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Question : 6

Another reason that makes shoulders droop is faulty organisation design. Maybe jobs are not clearly sculpted. _____________ people are stepping on too many toes. Accountabilities are _____________. There may be a formal organisation structure but a stronger informal power structure is what _____________ works. Are the rank and file getting conflicting messages from too many stakeholders? Could the structure and responsibilities be better _____________, both in letter and spirit? Every team has issues of power, influence and politics. Could yours be getting to be a victim of it and living with unhappiness?

a) Too many - unclear - really - articulated

b) So many - unclear - really - articulated

c) Too many – not unclear - really - articulated

d) Too many - unclear – in reality - articulated

e) Too many - unclear - really - articulation

Question : 7

This is a revolution spurred not by policy change or government grants but by private capital. The success of these leagues comes from the work of venture capitalists, bankers, business persons, actors, statisticians, an international technical crew and an evolving media, who together have all _____________ these sports with professionalism and a glossy _____________. This is not to say that cricket is losing its lustre. Far from it. Cricket, our national obsession, remains the _____________ sport in India. The 2015 World Cup, despite being played in an ‘inconvenient’ time zone, delivered the best ever ratings for any event on television. But cricket is no longer the only sport occupying the national _____________ anymore.

a) Embedded - shade – most watched - consciousness

b) injected - veneer – most watched - consciousness

c) Embedded - shade – most watched - consciousness

d) injected - veneer – more watch - conscience

e) injected - veneer – more watch – conscience

Question : 8

Exchange happens between shareholder and the organisation, _____________ employees and the organisation, between customers and the organisation, between the state and the organisation. When exchange favours one side _____________ we speak of inefficiency, or exploitation, or the absence of ethics. All the various directors and managers and supervisors and team leaders of an organisation play are the purohitam, the ritviks, the hotras, all _____________ the exchange. German Indologists of the 18th century wrongly translated the word yagna as sacrifice. This meant one group of _____________as it was expected to ‘give’ without ‘getting’. But this word has glamour in the religious world and so a preferred translation even amongst those who conduct yagna.

a) Among - over the latter - participating in - being exploited

b) Among - over the latter – participating in - being exploited

c) between - over the other - including - been exploited

d) between - over the other - participating in - being exploited

e) between - over the other - including - been exploited

Question : 9

On its part, China created the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) _____________ its geopolitical and geoeconomic interests in Eurasia. The US _____________ to created mega-regional trade groups, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), to deal with the Chinese trade threat. Diplomats and analysts will debate forever on the _____________ of these and other such associations, groups, alliances and partnerships. Some succeed in their objectives, many fail. _____________, more are getting created.

a) to pursue - has not hesitated - usefulness - Yet

b) to argue - has not hesitated - usefulness - Yet

c) to pursue - has not been hesitated - usefulness - Yet

d) to pursue - has not hesitated - useful - Yet

e) to pursue - has not hesitated - usefulness - indeed

Question : 10

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 in adequately 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