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  • Question 1
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    Directions For Questions

    Fill the gaps in the passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each gap. The right words are the ones used by the author. Be guided by the author’s overall style and meaning when you choose the answers.

    In a large company, ... 1 ... people is about as common as using a gun or a switch-blade to ... 2 ... an argument. As a result, most managers have little or no experience of firing people, and they find it emotionally traumatic; as result, they often delay the act interminably, much as an unhappy spouse will prolong a bad marriage. And when the firing is done, it’s often done clumsily, with far worse side effects than are necessary. Do the worldclass software organizations have a different way of firing people? No, but they do the deed swiftly, humanely, and professionally. The key point here is to view the fired employee as a ‘failed product’ and to ask how the process ... 3 ... such a phenomenon in the first place.

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    Fill in the blank at 1.

    Solution

    The second sentence 'As a result, most managers have little or no experience of firing people,...' gives us the hint that the word in the first blank should be firing.

  • Question 2
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    Directions For Questions

    In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.

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    The cake had lots of currents(A)/currants(B) and nuts in it.

    If you engage in such exceptional(A)/exceptionable(B) behaviour, I will be forced to punish you.

    He has the same capacity as an adult to consent(A)/assent(B) to surgical treatment.

    The minister is obliged (A)/compelled(B) to report regularly to a parliamentary board.

    His analysis of the situation is far too sanguine(A)/genuine(B).

    Solution

    Currants are any of several tart red or black berries. Hence should be used in in given context.

    Correct usage of second sentence is 'If you engage in such exceptionable behaviour, I will be forced to punish you.

    Correct usage of third sentence is 'He has the same capacity as an adult to consent to surgical treatment.'

    Being obliged means being duty bound. hence should be used in the sentence.

    Sanguine means confidently optimistic and cheerful. Hence perfectly fits with the last sentence.

  • Question 3
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    Directions For Questions

    In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that are italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.

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    We were not successful in defusing(A)/diffusing(B) the Guru’s ideas.

    The students baited(A)/bated(B) the instructor with irrelevant questions.

    The hoard(A)/horde(B) rushed into the campus.

    The prisoner’s interment(A)/internment(B) came to an end with his early release.

    The hockey team could not deal with his unsociable(A)/unsocial(B) tendencies.

    Solution

    'Diffuse' means 'spread over a wide area'. So, 'diffusing' is the correct word in sentence 1.

    'To bait' is 'to deliberately annoy'. So, 'baited' is the correct word in sentence 2.

    'Horde' means 'a large group of people'. So, 'horde' should be used in sentence 3.

    The words to be used in sentences 4 and 5 are 'internment', which means 'act of confining' and 'unsociable'.

    Option a) is the correct answer.

  • Question 4
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    Directions For Questions

    Each of the following questions has a sentence with two blanks. Given below each question are five pairs of words. Choose the pair that best completes the sentence.

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    Exhaustion of natural resources, destruction of individual initiative by governments, control over men’s minds by central _______ of education and propaganda are some of the major evils which appear to be on the increase as a result of the impact of science upon minds suited by _______ to an earlier kind of world.

    Solution

    The first blank should have a word signifying something that denotes power or hold over people. The author is trying to say that education and propaganda are being used to control people's minds. Tenets, institutions, organs and departments can influence or control something and thus fit in the first blank. Aspects, which means features, does not convey something that exercises power or influence over people. Thus, we can eliminate option B.

    The second blank should contain a word that indicates adherence. "Suited by" should be followed by a word that indicates something that people want to continue doing. Thus, we can eliminate repulsion and inhibitions. The word "tradition" does not fit in grammatically. If the author has to say that people want to adhere to tradition, then the missing blank should have "a traditional mindset". The word tradition by itself does not fit the blank.

    Hence, option A.

  • Question 5
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    Directions For Questions

    Fill up the blanks, numbered [1], [2] up to [10], in the two passages below with most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

    First Passage:

    "Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns." With that [1] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the income tax department. "I originally owned Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With [2] and [3], the 20,000 became 60,000. The Income tax Department then went into action, and I learned first hand just how much power the Tax Department wields. Royalties and trust funds can be [4]; automobiles may be [5], and auctioned off. Nothing belongs to the [6] until the case is settled."

    Second Passage:

    "At that time the white house was as serene as a resort hotel out of season. The corridors were [7]. In the various offices, [8] gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his [9] was easily set off; he scowled when he [10] the corridors.

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    Blank Number [2]

    Solution

    The principal is mentiones as 20,000. Since he hasn't paid this amount, he has to pay the interest.

  • Question 6
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    Out of the four possibilities given, select the one that has all the definitions and their usages most closely matched.

    "Turn"

    A. Give new direction to

    B. Send

    C. Change in form

    D. Opportunity coming successively for each person

    E. It was now his turn to be angry.

    F. Leena never turned away a beggar.

    G. Ashish asked Laxman to turn his face to the left.

    H. The old school building has been turned into a museum.

    Solution

    In point E, it was his chance to be angry, so E-D is a pair.

    Point F means that Leena never sent the beggar away, so F-B is a pair.

    In point G, Ashish asked Lakshman to change the direction of his face, so G-A is a pair.

    In point H, the school changed its form to a museum, so H-C is a pair.

    Option d) is the correct answer.

  • Question 7
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    In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative from among the four.

    Though one eye is kept firmly on the _______, the company now also promotes _______ contemporary art.

    Solution

    The use of the word 'though' at the beginning of the sentence suggests that the two words should be of contrasting nature. This rules out present in the first blank. The words 'market' and 'popular' in the first and second blanks do not make sense. The correct choice of words is 'future' and 'popular'. Hence, option b).

  • Question 8
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    Three of the words are related to in some way. Select the word that does not fit in the relation.

    Solution

    Keen, willing and enthusiastic means the same, that is  eager to do something.Kin means a relative which is different in this context.

  • Question 9
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    Choose the pair which does not exhibit the relationship similar to that expressed in STUBBORN : ADAPTABLE

    Solution

    The given pair of words are antonyms. All other options except B are pairs of antonyms.

    Hence, option B is the correct answer.

  • Question 10
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    Directions For Questions

    There are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases that are italicized and highlighted.

    From the italicized and highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then, from the options given, choose the best one.

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    The further [A] / farther [B] he pushed himself, the more disillusioned he grew.

    For the crowds it was more of a historical [A] / historic [B] event; for their leader, it was just another day.

    The old man has a healthy distrust [A] / mistrust [B] for all new technology.

    This film is based on a real [A] / true [B] story.

    One suspects that the compliment [A] / complement [B] was backhanded

    Solution

    Use “farther” for physical distance and “further” for metaphorical, or figurative, distance. So further should be used here.

    Correct usage for 2nd sentence is 'historic event', which means 'an event of great importance'.

    In sentence 3, the word 'distrust', which means 'the feeling that someone or something cannot be relied upon' should be used.

    The correct usage is sentence 4 is 'true' story.

    A backhanded compliment, also known as a left-handed compliment or asteism, is an insult that is disguised as a compliment.

    Option d) is the correct answer.

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