Ans. Quiz no.659

🎳🎳The lockdown 

Quiz no.559

Cut off= 22/ 25

Time= 12min.

1.Spot the error:

Her mother is (1)/ angry and (☑️2)/ indifferent to me. (3)/ No Error (4)  

Expl.

..angry with..✔

Refer to "Parallelism"

2.Spot the error:

If you had (1)/ told me earlier (2)/ I may be happy. (☑️3)/ No Error (4)

Expl.

..might have been..✔

Third conditional sentence✔

3.Find the synonymous word:

Mellifluous   

1) Shiver

2) Frank

3) Immoral

4) ☑️Dulcet  

Expl.

Mellifluous= सुनने में अच्छा 

4.Find the word opposite in meaning to that of the given word:

Meretricious   

1) Brazen

2) ☑️Natural

3) Exemplary

4) Gaudy  

Expl.

Meretricious= दिखावटी

5.Find the synonymous word:

Dodge   

1) Soften

2) Order

3) ☑️Avoid

4) Chaotic  

Expl.

Dodge= अवॉयड करना 

6.Find the word opposite in meaning to that of the given word:

Nebulous   

1) ☑️Definite

2) Inchoate

3) Dismal

4) Sullen  

Expl.

Nebulous= अनिश्चित/ unfixed

7.Find the word opposite in meaning to that of the given word:

Ensconce

1) Establish

2) Impudence

3) Request

4) ☑️Unveil

Expl.

Ensconce= fix firmly/ settle

8.Find the word opposite in meaning to that of the given word:

Lugubrious

1) Clumsy

2) Lucid

3) ☑️Optimistic

4) Sinister

Expl.

Lugubrious= sounding dismal

9.Voice

He saw her conducting the seminar on personality development.

1) She was seen by him to conduct the seminar on personality development.

2) She was seen conduct the seminar on personality development.

3) He saw the seminar on personality development been conducted by her.

4) ☑️He saw the seminar on personality development being conducted by her.

10.Narration

Rashmi said to me, "Where is the telephone exchange"?

1) Rashmi asked to me where the telephone exchange was.

2) ☑️Rashmi asked me where the telephone exchange was.

3) Rashmi asked me where was the telephone exchange.

4) Rashmi asked me that where the telephone exchange was.

11.Idiom/ phrases

In the teeth of

1) In fashion

2) ☑️Against something

3) In brief

4) Fail to keep position

12.Idiom/ phrases

Mealy mouthed

1) Foolishly ideal

2) Speaking harshly

3) ☑️Unwilling to state something

4) To speak something straightforwardly

13.Idiom/ phrases

Pay lip service

1) Candidly

2) ☑️Pretend to regard

3) Encouraging

4) To defend

14.Idiom/ phrases

Rule to roost

1) To repent

2) ☑️To dominate

3) To understand

4) To apologize

15.Rearrangement 

P: But when it comes to negative human rights reports or one on the environment, it rubbishes them.

Q: This kind of behaviour isn’t going to solve the problem.

R: Every government is quick to accept reports that give it a pat on the back – as the Indian government was after the latest ease of doing business report.

S: No government likes negative reports on its performance.

1) SRQP

2) PRSQ

3) ☑️SRPQ

4) RPSQ

16.Rearrangement 

P: The philosophy of pragmatism goes something like this.

Q: It is not possible for the mind to relate to anything other than ideas.

R: The mind is such that it deals only with ideas.

S: Therefore, it is not correct to think that the mind actually can ponder reality.

1) RQSP

2) RSPQ

3) ☑️PRQS

4) SQRP

17.Give one word:

A paradise with perfect bliss.

1) Epineurium

2) ☑️Elysium

3) Encomium

4) Eulogium

18.Give one word:

A period of interval between two regimes and governments.

1) Polygonum

2) Magnum

3) ☑️Interregnum

4) Presternum

19.Improve the bracketed part:

The government plans to (take up) the construction project soon.  

1) Take on

2) Take off

3) Take in

4) ☑️No improvement

Expl.

Take up= to start a new job or have a new responsibility/ to become interested in a new activity and to spendtime doing it

20.Improve the bracketed part:

Through the practice of repeated affirmations, we can make great progress on our chosen path and (increasing) our magnetism to succeed in anything.

1) increased

2) have increased

3) ☑️increase

4) No improvement

21.Fill in:

......... the car, the police officer wanted to see the documents. 

a.Having been stopped

b.Being stopped

c.☑️Having stopped

d.Beeing stop

22.Fill in:

......... the test, we felt relieved. 

a.☑️Having written

b.Having been written

c.Being written

d.Write

23.Fill in:

We were so used to ...... in cold weather that we always felt hot in other places.

a.lives

b.live

c.☑️living

d.to live

Expl.

Adj.= used to

Be+ used to+ v1ing✔

24.Fill in:

Most of the people ................ to the party, didn’t turn up. 

a.inviting

b.☑️invited

c.invites

d.invite

25.Fill in:

The  ........... dog kept us awake at night.

a.bark

b.barked

c.barks

d.☑️barking