Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/ phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Teamwork allows employees to take greater responsibility for decision making and also allows team members to control more of the work process. This can lead to improved morale as employees gain more authority and ownership over the projects they are working on. The extra responsibility can lead to a more rewarding work environment and lower turnover.
Working on a team also gives employees a greater sense of belonging and of recognition which helps them take more pride in their work, and their company.
 Teamwork can help companies to be more flexible. By bringing employees from different parts of a project together into one team, problems or bottlenecks can sometimes be ironed out more easily. For example, car manufacturers might sometimes use this method when designing automobiles. Instead of each new car design going through separate areas, such as design, engineering and parts supply, the car manufacturer will organise one team that includes employees from all those areas to design each car. As problems arise in one area, the entire team can deal with them and the work can proceed much faster.

Q:

Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word 'ironed out' as used in the passage?

• 1
  Made worse
• 2
  Arbitrated
• 3
  Reconciled
• 4
  Simplified
• 5
  Eradicated