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 we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!

Direction for questions 1 to 5: Fill in the blanks of each
of the following sentences using the most appropriate word(s) from among the
options given.

1.  To a greater or lesser degree, all the civilised
countries of the world are made up of a small class of rulers __________ and of
a large class of subjects__________.

a. formed by a small minority, who are
uncivilised       b. powerfully corrupt, pointless
crusaders         c. corrupted by too much power, corrupted by too much passive
obedience      d. who are ruled, who ruled

2. As a step towards protesting against the
spiralling prices, farmers have decided to stage a protest in an effort to _________.

a. show their virility            b. make themselves heard            c. curb the prices       d. topple the government

3. Most political leaders acquire their
position by causing a large number of people to believe that they are __________
by altruistic desires.

a. actuated           b. convinced          c. categorized           d. led

4. Everyone will admit that swindling one’s
fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it is based the really sound commercial
success formula “___________”.

a. sell what you cannot buy back      b. buy what you will sell to
another at a higher price       c. buy cheap and sell dear                      d. sell what you can, do not buy
from a competitor

Direction for questions 5 to 10: In each of
the following questions, a paragraph has been jumbled into four parts. Rearrange
these parts to form a coherent paragraph.

5.

A. He was carrying his jacket and walked
with his head thrown back.

B. As Annette neared the lamp, she saw a
figure walking slowly.

C. For a while Michael walked on and she
followed 20 paces behind.

D. With a mixture of terror and triumph of
recognition she slackened her pace.

a. ABCD            b. BADC              c. BCDA                d. ACBD

6.

A. However, the real challenge today is in
unlearning, which is much harder.

B. But the new world of business behaves
differently from the world in which we grew up.

C. Learning is important for both people
and organisations.

D. Each of us has a ‘mental model’ that
we’ve used over the years to make sense.

a. CADB            b. BDAC              c. CDAB             d. ACBD

7.

A. There was nothing quite like a heavy
downpour of rain to make life worthwhile.

B. We reached the field, soaked to the
skin, and surrounded it.

C. The wet, as far as he was concerned, was
ideal.

D. There, sure enough, stood Claudius,
looking like a debauched Roman emperor under a shower.

a. DCBA            b. BDCA            c. BADC             d. BACD

8.

A. Alex had never been happy with his
Indian origins.

B. He set about rectifying this grave
injustice by making his house in his own image of a country manor.

C. Fate had been unfair to him; if he had
his wish, he would have been a count or an Earl on some English estate, or a
medieval monarch in a chateau in France.

D. This illusion of misplaced grandeur, his
wife felt, would be Alex’s undoing.

a. ACDB           b. ABDC             c. ACBD             d. CABD

9.

A. The influence is reflected the most in
beaded evening wear.

B. Increasingly, the influence of India’s
colours and cuts can be seen on western styles.

C. And even as Nehru jackets and Jodhpurs
remain staples of the fashion world, designers such as Armani and McFadden have
turned to the sleek silhouette of the churidar this year. D. Indian hot pink,
paprika and saffron continue to be popular colours, year in and year out.

a. BADC             b. ABCD            c. BCAD            d. DABC

10.

 A.
Such a national policy will surely divide and never unite the people.

B. In fact, it suits the purpose of
politicians they can drag people into submission by appealing to them in the
name of religion.

C. In order to inculcate the unquestioning
belief they condemn the other states, which do not follow their religion.

D. The emergence of the theocratic states,
where all types of crimes are committed in the name of religion, has revived
the religion of the Middle Ages.

a. ABCD              b. DBCA            c. DBAC              d. CDAB

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Answers

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