Word Meaning – MBA CET questions with solutions

Approach: Word meaning — recall and check against context.

Solution: 'Abdicate' = to formally give up a throne, power or duty. 'The prince abdicated the crown' = he gave up the crown — A.

Why the other options are wrong:
B: Selling is a commercial act; crowns are renounced, not sold.
C: 'Reinvested into' makes no sense with a crown.
D: Auctioning is a sale — wrong.
E: Leasing is renting — wrong.

Cetking shortcut: B–E are all money transactions — the only non-commercial option is A.

Answer: A

Approach: Meaning in context.

Solution: "Pragmatic" means dealing with things sensibly and realistically, focused on what works — practical. A pragmatic approach resolving a crisis quickly fits.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: Idealistic is the opposite.
B: Theoretical is the opposite.
D: Emotional is unrelated.
E: Philosophical is close to theoretical — opposite in sense.

Answer: C

Approach: Replace the made-up word with what the context demands.

Solution: A 'sensitive traveller' sees streets crowded with ragged beggar women and their children begging for alms. A sensitive person feels sadness and pain at such a sight – it is distressing. (The original line, from Swift, reads 'It is a melancholy object…'.)

Why the other options are wrong:
A: 'irritating' suggests annoyance, not a sensitive person's pity.
C: 'refuting' (disproving) does not fit grammatically or logically.
D: 'disgusting' is contempt, opposite to sensitivity.
E: 'amusing' is the opposite of the tone.

Cetking shortcut: The word 'sensitive' tells you the reaction is sympathy/sorrow.

Answer: B

Approach: Invented-word question: eliminate options that cannot both be right, then use the speaker's tone.

Solution: 'Funny' and 'Mirthful' mean the same thing, so neither can be the single correct answer. Among Lengthy, Didactic and Terse, a quip (a short witty remark) mocking a communiqué best fits one that is curt and clipped – terse (brief and abrupt).

Why the other options are wrong:
A: 'funny' = 'mirthful' – two synonyms cannot both be the key.
B: 'lengthy' – no hint of length in the line.
C: same as A.
D: 'didactic' (preachy) has no clue in the sentence.

Cetking shortcut: When two options are synonyms, eliminate both.

Answer: E

Approach: Word meaning: Greek root of a phobia name.

Solution: Greek homichle = fog or mist, so homichlophobia is the fear of fog.

Why the other options are wrong:
A: fear of humans is anthropophobia.
B: fear of being alone is monophobia or autophobia.
C: fear of heights is acrophobia.
D Fox: unrelated to the root homichle.

Cetking shortcut: Do not let 'homi' pull you to 'homo sapiens'.

Answer: E

Approach: Word meaning: Greek root of a phobia name.

Solution: Greek aichme = point or spear-tip, so aichmophobia is the fear of sharp, pointed objects such as knives and needles. Of the options, it is knives.

Why the other options are wrong:
A Computers: cyberphobia.
B Text books: bibliophobia.
C Back aches, E Tooth aches: not phobia objects here.

Answer: D