Mphasis Verbal Questions tests your ability to comprehend language, spot errors and improve sentences. Mphasis Verbal Questions aren’t really difficult as the assessment platform used is AMCAT. Since the questions are taken from AMCAT, candidates should be well versed with AMCAT Verbal test pattern and question.
Mphasis Verbal Questions are asked from the following topics. The following topics are also quite commonly asked in AMCAT.
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Each question topic is carefully chosen to evaluate a candidate’s basic communication ability. Business Communication is an important skill at work and the questions are designed to identify if a candidate is eligible for it.
The following abilities are tested in the exam
Level of Difficulty of Mphasis Verbal Questions: Easy-Medium.
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The following questions are some sample Mphasis Verbal Questions that follow AMCAT pattern. Try solving each question within 3 mins.
1. Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word: WRETCHED
a. Poor
b. Foolish
c. Insane
d. Strained
Ans: a
2. Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word: ADMONISH
a. Punish
b. Curse
c. Dismiss
d. Reprimand
Ans: d
3. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘D’. (Ignore – the errors of punctuation, if any):
(A) I had hoped to have met him yesterday/(B) to discuss the matter with him/(C) but he was not in his house, and so I could not meet him./(D) No error.
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
Ans: a
4. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘D’. (Ignore – the errors of punctuation, if any):
(A) Can I lend/(B) your pencil/(C) for a minute, please ?/(D) No error.
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
Ans: a
5. Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. The ruling party will have to put its own house ……… order.
a. in
b. on
c. to
d. into
Ans: a
6. Select the correct option that fills the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete. He …… in wearing the old-fashioned coat in spite of his wife’s
disapproval.
a. insists
b. persists
c. desists
d. resists
Ans: b
7. Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete: Raghav is not attracted by the . . . . life of the . . . . , always wandering through the Country-side, begging for charity.
a. proud, almsgiver
b. noble, philanthropist
c. affluent, mendicant
d. natural, philosopher
e. peripatetic, vagabond
Ans: e
8. In the question, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled as P, Q, R, and S. Select the proper order for the four sentences:
S1: Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.
S6: In any case, we should not mock at others’ habits.
P: One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.
Q: A man of another country will not do so.
R: It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth.
S: Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.
a. RPQS
b. RPSQ
c. PRQS
d. QPRS
Ans: b
9. Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word. : IRONIC
a. Inflexible
b. Bitter
c. Good-natured
d. Disguisedly sarcastic
Ans: d
10. Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word: ADMONISH
a. Punish
b. Curse
c. Dismiss
d. Reprimand
Ans: d
Since Mphasis follows AMCAT pattern, it makes sense to also see AMCAT Verbal Questions.
For antonyms and Synonyms, AMCAT usually asks basic words that can be used in day-to-day communication. You can solve almost 70% of the verbal Antonyms and Synonyms questions if you have decent English proficiency. However, it is recommended to learn few commonly used root words to arrive at meanings of slightly difficult or unknown words.
1. Direction: Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.
VANITY (OPPOSITE)
A) Pride
B) Humility
C) Conceit
D) Indifference
Solution: Option B
2. Direction: Select the option that is most nearly similar in meaning to the given word:
ADVERSITY
A) Failure
B) Helplessness
C) Misfortune
D) Crisis
Solution: Option C
For solving contextual vocabulary Mphasis verbal questions, not just meanings but also understanding sentences is equally important. At the surface level (just by reading the questions), all the answers might seem right. But with a clear understanding of the context, you can pick the right option.
1. Direction: Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Most children remain – school – the ages of seven and eight.
A) in/in
B)at/between
C)inside/of
D)under/beyond
Solution: OptionB
2. Direction: Select the correct option that fills the blank(s) to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Radha felt very much grateful – her boss for the kindness he had shown in granting her leave.
A) to
B) for
C) towards
D) with
Solution: Option A
Reading Comprehension Questions can be quite deceptive. But the answer to each question is somewhere in the passage.
BASIC APPROACH
Attack the Passage: This step will vary slightly based on the length of the passage youre dealing with, but in each case, the goal is to read less, not more.
Size Up the Questions: Reading Comprehension questions can ask you to do a variety of things. Make sure you know what the questions asking you to do.
Find and Paraphrase the Answer:
This is the key. Always return to the passage to find your answer; never answer questions from memory!
Use Process of Elimination:
Go through the answer choices and eliminate the ones that doesn’t fit the context. Process of Elimination should be done carefully as sometimes half the answer choice might be right but the other half might be wrong.
Here’s a sample question
The impressive recent growth of certain sectors of the Indian economy is a necessary but insufficient condition for the elimination of extreme poverty.In order to ensure that the poorest benefit from this growth, and also contribute to it, the expansion and improvement of the microfinance sector should be a national priority.
studies suggest that the impact of microfinance on the poorest is greater than on the poor, and yet another that non-participating members of communities where microfinance operates experience socio-economic gains suggesting strong spillover effects. Moreover, well-managed microfinance institutions (MFIs) have shown a capacity to wean themselves off of subsidies and become sustainable within a few years. Microfinance is powerful, but it is clearly no panacea. Microfinance does not directly address some structural problems facing Indian society and the economy, and it is not yet as efficient as it will be when economies of scale are realized and a more supportive policy environment is created.
Loan products are still too inflexible, and savings and insurance services that the poor also need are not widely available due to regulatory barriers
Still, microfinance is one of the few market-based, scaleable anti-poverty solutions that are in place in India today, and the argument to scale it up to meet the overwhelming need is compelling. According to Sa-Dhan, the overall outreach is 6.5 million families and the sector-wide loan portfolio is Rs 2,500 crore.
However, this is meeting only 10% of the estimated demand. Importantly, new initiatives are expanding this success story to some of the countrys poorest regions, such as eastern and central Uttar Pradesh. The local and national governments have an important role to play in ensuring the growth and improvement of microfinance. First and foremost, the market should be left to set interest rates, not the state. Ensuring transparency and full disclosure of rates including fees is something the government should ensure, and something that new technologies, as well as reporting and data standards, are already enabling.
Furthermore, government regulators should set clear criteria for allowing MFIs to mobilize savings for on-lending to the poor; this would allow for a large measure of financial independence amongst well-managed MFIs. Each Indian state could consider forming a multi-party working group to meet with microfinance leaders and have a dialogue with them about how the policy environment could be made more supportive and to clear up misperceptions.
There is an opportunity to make a real dent in hard-core poverty through microfinance. By unleashing the entrepreneurial talent of the poor, we will slowly but surely transform India in ways we can only begin to imagine today.
A) Which of following is not a challenge faced by microfinance in India?
a. does not help the poorest
b. efficient when the economy of scale is achieved
c. non_conducting policy environment
d. structural problems of India society
Solution: Option a
B) Which of the following is correct with regard to microfinance?
a. the supply is more than demand
b. the demand is more than supply
c. the supply and demand are well-balanced
d. none of these can be inferred from the passage
Solution: Option b
C) which of the following will the author agree to?
a. Indian economic growth will solve the problem of poverty.
b. indian economy growth is not enough to solve the problem of poverty
c. indian economy growth aggravates the problem of poverty
d. none of these
Solution: Option b
D) what is the author view about the interest rate?
a. the government should set them
b. there should be transparency with regard to them
c. the market forces should set them
d. both a and be.both b and c
Solution: Option e
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