In the role of a counsellor, you are an authority figure whose objective is to ________ attentively and sensitively to employees who ________ you with their feelings.
Answer: C The role of the counsellor is to listen attentively and give advice because the other person trusts him/her.
Q. No. 20:
If a junior executive neglects his professional development and _______ education, he can easily and quickly become obsolete in a world changing at _______ rates.
Answer: D Only dizzying can be fitted in the second filler, as one can be become obsolete in a world changing at fast rate. Dizzying = Make (someone) feel unsteady, confused, or amazed: "the dizzying rate of change"
Q. No. 21:
His presentation was so lengthy and ______ that it was difficult for us to find out the real ________ in it.
Answer: A One can find only content or substance of a speech. Verbose means full of unwanted words. Tedious = boring
Q. No. 22:
The _________ of opinion which emerged at a recently concluded seminar was that the problem of dowry cannot be _______ unless the law against it is made more stringent.
Answer: B A habitual liar is incorrigible i.e cannot be rectified. Plausible means convincing Congenial = friendly Creditable = praiseworthy Blatant = open Incongruous = disharmonious
Q. No. 24:
Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the ______ of the tornado last year was ________ .
Answer: D Ferocity means intensity or element of fear. Unprecedented means happening as never before Levity = treatment of something serious unseriously. Lethal = fatal or deadly Portent = warning of a future unpleasant event. Poignant = causing sadness Mercurial = fast but temporary.