Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (12) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. ensue

  2. emulate

  3. mimic

  4. ape
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ensue means to follow immediately / come afterward. Ape and mimic mean to copy/ imitate closely often in fun or ridicule. Emulate means to follow the example of. A good boss is one whom all fellow workers try to follow or emulate as a model.  

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