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This quiz consists of questions from
various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the
comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
Directions for questions 1-5: Each of the
questions presents a sentence, part of which is in bold. Beneath the sentence
you will find four ways of phrasing the part in bold. Follow the requirements
of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to grammar,
word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the
most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and
free of grammatical errors. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and
redundancy.
1. When I first became brand manager, we
were spending most of our advertising budget to promote our products in the
winter. It had worked in North America and Europe, where people caught colds
mainly in that season. Our monthly
volume data suggested however that stubbornly we were shipping a lot of
VapoRub between July and September, the hot monsoon season.
A. Our monthly volume data suggested
however that stubbornly
B. However, our monthly volume data
stubbornly suggested that
C. However, our volume data suggested
stubbornly that monthly
D. Stubbornly speaks our volume data on a
monthly basis, however that
2. The growth rate of companies in several
sectors like food, personal care, automobiles, banking and retail in the
developed world are flattening. These
companies for maintaining their growth rates and margins are looking upon the
emerging markets in Asia and Latin America.
A. These companies for maintaining their
growth rates and margins are looking upon the emerging markets in Asia and
Latin America.
B. To maintain their growth rates and
margins these companies look at the emerging markets in Asia and Latin America
C. The emerging markets of Asia and Latin
America are looked at by these companies to maintain their growth rates and
margins
D. These companies are looking at the
emerging markets in Asia and Latin America for maintaining their growth rates
and margins.
3. People who do good work to the corporation wherever they are whatever they do will
be assets to the valued corporation.
A. good work to the corporation wherever
they are whatever they do will be assets to the valued corporation.
B. good work – wherever they are, whatever
they do-will be valued assets to the corporation.
C. whatever good they do the corporation,
wherever they are will be valued assets
D. good to the corporation whatever work
they do wherever they are will be valued assets.
4. From what landscapes or flowerbeds would
future painters draw their inspiration?
Would move poets to craft their symphonies, composers to contemplate the
meaning of God, and philosophers write their sonnets.
A. painters draw their inspiration? Would
move poets to craft their symphonies, composers to contemplate the meaning of
God, and philosophers write their sonnets.
B. painters draw their inspiration? Would
move poets to write their sonnets, composers to craft their symphonies and
philosophers to contemplate the meaning of God
C. philosophers draw their inspiration?
Would move poets to write their sonnets, composers to craft their symphonies,
and painters to contemplate the meaning of God
D. philosophers to contemplate the meaning
of God? Would move painters to draw their inspiration, composers to write their
sonnets, and poets to craft their symphonies?
5. Car sales in the country rose at an
annualised rate of 7.8% in June, helped by a spate of new models and falling borrowing costs bringing new buyers
back.
A. spate of new models and falling
borrowing costs bringing new buyers back
B. luring of new models and falling
borrowing costs bringing new buyers back
C. bringing of new models back, spate in
borrowing costs, and falling new buyers
D. bringing back the borrowing costs,
falling in new models, and spate in new models.
Directions
for questions 6 – 8: Select the most suitable antonym for the bold word
in the sentences.
6.
The congregation was awestruck at the sight of the levitating saint.
A. gravitating B. enchanting C.
captivating D. vacillating
7.
By the time she could realize the gravity of the situation she found herself ensnared in the labyrinth of accusation.
A. seized B.
enmeshed C. intrigued D. released
8.
The sub-prime crisis has pushed millions of people in the quagmire of financial
indebtedness.
A. predicament B. swamp C.
tranquility D. impasse
Directions
for questions 9 – 10: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given
choices to fill in the blanks.
9.
The organization takes its cue from the person on the top. I always told our
business leaders their personal ______ determined their organization’s ______.
A. serendipity; faux pas
B. predilection; despair
C. intensity; success
D. oddity; conformity
10.
The Himalayas ran from east to west and cut off the cold winds from the north.
This allowed agriculture to prosper and ______ wealth, but it also ______
barbarian invaders from the north.
A. attracted; dissipated
B. created; attracted
C. created; restricted
D. attracted; evicted
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Answers
1(b) 2(d)
3(b) 4(b) 5(a)
6(a) 7(d) 8(c)
9(c) 10(b)