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Verbal Ability Practice #4

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Question 1

In a large company, ...(29)... people is about as common as using a gun or a switch-blade to ...(30)... an argument. As a result, most managers have little or no experience of firing people, and they find it emotionally automatic, 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 world-class 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 ...(31)... such a phenomenon in the first place.
Fill the gaps in the passage 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.

Question 2

Fill the gaps in the passage 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.

Question 3

Fill the gaps in the passage 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.

Question 4

Von Neumann and Morgenstern assume a decision framework in which all options are thoroughly considered, each option being independent of the others, with a numerical value derived for the utility of each possible outcome (these outcomes reflecting, in turn, all possible combinations of choices). The decision is then made to maximize the expected utility.
... (26)... such a model reflects major simplifications of the way decisions are made in the real worlD) Humans are not to process information as quickly and effectively as the model assumes; they tend not to think ...(27)... as easily as the model calls for; they often deal with a particular option without really assessing its ...(28)... and when they do assess alternatives, they may be externally nebulous about their criteria of evaluation.
Fill the gaps in the passage 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.

Question 5

According to the author, which of the following statements about the nature of the universe must be definitely true

Question 6

From reading the passage, what can be concluded about the profession of the author? He is most likely not to be a

Question 7

Based on this passage what can be concluded about the relation between philosophy and science?

Question 8

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. When we call others dogmatic, what we really object to is ___.

Question 9

Directions: Each question below has two blanks. There are five pairs of words below each sentence. Choose the pair of words which can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same order so as to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Though one eye is kept firmly on the _________, the company now also promotes _________contemporary art.

Question 10

The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on one’s own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal with the government, this legal provision leads to a rip-roaring business for______, who care neither for the_____, nor for the trees.
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