Quiz no.767

The lockdown

Quiz no.767

Total= 15 marks

Cut off= 12 marks

Time= 15 minutes

1.Voice

I found him beating her.

a. I found her being beaten by him.

b. I was found her being beaten by him.

c. He was found being beaten by her.

d. He was found being beating her.

2.Voice

Listen to him.

a. He should be listened.

b. He should be listened to.

c. Let he be listened to.

d. Let him be listen to.

3.Narration

They have said," We will see you tomorrow."

a. They said that they would see him the next day.

b. They have said that they would see him the next day.

c. They have said that they will see him the following day.

d. They have said that they will see him tomorrow.

4.Narration

She said to me," I may arrive day afer tomorrow."

a. She told me that she might arrive the days after tomorrow.

b. She told me that she might arrive the next day after day after tomorrow.

c. She told me that she might arrive in a days' time.

d.She told me that she might arrive in two days' time.

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5.Fill in

The workers are clamouring ....... increasing their wages.

a.on b.against c.for d.of

6.Fill in

She is disposed.........  blaming others.

a.to b.of c.from d.for

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7.Rearrangement

P. the accuracy was only 5.4 per cent

Q. been 90 per cent, but,

R. it should have  

S. according to the committee, 

a.QPRS b.PSQR c.PSRQ d.RQSP

8............ is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words.

a.Syntax b.Semantics c.Phonology d.Morphology

9.......... is a word having two opposite meanings.

a.Capitonym b.Contronym c.Palindrome d.Pangram

10.Words which are derived from the same root word are known as.............

a.Contronyms b.Capitonyms c.Paronyms d.Homophones

Read the passage and answer the question(s) below:

Wuhan (the city where the virus originated) is the largest city in Central China, with a population of over 11 million people. The city, on January 23, shut down transport links. Following Wuhan lock down, the city of Huanggang was also placed in quarantine, and the city of Ezhou closed its train stations. This means than 18 million people have been placed in isolation. The World Health Organization (WHO) said cutting off a city as large as Wuhan is "unprecedented in public health history." and praised China for its incredible commitment to isolate the virus and minimize the spread to other countries.

11.According to the passage, what never happened before in public health history?

a. Ezhou closing its train stations

b. Placing of 18million people in isolation

c. Cutting off Wuhan despite its largeness

d. Shutting transport links

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12.Improve the bracketed part.

He is pining (off) his family.

a.of b.for c.No improvement d.on

13. Improve the bracketed part

None can compete with him, (can't he)?

a.can't they b.can they c.can he d.No improvement

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14. Spot the error:

He hopes 1/ to be living in 2/ a large house 3/ in a few years.4/ NE5/

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15. Identify the correct figure of speech!

When two or more words repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds, the figure of speech is ................

a.Anaphora b.Assonance c.Alliteration d.Contronym

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16. Etymology is the ................

(a) science of Pedagogy.

(b) science of study of language.

(c) science of meaning of words.

(d) science of knowing the origin of words.

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17.Study of meaning in a language is known as ...............

a) Syntax

b) Semantics

c) Morphology

d) Linguistic

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18.After a story telling session the learners are asked to change the ending of the story. This will help the learners ...............

a) Understand grammar better

b) Develop library reference skills

c) Evaluate the teacher’s originality

d) Become imaginative and creative

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19.Which one is a compound sentence?

a.She wasn't there as she was ill.

b.He lost his wallet but he stayed calm.

c.Being honest, he returned the hundred rupee note to me.

d.I will have to work despite my illness.

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20.Which word is an adjective in the given sentence?

She is as fast as her brother is.

a.brother

b.as

c.fast

d.her