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Q11.
Bridge is _____________ popular card sport in the world with
over 100 countries as members of the World Bridge
Federation. The estimated number of bridge players
exceeds 60 million. But not many know that bridge
_____________ the passion of corporate honchos and financial
investors. Wall Street loves this cerebral game and some of
_____________ players in the US are investors. A bridge buff,
Warren Buffet had famously declared, “I _____________ mind
going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge.” I
have had the personal fortune of playing two boards with
Bill Gates, some 20 years ago.
(a) the most – has always been – the best – wouldn’t
(b) the more – has always been – the best – wouldn’t
(c) the most – has always – the best – wouldn’t
(d) the most – has always been – the better – wouldn’t
(e) the most – has always been – the best – wouldn’t have
been
Q12.
It is a _____________ great importance for an economy that
inflation and inflationary expectations are _____________
under control. Else, the economy risks getting into a
situation where any sign of even moderately strong
economic growth leads to _____________ high inflation, thus,
structurally reducing the potential rate of growth of the
economy .However, the timing of the increase and
decrease in rates is always a very difficult decision as it has
to ensure _____________ between both inflation and growth.
(a) issue of – kept – the onset of – a delicate balance
(b) matter of – kept – the onset of – a delicate balance
(c) matter of – keep – the onset of – a delicate balance
(d) matter of – kept – the insight of – a delicate balance
(e) matter of – kept – the onset of – a perfect balance
Q13.
India is now at that crucial stage where inflation is falling,
growth has slowed down _____________ and more interest
rate cuts are _____________. However, the timing of these rate
cuts is a bit _____________ as the inflation trajectory is still
not very clear. One has to remember that India has
witnessed continuously high inflation over the last 7 years
and, therefore, the central bank would likely to wait for
concrete proof that inflationary expectations have been
broken before cutting rates _____________.
(a) significant – expected – uncertain – further
(b) significantly – expect – uncertain – further
(c) significantly – expected – uncertain – further
(d) significantly – expected – uncertainly – further
(e) significantly – expected – uncertain – farther
Q14.
Three actions troubled the pharma lobby: In 2012, the
Indian Patent Office granted India’s first compulsory
licensing order in favour of Natco Pharma, allowing it to
manufacture Nexavar, an anti-cancer drug patented by
Bayer In 2005, Parliament _____________ Section 3(d) of the
Patents Act and declined to provide intellectual property
patent protection _____________ changes in drug
formulations that did not result in “enhancement of the
known efficacy of that substance“, a practice that is called
“evergreening” In 2013, the Supreme Court refused to
grant a patent for Novartis’ cancer drug Glivec, citing and
upholding Section 3(d) Compulsory licensing is a provision
governments can use to ensure _____________ of medicines in
case of public health emergencies. Many in the government
_____________ the 2012 order did not meet these rigorous
benchmarks and was probably unnecessary . However, on
Section 3(d) it would appear India is on good ground and
the case against “evergreening” is strong.
(a) amend – to incremental – mass manufacture – concede
(b) amended – to increment – mass manufacture – concede
(c) amended – to incremental – mass manufacturing –
concede
(d) amended – to incremental – mass manufacture –
concede
(e) amended – to incremental – mass manufacture – has
conceded
Q15.
Indeed, as global pharmaceutical companies themselves
come under pressure in their home countries as to just
how expensive cutting-edge, patented medicines can be,
_____________ generics versions, this is becoming a concern
beyond just India. A story that came to _____________ recently
was of an Australian academic who began suffering from
Hepatitis C, his liver reaching a critical precancerous stage,
and realised patented medicines down under _____________
him $100,000 for a course. He made his way to Chennai
and bought generics versions of the same drug for less
than $1,000. Completely cured, he is now running a
_____________ the high price of patented medicines.
(a) in relation to – prominence – would cost – campaign
against
(b) in comparison to – prominently – would cost –
campaign against
(c) in comparison to – prominence – would have been cost
– campaign against
(d) in comparison to – prominence – would cost – campaign
in favour of
(e) in comparison to – prominence – would cost – campaign
against
Q16.
While the NEP definitely needs _____________ the anomalies
and bring in a reasonable secure ecosystem for
transactions, it _____________ clearly in tune with the existing
standards and expectations that India’s online ecosystem
deserves and demands. In a landmark judgment in March
2015, the Supreme Court had _____________ Section 66A of
the IT Act on the same premise that it encroached on
online freedom. The lessons of that judgment _____________
to the DEITY bureaucracy and experts in the committee to
see a reasonably encompassing NEP in place.
(a) to harmonise – has to be – struck down – should have
been clear
(b) to be harmonised – has to be – struck down – should
have been clear
(c) to harmonise – had been- struck down – should have
been clear
(d) to harmonise – has to be – struck by- should have been
clear
(e) to harmonise – has to be – struck down – should have
clear
Q17.
While fundamentally the differentiated business pillars
mentioned above should _____________ sufficient, we realised
that the execution _____________ done differently as well. The
Indian mass market consumer, was new to the internet as
was the SME merchant — just bringing the marketplace
model to them _____________. We created ShopClues as
India’s First “Managed” marketplace — what this meant
was to take a very considered though opposing _____________
being the first pure marketplace to intermediate shipping,
customer service and many other supporting services from
day one etc. Since then, many other ecommerce companies
have “pivoted” to the model, but our clear differentiation
has stood us in good stead.
(a) have – had to be – was not enough – point of view of
(b) have been – had to be – was not enough – point of view
of
(c) have been – has been – was not enough – point of view
of
(d) have been – had to be – was enough – point of view of
(e) have been – had to be – was not enough – point of view
Q18.
Yet, despite having the world’s largest youth market, India
has one of the _____________ shares of the annual $100-
billion global character and entertainment licensing
industry. Asian characters like Pokemon, Dragonball Z and
Doraemon _____________ household names around the world,
and countries like Japan, South Korea and China have built
multi-billion-dollar character entertainment industries.
Yet, India, a culture with some of the _____________ and rich
storytelling the world has _____________, hasn’t come close to
unlocking its amazing vault of creativity in this space.
(a) smaller – have become – most mythic – ever known
(b) smallest – have been become – most mythic – ever
known
(c) smallest – have become – most mythic – ever known
(d) smallest – have become – more mythic than – ever
known
(e) smallest – have become – most mythic – ever found
Q19.
This seems counterintuitive but is a growing leadership
challenge. High performance and individual happiness
cannot stay _____________, notwithstanding the hardliner
view that workplaces are about business success alone. It
_____________ helps the individual nor eventually the
organisation. It is not just about engagement levels at a
workplace, which _____________ a short-term issue. It is
about a Happiness Quotient, a bedrock of long-term
effectiveness and _____________ high performance. How can
we create Happier Workplaces, not just successful ones?
Places where there is a sense of joy and fulfilment, of trust
and collaboration. And yes, tasks get delivered without a
ringmaster’s presence.
(a) divorce – neither – could be – sustained
(b) divorced – either – could be – sustained
(c) divorced – neither – can be – sustained
(d) divorced – neither – could be – sustained
(e) divorced – neither – could be – sustain
Q20.No free pizzas and food courts can substitute good work.
The tasks must be _____________ nor too little. Excessive and
unending lists of ‘to dos’ drain people and confuse them on
priorities. Bad and inadequately understood multitasking
is a happiness drain. _____________ on your plate also makes
one unhappy. And is the kind of work that one is tasked
with really something that the talent looks forward
_____________? Many organisations assign work of a level far
removed than the profile of the user. Some tasks are just
too _____________ and never seem to connect with the larger
purpose. It may seem to some that work, especially
documents and presentations, is deliberately being
constructed to keep people busy. The manager must
always be alert and respectful of such cues. There are
always constructive solutions but does the workplace pick
up the cues?
(a) neither too many – Not having enough – to – mundane
(b) neither too much – Not had enough – to – mundane
(c) neither too much – Not having enough – in – mundane
(d) neither too much – Not having enough – to – tedius
(e) neither too much – Not having enough – to – mundane
