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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 10: Fill up the blanks, numbered 1, 2 …… up to 10, in the
two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each
blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I
did not file any income tax returns.” With that [1 ] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with
the income tax department. “I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [2] and [3], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went
into action, and I learned first-hand just how much power the Tax Department
wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [4];
automobiles may be [5], and
auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [6] until the case is settled.”

1.    (1) devious             (2) blunt               (3) tactful                 (4) pretentious

2.    (1) interest             (2) taxes               (3) principal              (4) returns

3.     (1) sanctions          (2) refunds          (3) fees                      (4) fines

4.     (1) closed               (2) detached         (3) attached            (4) impounded

5.      (1) smashed          (2) seized              (3) dismantled         (4) frozen

6.       (1) purchaser        (2) victim              (3) investor              (4) offender

At that time the white house was as serene
as a resort hotel out of season. The corridors were [7]. In the various offices, [8]
gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only
color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President Eisenhower
himself. Apparently, his [9] was
easily set off; he scowled when he [10] the corridors.

7.       (1) striking            (2) hollow             (3) empty                 (4) white

8.       (1) quiet               (2) faded               (3) loud                      (4) stentorian

9.        (1) laughter        (2) curiously          (3) humour                (4) temper

10.       (1) paced           (2) strolled             (3) stormed                (4) prowled

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Answers

1(2)    2(1)    
3(4)    4(4)     5(2)    
6(4)   7(3)    8(1)    
9(4)    10(1)