of routes and fares passes to managers who may not share the drivers' interests.
  • It increases pollution.
Answer: Control of routes and fares passes to managers who may not share the drivers' interests.
Consolidation "shifts control of routes and fares to the cooperative's managers."

Sample question 3

The author would most likely agree that a mandate without suitable financing

  • will solve pollution quickly
  • is unlikely to last
  • will please both proponents and critics
  • is unnecessary
Answer: is unlikely to last
A policy that bankrupts operators "will not long endure."

Sample question 4

In the passage, "distributional" most nearly means

  • concerning how costs and benefits are shared among groups
  • concerning delivery of goods
  • concerning statistical averages
  • concerning geographic routes
Answer: concerning how costs and benefits are shared among groups
The issue is who pays for the new vehicles.

Sample question 5

How does the author treat the positions of proponents and critics?

  • As both entirely wrong
  • As equally irrelevant
  • As entirely correct in the case of proponents
  • As each partly correct
Answer: As each partly correct
"Proponents are right ...; critics are right ..."

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