Ans. Quiz no.651

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Quiz no.651

Cut off= 17/ 20

Time= 10min.

1.Narration:

Instructor said, “Cadet, you must complete the circuit.

(a) Instructor commanded to cadet to complete the circuit.

(b) ☑️Instructor ordered cadet to complete the circuit.

(c) Instructor ordered cadet to completed the circuit.

(d) Instructor requested cadet to complete the circuit.

2.Narration

Mother said, “Ravi, please bring me some vegetables.”

(a) Mother requested Ravi to bring him some vegetables.

(b) ☑️Mother requested Ravi to bring her some vegetables.

(c) Mother requested to Ravi to bring her some vegetables.

(d) Mother requested Ravi please bring her some vegetables.

3.Fill in:

The child looked up at her teacher, obviously afraid that she would further __________ her.

(a) revere

(b) extol

(c) laud

(d) ☑️rebuke

4.Fill in:

State laws ___________ the sale of alcoholic beverages inside the stadium. 

(a) freeze 

(b) inhibit

(c) ☑️prohibit

(d) impede

5.Fill in:

__________ by her children, Radha Devi ultimately agreed to sell the house.

(a) decimated

(b) ☑️importuned

(c) interpolated

(d) designated

Expl.

Importune= beg persistently

6.Fill in:

Because of his indecisive nature, Mr. Bhushan has a reputation for __________.

(a) impartiality

(b) tenacity

(c) prevarication

(d) ☑️vacillation

Expl.

Vacillation= अस्थिरता

7.Give one word:

A situation that stops an activity from progressing

(a) Bypass

(b) Breach

(c) ☑️Bottleneck

(d) Blockhead

8.Give one word:

A raised passageway in a building

(a) ☑️Walkway

(b) Walkout

(c) Walkabout

(d) Walkover

9.Idiom/ phrase:

Hold a brief

(a) ☑️To defend someone

(b) To take a break

(c) To admire someone

(d) To get profit

10.Idiom/ phrase:

Soak or saturate (something) with a substance.

(a) superintend

(b) optimality

(c) ☑️impregnate

(d) fecundate

11.Rearrangement 

1. There are a lot of ways to communicate: speaking, singing, clapping, hooting.

P. Even animals communicate with one another.

Q. Only humans can express their thoughts and feelings in words because of our superior brain.

R. Both humans and animals also communicate through body language.

S. But their ways differ from the humans.

6. Sometimes we don't use words but make gestures (like traffic signs) or simple movements of the hand 

in order to communicate.

(a) PQRS 

(b) ☑️PSQR 

(c) PRSQ 

(d) QPRS

12.Rearrangement 

1.There is a lot of luck in drilling for oil.

P. The samples of soil are examined for traces of oil.

Q. The drill may just miss the oil although it is near.

R. Sometimes, it may strike oil at a fairly high level.

S. When the drill goes down it brings up soil.

6. If they are disappointed at one place, the drillers go to another.

(a) QPRS 

(b) ☑️QRSP

(c) PSRQ 

(d) SRQP

13.Find the synonymous word:

Attrition

(a) Alias

(b) Apt

(c) Assassination

(d) ☑️Attenuation

14.Find the synonymous word:

Augment

(a) Dip

(b) ☑️Increment

(c) Weak

(d) Wail

15.Find the incorrectly spelt word.

(a) Sobriety

(b) Emend

(c) ☑️Scurilous

(d) Ephemeral

16.Find the incorrectly spelt word.

(a) Relegate

(b) ☑️Planitude

(c) Plaudit

(d) Profligate

17.Improve the bracketed part:

In the face of the overwhelming mass of evidence against him, we cannot (ignored) him of the crime. 

a.punish 

b.☑️absolve 

c.release 

d.No improvement

18.Improve the bracketed part:

He has (bidden) me submit his application.

a.requested

b.ordered

c.advised

d.☑️No improvement

19.Choose the option which is the antonym of the word mentioned in the question.

STAMPING

(a) clomp

(b) ☑️glide

(c) clump

(d) barge

Expl.

STAMPING= to walk heavily and noisily

20.Choose the option which is the antonym of the word mentioned in the question.

MARAUDING

(a) despoil

(b) ☑️protect

(c) pillage

(d) ransack

Expl.

 MARAUDING= to search through with the intent of committing robbery