1000+ GMAT Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers - 1

Question: 1

History is an interesting subject but that which ___(1)___ history, properly so called, is in great part ___(2)___ from works on the subject. Only of late years have historians ___(3)___ giving us, in any considered quantity, the truly valuable information. As in the past ages the__(5)___ of the king fill the picture, to which the national life forms but an ___(6)___ background. While only now, when the ___(7)___ of nations rather than the rulers is becoming the ___(8)____ idea, are historians beginning to ___(9)___ themselves to the phenomenon of social progress. What we are ___(10)___ about, is the natural history of society. We want all facts which help us to understand how a nation has grown.
In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) assumes

(B) regards

(C) constitutes

(D) creates

Question: 2

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) omitted

(B) withdrawn

(C) concealed

(D) refuted

Question: 3

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) introduced

(B) instituted

(C) started

(D) launched

Question: 4

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) representative

(B) queen

(C) leader

(D) king

Question: 5

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) thoughts

(B) doings

(C) sayings

(D) autobiographies