SBI PO Prelims Model Paper 3

Directions (Q.26 - 30): In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find the appropriate word in each case.
  Guiding change may be the (26) test of a leader no business survives over the long term if it can't reinvest itself. But, human nature being what it is fundamental change is often resisted mightily by the people it (27) the most: those in the trenches of the business. Thus, leading change is both absolutely essential and incredibly difficult.
  Over the past decade. I have watched more than 100 companies put in their best, trying to remake themselves into significantly better competitors. A few of these efforts have been very successful while others have been (28) failures. Most drop somewhere in between, with a distinct tilt towards the lower end of the scale. The lessons that can be (29) are interesting and will probably be relevant to organisations in the increasingly competitive business environment of the coming decade. The most fundamental lesson to be learned from the more successful cases is that the change process goes through a (30) of phases that, in total, usually require a considerable amount of time.