Verbal Ability

Section 3

Directions to Solve

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Your answer to these questions should be based on passage only.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general recognition of this fact is show in the proverbial phrase, 'It is the busiest man who has time to spare. 'Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece. An hour will be spent in finding the postcard, another hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address, an hour and a quarter in composition and twenty minute in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella when going to the pillar box in the street. The total effort that would occupy a busy man for three minutes, all told, may in this fashion leave another person completely exhausted after a day of doubt, anxiety and toil.

1.  What happens when the time to be spent on some work increases?
A. The work is done smoothly
B. The work is done leisurely
C. The work consumes all the time
D. The work needs additional time
2.  Explain the sentence: 'Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion' .
A. The more work there is to be done, the more the time the needed.
B. Whatever time is available for a given amount of work , all of it will be used.
C. If you have more time, you can do more work.
D. If you have some important work to do, you should always have some additional time.
3.  Who is the person likely to take more time to do work -
A. A busy man
B. A man of leisure
C. An elderly person
D. An exhausted person
4.  What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard?
A. Three minutes
B. Four hours and five minutes
C. Half an hour
D. A full day
5.  What does the expression 'pillar box' stand for?
A. A box attached to the pillar
B. A box in the pillar
C. Box office
D. A pillar-type post box

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