List of top Verbal Reasoning Questions

There are Congressmen who say that the development of a space-based missile defense system will provide economic benefits only to military contractors. This claim is not true. A space-based missile defense system, even if it has no current applications for civilian businesses, will still benefit civilian businesses because those businesses will be able to find profitable uses for the government-developed technology in the future. Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the argument that a space-based missile defense system could provide future economic benefits for civilian businesses?
The commissioner of a professional sports league dictated that teams could not put players on the field who had a greater than 20 percent chance of suffering a career-ending spinal injury during competition. The commissioner justified this decision as a way to protect players from injury while protecting the league from lawsuits. Which of the following, if true, would most undermine the effectiveness of the commissioner’s new policy?
There are few things worse for a new parent than listening to a baby scream in hunger while a bottle of formula slowly warms up in a bowl of hot water. So why not just pop the bottle in the microwave and zap it in 20 seconds? Because microwaves heat fluids unevenly, and a hot pocket in the formula could seriously injure the baby. Which of the following is presupposed in the argument against heating formula in the microwave?
Charlie’s Chainsaw Company has reason to believe that one of its models of saw is defective. A recall of all of the saws would cost more than 5 million, and would probably result in a loss in market share over the next quarter because of bad publicity. Still, a recall is the right economic decision. Which of the following, if true, most supports the conclusion above?
A dog enthusiast took home two puppies from the dog shelter. He fed one of the puppies super-premium canned dog food, while he fed the other a generic brand from the grocery store. The dog fed on the generic brand gained weight twice as fast as the dog fed the super-premium brand. Because of the difference in these results, the dog enthusiast concluded that the generic brand actually provided nutrition superior to that of the super-premium brand. Each of the following, if true, would weaken the evidence for the dog enthusiast’s conclusion except for which of the following?
The way in which the mighty blue whale and the other baleen whales—the finback, gray, humpback, and right whales—eats was discovered by careful observation by biologists.
No less remarkable than the invention of nuclear power has been the way the technology has prompted governments to reevaluate the nature of international relations.
The eighteenth-century author Jonathan Swift once suggested in a satiric essay Irish farmers could eat their children to address the twin problems of overpopulation and lack of food.
The Elk City garbage dumps are so full that Elk City has been forced to pay a large sum to Caribou City to accept much of Elk City’s garbage. The Elk City mayor has proposed paying for this garbage relocation by imposing a tax on manufacturing businesses in Elk City. MegaCorp, the largest manufacturing business in the area, protests that this tax is unfair because businesses should not have to pay for a garbage problem that has been created by homeowners. Which of the following, if true, most weakens MegaCorp’s argument?
Unlike the recognition of ethical lapses in others, many people are disinclined to perceive the same flaws in themselves.
The stock market collapse of 1929 had far-reaching consequences for the national economy, causing a nationwide collapse in home values, putting millions out of work, and by erasing the investment savings of one-fifth of the population.
India won the third one day match against Australia due to Dhoni’s cool captaincy.
Assumptions: I. India won the third one day match against Australia.
II. Dhoni is a cool captain.
Excessive advertising is leading to unbridled consumerism.
Assumptions: I. There is rampant consumerism rife in the society.
II. Advertising has increased in the past decades.
Engineers, doctors and other professionals who join the administrative services are wasting national resources.
Assumptions: I. Indian administrative officers waste national resources.
II. National resources are invested only in imparting engineering, medical and other professional education.
Healthy mind lives in healthy body.
Assumptions: I. Physical health determines mental health.
II. Mental health and physical health are interdependent.
Incidents of acid rain are increasing because of environmental pollution.
Assumptions: I. Environmental pollution leads to acid rains only.
II. Environmental pollution is increasing.

Clues: Salt, Difficult, Problem, Key. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Stool, Water, Drip, Dribble. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Suicide, Phone, Clothes, Parliament. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Eyes, Rock, Hair, Safe. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Mark, Tongue, Dare, Bone. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Narrow, River, Water, Sea. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Displace, Cold, Fresh, Imitate. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Gel, Blood, Sign, Debenture. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues. 

Clues: Sheet, Coat, Ban, Cover. Choose the correct alternative that is associated with all the clues.