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Phrasal Verbs – MBA CET questions with solutions

2 questions · CET 2025–2026 · Easy 2 · Medium 0 · Hard 0. Newest paper first. Full papers

Q197EasyCET 2026 · Slot 3 · Q197

Instructions: Choose the correct meaning of the proverb/idiom from the alternatives given below.

The idiom 'Account for' means:

  1. Ignore completely
  2. Take revenge
  3. Hide the truth
  4. Provide an explanation for
  5. Argue loudly
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Answer: D official key

Approach: Phrasal verb meaning.

Solution: Account for = to give an explanation or reason for something. E.g. 'He could not account for the missing money.'

Why the other options are wrong:
A: Ignore completely — opposite.
B: Take revenge — unrelated.
C: Hide the truth — opposite.
E: Argue loudly — unrelated.

Answer: D

Q191EasyCET 2025 · Slot 6 · Q191
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Srilanka’s problem boils down to just one thing-lack of infrastructure for agriculture.
  1. Heats up to
  2. Adapt to something
  3. As a result
  4. Fulfill something
  5. Sums up to
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Answer: E

Approach: Phrasal verb meaning: 'boil down to' = can be reduced/summed up to its essence.

Solution: 'Sri Lanka's problem boils down to just one thing — lack of infrastructure for agriculture' = when summarised, the problem comes to one thing. So 'sums up to'.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: 'heats up to' — literal meaning of boil, not the idiom.
B: 'adapt to something' — unrelated.
C: 'as a result' — a connector, not a summary.
D: 'fulfill something' — unrelated.

Cetking shortcut: Literal-sense options (heats up) are planted traps in idiom questions.

Answer: E

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