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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 to 4: In each of
the following questions there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the
sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar
and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then,
choose the most appropriate option.
1.
A. In 1849, a poor Bavarian imigrant named
Levi Strauss
B. landed in San Francisco, California,
C. at the invitation of his brother-in-law
David Stern
D. owner of dry goods business.
E. This dry goods business would later
became known as Levi Strauss & Company.
(1) B only (2)
B and C (3) A and B (4) A only (5)
A, B and D
2.
A. In response to the allegations and
condemnation pouring in,
B. Nike implemented comprehensive changes
in their labour policy.
C. Perhaps. sensing the rising tide of
global labour concerns,
D. from the public would become a prominent
media issue,
E. Nike sought to be a industry leader in
employee relations.
(1) D and E (2) D only (3) A and
E (4) A and D (5) B, C and E
3.
A. Charges and countercharges mean nothing
B. to the few million who have lost their
home.
C. The nightmare is far from over, for the
government
D. is still unable to reach hundreds who
are marooned.
E. The death count have just begun.
(1) A only (2)
C only (3) A and C (4) A, C and D (5) D only
4.
A. I did not know what to make of you.
B. Because you’d lived in India, I
associate you more with my parents than with me.
C. And yet you were unlike my cousins in
Calcutta, who seem so innocent and obedient when I visited them.
D. You were not curious about me in the
least.
E. Although you did make effort to meet me.
(1) A only (2)
A and B (3) A and E (4) D only (5)
A and D
Directions for Questions 5 to 8: In each of
the following questions, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of
words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted
words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences.
The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be
selected to correctly complete the sentences.
5. Anita wore a beautiful broach (A)/brooch (B) on the lapel of
her jacket.
If you want to complain about the amenities
in your neighbourhood, please meet your councillor(A)/counsellor(B).
I would like your advice(A)/advise(B) on which job I should choose.
The last scene provided a climactic(A)/climatic(B) ending to the
film.
Jeans that flair(A)/flare(B) at the bottom are in fashion these days.
(1) BABAA (2)
BABAB (3) BAAAB (4) ABABA (5)
BAABA
6. The cake had lots of currents(A)/currants(B) and nuts in it.
If you engage in such exceptional(A)/exceptionable(B) behaviour, I will be forced to
punish you.
He has the same capacity as an adult to consent(A)/assent(B) to surgical
treatment.
The minister is obliged (A)/compelled(B) to report regularly to a parliamentary
board.
His analysis of the situation is far too sanguine(A)/genuine(B).
(1) BBABA
(2) BBAAA (3) BBBBA (4) ABBAB (5) BABAB
7. She managed to bite back the ironic(A)/caustic(B) retort on the tip
of her tongue.
He gave an impassioned and valid(A)/cogent(B) plea for judicial
reform.
I am not adverse(A)/averse(B) to helping out.
The coupé(A)/coup(B) broke away as the train climbed the hill.
They heard the bells peeling(A)/pealing(B) far and wide.
(1) BBABA (2)
BBBAB (3) BAABB (4) ABBAA (5) BBBBA
8. We were not successful in defusing(A)/diffusing(B) the Guru’s
ideas.
The students baited(A)/bated(B) the instructor with irrelevant questions.
The hoard(A)/horde(B)
rushed into the campus.
The prisoner’s interment(A)/internment(B) came to an end with his early release.
The hockey team could not deal with his unsociable(A)/unsocial(B) tendencies.
(1) BABBA (2)
BBABB (3) BABAA (4) ABBAB (5)
AABBA
Directions for Questions 9 to 10: In each
of the questions, a word has been used in sentences in five different ways.
Choose the option corresponding to the sentence in which the usage of the word
is incorrect or inappropriate.
9.
Run
(1) I must run fast to catch up with him.
(2) Our team scored a goal against the run
of play.
(3) You can’t run over him like that.
(4) The newly released book is enjoying a
popular run.
(5) This film is a run-of-the-mill
production.
10.
Round
(1) The police fired a round of tear gas
shells.
(2) The shop is located round the corner.
(3) We took a ride on the merry-go-round.
(4) The doctor is on a hospital round.
(5) I shall proceed further only after you
come round to admitting it.
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Answers
1(1) 2(4)
3(3) 4(1) 5(3)
6(2) 7(2) 8(1)
9(3) 10(4)