Ans. Quiz no.606

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Quiz no.606

 

🪀1. Spot the error:

The new minted term (✅A)/ ‘green crackers’ grabbed headlines,(B)/ but doubts remain(C)/ about its effectiveness and practicality.(D)/ No error (E)

Expl.

..newly minted..✔

V3 के लिए adverb आएगा, adjevtive नहीं!

🪀2. Spot the error:

Over time, we will see more and more(A)/ companies catering in people’s customised needs,(✅B)/until it becomes ubiquitous(C)/ and perhaps even boring.(D)/ No error (E)

Expl.

..catering to..✔

Cater to/ for*= give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.

🪀3. Which one is an adverb in the given sentence?

She called me yesterday while you were out.

a.while

b.out

c.✅yesterday

d.were

e.None of these

Expl.

Yesterday was Tuesday. (Yesterday=noun)✔

She arrived yesterday. (Yesterday= adverb)✔

🪀4. Improve the bracketed part

She came (here twice yesterday).

a.twice here yesterday

b.yesterday twice here

c.here yesterday twice

d.yesterday here twice

e.✅No improvement

Expl.

P-> F-> T✔

P= adverb of place

F=adverb of frequency

T= adverb of time

Place= here

Frequency= twice

Time= yesterday

🪀5.Fill in

I, ......... most people, ......... very polite.

a. as- am

b. ✅like- am

c. as- are

d. like- are

e. as- have

Expl.

यदि most people are लिखा होता तो as का प्रयोग करते!

I, like most people, am very polite.✔

I, as most people are, am very polite.✔

..have + adjective..❌

Refer to AS vs. LIKE!

🪀6. Fill in

The noise of a dentist’s drill might awaken feeling of .......... and nervousness.

a.✅apprehension

b.scrupulous

c.monotony 

d.negligence

e.ignorance

Expl.

Apprehension= anxiety/ fear

🪀7. Fill in

He was led down the ...............

a.primroses path

b.✅primrose path

c.primerose route

d.primrose route

e.primerose path

Expl.

The primrose path= A life of pleasure and leisure that results in a negative or detrimental outcome. Usually used in the phrase "lead (one) down the primrose path.

🪀8. Narration

He said to her, "My brother was here five days ago, but he is not here now."

a.He told her that his brother had been there five days ago but he had not there then.

b.He told her that his brother had been there five days ago but he was not there now.

c.He told her that his brother was there five days ago but he was not there then.

d.✅He told her that his brother had been there five days before but he was not there then.

e.He told her that his brother had been there five days ago but he was not there then.

Expl.

..had not there..❌

..present perfect या past perfect के साथ time+ ago के स्थान पर time+ before का प्रयोग होता है!

..was not there को hadn't been there में बदलेंगे!

🪀9. Voice

The book embodies many articles.

a.Many articles are embody by this book.

b.✅Many articles are embodied in this book.

c.Many articles are embodied by this book.

d.Many articles are embodied with this book.

e.Many articles were embodied by this book.

Expl.

Passive voice sentences में कुछ verbs (v3) आपने साथ by के स्थान पर कुछ अन्य prepositions के साथ आती हैं! ऐसे कुछ combinations निम्नलिखित हैं!

Surprised/ astonished/ astounded/ shocked/ startled/ alarmed= at

Thronged/ filled/ covered/ decorated/ pleased/ disgusted= with

Annoyed= at sth

Annoyed= with sb

Interested/ engulfed/ embodied/ contained= in

Worried/ excited/ concerned= about

Known= to

I know you.✔

Passive- You are known by me.❌

Passive- You are known to me.✔

🪀10. Rearrangement 

P. starts licking its paws

Q. the wild cat 

R. big tongue out and 

S. darts its 

a.QPSR

b.✅QSRP

c.QPRS

d.QSPR

e.None of these

Basic level

🪀11.Choose the correct option:

The plane .............. 

a.rise

b.✅rose

c.raised

d.raises

e.risen

Expl.

Intransitive verbs

(Object नहीं लेती हैं और न ही इनका passive voice बनता है!)

V1= rise (सब्जेक्ट का खुद उठना/ बढ़ना) V2=rose V3=risen V1ing= rising

Transitive verbs

(Object होना अवश्यक है और इनका passive voice बनता है!)

V1= raise (सब्जेक्ट का किसी और को उठाना/ बनाना/ बढ़ाना/ पालना) V2= raised V3= raised V1ing= raising

#Trick= प्रश्न में देखिये कि subject खुद उठ रहा है या उसको उठाया जा रहा है!

खुद उठ रहा है तो active voice वाक्यों में instransitive verb का प्रयोग होगा अन्यथा यदि किसी object को उठा/ बना/ बढ़ा/ पाल रहा है तो active voice वाक्यों में transitive verb का प्रयोग होगा!

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🪀12.Choose the correct option:

She has ............ in bed since 4p.m.

a.laid

c.lied

c.✅lain

d.lay

e.lie

Expl.

Subject द्वारा खुद लेटे या पड़े होने की बात है!

Intransitive verbs

(Object नहीं लेती हैं और न ही इनका passive voice बनता है!)

#किसी चीज़ या व्यक्ति का खुद पड़ा/ रखा होना!

V1= lie V2=lay V3=lain V1ing= lying

Transitive verbs

(Object होना अवश्यक है और इनका passive voice बनता है!)

#किसी के द्वारा किसी और चीज़ या व्यक्ति को नीचे रखना 

V1= lay V2= laid V3= laid V1ing= laying

#Trick= प्रश्न में देखिये कि subject खुद रखा या पड़ा है या वह किसी object को नीचे रख रहा है!!

खुद पड़ा/ रखा है तो वाक्य में instransitive verb (lie, lay, lain, lying) का प्रयोग होगा और यदि किसी object को नीचे रख रहा है तो वाक्य में transitive verb (lay, laid, laid, laying) का प्रयोग होगा!

.............................

झूठ बोलने के लिए!

V1= lie V2= lied V3= lied V1ing= lying

(lie/ lies= noun भी हैं!)

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🪀13.Choose the correct option:

The labourer has ............ the wall.

a.fell

b.fall

c.fallen

d.✅felled

e.falling

Expl.

Fall fell fallen falling

Subject का खुद गिरना..

Fell felled felled felling

Subject द्वारा किसी object को गिराना..

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🪀14.Choose the correct option:

The book .......... a lot of chapters.

a.comprise

b.comprised of

c.was comprised 

d.✅comprised

e.is comprise of

Expl.

Subject+ comprise(s/ed)+ of❌(of का प्रयोग नहीं होगा)

Subject+ be+ comprised+ of✔(of का प्रयोग होगा)

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🪀15.Choose the correct option:

He ........... from the meeting.

a.was absented

b.absented

c.✅will absent himself

d.absent himself

e.was absented himself

Expl.

Subject+ be+ absent+ from..

Subject+ absent(s/ ed)+ reflexive form+ from..

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