MBA: Verbal Reasoning Flashcards

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Choose the word that best completes: 'The committee's decision was so _____ that no one dared to challenge it.'
Answer: Authoritative
'Authoritative' fits a decision that commands respect and goes unchallenged.
Identify the synonym for 'PRUDENT'.
Answer: Cautious
'Prudent' means acting with care and good judgment, i.e., cautious.
A study finds that cities with more libraries have higher literacy rates and concludes libraries cause literacy. What is the main flaw?
Answer: It confuses correlation with causation.
An association between libraries and literacy doesn't prove one causes the other.
Complete the analogy: WHISPER is to SHOUT as DRIZZLE is to ____.
Answer: Downpour
A whisper is a faint version of a shout, as a drizzle is a faint version of a downpour.
Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
Answer: Each of the candidates has submitted their resume.
'Each' is singular and takes the singular verb 'has'.
Select the antonym of 'EXPEDITE'.
Answer: Delay
'Expedite' means to speed up a process, so its opposite is 'delay'.
In a reading passage, the author 'qualifies' an earlier claim. This means the author does what?
Answer: Limits or modifies the claim with conditions.
To 'qualify' a statement is to add restrictions or conditions that limit it.