Road to MBA

Directions for Q.1 to 5: Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a
suitable to fill in the blank in most of the sentences.
1. A. Professional studies have 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. A. Communism states that every individual must live for the _____.
B. The ______ of the 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
Directions for Q. 6 to 10: Choose from among the given alternatives the one which will be a
suitable substitute for the underlined expression in each of the following.

6. The body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order was like a formidable castle of
steel.
(a) Phalanx (b) phagocyte (c) phenomenon (d) phaeton

7. The thrilling narrative caused the hair on the skin to stand erect.
(a) tension (b) horrification (c) terror (d) horror

8. The art and science of good eating and drinking is now a lost art.
(a) Gastronomy (b) Osteopathy (c) Gluttony (d) Cooking
9. The victim’s involuntary response to stimulus proved that he was still living.
(a) reactions (b) reflexes (c) feedback (d) communication

10. The marriage of the princess with the commoner caused a furore among the royalty.
(a) misalliance (b) mismatch (c) elopement (d) romance
Directions for questions 11 to 20: Choose the grammatically correct sentence from among the
four options given.

11. (a) I am not one of those who believe everything they hear.
(b) I am not one of these who believes everything I hear.
(c) I am not one of those who believes everything he hears.
(d) I am not one of those who believes in everything one hears.

12. (a) Cannot one do what one likes with one’s own?
(b) Cannot one do that one likes to do with his own?
(c) Cannot one do that one likes with his own?
(d) Cannot one do what he likes with his own

13. (a) There’s Mr. Som, whom they say is the best singer in the country.
(b) There’s Mr. Som, who they say is the best singer in the country.
(c) There is Mr. Som, whom they say is the best singer in the country.
(d) There is Mr. Som who, they say is the best singer in the country.

14. (a) Each of the students has done well.
(b) Each of the student has done well.
(c) Each of the students have done well.
(d) Each of the student have done well.

15. (a) Today we love, what tomorrow we hate; today we seek, what tomorrow we
shun, today we desire, what tomorrow we fear.
(b) Today, we love what tomorrow we hate, today, we seek what tomorrow we
shun, today, we desire what tomorrow we fear.
(c) Today we love what tomorrow we hate, today we seek what tomorrow we shun,
today we desire what tomorrow we fear.
(d) Today we love what tomorrow we hate; today we seek what tomorrow we shun;
today we desire what tomorrow we fear.

16. 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 me (b) Even though I am depressed inside
(c) While entertaining people (d) In the entertainment business

17. Political power is just as permanent as today’s newspaper. Ten years down the line,
______, who the most powerful man in any state was 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

18. 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

19. Although it has been more than 50 years since Satyajit Ray made Pather Panchali,
_________ refuse to go away from the mind.
(a) the haunting images (b) its haunting images
(c) its haunted images (d) the haunt of its images.

20. _________ , the more they remain the same.
(a) People all over the world change
(b) There more people change
(c) The more they are different
(d) The less people change

21. 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.

Directions for Q. 22 to 24: Choose the pair, which does not exhibit the relationship similar to that
expressed in the capitalised pair.
22. TEMPERATURE: HEAT
(a) votes : popularity (b) IQ : intelligence
(c) ohms : resistance (d) speed : distance

23. STUBBORN: ADAPTABLE
(a) stupid : bright (b) moral : amoral
(c) inherent : extraneous (d) friend : enemy

24. PROGRESS: PROGRESSIVE
(a) terror : terrorist (b) sympathy : sympathizer
(c) revolution : revolutionary (d) reform : reformist

Directions Q 25 to 34: Pick out the most effective words to fill in the blank to make the sentence
meaningfully complete.
25. Indications are that the government is …… to the prospect of granting bonus to the
striking employees.
(a) aligned (b) obliged (c) reconciled (d) relieved

26. Shivalal ……. classical music. He always prefers Bhimsen Joshi to Asha Bhonsale, and
Pandit Jasraj to Kumar Sanu.
(a) adores (b) apprehends (c) encompasses (d) cultivates

27. As a general rule, politicians do not ……. centre stage
(a) forward (b) forbid (c) forgive (d) forsake

28. The ……. study on import of natural gas from Iran through a pipeline would be
completed shortly.
(a) natural (b) calculated (c) economic (d) feasibility

29. His party is solely to be blamed for the political ……. in the country.
(a) devaluation (b) revival (c) advocacy (d) stalemate

30. His face was not made up of ………. and ……… but by the sheer force of thinking.
(a) powder, rouge (b) mouth, eyebrows
(c) skin, bone (d) textures, complexion

31. It has been universally ………. that widespread destruction must be necessary….. with
modern warfare.
(a) realised, appendage (b) accepted, antidote
(c) acknowledged, concomitant (d) understood, threshold

32. For a ………… reader, the author’s influence is like a …………
(a) discerning, spell (b) cold, force
(c) good, revelation (d) perceptive, panorama

33. If you have come to the conference table with such an ……….. attitude, we cannot expect
to reach a …………. agreement.
(a) ancillary, lasting (b) effervescent, conclusive
(c) indolent, steadfast (d) obdurate, harmonious

34. It is true that the kind of specialised knowledge which is required for various kinds of
skills, has little to do with wisdom. With every increase of knowledge and skill,
knowledge becomes more necessary, for every such increase ………. our capacity for evil.
(a) augments (b) incites (c) excites (d) makes

Directions for Q. 35 to 39: Each of these questions contains six statements followed by four sets
of combinations of three. Choose the set in which the statements are most logically related

35. A. No fishes breathe through lungs. B. All fishes have scales.
C. Some fishes breed upstream. D. All whales breathe through lungs.
E. No whales are fishes. F. All whales are mammals.
(a) ABC (b) BCD (c) ADE (d) DEF

36. A. All men are men of scientific ability.
B. Some women are women of scientific ability.
C. All men are men of artistic genius.
D. Some men and women are of scientific ability.
E. Some men of artistic genius are men of scientific ability.
F. Some women of artistic genius are women of scientific ability.
(a) ACD (b) ACE (c) DEF (d) ABC

37. A. Some mammals are carnivores. B. All whales are mammals.
C. All whales are aquatic animals. D. All whales are carnivores.
E. Some aquatic animals are mammals. F. Some mammals are whales.
(a) ADF (b) ABC (c) AEF (d) BCE

38. A. All roses are fragrant. B. All roses are majestic.
C. All roses are plants. D. All roses need air.
E. All plants need air. F. All plants need water.
(a) CED (b) ACB (c) BDC (d) CFE

39. A. All candid men are persons who acknowledge merit in a rival.
B. Some learned men are very candid.
C. Some learned men are not persons who acknowledge merit in a rival.
D. Some learned men are persons who are very candid.
E. Some learned men are not candid.
F. Some persons who recognize merit in a rival are candid.
(a) ABE (b) ACF (c) ADE (d) BAF

40. A. All bartenders are wine tasters.
B. Some bartenders are wine tasters.
C. No wine tasters die of heart attack.
D. No bartenders die of heart attack.
E. Some wine tasters do not die of heart attack.
F. Some who do not die of heart attack are wine tasters.
(a) FDE (b) CAD (c) BCD (d) BFE


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