Q50
There are two gaps in each of the following sentences. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fills the gaps most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first gap.
Companies that try to improve employees' performance by _____ rewards encourage negative kinds of behaviour instead of _____ a genuine interest in doing the work well.
Answer: D
If the companies are ‘giving’ (option 1), ‘bestowing’ (option 2) or ‘conferring’ (option 3) rewards why would that encourage negative kinds of behaviour?
Option 4 makes more sense. If the companies ‘withhold’ rewards, they are unable to ‘foster’ or promote a genuine interest in doing the work well.
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.