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
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