The verbal ability section (10–12 MCQs in 15 minutes, included in most campus drives) tests grammar accuracy, vocabulary in context and comprehension. Even when a drive skips this MCQ section, your English is still scored twice — in the essay and in the communication assessment — so this prep pays off three times.
Practice Tech Mahindra verbal ability questions
Select the pair that best mirrors the relationship: CONDUCTOR : ORCHESTRA :: ____ : ____
Identify the word that is the exact semantic opposite of the word COMIC.
Rearrange the parts to form a correct sentence: “Since the beginning of history...” P: have managed to catch, Q: the Eskimos and Red Indians, R: by a very difficult method, S: a few specimens of this aquatic animal.
What to revise
- High-frequency synonym/antonym pairs (stringent–lenient, comic–tragic, frivolous–serious).
- Grammar rules that show up every year: “despite” never takes “of”, subject–verb agreement, present-perfect passive→active conversion.
- Para jumbles: find the subject first (who does the action), then the verb chain.
- Common idioms — Tech Mahindra reuses classics like “to play fast and loose”.
Continue to the essay writing test — the other half of your English score.