NTS Verbal Reasoning MCQS Set 4

a related pair of words or phrases
ALTIMETER : HEIGHT

Vessel : Knots

Speedometer : Speed

Observatory : Constellation

Racetrack : Furlong

The public distribution system which provides food at low prices is a subject of vital concern there is a growing realization that though Pakistan has enough food to feed its masses three square meals a day the monster of starvation and food insecurity continues to haunt the poor in our country.Increasing the purchasing power of the poor through providing productive employment leading to rising income and thus good standard of living is the ultimate objective of public policy however till then there is a need to provide assured supply of food through a restructured more efficient and decentralized public distribution system (PDS).Although the PDS is extensive it is one of the largest such system in the world it has yet to reach the rural poor and the far off places it remains an urban phenomenon with the majority of the rural poor still out of its reach due to lack of economic and physical access the poorest in the cities and the migrants are left out for they generally do not possess rations cards.The allocation of PDS urgently needs to be streamlined in addition considering the large food grams dismal poverty of the rural population on the other there is a strong case for making PDS target group oriented.The growing salaried class is provided job security regular income and percent insulation against inflation these gains of development have not percolated down to the vast majority of our working population if one compares only dearness allowance to the employees in public and private sector and looks at its growth in the past few years the rising food subsidy is insignificant to the point of inequity the food subsidy is a kind D.A to the poor the self employed and those in the unorganized sector of the economy However what is most unfortunate is that out of the large budget of the so-called food subsidy the major part of it is administrative cost and wastage’s a small portion of the above budget goes to the real consumer and an even lesser portion to the poor who are in real need.It is true that subsidies should not become a permanent feature except for the destitute disabled widows and the told It is also true that subsidies often create a psychology of dependence and hence is habit-forming killing the general initiative of the people by making PDS target group oriented not only the poorest and neediest would be reached without additional cost but it will actually cut overall costs incurred on large cities and for better off localities when the food and food subsidy are limited the rural and urban poor should have the priority in the PDS supplies The PDS should be closely linked with programs of employment generation and nutrition improvement.b. What according to the passage is be the main purpose of public policy in the long run?

Good standard of living through productive employment

Equalizing per capita income across different strata of society

Reducing the cost of living index by increasing supplies

Providing enough food to all the citizens

Sentence Completion
Maria forced herself to eat every piece on her plate although she found the food practically_______.

Spicy

Nourishing

Inedible

Delicious

the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.
MUSTY

Fresh

Fine

Clean

Expensive

Select the choice closest in meaning to the main word.
RANGE

Level

Grade

Standing

Expanse

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FISH : TROUT

Mammal : Cow

Tiger : Carnivorous

Bird : Aviary

Hair : Black

the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.
COMMUNICATIVE

Reticent

Dumb

Primitive

Passive

the words or phrases that is most opposite in meaning to the word.
VULGAR

Relevant

Jolly

Cheerful

Refined

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LUGUBRIOUS : DOLEFUL

Banal : Insipid

Tractable : Recalcitrant

Profligate : Miserly

Pensive : Vacuous

Tangible : Illusory

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PRICE : EXORBITANT

Motion : distance

Listening : boredom

Fire : overshoot

Fatigue : exhaustion