Ans. Quiz no.616

🎱🎱The lockdown 

Quiz no.616

🍉Cut off= 40/ 50

🍉Time= 30min.

1.Fill in

I won't mind ------ the door.

(a) open (b) ✅opening  (c) to open  (d) opened

Expl.

Mind+ v1ing✔

Mind+ to+ v1*❌

2.Fill in

When she parted ..... her parents, her eyes were full of tears.

(a) ✅from  (b) away  (c) off  (d) with

Expl.

Part from= इंसान से अलग होना 

Part with= किसी चीज़ से अलग होना!

3.Fill in

Many a student ……. hard to pass his entrance exam. a.try b. trying c.✅tries d.have tried e.are trying

Expl.

Many+ plural countable noun+ plural verb✔

= Many+ a/ an+ singular countable noun+ singular verb✔

Many students have applied for this.✔

Many a student has applied for this.✔

4.Fill in

That horse could have won the race if he ______ hurt his leg. a.doesn't hurt b.hasn't hurt c.✅hadn't hurt d.would not hurt

Expl.

यहाँ एक 3rd conditional sentence बनेगा!

Refer to CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.

5.Fill in

If I ______ harder for the test I would get a better grade. a.have studied b.will study c.study d.✅studied

Expl.

यहाँ एक 2nd conditional sentence बनेगा!

Refer to CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.

6.Fill in

.......... I feel happy ........... sad, I try to keep a positive attitude. 

a.either- or 

b.✅whether- or 

c.when- I’m 

d.if- I become

Expl.

Whether... or....= चाहें ...या......

7.Fill in

........... had I taken my shoes off .......... I found out we had to leave again. 

a.✅No sooner- than 

b.Rather- than

c.Whether- or

d.Hardly- than

Expl.

No sooner- than= ज्यों ही- त्यों ही*

8.Improve the bracketed part:

They have (not only troubled us with) their erratic behaviours but also with unnecessary disturbances. (A) not only troubled us by (B) No improvement (C) ✅troubled us not only with (D) troubled not only to us with

Expl.

Balanced👇

Not only (with + noun) but also (with+ noun)

9.Improve the bracketed part:

It was (them who had left before I arrived.) (A) No improvement- (B) they who left before I had arrived. (C) ✅they who had left before I arrived (D) them who had left before my arrival.

10.What is the synonym for "Wayward"? (A) Crazy (B) Sufficient (C) ✅Arbitrary (D) Consent

Expl.

Wayward= resistance to guidance or discipline 

11.What is the synonym for "Disconsolate"? (A) Enchantment (B) ✅Miserable (C) Cheerful (D) Prevailing

Expl.

Disconsolate= causing dejection/ incapable of being consoled

12.What is the synonym for "Exult"? (A) Proof (B) Elevate (C) Invent (D) ✅Delight

Expl.

Exult= to express great joy

13.Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:

Poltroon (A) Unfamiliar (B) ✅Hero (C) Coward (D) Unfriendly

Expl.

Poltroon= कायर 

14.Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:

Ennui (A) Boredom (B) Sticky (C) Starting (D) ✅Activity

Expl.

Ennui= the feeling of being bored

15.Give one word:

A row of pillars supporting a roof of arches : (A) Bivouac (B) Clubfoot (C) ✅Colonnade (D) Cockpit

16.Give one word:

A large size of paper, especially writing paper : (A) Foible (B) Fluvial (C) Foray (D) ✅Foolscap

17.Give one word:

Of or caused by fever : (A) ✅Febrile (B) Felony (C) Dragnet (D) Freckle

18.Give one word:

Of a governor : (A) Harpoon (B) Pariah (C) Frontispiece (D) ✅Gubernatorial

19.Give one word:

Telling unpleasant stories about well known people :

(A) Withering (B) Cringing (C) ✅Muckraking (D) Aping

20.Give one word:

A young or unimportant person : (A) Sill (B) Teller (C) Sheaf (D) ✅Small-fry

21.Give one word:

A small bag used while traveling : (A) Vinous (B) ✅Valise (C) Yuppie (D) Sheaf

22.Idioms/ phrases

Weigh the anchor- 1Assessment 2✅Prepare to sail again 3Show power 4Do something difficult

23.Idioms/ phrases

In the dumps-1Lying in garbage 2In trouble 3✅In low spirits 4Speechless

24.Idioms/ phrases

Beat neck and crop- 1Usually 2Rarely 3✅Completely 4Properly

25.Idioms/ phrases

Give A piece of mind- 1 Open a secret 2✅Scold 3Praise 4A bit of fun

26.Find  the correctly spelt word:

(A) Piquent (B) Pickquant (C) ✅Piquant (D) Picquent

27.Find  the correctly spelt word:

(A) Subccutanous (B) Subcuttaneous (C) Subcuutanous (D) ✅Subcutaneous

28.Rearrangement 

1. The multi sourcing of

P. financial mess with

Q. coins led to a

R. using their own mix of

S. different mints

6. metals and alloys. (A) ✅QPSR (B) PSRQ (C) RPQS (D) SQRP

29.Rearrangement 

1. India led the battle of freedom

against imperialism.

P. That technique brought us success.

Q. We therefore championed the cause of other countries.

R. We fought it with a special

technique.

S. We are happy that they achieved freedom.

6. But some countries are still slaves. (A) QSRP (B) SRPQ (C) ✅RPQS (D) RSQP

30.Narration:

Nasir asked his tutor, "Do I need to learn these formulas?"

1) Nasir asked his tutor if he has to learn those formulas.

2) ✅Nasir asked his tutor if he had to learn those formulas.

3) Nasir asked his tutor if he need to learn those formulas.

4) Nasir asked his tutor if he needed learn those formula.

Expl.

AV- She said to me, "Do I need to wake up early?"

PV- She asked me if she needed to wake up early.✔

PV- She asked me if she had to wake up early.✔

31.Voice

She is reading a novel.

1) A novel is been read by her.

2) A novel is read by her.

3) Reading of a novel is being done by herself.

4) ✅A novel is being read by her.

32.Voice

Do Peter and John attend the daily sermons?

1) ✅Are the daily sermons attended by Peter and John?

2) Are the daily sermons attend by Peter and John?

3) Do Peter and John go to attend these daily sermons?

4) Peter and John are attended the daily sermons?

33.Spot the error:

A: You must B✅: remember me C: to post this letter. D: No error. 

Expl.

Remember❌

Remind✔

34.Spot the error:

A: I shall certainly B✅: write you C: when I reach New Delhi. D: No error.

Expl.

Write you..❌

Write to you..✔

35.Spot the error:

A: On the busy Ring Road B✅: we witnessed a collusion C: between a truck and an auto. D: No error.

Expl.

Collision= टक्कर ✔

36.Choose the correct option!

A short but amusing story 

a.antedated b.✅anecdote c.anticipated  d. adamant

37.Choose the correct option!

Medicine which lessens pain 

a.✅anodyne b.venom c.dwindle d.alimony

38.Choose the correct option!

To visit for some time

a.call off b.call for c.call in d.✅call on

39.Choose the correct option!

Peculiar behaviour

a.antique b.antiquity c.antigen d. ✅antic

40.Choose the correct option!

Declare positively that something is true

a.peruse b.negate c.✅affirm d.interrogate

41.Choose the correct option!

Full of zeal

a.jealous b.zeelous c.sluggish d.✅ardent

42.Choose the correct option!

Hidden

a.concert b.✅covert c.convert d.overt

43.Choose the correct option!

Mixture of sounds

a.cocoon b.cocaine c.collaboration d.✅cacophony 

44.Choose the correct option!

Annoying

a.dump b.✅a wet blanket c.damp d.wet behind ears

45.Choose the correct option!

Wound

a.soar b.✅sore c.sour d.sere

46.Choose the correct option!

A place where beer is made

a.beery b.mint c.mingle d.✅brewery

47.Choose the correct option!

To train someone for a particular work

a.✅break in b.break out c.break into d.break up

48.Choose the correct option!

To escape from prison

a.✅break out b.break off c.break up with d.break on

49.Choose the correct option!

Everyone 

a.all set b.✅all and sundry c.all ears d.all in all

50.Choose the correct option!

Very small

a.toil b.monster c.pity d.✅puny

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