ENGLISH QUIZ

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1) Cloze Test

i. Brainstorming is about generating new ideas. If all the team members 1. into the room saying the same old things and agreeing 2. one another, 3. you’ve gained nothing and wasted time. Even worse, if the team leader comes in and imposes her view 4. everyone else, the team has 5. an opportunity to achieve a solution 6. more creative and, possibly, better.Brainstorming requires the 7. of everyone in the room, from the 8. senior director to the most junior analyst and there is no guarantee on any given day that the former will  have better ideas than the 9.No one should be afraid 10. speak his mind in the brainstorming room. So along with your preconception, check your hierarchy and deference at the door. 

1. (a) Come (b) Came (c) called (d) comes
2. (a) along with (b) herewith (c)with (d) within
3. (a) that (b) then (c) now (d) when 
4. (a) in (b) at (c) of (d) on 
5. (a) missed (b)misses (c) missing (d) been missing 
6. (a) then (b) they (c) that’s (d)that 
7. (a) participative (b) participation (c) participate (d) involve
8. (a) most (b) most of (c) mostly (d) topmost
9. (a) later (b) lately (c) latter (d) litter
10. (a) in (b) while (c) onto (d) to 

2) Read the following statements to decide their sequence to make a meaningful passage and then answer the questions given below them 

A. Some of my colleagues were amazed at how I would get upgraded, or would get a bag on after the plane was full – things like that.
B. Treat everyone with tremendous respect
C. It also keeps your stress level down – it’s easier to be friendly than frustrated – so it’s a win / win
D. Sometimes people can be demanding and impatient; then they fail to understand why they don’t get what they want
E. Flight attendants, concierges, assistants at clients – these people have more authority than you realize and want to help those who show respect for them. 

1. Which of the following sentence should be the first sentence?
a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

2. Which of the following sentence should be the second sentence?
a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

3. Which of the following sentence should be the third sentence?
a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

4. Which of the following sentence should be the fourth sentence?
a. A b. B c. C d. D e. E

3) In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct  alternative.

i. As a__________________to avoiding cookie – cutter solutions, be careful about blindly trusting your gut

a. Corollary
b. Upshot
c. Repercussion
d. Aftermath

4) Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

i. Businesses are full of real people, with real strength and weaknesses and __________________

a. Precincts
b. Inhibitions
c. Margins
d. Reticence
e. Limitations



5) In each sentence below, there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence some pairs of words are given which are numbered (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e). Pick out the most appropriate pair to fill in the blanks in same order, to complete the sentence meaningfully.

i. Like and strong firm, the organisation has a powerful corporate culture based on shared_____________and common ____________

a. Ethics and understandings
b. Values and experiences
c. Principles and practices
d. Philosophies and ideologies

6) Fill in the blank with the appropriate option given below. 

i. The participants then_____________any relevant ideas they have, one idea per note, and hand them over to the leader. 
a. Written
b. Write down 
c. Write out
d. Wrote down

7) Fill in the blank with the appropriate grammar from the alternatives mentioned below.

i. My mom______________me to avoid boilerplate thank you notes. 

a. Teaches
b. Teach 
c. Trained 
d. Taught

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