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 wherein the underlined
word has been used incorrectly:

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

B. After a 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:

Select the words from the options below
that have the farthest meaning to the given words:

9. REPUDIATE

A. Sanction

B. Afflict

C. Transient

D. Prowl

10. GRANDILOQUENT

A. Immature

B. Innocent

C. Unpleasant

D. Simple

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Answers

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