HCL Placement Paper | Verbal Reasoning Set – 4

This is an HCL model paper for Verbal Aptitude. This placement paper will cover aptitude that is asked in HCL placements and also strictly follows the pattern of questions asked in HCL papers. It is recommended to solve each one of the following questions to increase your chances of clearing the HCL placement.

1. We __________ our friend’s birthday and we ________ how to make it up to him.
   1. Completely forgot — don’t just know
   2. Forgot completely — don’t just know
   3. Completely forgot — just don’t know
   4. Forgot completely — just don’t know

   Answer:

   
   Completely forgot --- just don’t know
   

   Explanation:

   We Completely forgot our friend’s birthday and we just don’t know how to make it up to him.

2. Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.
   1. The industrialist had a personnel jet
   2. I write my experience in my personnel diary
   3. All personnel are being given the day off
   4. Being religious is a personnel aspect

   Answer:

   
   All personnel are being given the day off
   

   Explanation:

   personnel mean a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.

3. A generic term that includes various items of clothing such as a skirt, a pair of trousers and a shirt is
   1. fabric
   2. textile
   3. fibre
   4. apparel

   Answer:

   
   fibre
   

   Explanation:

   apparel means clothing.

4. Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage:
   
   1. Since the report lacked needed information, it was of no use to them
   2. The report was useless to them because there were no needed information in it
   3. Since the report did not contain the needed information, it was not real useful to them
   4. Since the report lacked needed information, it would not had been useful to them

   Answer:

   
   Since the report lacked needed information, it was of no use to them
   

   Explanation:

   Only option (A) seems correct.
   In option (B) – were is wrong used here.
   In option (C) – real is wrong, should be really
   In option (D) – had is wrong. would not have been is correct.

5. The Tamil version of ________ John Abraham-starrer Madras Cafe _____ cleared by the Censor Board with no cuts last week, but the film’s distributors ______ no takers among the exhibitors for a release in Tamil Nadu _________ this Friday.
   1. Mr., was, found, on
   2. a, was, found, at
   3. the, was, found, on
   4. a, being, find at

   Answer:

   
   the, was, found, on
   

6. Extreme focus on syllabus and studying for tests has become such a dominant concern of Indian students that they close their minds to anything ________ to the requirements of the exam.
   
   1. related
   2. extraneous
   3. outside
   4. useful

   Answer:

   
   extraneous
   

7. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair:
   Children : Pediatrician
   1. Adult : Orthopaedist
   2. Females : Gynaecologist
   3. Kidney : Nephrologist
   4. Skin : Dermatologist

   Answer:

   
   Females : Gynaecologist
   

   Explanation:

   Pediatrician is a doctor for children. Gynaecologist is a doctor for Females.

8. Select the correct SYNONYM for:
   savage
   1. barbaric
   2. new
   3. same
   4. nice

   Answer:

   
   A
   

9. Select the correct SYNONYM for:
   Feral
   1. Crafty
   2. Nearly
   3. Relevant
   4. Ferocious

   Answer:

   
   D
   

10. Select the correct ANTONYM for:
    Physical
    1. Substantial
    2. Immaterial
    3. Real
    4. Natural

    Answer:

    
    B
    

11. While trying to collect(I) an envelope from under the table (II), Mr. X fell down (III) and was losing consciousness (IV)

    Which one of the above underlined parts of the sentence is NOT appropriate?

    1. I
    2. II
    3. III
    4. IV

    Answer:

    
    IV
    

    Explanation:

    Here, part IV is incorrect. “was losing consciousness” shows the continuous process of losing consciousness, but he was not in the process, rather he just lost consciousness.
    So, the correction is ” was losing consciousness ”  => ” lost consciousness “.

    Thus, IV is the correct choice.
    
    

    Please comment below if you find anything wrong in the above post.

12. If she _______________ how to calibrate the instrument, she _______________ done the experiment.
    1. knows, will have
    2. knew, had
    3. had known, could have
    4. should have known, would have

    Answer:

    
    had known, could have
    

    Explanation:

    A)knows, will have //Present, future

    B)knew, had //past past

    c)had known, could have//past perfect, perfect conditional

    D)should have known, would have //present, future

    In a Type 3 conditional sentence, the tense in the ‘if’ clause is the past perfect, and the tense in the main clause is the perfect conditional or the perfect continuous conditional.

    If clause (condition)	Main clause (result)
    If + past perfect	perfect conditional or perfect continuous conditional
    If this thing had happened	that thing would have happened.

13. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word “coherent”.
    1. sticky
    2. well-connected
    3. rambling
    4. friendly

    Answer:

    
    rambling
    

    Explanation:

    Coherent – Adj.
    Meaning – (of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent.

    Rambling – Adj.
    Meaning – (of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential.

    Hence both are opposite to each other.

14. Didn’t you buy _________ when you went shopping?
    1. any paper
    2. much paper
    3. no paper
    4. a few paper

    Answer:

    
    any paper
    

    Explanation:

    In general, any is used in negative sentences and questions.

15. Select a word from the given options that fit the blank most appropriately.

    Statement: Don’t judge a book ____ its cover

    1. to
    2. with
    3. in
    4. by

    Answer:

    
    D