Quiz no.661

1.Rearrangement
Accepting that one form
P-of price discrimination is okay opens
Q-the door to all other forms
R-of discrimination as well
1 ) QRP 2 ) RPQ 3 ) PRQ 4 ) PQR

2.Rearrangement
Seven decades ago,
P-Orwell wrote a clutch
Q-for the post-World War II British journal Polemic
R-of essays
1) RPQ 2) QRP 3) PRQ 4) QPR

3.Rearrangement
There is also
P-drought, the
Q-the hope that after two years of
R-monsoon will be good in the coming fiscal
1 ) QPR 2 ) RQP 3 ) PQR 4 ) PRQ

4.Rearrangement
The party faithful, who
P-expectations, are now disillusioned
Q-had greeted his political arrival in 2004
R-with great enthusiasm, and
1 ) RQP 2 ) QRP 3 ) PRQ 4 ) PQR

5.Idioms/ phrases/ give one word:
Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence 
1.prototype 
2.protocol 
3.protozoa 
4.protein

6.Idioms/ phrases/ give one word:
Quibble (to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth)
1.Prevaricate
2.Prevericate 
3.Preemptive
4.Preliminary

7.Idioms/ phrases/ give one word:
Please forgive me for cussing. 
1.Excuse my French 
2.Excuse my France 
3.Excuse my Fraud
4.Excuse my Friend 

8.Synonymous word:
Dare 
1 ) cohort 2 ) taunt 3 ) patronize 4 ) chum

9.Synonymous word:
To delude 
1 ) hoodwink 2 ) conscientious 3 ) scrupulous 4 ) bona fide

10.Synonymous word:
Scarcity 
1 ) opulence 2 ) myriad 3 ) plethora 4 ) dearth

11.Antonym:
Snag 
1 ) hurdle 2 ) boon 3 ) bug 4 ) glitch

12.Antonym:
Diligence 
1 ) lethargy 2 ) exertion 3 ) vigour 4 ) assiduity

13.Antonym:
Feign 
1 ) bluff 2 ) affect 3 ) act 4 ) fact

14.Spot the error:
I was surprised (A)/ when the hostess smiled (B)/ as if she saw me before.(C)/ No error (D)

15.Spot the error:
Mr. Sharma (A)/ is coming (B)/ to dinner. (C) / No error (D)

16.Spot the error:
You have been working very hard (A)/ for the past two years.(B)/ isn't it? (C)/ No Error (D)

17.Voice
Who will have broken the Gramophone record ?
(A) By whom the Gramophone record will have been broken ?
(B) By whom will have the Gramophone record been broken ?
(C) By whom will the Gramophone record have been broken ?
(D) By whom will the Gramophone record been broken?

18.Voice
People ought not to speak about such things in public.
(A) Such things ought to be not spoken about in public.
(B) Such things ought not to be spoken about in public.
(C) Such things ought to not be spoken about in public
(D) Such things not ought be spoken about in public.

19.Improve the bracketed part:
My office is (within a stone's throw) from Kanpur university.
1) with in a stone's throw 
2) within a stone throw 
3) within a stones' throw 
4) No improvement

20.Improve the bracketed part:
(Herself saw the thief.)
1) Herself she saw the thief. 
2) She herself saw the thief. 
3) Herself she see the thief. 
4) No improvement

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