Directions: Each of the sentences in the following choices. Select an underlined word, followed by four improves/corrects the most appropriate option that the underlined of the sentence, word in the context Answer Sheet accordingly.
Understanding Paternal Management Style
The question describes a manager exhibiting a specific type of behavior towards their subordinates. The core elements are the manager being "domineering" and acting in a "paternal manner," crucially "not allowing them to decide for themselves." This paints a picture of a leader who controls decisions, much like a parent might guide or restrict a child.
Analyzing Managerial Behavior Options
We need to identify the term that best describes this specific management approach:
- prim: This describes someone who is stiffly formal and proper. It doesn't fit the controlling aspect described.
- petulant: This refers to a childishly sulky or bad-tempered attitude. While the manager is domineering, this term doesn't capture the "paternal" or controlling-decisions aspect.
- presumptuous: This implies acting with undue confidence or taking liberties, often assuming things they shouldn't. While a domineering manager might be this, it misses the nuance of treating employees like children and making decisions *for* them.
- paternalistic: This term precisely defines a style where a leader treats their employees like a father figure ("paternal"). They often make decisions *for* the employees, believing they know best, thus controlling their autonomy. This aligns perfectly with the description of the manager not allowing subordinates to decide for themselves.
The behavior described, where a domineering manager controls decisions under the guise of paternal care, is characteristic of a paternalistic leadership style.
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Important Questions from Synonyms or Antonyms
A sentence with an underlined word is given below. Select the most appropriate antonym for the underlined word.
Whether the rewards arein commensurate withthe efforts or not, a society will always have workaholics and the shirk workgroups.
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Wars leave behind a large number ofemaciatedsoldiers in the camps of both the victorious and the vanquished.
A sentence with an underlined word is given below. Select the most appropriate antonym for the underlined word.
There was amammothgathering to listen to the leader.
The following question consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words. Select the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response accordingly.
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A sentence with an underlined word is given below. Select the most appropriate antonym for the underlined word.
The writer’seruditionin science is revealed in every page of the book.
