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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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Directions 1 to 5: In each of the following questions,
the answer choices suggest alternative arrangements of four sentences A, B, C
and D. Choose the alternative which suggests a coherent paragraph.

1.

A. To have settled one’s affairs is a very good preparation
to leading the rest of one’s life without concern for the future.

B. When I have finished this book I shall know where I
stand.

C. One does not die immediately after one has made
one’s will; one make’s one’s will as a precaution.

D. I can afford then to do what I choose with the
years that remain to me.

(a) DBAC

(b) CABD

(c) BDAC

(d) CBDA

2.

A. It is sad that India has always been in a hurry to
conform to the western thought, especially the American.

B. Even smaller countries have the guts to take a firm
contrarian stand if they feel the policies happen to compromise their country’s
interest.

C. It’s one thing to sprout theories on liberalisation,
and entirely another to barter the interests of the nation in its name.

D. In this case too, while a large number of countries
are yet to ratify the GATT, India has not only ratified the treaty, but is also
preparing to amend the Patents Act.

(a) CABD

(b) DCAB

(c) CBDA

(d) BDCA

3.

A. But instead you are faced with another huge crag
and the weary trail continues.

B. No, the path wind on and another mountain bars your
way.

C. When for days you have been going through a
mountain pass, a moment comes when you are sure that after winding around the
great mass of rock in front of you, you will come upon the plain.

D. Surely after this you will see the plain.

(a) CDBA

(b) BADC

(c) CADB

(d) BCAD

4.

A. During one exhibition, however, some air became
mixed with the hydrogen, and in the words of the shaken performer:  “The explosion was so dreadful that I
imagined all my teeth had been blown out!”

B. An entertainer would finish his acts by blowing the
hydrogen he had inhaled towards a lighted candle; as hydrogen catches fire,
flames would shoot menacingly from his lips.

C. A paper bag filled with hydrogen amazed guests by
zooming off into space.

D. When people learned about its unique
lighter-than-air property, they began to use it in all sorts of parlor stunts.

(a) DCBA

(b) DBAC

(c) CABD

(d) ACBD

5.

A. It is exciting and various.

B. I am a writer as I might have been a doctor or a
lawyer.

C. The writer is free to work in what he believes.

D. It is so pleasant a profession that it e will not
surprising if a vast number of persons without qualifications, adopt it.

(a) CADB

(b) ABDC

(c) DBCA

(d) BDAC

Directions: 6 – 10: Four statements with blanks have
been given. These statements are followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that
fits into the set of statements the maximum number of times.

6.

A. Professional studies has become the _______ of the
rich.

B. Every citizen has the _______ to speak, travel and
live as he pleases.

C. He has a definite ________ over all his rivals.

D. Sheron no longer has the ________ of the company’s
bungalow and car.

(a) advantage           (b) privilege               (c) right             (d) concession

7.

A. People sensed _________.

B. A bad ________ case had come in – a person with a
smashed arm.

C. And then, without warning, ________ struck.

D. The dogs were the first to recognise the signs of
oncoming ________.

(a) tragedy           (b) accident                 (c) disaster                (d) calamity

8.

A. The men there have fought _________ and emotional
withdrawal, and were more capable of helping Jim.

B. But ______ does occasionally inflict all the
adults.

C. A person who is deeply hurt feels very __________.

D. It is hard to survive this feeling of _______.

(a) dejection               (b) lonely                     (c) trouble              (d) depression

9.

A. I have had a small power of _________.

B. Down with a very high fever, he suffers from
frequents fits of _________.

C. They are now bitter enemies – all because of a
small ________.

D. Her __________ is the most creative thing she has
ever possessed.

(a) illusion                 (b) imagination                  (c) hallucination

(d) misunderstanding

10.

A. Communism states that every individual must live
for the _________.

B. The _________ of affairs of the nation is deplorable.

C. _________ have been laid down by the United States
: states The Statesman.

D. No _________ has succeeded in gaining complete
autonomy from the Federal government.

(a) state              (b) nation                  (c) government                (d) condition

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Answers

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