Answers. Weekly test, 09th May

 The lockdown

Weekly test, 09th May


Total= 50 marks

Time= 30 min.

Cut off= 37 marks


Spot the error:

1.Here is a red (A)/shirt (B)/which Sapna gave me (C)/yesterday (D)/ No error (E). -Answer= a

2.There were (A)/five active workers (B)/and three lazy one (C)/in the factory (D). -Answer= c

3.This is (A)/one of the most (B)/interesting book (C)/I have ever read (D). -Answer= c

4.Being a very cold day (A)/I would (B)/not go out for (C)/a morning walk (D). -Answer= a

5.This picture (A)/is the best (B)/of the two (C)/No error (D). -Answer= b

6.He took to drink (A)/to lessen (B)/his mental worries (C)/No error (D). -Answer= a

7.It is the newspapers (A)/that exposes us to the widest range (B)/of human experiences and behaviour (C)/No error (D). -Answer= b


Find the correctly spelt words:

8.(a) depreciate (b) depriciate (c) depresiate (d) depreceate -Answer= a

9.(a) perjery (b) perjury (c) parjury (d) perjary -Answer= b

10.(a) munifisent (b) muneficent (c) munificent (d) munificient  -Answer= c

11.(a) conivance (b) connivance (c) connivanse (d) conivence -Answer= b

12.(a) konnoisseur (b) connoisseur (c) connoiseur (d) konoisseur -Answer= b


Find the incorrectly spelt words:

13.(a) Eminent (b) Iminent (c) Eloquent (d) Exuberant -Answer= b

14.(a) Tailor (b) Sculpter (c) Doctor (d) Fitter  -Answer= b

15.(a) Mathametician (b) Statistician (c) Dietician (d) Physician  -Answer= a

16.(a) Grotesque (b) Vaccum (c) Picaresque (d) Occasion  -Answer= b

17.(a) Indomitable (b) Formidible (c) Amicable (d) Admirable  -Answer= b


Fill in [confusing words]:

18.He …………… his past statement in the course of his speech. (a.averted, b.adverted) -Answer= b

19.In their response to the call they are ………………… . (a.inert, b.invert) -Answer= b

20.There is no ………………. to the gift he received. (a.illusion, b.allusion) -Answer= b

21. ………………. distillation is an offence. (a.elicit, b.Illicit) -Answer= b

22.He had no ………………….. to any help. (a.recourse, b.resource) -Answer= a

23.He is certainly not honest; he is always ……………….. . (a.hypercritical, b.hypocritical) -Answer= b

24.Smoking is ………………. here. (a.proscribed, b.prescribed) -Answer= a

25.Kishore sends his …………………….. to you. (a.compliments, b.complements) -Answer= a

26.We must not cast any …………….. at him, for he is innocent. (a.aspiration, b.aspersion) -Answer= b

27.The students’ attitude to their teacher is not ………………. . (a.deferential, b.differential) -Answer= a


Improve the bracketed part:

28.No sooner had she left [when her baby start crying]. -Answer= c

(a) when her baby started crying    

(b) then her baby started crying 

(c) than her baby started crying      

(d) No improvement


29. [Beside us], everyone is capable of doing this work. -Answer= c

(a) Besides our                     

(b) Beside we     

(c) Besides us                       

(d) No improvement


30. He interrogated me [that how I had] accumulated so much wealth. -Answer= a

(a) how I had                        

(b) that I had      

(c) how that I had                 

(d) No improvement


31. We would have won the match [if he would have played] sensibly. -Answer= b

(a) if he had plays               

(b) if he had played   

(c) if he will play                  

(d) No improvement


32. [Neither of the suggestion] is really worth accepting. -Answer= a

(a) Neither of the suggestions    

(b) Neither suggestions  

(c) None of the suggestion         

(d) No improvement


33. Much has happened [since he has started] his shop in the city. -Answer= a

(a) since he started              

(b) since he will start   

(c) since he starts                

(d) No improvement


34. [Hardly Ram had opened] the question paper when he went blank. -Answer= b

(a) Hardly Ram opened            

(b) Hardly had Ram opened    

(c) Hardly did Ram opened            

(d) No improvement


35. The more time we waste, [the little options] we have in the exams. -Answer= c

(a) the less options             

(b) the few options   

(c) the fewer options          

(d) No improvement


36. They will not do the job well [unless you do not tell] them to do so. -Answer= b

(a) lest you tell                    

(b) unless you tell      

(c) if you tell                       

(d) No improvement


37.One of my friends has [able, competent and bravery]. -Answer= c

(a) able, competent and brave 

(b) able, competence and bravery 

(c) ability, bravery and competence 

(d) No improvement


Idioms/ phrases:

38.Bear the burnt of- 1To deface 2To face one's family 3To face the consequences 4To race -Answer= 3

39.Break the news- 1To give money 2To give bad news 3To give nothing 4To pour affection -Answer= 2

40.Kiss the rod- 1Run away from the punishment 2Accept the punishment 3Accept the offer 4Accept the terms -Answer= 2

41.A nig-nog- 1A fool 2A tool 3A rule 4A mole -Answer= 1

42.Wear and tear- 1Increase in value 2Decrease in value 3To weep 4To put on -Answer= 2


Fill in [prepositions]:

43.Her action ......a rebellion. [1amounted to 2mounted to 3allude to 4answered back] -Answer= 1

44.He ...... of his earlier promise [1fell out 2backed out 3recede 4gone back] -Answer= 2

45.I aim ..... passing the exam. [1in 2on 3at 4over] -Answer= 3

46.The bill ..... to Rs250. [1set up 2added up 3acted up 4backed up] -Answer= 2

47.The children ..... when they had nothing to do. [1acted up 2fell through 3called on 4fall in with] -Answer= 1


One word substitutions:

48.Easy to shape in any desired form -Answer= d

a.munificent /b.meander /c.mullable /d.malleable

49.To struggle helplessly -Answer= b

a.founder /b.flounder /c.strangler /d.stoic

50.A person who is too interested in formal rules and small details that are not important -Answer= a

a.pedant /b.scholar /c.erudite /d.studious


Thank you

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