Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams
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Direction for questions 1 to 5: Find the odd word out
from each of the following sets of four words.
1. a.
Impetuosity b. Equanimity c. Zealousness d. Effervescence
2. a. Drip b. Intrusion c. percolation d. Effluence
3. a. Duplicity b. Guidelessness c. Artfulness d. Shrewdness
4. a. Taxi b. Cruiser c. Amble d. Cab
5. a. Hiatus b. Break c. Pause d. End
Direction for questions 6 to 10: In each of the
following questions, a part of a sentence is left blank. Choose from among the
four options given below each question, the one which would best fill the
blanks.
6. When we call others dogmatic, what we really object
to is ________.
a. their giving the dog a bad name
b. their holding dogmas that are different from our own
c. the extremism that goes along with it
d. the subversion of whatever they actually believe in concomitantly
7. I am an entertainer __________, I have to keep
smiling because in my heart laughter and sorrow have an affinity.
a. Even if I have tears in my eyes
b. Even though I am depressed inside
c. While entertaining people
d. In the entertainment business
8. The stock markets ________. The state they are in
right now speaks volumes about this fact.
a. is the barometer of public confidence
b. are the best indicators of public sentiment
c. are used to trade in expensive shares
d. are not used to taking stock of all markets
9. Political power is just as permanent as today’s
newspaper. Ten years down the line, _________ the most powerful man in any
state today.
a. who cares
b. nobody will remember what was written in today’s newspaper or
c. few will know, or care about
d. when a lot of water will have passed under the bridge, who will care
10. _________, the more they remain the same.
a. People all over the world change
b. The more people change
c. The more they are different
d. The less people change
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Answers
1(b) 2(b)
3(b) 4(c) 5(d)
6(b) 7(a) 8(b)
9(c) 10(b)