Ans. Quiz no.609

🍀🍀The lockdown

Quiz no.609

🍀🍀1. Improve the bracketed part:

There was a question about Napoleon in the exam, thank goodness I (brushed over on him).

a) brushed aside on him

b) ✅brushed up on him

c) brushed on him

d) brushed about on it

e) No correction required.

Expl.

Brush-up- an act of improving existing knowledge or skill in a particular area.

🍀🍀2. Improve the bracketed part:

Rajeev is working part time in a factory to (put himself on) college.

a) put himself in

b) put himself about

c) put him throughout

d) ✅put himself through

e) No correction required.

🍀🍀3. Improve the bracketed part:

The number of tourists begins to (taper off) in late autumn.

a) taper on

b) taper down

c) tapering

d) taper up

e) ✅No correction required.

Expl.

Taper off- to gradually lessen

🍀🍀4. Find the correctly spelt word:

a.✅ACREAGE b.ACREEGE c.ACCREAGE d.ACRIEGE

🍀🍀5. Find the correctly spelt word:

a.Brocoli b.Bruccoli c.✅Broccoli d.Brocolli 

🍀🍀6.Fill in:

SHE HAD JUST EN0UGH M0NEY T0 GET  ……………….. a.AT b.T0GETHER c.BACK  d.✅BY

Expl.

Get by= काम चलाना 

🍀🍀7.Fill in:

CAN’T Y0U SEE WHAT I’M GETTING ………………..? a.AL0NG b.✅AT c.AB0UT d.IN

Expl.

Get at= imply (indirectly बोलना)

🍀🍀8.Fill in:

She was ………… smiles when the crisis was over. a.✅all b.at c.in d.over e.on

Expl.

All smiles= very happy

🍀🍀9. Narration

She said to me, "If she doesn't visit you, you must call me up tomorrow."

a.✅She told me that if she didn't visit me, I would have to call her up the next day. 

b.She told me that if she didn't visit me, I must called her up the next day. 

c.She told me that if she didn't visit me, I would have to call her up following day. 

d.She told me that if she didn't visit me, I must have called her up the next day. 

e.None of these

Expl.

..must called..❌

..up following..❌

..up the following..✔

..must have called..❌

🍀🍀10. Voice

How did he know you?

a.How were you known by him?

b.How are you known by him?

c.✅How were you known to him?

d.How are you known to him?

e.None of these

🍀🍀11. Rearrangement 

P. to address the prevailing situation along the 

Q. through established military and diplomatic channels 

R. India and China have been engaged in discussions 

S. LAC since the stand-off began in early May

a.RPQS

b.RQPS

c.RPSQ

d.✅RQPS

e.None of these

🍀🍀12.Spot the error:

A. Do the roses in your garden smell B. ✅more sweetly C. than those in ours? D. No error.

Expl.

Sweet✔

Smell= linking verb

Refer to "Linking verbs".

🍀🍀13.Spot the error:

A. She could have B. a job C. if she were sincere. D. ✅No error

Expl.

Second conditional sentence✔

🍀🍀14.What is the synonym for "JADED"?

a.restorative b.enormous c.immaculate d.✅weary

Expl.

Jaded= exhausted

🍀🍀15.What is the antonym for "DILATED"?

a.✅compact b.diffuse c.wordy d.profused

Expl.

Dilated= become wider

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