AMCAT ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
Sample Questions

All questions are Multiple-Choice-Questions with only one option as the
correct answer.
In the following question select the word which is OPPOSITE in the
meaning of the given word.
Q1. INDISCREET
a. reliable
b. honest
c. prudent
d. stupid
Q2. SOLICITUDE
a. insouciance
b. ingenuity
c. propriety
d. austerity
Q3. In the sentence there is a bold word or phrase. One of the words
or phrases given in the options conveys almost the same meaning as
the bold word or phrase in the sentence. Select that option which is
nearest in meaning.
It is preposterous on your part to look for a job without first completing
your education.
a. Wise
b. Imperative
c. Advisable
d. Most admirable
e. Very absurd

In the following questiones, fill in the blank space.
Q4. The success that he has gained, though striking enough, does not,
however, commensurate . . . . the efforts made by him.
a. About
b. From
c. With
d. Beside
e. Over
Q5. Vinod took his meals after he . . . .
a. Had completed his work
b. Had been completing his work
c. Was completing his work
d. Had been completed his work
e. Had got completed his work
In the following questions, select the word or phrase that is similar in
meaning to the given word.
Q6. Nonchalance
a. Neutrality
b. Indifference
c. All-knowing
d. Ignorance
e. Untimeliness
Q7. Conceal
a. Hide
b. Seal
c. Ceiling
d. Horrifying
Q8. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical
error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'.
(Ignore - the errors of punctuation,if any)
(A) The whole thing moves/ (B) around the concept of building a small
dynamic/(C) organisation into a larger one./(D) No error.
a. (A)
b. (B)
c. (C )
d. (D)
Q9. In the question a part of the sentence is italicised. Alternatives to
the italicised part is given which may improve the sentence. Choose
the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed. Option 'D'
is the answer.
She gave most of her time to music.
a. spent
b. lent
c. devoted
d. No improvement
Q10. The given sentences when properly sequenced, form a coherent
paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Choose the most
logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to
construct a coherent paragraph.
1. He was so busy with them that he did not get time to eat. 2.
Thousands of people came to him and asked different types of questions.
3. No one cared to see that he had his food or rest that night. 4. Swami
Vivekanand once stayed in a small village.
a. 2341
b. 3214
c. 4213
d. 4231
Answer the question based on the given passage

Management is a set of processes that can keep a complicated system of
people and technology running smoothly. The most important aspects of
management include planning, budgeting, organising, staffing,
controlling, and problem-solving. Leadership is a set of processes that
creates organisations in the first place or adapts them to significantly
changing circumstances. Leadership defines what the future should look
like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen
despite the obstacles. This distinction is absolutely crucial for our
purposes here: Successful transformation is 70 to 90 per cent leadership
and only 10 to 30 percent management. Yet for historical reasons, many
organisations today don't have much leadership. And almost everyone
thinks about the problem here as one of managing change. For most of
this country, as we created thousands and thousands of large
organisations for the first time in human history, we didn't have enough
good managers to keep all those bureaucracies functioning. So many
companies and universities developed management programs and
hundreds and thousands of people were encouraged to learn management
on the job. And they did. But, people were taught little about leadership.
To some degree, management was emphasised because it's easier to
teach than leadership. But even more so, management was the main item
on the twentieth-century agenda because that's what was needed. For
every entrepreneur or business builder who was a leader, we needed
hundreds of managers to run their ever-growing enterprises.
Unfortunately for us today, this emphasis on management has often been
institutionalised in corporate cultures that discourage employees from
learning how to lead. Ironically, past success is usually the key ingredient
in producing this outcome. The syndrome, as I have observed it on many
occasions, goes like this: success creates some degree of marked
dominance which in turn produces much growth. After a while keeping
the ever-larger organisation under control becomes the primary
challenge. So attention turns inward and managerial competencies are
nurtured. With a strong emphasis on management but not leadership,
bureaucracy and an inward focus takeover. But with continued success,
the result mostly of market dominance, the problem often goes
unaddressed and an unhealthy arrogance begins to evolve. All of these
characteristics then make any transformation effort much more difficult.
Arrogant managers can over-evaluate their current performance and
competitive position, listen poorly and learn slowly. Inwardly focused
employees can have difficulty seeing the very forces that present threats
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and opportunities. Bureaucratic cultures can smother those who want to
respond to shifting conditions. And the lack of leadership leaves no force
inside these organisations to break out of the morass.
Q11. Why did companies and universities develop programmes to
prepare managers in such a large number?
a. (A) Companies and universities wanted to generate funds through these
programmes
b. (B) The large number of organisations were created as they needed
managers in good number
c. (C) Organisations did not want to spend their scarce resources in
training managers
d. (D) Organisations wanted to create communication network through
trained managers
Q12. How has the author defined management?
a. It is the process of adapting organisations to changing circumstances.
b. It is the system of aligning people with the direction it has taken.
c. It refers to creating a vision to help direct the change effectively.
d. Creating better performance through customer orientation.
Q13. What is the historical reason for many organisations not having
leadership?
a. A view that leaders are born, they are not made
b. Leaders lack managerial skills and organisations need managers
c. Leaders are weak in carrying out traditional functions of management
d. Leaders allow too much complacency in organisations
Q14. Which of the following characteristics help organisations in their
transformation efforts?
a. Emphasis on leadership but not management
b. A strong and dogmatic culture
c. Bureaucratic and inward looking approach
d. Failing to acknowledge the value of customers and shareholders

Q15. Which of the following is similar in meaning of the word 'smother'
as used in the passage?
a. Suppress
b. Encourage
c. Instigate
d. Criticise