Ans. Quiz no.647

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Quiz no.647

Cut off= 22/ 25

Time= 12min.

1.Voice

It is possible to do this.

(a) It is possible to been done.

(b) ✅This is possible to be done.

(c) It is possible to be done.

(d) This is possible to do.

2.Voice

Call him immediately.

(a) ✅Let him be called immediately.

(b) He need to be called immediately.

(c) Let he be called immediately.

(d) He is to call immediately.

3.Choose the word opposite in meaning

Chagrin 

1) remorse 2) sniffle 3) famished 4) ✅pleasure

Expl.

Chagrin= Strong feeling of embarrassment 

4.Choose the word opposite in meaning

Diabolical 

1) lavish 2) ornate 3) wicked 4) ✅moral

Expl.

Diabolical= evil

5.Idioms/ phrases

To make evasive or misleading statement 

1) ✅prevaricate 2) peroration 3) sophist 4) ineffable

6.Idioms/ phrases

Behaviour that is a social mistake or is not polite

1) sanguine 2) sacrament 3) ✅solecism 4) sententious

7.Idiom/ phrases

Make a go of-  

a.To make a situation worse / b.To be a leader  /c.✅Be successful in something  /d.To make an unfair decision

8.Idiom/ phrases

Cut of one’s jib-  

✅a.One’s general appearance / b.To save some money  /c.To be dismissed from a job / d.Out of order

9.Narration

I said to him, “Let us go out for a walk.” 

(a) I proposed to him to go out for a walk.

(b) I proposed to him that let’s go out for a walk.

(c) I proposed him that we should go out for a walk.

(d)✅ I proposed to him that we should go out for a walk.

10.Narration

The tailor said to him, “Will you have the suit ready by tomorrow evening?”

(A) The tailor asked him that he would have gotten suit ready by the next evening.

(B) The tailor asked him that he should have the suit ready by the next evening.

(C) ✅The tailor asked him if he would have the suit ready by the next evening.

(D) The tailor asked him if he would had the suit ready by the next evening.

11.Rearrangement 

Nehru spent most part of his childhood in studies.

P.He rushed back to India and led an active political life joining hands with Gandh

Q.His studies went on uninterrupted abroad until he received a call from India.

R.He went to Cambridge to study.

S.But now and then, he could not help listening to political discussions in his house.

6. To the end of his career, he made Gandhi his political master.

(a) ✅RSQP (b) SRQP (c) PQRS(d) SRPQ

12.Rearrangement 

Education in India had a glorious beginning.

P.But after the British rule, it faced many changes.

Q.It went on for centuries with the same glory.

R.English as the medium of instruction had a very great response.

S.One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction.

6. As the Britishers left we had a complexity of opinions regarding English

(a) PQRS (b) ✅QPSR (c) PQSR (d) SRPQ

13.Fill in

If the servers _________ when delivering orders, they will find themselves with a bunch of angry

customers. 

(a) peruse (b) ✅dawdle (c) spearhead (d) impound

Expl.

Dawdle= fall behnd in movement

14.Fill in

Head coach Tom Higgins is _______ on his team and will go with the same 40 men he used last

week. (a) standing corrected (b) steaming mad (c) ✅standing pat (d) striking oil

Expl.

Stand pat= refuse to change opinion

15.Find the synonymous word:

CORNUCOPIA 

(a) ✅Abundance (b) Undersupply (c) Misconduct (d) Prolixity

16.Find the synonymous word:

SPECKLE (a) Cleanse (b) Halt (c) Mumble (d) ✅Mottle

17.Find the correctly spelled word.

(a) apihelion (b) apheleion (c) ✅aphelion (d) aphileon

18.Find the correctly spelled word.

(a) dessication (b) ✅desiccation (c) desicattion (d) dessiccation

19.Improve the bracketed part:

He (declined) all the allegations against him. 

(A) spurned (B) refused (C) ✅refuted (D) No improvement

20.Improve the bracketed part:

We spent an hour discussing (about his) character. 

(A) on his character (B) of his character (C) No improvement (D) ✅his character

21.Improve the bracketed part:

He (denied) to be a party to the deal. 

(A) ✅refused (B) disagree(C) rejected (D) No improvement

22.CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION 

A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes 

(A) Wile (B) Yokel (C) ✅Wag (D) Aeon

23.CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

Without risk of punishment 

(A) Impudent (B) ✅Impunity (C) Inexorable (D) Imperturable

24.CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

Violation cf something holy or sacred 

(A) Profanity (B) Sedition (C) ✅Sacrilege (D) Slander

25.CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

Excessive preoccupation with one’s health 

(A) ✅Hypochondria (B) Malaise (C) Disaffected (D) Malinger