Reading Comprehension true / false

Which of the following statements (S) is/are TRUE in the context of the give passage? I. Most executives believe that failure is bad and learning from it is pretty straightforward. II. The wisdom of learning from failure is disputable. III. Deliberate deviance, first on the list of the exhibit, ―A Spectrum of Reasons for Failure‖ obviously warrants blame

• Only I

• Both I and III

• Both II and III

• Both I and II

• All three I, II and III

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in the context of the give passage?

• Organisation need new and better ways to go beyond lessons that are superficial or self serving.

• Leaders can begin by understanding how the blame game gets in the way

• The writer of this article has studied managers in the vast majority of enterprises over the past 30 years

• Failure and fault are truly inseparable in most households, organisations and cultures.

• None of these

As opined by the writer of this article, although an infinite number of things can go wrong in organisations, mistakes fall into three broad categories. What are these categories?

• Forgetable, preventable and intelligent

• (b) Superficial, preventable and complex

• (c) Precaution related, complexity related and intelligent

• d) Preventive, complexity-related and intelligent

• ((e) None of these

Why have so few organisations shifted to a culture of psychological safety in which the rewards of learning from failure can be fully realised?

• (a) Because every child does not learn at some point that admitting failure means taking the blame.

• (b) Because failure and fault are virtually inseparable in most culture and every child learns at some point that admitting failure means taking the blame.

• c) Because culture is an important aspect of our life.

• (d) It is easy for executives to blame others and save their heads.

• (e) None of these

15)What in your opinion should be the most appropriate title of this passage?

• (a) Learning from Failures

• (b) Failures discourage an executive

• (c) Success is nothing but working hard

• (d) The Blame game

• (e) None of these

Directions (16-18): Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage :

16) Exhort

• (a) urge

• (b) discourage

• (c) exclaim

• (d) exhume

• e) expect

Jettison

• (a) regard

• (b) discard

• (c) forgive

• (d) collect

• (e) jumble

Dichotomy

• (a) separation

• b) diagram

• c) harmony

• (d) uniformity

• (e) diaeresis

Directions (9-10): Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word/group of words printed in bold as used in the passage.

9) Incontrovertible

• indisputable

• separable

• dynamic

• disputable

• d) convertible

Overly

• excessively

• abundantly

• overriding

• meagrely

• substantially