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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 – 2: Select the most appropriate set of words from the given
choices to fill in the blanks.

1.
Our ______ diversity may also be of some value. Because we have always learned
to live with pluralism, it is possible that we may be better prepared to ______
the diversity of global economy.A. stupefying; negotiate

B. plural; alleviate

C. variegated; annihilate

D. dreary; exasperate

2.
My inward petition was instantly ______. First, a delightful cold wave
descended over my back and under my feet, ______ all discomfort.

A. acknowledged; banishing

B. repudiated; infuriating

C. acceded; exacerbating

D. decimated; assuaging

3.
These issues are extremely ______ and any knee jerk reaction will ultimately
result in a loss of ______ for all shareholders.

A. Unassociated, curare

B. Ambiguous, plutocracy

C. Nuanced, opportunity

D. Contexed, serendipity

4.
Growth under this government has been _______ high and remarkably ______ even
during the worst global economic crisis.

A. Impededly, flippant

B. Relatively, intractable

C. Obstructedly, rigid

D. Sustainedly, resilient

Directions
for questions 5 – 10: A number of sentences are given below which, when
properly sequenced, form a COHERENT PARAGRAPH. Choose the most LOGICAL ORDER of
sentences from the choices given to construct a COHERENT PARAGRAPH.

5.

I.
As a retention strategy, our company has issued many schemes including ESOPs.

II
Given the track record and success of our employees, other companies often look
to us as a hunting ground for talent.

III.
The growth of the Indian economy has led to an increased requirement for
talented managerial personnel and we believe that the talented manpower is our
key strength.

IV.
Further, in order to mitigate the risk we place considerable emphasis on
development of leadership skills and on building employee motivation.

A. I, II, III, IV                 B. II, I, IV, III                 C.
II, I, IV, III                 D. IV, I,
III, II

6.

I.
It reverberates throughout the entire Universe. And you are transmitting that
frequency with your thoughts!

II.
The frequency you transmit reaches beyond cities, beyond countries, beyond the
world.

III.
You are human transmission tower, and you are more powerful than any television
tower created on earth.

IV.
Your transmission creates your life and it creates the world.

A. IV, I, III, II                 B. II, IV, III, I                 C.
III, IV, II, I                 D. I, II,
III, IV

7.

I.
Asian economies will need alternative sources of growth to compensate for the
rapid fall in demand from the western markets.

II.
But the crisis has exposed the limits of the region’s dominant economic growth
model.

III.
The export-let that propelled many Asian economies so effectively for the past
30 years must be adapted to a different global economic context.

IV.
Asia is less exposed to the financial turmoil than the west is, because Asian
countries responded to the previous decade’s regional crisis by improving their
current-account positions, accumulating reserves, and ensuring that their
banking systems operated prudently.

A. IV, II, I, III                 B. I, II, III, IV                 C.
III, I, II, IV                 D. II, III,
IV

8.

I.
The dangers of conflicting irrational majoritarianism with enlightened
consensus are, indeed, great in developing democracy.

II.
Real democracy is about mediating the popular will through a network of
institutional structure and the law of the land.

III.
While law making and governance are meant to articulate the latter, the
judiciary is supposed to protect the former any kind of excess that might
occur, unwittingly or otherwise, in the conduct of legislative and governmental
functions.

IV.
The principle of separation of powers is meant to embody a desirable tension
between individual rights and social consensus.

A. I, II, III, IV                 B. II, I, III, IV                 C.
IV, III, I, II                 D. II, III,
IV, I

9.

I.
First may be necessary for immediate relief.

II.
However, to cure the problem from the root the treatment at the elemental level
is a must. III. Therefore synergy of modern medical science and ancient Indian
wisdom is in the interest of humanity.

IV.
Allopathic treatment is symptomatic while Ayurveda treats at an elemental
level.

A. IV, II, I, III                 B. IV, I, II, III                 C.
IV, III, II, I                 D. II, IV,
III, I

10.

I.
He somehow knew he would find what he was looking for. So, with missionary
zeal, he started to climb.

II.
So instead, for perhaps the first time in his life, he shed the shackles of
reason and placed his trust in his intuition.

III.
At first he thought about hiring a Sherpa guide to aid him in his climb through
the mountains, but, for some strange reason, his instincts told him this was
one journey he would have to make alone.

IV.
The next morning, as the first rays of the Indian sun danced along the
colourful horizon, Julian set out his trek to the lost land of Savana.

A. I, II, III, IV                 B. I, III, II, IV                 C.
III, IV, I, II                 D. IV, III,
II, I

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Answers

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