Answers, Quiz no.776

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Quiz no.776

Total questions= 25

Total marks= 50

Negative mark= -.50

Cut off= 70 %

Time= 15 min

Spot the error:

1. (1) Are'nt your father (2) and your elder brother (3) out of town? (4) No Error   =Answer= 4

2. (1) If you had seen yesterday’s basketball match (2) I am sure you will have enjoyed (3) watching your point guard. (4) No error =Answer= 2

Fill in the blanks:

3. John as well as his friends always ..................... the permission of his mother before going for a rugby match.  

1) asks 2) receives 3) seeks 4) soughts  =Answer= 3

4.My sister unlike my brothers ..................... to have a career in Engineering.   

1) wants 2) want 3) wish 4) aspire  =Answer= 1

Select the word similar in meaning to the word given: 

5.Boisterous= 1) Clamorous 2) Ferocious 3) Fissiparous 4) Voluminous =Answer= 1

6.Haggard= 1) Emaciate 2) Insane 3) Rejected 4) Ridicule  =Answer= 1

 

Select the word opposite in meaning to the word given:

7. Ostentation= 1) Comical 2) Insane 3) Modest 4) Swanky  =Answer= 3

8. Commiserate=1) Debatable 2) Empathize 3) Indifferent 4) Legion   =Answer= 3

 

Idioms/ phrases/ give one word:

9.Pillar to post= 1) Main support of an object 2) From one place to another 3) To be reluctant 4) To incite others    =Answer= 2

10.Hobson's choice= 1) To choose first in row2) To make a careful choice 3) No real choice at all 4) To seek all favourable alternatives to choose from    =Answer= 3

11.Giving undue favours to one's own kith and kin= 1) Ableism 2) Iconoclast 3) Maiden 4) Nepotism    =Answer= 4

12.One who does not care for literature or art= 1) Dictator 2) Hypocrite 3) Philistine 4) Primitive    =Answer= 3

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence: 

13. William Shakespeare is the greatest of (all other) writers.  

1) all the 2) any other 3) the other 4) No improvement    =Answer= 1

14.She is not used (to sleep) for so long.  

1) to be sleeping 2) to sleep 3) to sleeping 4) No improvement    =Answer= 3

Select the incorrectly spelt word:

15. 1) Colonel 2) Hypocracy 3) Offence 4) Strength    =Answer= 2

16. 1) Preceed 2) Proceed 3) Recede 4) Succeed    =Answer= 1

Rearrangement:

17.P- And if I think about something which didn't happen I start thinking about all the other things which didn't happen.

Q- But there is only ever one thing which happened at a particular time and a particular place.

R- And there are an infinite number of things which didn't happen at that time and that place.

S- A lie is when you say something happened which didn't happen.  

1) QSRP 2) SQPR 3) SRQP 4) SQRP    =Answer= 4

Rearrangement:

18.P- The magnitude of the interdependence depends on the technique of production causing the shifts in the food supply curve. 

Q- Interdependence of food and labour market is important for the development process. 

R- Similarly, an upward shift in the food supply curve shifts up the food demand curve.

S- An upward shift in the food supply curve would simultaneously result in an upward shift in the labour demand curve.  

1) QSPR 2) QPRS 3) PSRQ 4) SPQR    =Answer= 1

Voice:

19.He shall have bought a car.  

1) A car was being bought by him.

2) A car was bought by him.

3) A car will have been bought by him.  =Answer= 3

4) A car would have been bought by him. 

Narration:

20.The teacher said to the student, "Have you brought your lunch?"  

1) The student was asked by the teacher about bringing his lunch.

2) The teacher asked the student if he would be bringing his lunch.

3) The teacher asked the student if he had brought his lunch.  =Answer= 3

4) The teacher asked the student if he has brought his lunch.  

Cloze test:

Children need to be taught the importance of hygiene early on so that it becomes a ..........21............. Children are the most ..........22........... to hygiene-related disorders like skin issues, rashes, infections, wounds, etc. Teach them early on about what to ..........23............ Teach them that taking a few ...........24.......... measures to prevent infections and diseases is ...........25..........

21.1) kind 2) habit 3) regular 4) need    =Answer= 2

22.1) innocent 2) responsible 3) pliable 4) susceptible    =Answer= 4

23.1) avoid 2) read 3) right 4) learn    =Answer= 1

24.1) scientific 2) precautionary 3) unimportant 4) insignificant    =Answer= 2

25.1) optional 2) secondary 3) voluntary 4) imperative    =Answer= 4