Answers, Weekly test, 15th May

The lockdown

Weekly test, 15th May

Total= 50 marks

Cut off= 36 marks

Time= 30 min.

Spot the error:

1.As soon as I shall reach New Delhi (A)/I shall send you the file (B)/ you have asked for (C)/No error (D). =Answer- A

2.He won’t (A)/return the money (B)/that he borrowed (C)/won’t he? (D). =Answer- D

3.The six partners (A)/are at daggers drawn (B)/so they do not talk (C)/to each other (D)./No error (E).  =Answer- D

4.He switched on (A)/the light before (B)/he entered (C)/the room (D)/No error (E). =Answer- A

5.Although the driver applied (A)/the brakes he could (B)/not prevent the bus (C)/ from hit the tree (D)/No error (E). =Answer- D

6.Without taking proper care (A)/the doctors would (B)/not have been saved (C)/ the life of this patient (D). /No error (E). =Answer- C

7.Although he only earns (A)/sixteen hundred rupees per month (B)/ ,he manages his (C)/family well (D)./No error (E). =Answer- A

8.Had the function (A)/not been postponed (B)/because of the strike (C)/she may have been able to participate (D)./No error (E). =Answer- D

9.We had to cancel our trip to Delhi (A)/because when we reached the railway station (B)/the train left (C)/No error (D). =Answer- C

10.The sun (A)/rises in (B)/the east (C)/is an universal truth (D)/No error (E). =Answer- D

Choose the correct spellings:

11##1THRESH0LD 2TRESH0LD 3THRASH0LD 4THRASH0ULD =Answer- 1

12##1TWELWTH 2TWELFTH 3TWELVETH 4TWELWETH =Answer- 2

13##1DAIQUERI 2DAEIQUIRI 3 DAIQUORI 4DAIQUIRI =Answer- 4

14##1POMEGRANITE 2POMEGRANATE 3POMIGRANITE 4POMEGRINATE =Answer- 2

15##1LUXURIENCE 2LUXERIANCE 3LUXURIANCE 4LEXURIANCE =Answer- 3

16##1DISSFUNCTI0N 2DISCFUNCTI0N 3DISFUNCTI0N 4DYSFUNCTI0N =Answer- 4

17##1CONDESEND 2CONDUSCEND 3CONDESCEND 4CONDECEND =Answer- 3

Idioms/ phrases

18##rack one's brains- 1to act without thinking 2to think very hard 3to think after acting 4to hardly think =Answer- 2

19##ruffle one's feathers- 1to cause someone to be upset 2to cause someone to run 3to cause someone to weep 4to cause someone to smile =Answer- 1

20##a rusty needle- 1sth that is badly damaged 2sth that is badly and doesn’t work 3sth that is badly damaged but still works 4sth that is not damaged and doesn’t work =Answer- 3

21##ride high- 1to be in space 2 to be angry 3 to be intoxicated 4 to be successful =Answer- 4

22##quick on the trigger- 1quick to fire a gun 2quick to respond 3quick to run 4quick to ask for help =Answer- 2

23##The most or best that you can have- 1full mounty 2full monty 3ful monty panesar 4full bounty =Answer- 2

24##To fall into disorder- 1to go sorry 2to go awry 3to go dowry 4to go awkward =Answer- 2

25##To start malfunctioning or having problems- 1to go haydays 2to go haywire 3to go saywire 4to go thickwire =Answer- 2

26##To express (a strong emotion, such as anger) in a forceful and open way- 1give went to 2give went to 3give lent to 4give vent to =Answer- 4

27##To fail completely; to go over badly- 1go over like a led balloon 2go over like a flying balloon 3go over like a deflated balloon 4go over like a lead balloon =Answer- 4

One word substitution:

28##A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes (A) Wile (B) Yokel (C) Wag (D) Aeon =Answer- C

29##Without risk of punishment (A) Impudent (B) Impunity (C) Inexorable (D) Imperturable =Answer- B

30##Violation of something holy or sacred (A) Profanity (B) Sedition (C) Sacrilege (D) Slander =Answer- C

31##Excessive preoccupation with one’s health (A) Hypochondria (B) Malaise (C) Disaffected (D) Malinger =Answer- A

32##One who is beyond reform (A) Optimistic (B) Incorrigible (C) Indefatigable (D) Notorious =Answer- B

33.Rearrangement:

1.In less than a week

P.the processor controlled exchange

Q.have restored the functioning of

R.which had suffered

S.the telecommunication people

6.a major disaster

(A) PRSQ (B) SRPQ (C) PQSR (D) SQPR =Answer- D

34.Rearrangement:

1. In paliopathology

P. would be to obtain

Q. the fundamental objective

R. background information

S. as much

6. on the skeleton as possible.

(A) PRQS (B) RPSQ (C) QPSR (D) SRQP =Answer- C

35.Rearrangement:

1.can any one

P.falsehood triumph

Q.and let

R.for a long time

S.suppress truth

6.permanently?

(A) RQSP (B) QPRS (C) SRQP (D) PRQS =Answer- C

36.Rearrangement:

1.These positive effects vary from genetic changes that

P.to other related infections,

Q.make us more resistant to the diseases responsible

R.for epidemics and

S.which have effects on human that are

T.hard to pin down and quantify.

(A) RPQS (B) QRPS (C) SQPR (D) PRSQ =Answer- B

37.Voice:

The case is being investigated by the police

(A) The police are investigating the case. =Answer- A

(B) The police is investigating the case.

(C) The police was investigating the case.

(D) The police were investigating the case.

38.Voice:

The curd smelt sour.

(A) The curd was sour when smelt. =Answer- A

(B) The curd was sour when it was smelling.

(C)The curd was sour when it was smell.

(D) The curd is sour when it was smelt.

39.Voice:

Are they not cheating us?.

(A) Are we not being cheated? =Answer- A

(B) Are not we being cheated?

(C) Are we being not cheated?

(D) Are we being cheated?

40.Voice:

I give wages to the labourers on sundays.

(A)Wages were given to the labourers by me on Sundays.

(B)Wages are given to the labourer by me on Sundays.

(C)Wages is given to the labourers by me on Sundays

(D)Wages are given to the labourers by me on Sundays. =Answer- D

41.Voice:

God rewards the honest.

(A) The honest are rewarded by God. =Answer- A

(B) The honest is rewarded by God.

(C) The honests are rewarded by God.

(D) The honest were rewarded by God

42.Voice:

Where was the fooball match being played?

(A)Where they were playing the football match?

(B)Where were they playing the football match? =Answer- B

(C)Where was they playing the football match?

(D)Where they are playing the football match?

43.Narration:

The professor said to the student, ‘Post this letter at once’.  

(a) The professor ordered the student to post that letter at once. =Answer- A

(b) The professor ordered the student to post this letter at once.

(c) The professor asked the student to post this letter as soon as possible.

(d) The professor asked the student to post that letter as soon as possible.

44.Narration:

‘Are you coming with us?’ Isha asked Nishi.

(a) Isha asked Nisha whether she would be going with them.

(b) Isha asked Nisha if she was going with them. =Answer- B

(c) Isha asked Nisha if she was going with her.

(d) Isha asked Nisha if she were going with them.

45.Narration:

I said to my sister, “Where were you this evening?”

(a) I asked my sister where was she that evening.

(b) I asked my sister where she had been that evening. =Answer- B

(c) I asked my sister where she was this evening.

(d) I asked my sister where she has been that evening.

46.Narration:

Mother said to you, “When will you start from Farrukhabad?”

(a) Mother asked you when you would start from Farrukhabad. =Answer- A

(b) Mother asked you when you would started from Farrukhabad.

(c) Mother had asked you when you would start from Farrukhabad.

(d) Mother asked to you when you would start from Farrukhabad.

47.Narration:

Bunty said, “I have done my class work”.

(a) Bunty had said that he had done his class work.

(b) Bunty said that he had done his class work. =Answer- B

(c) Bunty said that he had done my class work.

(d) Bunty said that he had did his class work.

48.Narration:

Amit said to the gardener, “Did you find the ring anywhere?”

(a) Amit asked to the gardener if he had found the ring anywhere.

(b) Amit asked the gardener if he found the ring anywhere.

(c) Amit asked the gardener if he had found the rings anywhere.

(d) Amit asked the gardener if he had found the ring anywhere. =Answer- D

49.Improve the bracketed part:

She was a [thin, tall, young] woman.

a.tall, thin, young =Answer- A

b.thin, young, tall

c.young, thing, tall

d.No improvement 

50.Improve the bracketed part:

He could have his money back if he [behaves] properly.

a.had behave

b.behaved =Answer- B

c.behave

d.No improvement

Thank you

Nishant