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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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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!

Directions for questions 1 to 5: For each of the words below a context is provided. From the alternatives given pick the word or phrase that is closest in meaning in the given context.

1. Opprobrium: The police officer appears oblivious to the opprobrium generated by his blatantly partisan conduct.

1. Harsh criticism

2. Acute distrust

3. Bitter enmity

4. Stark oppressiveness

2. Portend: It appears to many that the US 'war on terrorism' portends trouble in the Gulf.

1. Introduces

2. Evokes

3. Spells

4. Bodes

3. Prevaricate: When a videotape of her meeting was played back to her and she was asked to explain her presence there, she started prevaricating.

1. Speaking evasively

2. Speaking violently

3. Lying furiously

4. Throwing a tantrum

4. Restive: The crowd became restive when the minister failed to appear even by 10 pm.

1. Violent

2. Angry

3. Restless

4. Distressed

5. Ostensible: Manohar's ostensible job was to guard the building at night.

1. Apparent

2. Blatant

3. Ostentatious

4. Insidious

DIRECTIONS for Questions 6 to 10: In each of the questions, four different ways of presenting an idea are given. Choose the one that conforms most closely to Standard English usage.

6.

A. The running of large businesses consist of getting somebody to make something that somebody else sold to somebody else for more than its cost.

B. The running of a large business consists of getting somebody to make something that somebody else will sell to somebody else for more than it costs.

C. The running of a large business consists of getting somebody to sell something that somebody else made for more than it cost.

D. The running of large businesses consist of getting somebody to make something else that somebody else will sell to somebody else for more than it costs.

1. A                      2.B                      3. C                4. D

7.

A. From the sixteenth century onwards, people started feeling disdainful and self-conscious about their body and its products that led to a heightened focus on emotional and bodily regulations.

B. The heightened focus on controlling the body and emotions comes from disdain and self-consciousness about the body and its products, found in the sixteenth century.

C. From the sixteenth century onwards, a growing disdain for and self-consciousness about the body and its products took hold, leading to a heightened focus on emotional and bodily regulation.

D. The heightened focus on emotional and bodily regulations started from the sixteenth century onwards, when people felt disdain and self-consciousness about the body and its products.

1. A                    2. B                      3. C                    4. D

8.

A. We are forced to fall back on fatalism as an explanation of irrational events.

B. We are forced to falling back on the fatalism as an explanation of irrational events.

C. We are forced to fall back on fatalism as explanations of irrational events.

D. We are forced to fall back to fatalism as an explanation of irrational events.

1. A                   2. B                       3. C                     4. D

9.

A. Creativity in any field is regarded not only as valuable for itself but also as a service to the nation.

B. Creativity in any field is not regarded only as valuable on its own, but also as a service to the nation.

C. Creativity, in any field, is not only regarded as valuable, but also as a service to the nation.   D. Creativity in any field is regarded not only as valuable in itself but also as a service to the nation.

1. A                   2. B                        3. C                        4. D

10.

A. If precision of thought had facilitated precision of behaviour, and if reflection had preceded action, it would be ideal for humans.

B. It would be ideal for humans if reflection preceded action and precision of thought facilitated precision of behaviour.

C. It would be ideal for humans if precedence of reflection was followed by action and precision of thought, by precise behaviour.

D. It would have been ideal for humans, if precise action and behaviour preceded precise reflection.

1. A                2. B                     3. C                    4. D

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A. This felicity of forgetfulness lasted but half an hour.

B. Soon the lights went out and the show started a Tamil film with all the known gods in it.

C. He sat rapt in the vision of a heavenly world which some film director had chosen to present.

D. Soon the heroine of the story sat on a low branch of a tree in paradise and wouldn’t move out of the place.

E. He soon lost himself in the politics and struggles of gods and goddesses.

  • EACBD
  • BECAD
  • DBAEC
  • CABED

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What is the probability that a point satisfying the conditions |x| ≤ 2 and |y| ≤ 2 also satisfies |x + y| ≤ 1?

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The Trend towards downsizing has left many experienced professionals without a worthwhile regular job. But the good news is that work continues to grow and fewer jobs does not mean less work. Instead of having a lot of people on the payroll earning their keep in busy times ,but being a dead weight in the overhead in slack times, organizations will turn to ‘just in time and’  ‘as and when’ human resourcing.


Which of the following, if true, would weaken the argument above?

(OA not known, please help in identifying the "argument" above and in negating options. )

  • A. Busy time in most organizations is not more than five-six months.
  • B. Most organizations give poor remuneration to freelancers
  • E. Freelancers do not enjoy many of the benefits enjoyed by employees on payroll.
  • D. Organizations prefer to squeeze in the busy time jobs into the calendars of the regular employees.
  • C. Most organizations get only by 10 percent of their work done by freelancing.

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Adler Hay Children’s hospital in Liverpool was keeping secretly livers, kidneys and Fetus. It had been stockpiling organs from 300 dead children and storing 400 fetuses without parental consent. Perhaps overdue regulations for organ removal, storage and disposal are now called for.


If the above statements are true, which of the following could logically follow?

(OA not known, please help in negating options. I feel B and E are ruled out)

  • A. Legislations that punish people cheating with human body should be made stricter.
  • B. In some people, the fear of policing is greater than their compassion of humanity
  • D. The people of Liverpool have revolted against the practice at alder hay.
  • C. Organizations that store human organs need a license to do so.
  • E. It is legal to store fetuses if parental consent is there.

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Due to high jet fuel costs, airline carriers are looking for new ways to increase revenues and thereby counteract declining profits. Airline A has proposed increasing the number of passengers that can fit on its airplanes by creating several standing room only “seats” in which passengers would be propped against a padded backboard and held in place with a harness. This proposal, since it relates to passenger safety, cannot be implemented without prior approval by the Federal Aviation Administration.


The above statements, if true, indicate that Airline A has made which of the following conclusions?

(OA not known, please help in negating options to find correct answer)

  • A. The addition of standing room only “seats” will generate more revenue than the cost of ensuring that these seats meet safety standards.
  • E. Passenger safety is less important than increasing revenue
  • D. There are no safer ways in which Airline A can increase revenues.
  • C. The revenue generated by the addition of standing room only “seats” is greater than the current cost of jet fuel.
  • B. The Federal Aviation Administration will approve Airline A’s specific proposal

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Columnist: The winner of this year’s national spelling bee won by correctly spelling the spoken word Ursprache, which means “fame” in German. Given the richness of our language, why must we resort to words taken from modern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is listed in our dictionary, as are words from many other foreign languages, but future spelling bees should limit themselves to words in our dictionary that have been anglicized in all aspects because spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics, is the point of these contests.


Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the argument above?

(OA not known, I believe D as correct answer. A is ruled out as it generalises "most of.."

Pls help in negating options)

  • E. The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
  • D. To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
  • A. The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary.
  • B. Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
  • C. Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.

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It is unfortunate that many people doubt the credibility of the manager in giving a fair hearing to the workers. His records show that in 60 % of the registered grievances, he has judged in favour of the worker.



The above argument is flawed as it ignores the possibility that:

(OA not known, need help in negating options, I feel B,D, E to be ruled out.)



 

  • E. The manager is more inclined towards improving his reputation in the company
  • C. The manager is biased against the worker when it comes to increasing the pay rates
  • B. It is difficult for most managers to listen objectively to worker’s demands
  • A. A large number of grievances arose out of allegations against the manager
  • D. The workers are conscientious and have explained only when they could not resolve the problem on their own.

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The class is studying grammar. 

How is "grammar" abstract noun here? 

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In recent years, researchers have begun talking about mental health care in the same way addiction specialists speak of recovery — the lifelong journey of self-treatment and discipline that guides substance abuse programs. The idea remains controversial: managing a severe mental illness is more complicated than simply avoiding certain behaviours.

  • C. Now more people are risking exposure to tell their stories publicly.
  • D. And traditional medicine has not worked very well for most.
  • B. The journey has more mazes, fewer road signs
  • A. Yet people like Joe Holt are traveling it and succeeding.

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Individuals owed their existence to their parents; without their countless sacrifices, they would never survive nor grow into sane human beings. They realised their potential in a stable and peaceful society, made possible by the efforts of thousands of anonymous men and women. They became rational, reflective and moral beings within a rich civilisation created by scores of sages, saints, savants and scientists.______________________.

  • Every individual is born with a debt, which is beyond his capacity to repay.
  • To talk about ‘repaying’ the debts did not therefore make sense except in a clumsy and metaphorical way of describing one’s response to unsolicited but indispensable gifts.
  • In short, every human being owed his humanity to others and benefitted from a world, to the creation of which he had not contributed anything.
  • Even a whole lifetime was not enough to pay back what they owed their parents, let alone all the others.

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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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!

Directions (Qs. 1 to 6): Choose the best answer among the listed alternatives.

1. One major obligation of the social psychologist is to provide his own discipline, the other social sciences, and interested laymen with conceptual tools that will increase the range and the reliability of their understanding of social phenomena. Beyond that, responsible government officials are today turning more frequently to the social scientist for insights into the nature and solution of the problems with which they are confronted.

The above argument assumes that

A. Social psychologists must have a strong background in other sciences as well as their own.  

B. The social scientist has an obligation to provide the means by which social phenomena may be understood by others.

C. Social phenomena are little understood by those outside the field of social psychology.

D. A good social psychologist is obligated principally by the need to solve inter-disciplinary problems.

(a) B                         (b) C                   (c) A                         (d) D

2.  Once a company has established an extensive sales network in a foreign market and therefore has achieved substantial sales, it seems that these markets should be treated in a very similar fashion to those in one's own country. It is therefore in those countries where only initial sales and representation have been developed where marketing methods will have to differ from domestic activities.

The above statement assumes that:

A. Sales network can be the same in both foreign and domestic markets.

B. Extensive sales networks are preferable to less developed ones.

C. Larger markets abroad are more adaptable to domestic marketing methods.

D. A study of marketing should consider the adaptability of advertising campaigns in different countries.

(a) A                       (b) B                      (c) C                      (d) D

3.  Equality of opportunity has long been prominent as a goal in many countries. In Europe and America there has also been advocacy of more equality of income - the results after taxes of what a person gets for his efforts and the yield of his property. Many western politicians believe this concept of equality should be implemented in developing countries in order to speed economic development.

Which of the following, if true, could weaken the argument above?

A. In a poor society, total income is so low that if it were distributed equally, no one could save enough to provide resources for investment.

B. The marginal dollars in the hands of people with large incomes provide less utility than those with lower income.

C. High achievement in many societies is due to equality of incomes.

D. Equality of opportunity is not necessarily synonymous with equality of income.

(a) D              (b) B                  (c) A                         (d) C

4.   In 1985 there were 20 deaths from automobile accidents per 1,000 miles traveled. A total of 20,000 miles were traveled via automobiles in 1985. In the same year, 800 people died in airplane crashes and 400 people were killed in train disasters. A statistician concluded that it was more dangerous to travel by plane, train, and automobile, in that order.

Which of the following refutes the Statistician's conclusions?

A. There is no common denominator by which to compare the number of deaths resulting from each mode of travel.

B. One year is insufficient to reach such a conclusion.

C. More people travel by car than any other mode of transport, therefore, the probability of a car accident is greater. D. The probability of being killed in a train disaster and as a result of a car crash is the same.

(a) A                (b) B                  (c) C                           (d) D

5.  Product shipments of household appliances are expected to rise to $17 billion next year, an average annual increase of 8.0 percent over the past five years. The real growth rate, after allowing for probable price increases, is expected to be about 4.3 percent each year, resulting in shipments this year of $ 14 billion in 1987 dollars.

Each of the following, if true, could help to account for this trend EXCEPT:

A. Increased consumer spending for durable products

B. Consumer disposable income has increased.

C. The consumer price of electricity has decreased.

D. Individual tax advantages have decreased.

(a) C               (b) A                  (c) D                         (d) B

6.   Each year's increase or decrease in the trade deficit (merchandise imports greater than exports) is calculated in relation to the previous year's. In 1976, imports of private vehicles were 10 percent higher than in 1975, while imports of vehicles including commercial vans was 15 percent higher than in 1975. That 15 percent increase was one and half times the increase recorded in 1975.

If the formation above is accurate, which of the following must be true?

A. In 1976, the increase, if any of commercial vehicle imports was smaller than the increase in imports of private vehicles.

B. In 1976, the increase, if any, of commercial vehicle imports was greater than the increase in imports of private vehicles.

C. In 1975, more commercial vehicles were imported than private vehicles.

D. The average number of private vehicles imported, in 1975 declined.

(a) A             (b) C                   (c) B                       (d) D

Directions (Qs. 7 to 10): Choose the correct alternative.

7. Somebody told you, ___________?

(a) Isn't it             (b) Wasn't it             (c) Didn't he                    (d) Didn't they

8. ___________fast.

(a) News travels           (b) News travel                (c) A news travels            (d) The news travel

9. She __________in the morning because she gets up late.

(a) always has to hurry          (b) has always to hurry              (c) has to always hurry           (d) has to hurry always

10. There is _____________.

(a) hair in the soup          (b) hair in soup            (c) a hair in soup               (d) a hair in the soup

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Verbal Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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!

Directions for questions 1 and 2

Choose the correct option to fill the blank for correct grammatical use.

1. She is a close friend of ___________

(a) my            (b) I                 (c) me                      (d) mine

2. He took care of her __________ she was restored to health.

(a) when       (b) before        (c) after                    (d) till

3. Choose the correct option:

The man _________ his appearance completely since then.

(a) is changing          (b) changed             (c) has changed               (d) is changed

4. Choose the word spelt correctly:

(a) superintendant

(b) seive

(c) alloted

(d) dissipate

Directions for questions nos. 5 - 8

Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words:

5. He lives _________ Bengaluru _________ 115, Richmond Road.

(a) at, in

(b) in, at

(c) at, on

(d) in, on

6. 'Aurally challenged' is a _________ for the _________.

(a) metaphor, blind

(b) euphemism, deaf

(c) simile, disabled

(d) synonym, dumb

7. If error is a ________, fault is __________.

(a) defect, a mistake

(b) mistake, a defect

(c) slip, an inaccuracy

(d) blunder, to blame

8. The man has ________ the rules of ethical conduct; he is _________ a beast.

(a) flaunted, literally

(b) ignored, basically

(c) broken, as

(d) flouted, virtually

Directions for questions nos. 9 - 10

Select as option the word closest in meaning to the given word:

9. Veracious

(a) False

(b) Varied

(c) Image

(d) Truthful

10. Perturb

(a) Stipulate

(b) Turn around

(c) Disturb greatly

(d) Compatible

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In Eastland, from 2000 to 2005, the total consumption of fish increased by 4.5 percent, and the total consumption of poultry products increased by 9.0 percent. During this time, the population of Eastland increased by 6 percent, in part due to new arrivals from surrounding areas.


Which of the following can one infer based on the statements above?

  • E. Between 2000 and 2005, the profits of wholesale distributors of poultry products increased at a greater rate than did the profits of wholesale distributors of fish.
  • D. Between 2000 and 2005, both fish and poultry products were a regular part of the diet of a significant proportion of Eastland residents.
  • C. The per capita consumption of poultry in Eastland was higher in 2005 than it was in 2000.
  • A. For new arrivals to Eastland between 2000 and 2005, fish was less likely to be a major part of families’ diet than was poultry
  • n 2005, the residents of Eastland consumed twice as much poultry as fish

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Pretty nuanced question. Feeling difficulty in negating options. Every option seems correct. 😞

When drivers are deprived of sleep there are definite behavioral changes, such as slower responses to stimuli and a reduced ability to concentrate, but people's self-awareness of these changes is poor. Most drivers think they can tell when they are about to fall asleep, but they cannot.

Each of the following illustrates the principle that the passage illustrates EXCEPT:

  • A) People who have been drinking alcohol are not good judges of whether they are too drunk to drive.
  • E) People who are being treated for schizophrenia are not good judges of whether they should continue their medical treatments.
  • C) Industrial workers who have just been exposed to noxious fumes are not good judges of whether they should keep working.
  • B) Elementary school students who dislike arithmetic are not good judges of whether multiplication tables should be included in the school’s curriculum
  • D) People who have just donated blood and have become faint are not good judges of whether they are ready to walk out of the facility.

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Another situation based question 😞

Mullen has proposed to raise taxes on the rich, who made so much money during the past decade. Yet Mullen's tax records show heavy investment in business during that time and large profits; so Mullen's proposal does not deserve our consideration.

The flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to the flawed reasoning in which one of the following?

  • (D) Board member Timm’s proposal to raise the salaries of the company’s middle managers does not deserve to be considered; Timm’s daughter is a middle manager at the company’s headquarters
  • (C) The previous witness’s testimony ought to be ignored; he has been convicted of both forgery and mail fraud.
  • (A) Do not vote for Smith’s proposed legislation to subsidize child care for working parents; Smith is a working parent.
  • (B) Do not put any credence in Dr. Han’s recent proposal to ban smoking in all public places; Dr. Han is a heavy smoker.
  • (E) Dr. Wasow’s analysis of the design of this bridge should not be taken seriously; after all, Dr. Wasow has previously only designed factory buildings.

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The system of patentgranting, which confers temporary monopolies for Line the exploitation of new technologies, was originally established as an incentive to the pursuit of risky new ideas. Yet studies of the most patent-conscious business of all-the semiconductor industry-suggest that firms do not necessarily become more innovative as they increase their patenting activity. Ziedonis and Hall, for example, found that investment in research and development (a reasonable proxy for innovation) did not substantially increase between 1982 and 1992, the industry's most feverish period of patenting. Instead, semiconductor firms simply squeezed more patents out of existing research and development expenditures. Moreover, Ziedonis and Hall found that as patenting activity at semiconductor firms increased in the 1980's, the consensus among industry employees was that the average quality of their firms' patents declined. Though patent quality is a difficult notion to measure, the number of times a patent is cited in the technical literature is a reasonable yardstick, and citations per semiconductor patent did decline during the 1980's. This decline in quality may be related to changes in the way semiconductor firms managed their patenting process: rather than patenting to win exclusive rights to a valuable new technology, patents were filed more for strategic purposes, to be used as bargaining chips to ward off infringement suites or as a means to block competitors' products.

Q1:The passage makes which of the following claims about patent quality in the semiconductor industry?
A. It was higher in the early 1980's than it was a decade later.
B. It is largely independent of the number of patents granted.
C. It changed between 1982 and 1992 in ways that were linked to changes in research and development expenditures.
D. It is not adequately discussed in the industry's technical literature.
E. It was measured by inappropriate means during the period from 1982 to 1992.

Q2:The passage is primarily concerned with discussing
A. a study suggesting that the semiconductor industry's approach to patenting during the period from 1982 to 1992 yielded unanticipated results
B. a study of the semiconductor industry during the period from 1982 to 1992 that advocates certain changes in the industry's management of the patenting process
C. the connection between patenting and innovation in the semiconductor industry during the period from 1982 to 1992
D. reasons that investment in research and development in the semiconductor industry did not increase significantly during the period from 1982 to 1992
E. certain factors that made the period from 1982 to 1992 a time of intense patenting activity in the semiconductor industry