Ans. Quiz no.652

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Quiz no.652

Cut off= 17/ 20

Time= 10min.

1.Rearrangement 

This means that for

P-making a significant dent

Q-have to grow at a faster rate

R-in poverty, rural incomes

(a) ☑️PRQ

(b) PQR

(c) QPR

(d) RPQ

2.Rearrangement 

To have succumbed to their

P-blackmail was not an instance of

Q-making pragmatic political

R-concessions; it was one of capitulation.

(a) QRP

(b) ☑️PQR

(c) RPQ

(d) QPR

3.Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

VENAL

(a) Scrupulous

(b) Vocational

(c) Daunting

(d) ☑️Iniquitous

4.Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

CHOPPY

(a) ☑️Erratic

(b) Steady

(c) Precious

(d) Expected

5.Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

ADVERSE

(a) Calumnious

(b) Inimical

(c) ☑️Propitious

(d) Baleful

6.Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

DEMARCATION

(a) ☑️Confusion

(b) Distinction

(c) Isolation

(d) Derivation

7.Fill in

The nations of the world, after the first world war, realized the _________ necessity for a world peace organization.

(a) preceding

(b) incidental

(c) conventional

(d) ☑️pressing

Expl.

Pressing= urgent

8.Fill in

The management agreed to increase salaries by 10 percent but then ________ and transferred the activists.

(a) scored

(b) ☑️reneged

(c) rotted

(d) emerged

Expl.

Renege= not to fulfil a promise

9.Voice

Someone stole my hand bag with all its contents.

(a) My hand bag was stolen by someone with all its contents.

(b) ☑️My hand bag with all its contents was stolen.

(c) My hand bag with all its contents is stolen.

(d) My hand bag with all its contents were stolen.

10.Voice

The police were watching his movements very closely.

(a) His movements are been watched very closely by the police.

(b) His movements are being watched very closely by the police.

(c) ☑️His movements were being watched very closely by the police.

(d) His movements was being watched very closely by the police.

11.Find the correctly spelt word.

(a) Eclesiestic

(b) ☑️Ecclesiastic

(c) Ecclessiastic

(d) Eccleseastic

12.Find the correctly spelt word.

(a) Milennium

(b) Millenium

(c) ☑️Millennium

(d) Milleneum

13.Narration

He has said to me, "Who has harassed you for this?"

a.He has asked me who has harassed me for that.

b.☑️He has asked me who has harassed me for this.

c.He had asked me who had harassed me for that.

d.He asked me who had harassed me for that.

Expl.

Reporting speech= present

तो 

Reported speech का tense नहीं बदलेगा! This का that भी नहीं होगा! केवल person बदलेगा!

14.Narration

He said, "May you get what you want."

a.He wished that he might got what he wanted.

b.He prayed that he might get what he wants.

c.He wished that he might have got what he wanted.

d.☑️He wished that he might get what he wanted.

15.Idioms/ phrases

Airs and Graces

(a) Good from bad

(b) ☑️To behave in a false way

(c) Lose control

(d) Free oneself from

16.Idioms/ phrases

Send someone to glory

(a) ☑️to kill someone, to officiate at the burial services for someone.

(b) to praise someone extremely

(c) despite many difficulties

(d) to stop doing an activity, usually after a longtime.

17.Idioms/ phrases

Square off

(a) to walk casually through something or some place.

(b) ☑️to get ready for an argument or a fight.

(c) to not do something immediately.

(d) To win honour

18.Identify the bracketed word:

Waking up early is an absolute (must).

a.adjective

b.☑️noun

c.modal auxiliary verb

d.pronoun

Expl.

You must leave.

Must= modal auxiliary verb

Reading new books is a must.

Must= noun

19.Which sentence is correct?

a.It is a worth watching movie.

b.She has seen me five minutes ago.

c.☑️Not only did she come but also people welcomed her.

d.He is the only one of those workers who have a luxury car.

20.Which one is incorrect?

a.Her father didn't use to work under her.

b.He's Sohan's brother.

c.☑️Both haven't carried out their responsibilities.

d.I was used to running fast in my youth.

Expl.

Both के साथ not का प्रयोग ग़लत है!

Neither has carried out his responsibilities.✔