Dear readers,

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!

1. Mark the sentence which used the
underlined word incorrectly:

A. When Ram started enquiring about the
conditions of his business, the childlike
directness of his approach left Shyam baffled.

B. After the huge loss in the new venture,
Amol realized that he had been childish
in his trust and confidence.

C. The childlike
gullibility of Bimal has always annoyed Kamal.

D. When the boss demanded an explanation
from Amit for not submitting the project report in time, he burst into a childish fit of temper.

2. Mark the correct sentence in the following:

A. Remember, when we tried to sort out the
difference over the new project with Mr. Singh, he spoke to you and I as if we
were babies?

B. Was it them who informed you about the
music concert yesterday?

C. The picture on the wall, which was taken
years back, doesn’t look a little like I.

D. Was it she you were talking about during
the discussion last week?

Directions for Questions 3 to 6:

Select the right pair of words to fill in
the blanks.

3. The bell, hung on the door by means of a
curved ribbon of steel, was ________ to circumvent. It was hopelessly cracked;
but of an evening, at the slightest provocation, it clattered behind the
customer with _________ virulence.

A. impossible, melodious

B. effortless, loud

C. difficult, impudent

D. daunting, harmonious

4. A ________ question caused him to
stutter to the point of suffocation. When started by anything perplexing he
used to squint ________.

A. courteous, palpably

B. brusque, horribly

C. considerate, genially

D. civil, frightfully

5. Vanity and pride are ________ things,
though the words are often used _______.A person may be proud without being vain.
Pride relates more to our __________ of ourselves, vanity to what we would have
others think of us.

A. same, differently, analysis

B. analogous, similarly, evaluation

C. different, synonymously, opinion

D. dissimilar, carelessly, view

6. During the heated discussion, the Leader
of the group ________ refuted all the claims brought by his opponents. Later
everybody acknowledged that he survived by most _______ luck.

A. ingeniously, incredible

B. ingeniously, incredulous

C. ingenuously, incredible

D. ingenuously, incredulous

Directions for Questions 7 and 8:

The following four pairs may have
synonymous or antonymous or part-whole relationships or no relationship at all
with the pair provided in the question. Select the pair of words which has the
closest relationship with the numbered pair.

7. COMMUNICATION: MESSAGE::

A. Humour: Delight

B. Expression: Words

C. Clarification: Doubt

D. Emission: Cosmic

8. ACTIVATE: DETONATE::

A. Deaden: Defuse

B. Quicken: Mutilate

C. Connect: Detach

D. Inform: Deform

Directions for Questions 9 to 10:

Mark the wrongly spelt word mentioned among
the following options:

9.

A. Contemporaneous

B. Belligerent

C. Epicurean

D. Recalcitrent

10.

A. Opprobrium

B. Iniquitous

C. Vicisitude

D. Pusillanimous

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Answers

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