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DIRECTION: Determine the relationship of the first word to the second word in capital letters. From among the suggested answers, choose the word or group of words that best expresses a similar relationship to the third word in capital letters. Choose your answer by clicking the round button on the left of your answer.

1) IRREFUTABLE is to DISPROVED as IRREPARABLE is to __________.

3) RUMMAGE is to DISORDER as TENDERFOOT is to __________.

5) BREAKABLE is to FRANCIBLE as GULLIBLE is to

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6) For a society to develop, its attitude towards life must not be a fatalistic one; rather, it must have strong faith in its capacity to improve.

The sentence best supports the statement that _________.

1. the attitude of a society towards life is indicative of its socio-economic development.

2. success in life starts from one's dissatisfaction with the existing state of affairs.

3. a society cannot progress unless it is actively committed to the pursuit of a better life.

4. a person develops a healthy attitude towards life through constant efforts to improved oneself.

5. a person with an optimistic outlook in life is confident of his capacity for advancement.

7) Freedom and human rights without food are like freeing a prisoner and then not giving the prisoner the key to get out of the cell. The 450 million people who today live in the shadow of hunger and death from malnutrition can never be free men and women, however en trenched their freedom may be. These freedoms are only prospects held out and not realized.

The paragraph best supports the statement that __________.

1. at times people have to work as one nation to address the problem of malnutrition

2. most of the poor countries in the world today still depend on “super” rich countries for support.

3. the satisfaction of one’s basic needs is a prerequisite to the enjoyment of freedom

4. a country which cannot feed its people with its own resources could never be free

5. a country could not be free unless it could prove to the world that it could stand on its own feet

8) If legislation is to change social attitudes and values, it must come with adequate enforcement and machinery, which should include efforts to educate people on these laws. Otherwise, legal provision not only remain dead letters, but actually promote lack of respect for the law.

The paragraph best supports the statement that __________.

1. people should respect laws because laws protect them

2. the effectiveness of laws lies in adequate education of the people about them and their proper enforcement.

3. laws lose their effectiveness if people do not respect them

4. ignorance of the law does not excuse anyone

5. laws could change the social attitudes and values of people if properly enforced

9) The gregariousness of people is mostly due to a fear of remaining alone. It feels safer to be with a group, talk like a group, act like a group. The ramparts of group solidarity give the members security.

The paragraph best supports the statement that __________.

1. people who belong to a group react to situations in the same manner

2. some people are more gregarious than others

3. people who are gregarious are afraid to be alone

4. people find safety in numbers

5. gregarious people have many fears

10) In a modern economy, the results of long-range planning frequently depend upon the future value of money. The ability then to predict the value of money is a key to economic progress.

The paragraph best supports the statement that _________.

1. the value of money is unpredictable at times

2. the unpredictability of money is an obstacle to a nation’s prosperity

3. economic progress is facilitated by properly controlling budgetary expenses

4. long-range planning is unheard of in traditional economies

5. financial planning is indispensable in modern economy

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