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). 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find the correctly spelt words:

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

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

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

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

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

Find the incorrectly spelt words:

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

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

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

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

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

Fill in [confusing words]:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Improve the bracketed part:

28.No sooner had she left [when her baby start crying]. 

(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. 

(a) Besides our                     

(b) Beside we     

(c) Besides us                       

(d) No improvement

30. He interrogated me [that how I had] accumulated so much wealth. 

(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. 

(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. 

(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.

(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. 

(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. 

(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.

(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]. 

(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 

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

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

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

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

Fill in [prepositions]:

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

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

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

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

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

One word substitutions:

48.Easy to shape in any desired form 

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

49.To struggle helplessly 

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 

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

Thank you