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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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This quiz consists of questions from
various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the
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Directions
for questions 1 – 4: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given
choices to fill in the blanks.

1.
There are different and _______ versions about what happened in the city, but
one thing is certain: it is a dastardly act that must be condemned ______.

A. Dissimilar, concertedly

B. Contrary, obviously

C. Conflicting, unequivocally

D. Unique, without conflict

2.
They _______ their seats away from the curved wall panels to give themselves
more space as the flight attendant brought drinks from the gallery, which was
______ with family’s favorite snacks and beverages.

A. Swiveled, stocked

B. Hinged, lacquered

C. Pended, embellished

D. Retracted, thronged

3.
Cairn cannot _______ bring into picture some _______ outsider which has little
experience and necessary consents to deal in the oil field.

A. Peremptorily, ascribed

B. Complaisantly, endorsed

C. Democratically, aberrant

D. Arbitrarily, unrelated

4.
Economic growth is on auto-pilot, unlikely to be derailed by any lapse into
_______ and controls or to be _______ by serious policy reforms.

A. Growth, blowed

B. Boom, berated

C. Recession, reduced

D. Dirigisme, boosted

Directions
for questions 5 to 6: Each sentence has a part which is in bold. Beneath the
sentence you will find four ways of phrasing the bold part. Follow the
requirements of the standard written English to choose your answer. Selection
should make the sentence clear, exact and free of grammatical error. It should
minimize awkwardness, ambiguity and redundancy.

5.
Large and experienced firms are more efficient at acquiring smaller and
distressed firms than are large and inexperienced firms,
and converting them to profitable ventures.

A. Large and experienced firms are more
efficient at acquiring smaller and distressed firms than large and
inexperienced firms

B. Large and experienced firms are more
efficient than large and inexperienced firms at acquiring smaller and
distressed firms

C. Large and experienced firms, acquire
smaller and distressed firms more efficiently than large and inexperienced
firms

D. Large and experienced firms, more
efficient than large and inexperienced firms at acquiring smaller and
distressed firms

6. The economic growth increased from 7 to
9 per cent in November 2010, supporting the expectations that industrial growth rate in October-December quarter more than
doubled that of
the 4 per cent growth rate in industrial growth for the
previous quarter.

A. that industrial growth in the
October-December quarter more than doubled that of

B. of industrial growth in the October-
December quarter, that it more than doubled

C. of industrial growth in the
October-December quarter, that it would more than double that of

D. that industrial growth in
October-December quarter would more than double

Directions
for questions 7 and 8: From the given options identify the word pair which is
unrelated to the given word pair.

7.
IMPUISSANCE: DESECRATE

A. Decrepit: Desolate

B. Effete: Sacrilege

C. Ornery : Contort

D. Bedraggled: Profanity

8.
INSOUCIANT: GOSSAMER

A. Nymphs: Gehenna

B. Perfunctory: Diaphanous

C. Pococurante: Pellucid

D. Nonchalant: Tiffany

Directions
for questions 9 and 10: Select the pair of wrongly spelt word from the given
set of choices.

9.

A.
Conscientious: Oleaginous

B.
Obstreperous: Supercilious

C.
Diletante: Reminiscience

D.
Tergiversation: Interstice

10.

A.
Irascible: Surreptitious

B.
Proclivity: Vicissitude

C.
Lassitude: Imperturbable

D.
Munificient: Psusillanimous

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Answers

1(c)    2(a)    
3(d)    4(d)     5(b)    
6(d)   7(c)    8(a)    
9(c)    10(d)   

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