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MBA CET 2026: Spelling & Contextual Usage | Comprehensive Quiz

MBA CET 2025 Actual Questions: Spelling

Section 1: Spelling (Type 1)

Instructions: Find out the word that is inappropriately used or wrongly spelt. If all words are correct, mark ‘All correct’.
Q1. The book is full of updated and contemparary commentary.
  • Full
  • Updated
  • Contemparary
  • Commentary
  • All correct
Correct Option: Contemparary

Rationale: The correct spelling is Contemporary.
Q2. We are now facing stiff competing from foreign companies manufacturing similar products.
  • Stiff
  • Competing
  • Manufacturing
  • Similar
  • All correct
Correct Option: Competing

Rationale: Contextually, it should be the noun Competition.
Q3. Small industries in India are facing huge presure.
  • Industries
  • Facing
  • Huge
  • presure
  • All correct
Correct Option: presure

Rationale: The correct spelling is Pressure.
Q4. Another benefit is that technology can be quickly adapted to clients needs.
  • Benefit
  • Technology
  • Adapted
  • Needs
  • All correct
Correct Option: All correct

Rationale: All words are spelled correctly and appropriate in context.
Q5. Traditionally sales get a boost in the festival season.
  • Traditionally
  • Boost
  • Festival
  • Season
  • All correct
Correct Option: All correct

Rationale: All words are correctly spelled.
Q6. The committee decided to postpone the meeting due to certain avoidible circumstances.
  • Committee
  • Postpone
  • Certain
  • Avoidible
  • All correct
Correct Option: Avoidible

Rationale: The correct spelling is Avoidable.
Q7. It is essential to maintain a balance between profesional and personal life.
  • Essential
  • Maintain
  • Profesional
  • Personal
  • All correct
Correct Option: Profesional

Rationale: The correct spelling is Professional.
Q8. The government has initiated several schemas to improve the rural economy.
  • Initiated
  • Several
  • Schemas
  • Economy
  • All correct
Correct Option: Schemas

Rationale: Contextually, it should be Schemes. “Schemas” is a technical term used in psychology or computing.

Section 2: Correct Spelling (Type 2)

Instructions: Choose the correctly spelt word from the options provided.
Q9. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Antidisestablishmentarism
  • B) Antidestablishmentarism
  • C) Antidisestablismentarianism
  • D) Antidisestablishmentarianism
  • E) Antidisestablishmentarism
Correct Option: D

Rationale: Anti-dis-establishment-arian-ism.
Q10. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Otornilaryngologist
  • B) Othonilaryngologist
  • C) Othorinilaryngologist
  • D) Otorhinolaryngologist
  • E) Othorinolaryangologist
Correct Option: D

Rationale: Otorhinolaryngologist (Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist).
Q11. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Pulchiritudinous
  • B) Pulckritudinous
  • C) Pulchritudhinous
  • D) Pulchritudinous
  • E) Pulchiritudnous
Correct Option: D

Rationale: Pulchritudinous (meaning physically beautiful).
Q12. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Curmudgoen
  • B) Curmudgeon
  • C) Curmudgean
  • D) Curmudgon
  • E) Curmududgeon
Correct Option: B

Rationale: Curmudgeon (a bad-tempered person).
Q13. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Connoisseur
  • B) Connoiseur
  • C) Conoisseur
  • D) Connoiser
  • E) Conoiser
Correct Option: A

Rationale: Connoisseur (an expert judge in matters of taste).
Q14. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Idiosyncracy
  • B) Idiosyncrasy
  • C) Idiosyncracyy
  • D) Idiosyncrasie
  • E) Idiosincrasy
Correct Option: B

Rationale: Idiosyncrasy (ends with ‘sy’).
Q15. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Sesquipedalian
  • B) Sesquipidalian
  • C) Sesquipedalien
  • D) Sesquipidalen
  • E) Sesquipedalean
Correct Option: A

Rationale: Sesquipedalian (refers to long words).
Q16. Choose the correctly spelt word:
  • A) Floccinaucinihilipilification
  • B) Floccinaucinihilipilificasion
  • C) Floccinaucinihilipilificatione
  • D) Floccinaucinihilipilifacation
  • E) Floccinaucinihilipiliphication
Correct Option: A

Rationale: Floccinaucinihilipilification (the action of estimating something as worthless).

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