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IIT Kharagpur

Vinod Gupta School of Management

Executive MBA Programme

Sample Questions for Admission Test

Important: This is only a model paper to act as a reference. The type of questions can differ in the actual

written test.

The written test comprises of four sections as below:

Section 1: Verbal and Reading Comprehension

I. In the question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up.

Rearragne these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose

the proper sequence.

1. When he

P: did not know

Q: he was nervouse and

R: heard he hue and cry at midnight

S: what to do

The proper sequence should be:

A. RQPS B. QSPR C. SQPR D. PQRS

II. Each sentence below has one or two blanks; each blank indicates that something has been

omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or set or words. Choose the word or set

of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. My mother avoids riding in the car when I drive because she claims my reckless driving puts her

life at _________.

A. adversary

B. adroit

C. punitive

D. jeopardy

E. demise

III. Reading Comprehension: A passage will be given and questions that follow need to be

answered.

IV. Choose the word which is most nearly opposite in meaning:

1. ABDOMINATE:

A. Loathe

B. Despise

C. Adore

D. Abhor

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E. attach

Section 2: Quantitative Analysis

1. Consider the data set {1, 7, 3, 4, 6, 5, 4}. Its median is

A. 3.7

B. 8.4

C. 4.3

D. 5

E. None of the above

2. Wha tis the sum of prime numbers between 25 and 35?

A. 60

B. 62

C. 66

D. 72

E. 77

Section 3: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation

1. Titas is taller than Mala. Mala is shorter than Jhontu. Jhontu is shorter than Don. Which of the

following must be true?

A. Titas is taller than Jhontu

B. Titals is shorter than Jhontu

C. Mala is taller than Don

D. Don is taller than Titas

E. None of the above

Section 4: Analytical Writing

To write an essay of about two hundred words [about 20 to 25 sentences] on two of the topics out of a

list of topics.