TCS NINJA MODEL PAPER # 3

SECTION 1 - VERBAL ABILITY (10 QUESTIONS, 20 MINS)

1. Identify the one which is opposite in meaning (antonym) to the question

1. Identify the one which is opposite in meaning (antonym) to the question word and
mark.

Bodily

a) archetypal
b) corporeal
c) spiritual
d) physical

2. Select most suitable synonym

Tardy

a) controlled
b) belated
c) obvious
d) elusive

3. Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be
in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.

Alas! 1./ How lovely 2./ and fragrant 3./ these flowers are! 4./

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
 4. A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a
coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical
order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent
paragraph.

A. One in 10 people fall prey to migraine, according to recent studies.

B. The most common form of headache occurring in more than half the case and on the rise - is
"tension type" headache, a dull constant muscular pain along the head and neck.

C. Headaches are a bigger pain than most people realize.

D. Seventy percent of the victims are women.

E. It carf easily become chronic, playing havoc with one's daily life.

a) ABCDE
b) CADBE
c) BDEAC
d) DCBAE

5. The condition of being unable to sleep.

a) Sleeping sickness
b) Somnambulism
c) Insomnia
d) Insouciance

Common Content:

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child ...(1)... to talk does not learn ...(2)... being
corrected all the time ...(3)... corrected too much, he will ...(4)... talking. He notices a thousand
times a day the difference between the ...(5)... he uses and the language those around him use.
6. Fill in the empty spaces that are numbered with(1)

a) endeavouring
b) learning
c) experimenting
d) experiencing

7. Fill in the empty spaces that are numbered with(2)

a) in
b) on
c) by
d) to

8. Fill in the empty spaces that are numbered with(3)

a) Unless
b) being
c) Until
d) if

9. Fill in the empty spaces that are numbered with(4)

a) Stop
b) halt
c) avoid
d) shun

10. Fill in the empty spaces that are numbered with(5)

a) Speech
b) Language
c) talk
d) skill