Quiz no.738

The lockdown

Quiz no.738

[Open book]

Total= 20 marks

Cut off= 15 marks

Total time= 10 minutes

1.What is the synonym for HEAP?

a.mourn

b.mould

c.mud

d.mound

2.What is the synonym for HAMPER?

a.impertinent

b.impudent

c.impede

d.impend

3.Rearrangement:

P.  has been a quality performer in the past 

Q. Robin has a lot of experience and 

R. talent that we can look to develop further

S. and Gowtham has some genuine 

a.QRSP

b.QRPS

c.QPRS

d.QPSR

4.Spot the error:

a.The interviewer asked the interviewee/ b.to what district/ c.he came from/ d.no error

5.Spot the error:

a.Is she/ b.still marry/ c.to Rajesh?/ d.no error

6.Fill in:

If she had informed me, I __________ cautious.

(a) will be

(b) would been

(c) would have been

(d) will have been

7.Fill in:

The bees were buzzing around constantly, busy building their ____________ pretty fast.

(a) kennel

(b) swam

(c) herd

(d) hive

8.One word substitution:

A wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term

a.nondescript

b.mislead

c.misnomer

d.namesake

9.Narration:

He said to me, ''Help her, will you?''

a.He asked me whether I will help her.

b.He advised me to help her.

c.He advised me if I would helped her.

d.He asked me to be help her.

10.Voice:

I don't have to convince her.

a.She is not convinced by me.

b.She doesn't have to be convinced by me.

c.She doesn't have convinced by me.

d.She was not convinced by me.

11.Idioms/ phrases

To give someone the bird.

(a) To be awaited

(b) To have good luck

(c) To jeer at someone

(d) To get the impossible

12.Idioms/ phrases

To split hairs

(a) To side track the issue

(b) To get dressed up in a dapper way

(c) To make or focus on trivial or petty details.

(d) To find fault with others

13.Idioms/ phrases

Adam’s ale

(a) Grace

(b) Pleasure

(c) Water

(d) Money

14.Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:

MUTILATE

(a) instruct

(b) induct

(c) conduct

(d) mend

15.Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:

BEMOAN

(a) rejoice

(b) juvenile

(c) complain

(d) cry

16.Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the bracketed part:

To be successful in today’s world, we require the [gift of the gab.]

(a) Ability to speak well

(b) Good interpersonal skills

(c) Divine help and guidance

(d) A fierce competitive spirit

17.Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the bracketed part:

Winter was so bad that the nomadic tribesmen found it difficult to [keep the wolf from the door.]

(a) Hunt wild animals

(b) Escape starvation

(c) Get woolen clothes

(d) Walk on ice

18.Find the correctly spelt word:

(a) pamphlet

(b) bouquete

(c) illussion

(d) stroler

19.Find the correctly spelt word:

(a) Adventitious

(b) Adventitous

(c) Adventitus

(d) Adventituous

20.Find the correctly spelt word:

(a) Affedevit

(b) Afidevit

(c) Affidevit

(d) Affidavit