Answers, Weekly test, 22nd May

 The lockdown

Weekly test, 22nd May

Total= 50 marks

Cut off= 37 marks

Time= 30 min.

Find the synonyms:

####1. Vociferous (a) violent  (b) loud (c) secret  (d) true -Answer= b

####2. Fictional (a) genuine  (b) authentic (c) fanciful  (d) real -Answer= c

####3. Trivial (a) crucial  (b) significant (c) vital  (d) ordinary -Answer= d

####4. Impudent (a) Vigilant  (b) Astute (c) Insolent  (d) Arrogant -Answer= c

####5. Pompous (a) Pretentious  (b) Supportive  (c) Demanding  (d) Flashy -Answer= a

Find the antonyms:

####6. Cultivated (a) Crude  (b) Genteel (c) Suave  (d) Refined -Answer= a

####7. Impertinent (a) Insolent  (b) Impudent (c) Cheeky  (d) Courteous -Answer= d

####8. Divulge (a) Disseminate  (b) Dissemble  (c) Publicize  (d) Transmit -Answer= b

####9.  Appreciation (a) Aspersion  (b) Admiration  (c) Commendation  (d) Compliment -Answer= a

####10. Supple (a) Pliant  (b) Pliable  (c) Rigid  (d) Flexible -Answer= c

11.Fill in:

@@The doctor ............ me to smoke.

a.advised

b.prescribed

c.prevented

d.proscribed -Answer= c [to prevent someone from doing sth/ to ask someone not to do sth]

12.Fill in:

@@The task ............ me out.

a.have exhausted

b.tire

c.wore -Answer= c [wear out= to get or make sb exhausted]

d.fatigue

13.Fill in:

@@I decided to ............ dessert for a few days

a.frustrate

b.forego

c.forbade

d.forgo -Answer= d [to give up or do without:]

14.Fill in:

@@He was sued for ............ of contract.

a.violate

b.breach -Answer= b [An act of breaking law, promise, agreement etc.]

c.breech

d.impinge

15.Fill in:

@@They each ............ Rs 100 to take us out to dinner.

a.called around

b.chopped out

c.chipped in -Answer= c [to give some money, esp. when several people are giving money to pay for something together]

d.ate up

16.Fill in:

@@His behaviour makes his wife ............ 

a.banal

b.balmy

c.bamy

d.barmy -Answer= d [=insane, eccentric or stupid]

17.Fill in:

@@ ............. your watch.

a.wind up -Answer= a [=coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem/ provoke/finally be or do sth]

b.around up

c.coax

d.deject

18.Fill in:

@@She is sick ................ me.

a.at

b.from

c.with

d.of -Answer= d [Sick of sth or sb/ fed up with sth or sb/ bored with sth or sb/ tired of sth or sb]

19.Fill in:

@@Greed, pride, envy, and lust are considered to be .............

a.mices

b.vices -Answer= b [a moral fault or weakness in someone's character]

c.wises

d.lices

20.Fill in:

@@She is down ............ a headache.

a.from

b.with -Answer= b [down with= to suffer from]

c.of

d.in

Idioms/ phrases:

21#### The scolding of a husband by his wife in private= 1a certain lecture 2a curtain lecture 3a big lecture 4a lecturer -Answer= 2

22#### Run-of- the mill= 1ordinary 2hilltop 3extra-ordinary 4run by a mill -Answer= 1

23#### Cut and dried= 1fragile 2settled 3haywire 2withered -Answer= 2

24#### To lead others up the garden= 1to deceive others 2to lead sb to success 3to lead by the nose 4to make sb understand -Answer= 1

25#### Feet of clay= 1cowardly 2properly 3unable to run 4fragile -Answer= 1

26@@ Go places= 1to recede 2to succeed 3to procede 4to cede -Answer= 2

27@@ Elbow grease= 1motivation 2money 3wealth 4hard work -Answer= 4

28@@ On the wane= 1declining 2rhyming 3creeping 4rising -Answer= 1

One word substitution:

29#### That cannot be altered or withdrawn

(a) irrevocable  (b) irretrievable  (c) irrefutable  (d) irresistible -Answer= a

30#### Money paid to employees on retirement

(a) gratuity  (b) gift  (c) pension  (d) arrears -Answer= a

31#### A place where clothes are kept

(a) closet  (b) drawer (c) wardrobe  (d) cupboard -Answer= c

32@@To cut something into two pieces 

(a)severe (b)sever (c)sewer (d)sew -Answer= b

33@@Person of no importance 

(a)misogynist (b)nonentity (c)misandrist (d)numismatist -Answer= b

34@@An ill-tempered woman

(a)shrewed (b)shrug (c)shrew (d)shrown -Answer= c

Find the correctly spelt word:

35#### (a)marquee  (b)markue  (c)marnuei  (d)marquie -Answer= a

36#### (a)puissant  (b)puiscant  (c)puiscent  (d)puissent -Answer= a

37@@ (a)sccaffold (b)sccafold (c)scaffold (d)scafold -Answer= c

38@@ (a)panegiric (a)panegiric (a)panugyric (a)panegyric -Answer= d

39@@ (a)obsequies (b)obseques (c)obsequeis (d)obsequis -Answer= a

40@@ (a)mesiaah (b)messiah (c)messiahh (d)mesiah -Answer= b

41####Rearrangement 

P. was termed as one of the most 

Q. the brutal killing

R. horrific caste killings

S. shook the state and 

a.SPRQ

b.QRSP

c.QPRS

d.QSPR -Answer= d

42####Rearrangement 

P. when the monsoon had already arrived in the State

Q. putting the onus on the Central government and 

R. he took on the government for

S. asked what was the government doing 

a.RSQP

b.QRSP

c.RQSP -Answer= c

d.RPSQ

43####What is the feminine gender of BOAR?

a.colt

b.sow -Answer= b

c.drake

d.drone

e.filly

44####What is the plural form of NEBULA?

a.nebulii

b.nebuli

c.nebulae -Answer= c

d.nebulum

e.None of these

Expl.

Nebula= an immense cloud of gas

45####Voice:

He let me have some food.

a.I am let have some food.

b.I was let to have some food.

c.I am let to have some food.

d.I was let have some food. -Answer= d

e.I was letted to have some food.

Expl.

प्रश्न में दिया वाक्य past indefinite tense का active v है!

Active= He lets me go.✔

Passive= I am let go (by him).✔

Passive= I am let to go (by him).❌

➡️Let के साथ to+v1 का प्रयोग नहीं होता है!

46####Voice:

What is he eating these days?

a.What is eaten by him these days?

b.What is being eaten by him these days? -Answer= b

c.Is being what eaten by him these days?

d.What is being eaten by him those days?

e.None of these

47####Narration:

She said to me, " Shy away from this. You'll be at a big loss."

a.She asked me to shy away from that and said that I will be at a big loss.

b.She asked me to shy away from that as I would be at a big loss. -Answer= b

c.She asked me to be shied away from that as I would be at a big loss.

d.She asked me to shy away from that as I would be at big loss.

e.None of these

Expl.

..will..❌

..to be shied..❌

..at big loss..❌

..at a big loss..✔

48####Narration:

He said to me, " Who are you? I don't need any help."

a.He asked me who I was and he didn't need any help.

b.He asked me who was I and said that he didn't need any help.

c.He asked me who I was and said that he hadn't needed any help.

d.He asked me who I was and said that he didn't need any help. -Answer= d

e.None of these

Expl.

दो reporting verbs का प्रयोग होगा!

..was I..❌

..hadn't needed..❌

49####The plural form of MOUTHFUL is ...........

a.mouthfulls

b.mouthsfull

c.mouthsful

d.mouthfuls -Answer= d

e.None of these

50####Remove 'too' from the sentence.

He is too weak.

a.He is so weaker that he cannot run.

b.He is weaker than he should be. -Answer= b

c.He is the weakest.

d.He is so weak that he cannot ran.