Weekly test, 10th July

The lockdown

Weekly test, 10th July

Total= 50 marks

Time= 35 min.

Cut off= 70%

Pool= 150

Cap= 75

Fill in:

1.I have no experience, so I'm ......... a disadvantage when it comes to this job interview. a.at b.in c.with d.on 

2.My grandparents have been living in the same house ......... last year. a.since b.from c.for d.on 

3.He's Italian? For some reason, I was ......... the impression that he was Spanish. a.with b.in c.over d.under 

4.......... she's a little shy, she abused my brothers. a.because b.though c.despite d.owing to

5.You can take 6 people to the airport ......... you have a minivan. a.owing to b.since c.because of d.despite 

6.Did you do it ......... purpose? No, it was an accident! a.in b.at c.on d.from 

7.A good judge never jumps ......... the conclusion. a.to b.at c.on d.in 

8.Your suggestion is .......... the other employees. a.not different from b.not different than c.not different from that of the d.no different than 

9........... she was in dilemma, she took the right decision. a.because b.though c.despite d.in spite of 

10.It was ten years ago ........... he gave me the ownership. a.while b.when c.since d.though 

Improve the bracketed part:

11.The priest tells his devotees that the wages of crime [are] death. 

(a) has (b) is (c) were (d) No improvement

12.Careful drivers never take eyes [of] the road. 

(a) by (b) from (c) off (d) No improvement

13.[At] all his wealth, he has no joy in life. 

(a) With (b) Beside (c) Despite of (d) No improvement

14.If she [has] no time, she wouldn't call on you.

(a) have (b) had (c) is (d) No improvement

15.I wish I [win] that prize last week.

(a) won (b) had won (c) am winning (d) No improvement

Find the correctly spellt word:

16.(a) cesation (b) cissation (c) cessation (d) ceasation 

17.(a) reminiscene (b) reminiscence (c) reminicence (d) remeniscence 

18.(a) erstwhile (b) earstwhile (c) earstwile (d) earstwhil 

19.(a) anonymus (b) anonymous (c) annonimous (d) anonymos 

20.(a) occasion (b) twelvth (c) idiosyncracy (d) vaccum 

Spot the error:

21.(a) This town isn’t very well known (b) and there isn’t much to see (c) so a few people come here. (d) No error 

22.(a) My brother-in-laws (b) who live in Mumbai (c) have come to stay with us. (d) No error

23.(a) A man I met (b) in the theatre (c) was the playwright himself. (d) No error  

24.(a) Mohan Ray, who conceived, co-authored (b) and directed a number of good films, was (c) one of India’s most talented film maker. (d) No error 

25.(a) Some of the richest (b) business magnets (c) live in Mumbai. (d) No error

26.(a) Please put away (b) the candle before (c) you leave. (d) No error 

27.(a) It being a holiday (b) every student wanted to leave (c) for their hometown. (d) No error 

28.(a) The prices of this article (b) varies considerable (c) in different parts of the country. (d) No error. 

29.(a) I lived in a three-hundred (b) year old house (c) in Farrukhabad. (d) No error.

30.(a) No sooner the news had appeared (b) in the paper than there was a rush (c) at the counter. (d) No error 

Voice:

31.Don't smoke.

(A) You are ordered not smoke.

(B) You are advised not to smoke. 

(C) You are asked to not smoke.

(D) You are forbidden not to smoke.  

Voice:

32.To whom did you assign the task?

(A) Who was assign the task by you?

(B) Whom was assigned the task by you?

(C) Who was assigned the task by you? 

(D) Whom had been assigned the task by you?

Voice:

33.We are reaching the end of this exercise.

(A) The end of this exercise is reached by us.

(B) The end of this exercise is being reached by us. 

(C) The end of this exercise is been reached by us.

(D) The end of this exercise was reached by us.

Voice:

34.I expect you to complete this work before sunset.

(A) I expect you to be completed this work before sunset.

(B) I am expected you to complete this work before sunset.

(C) You are expected to complete this work before sunset.

(D) You are expected to be completed this work before sunset.

Voice:

35.Everyone says the he was a gambler.

(A) He is said to been a gambler.

(B) It was said that he was a gambler.

(C) He is said to have been a gambler. 

(D) It is said that he was gambler.

Narration:

36.He said to me, "How fast your brother is!"

A. He told to me that my brother was very fast.

B. He asked me how fast my brother was..

C. He told me that my brother was very fast. 

D. He enquired of me whether my brother was fast.

Narration:

37.I said to her, 'You must change your attitude'

a.I told her that she had to change her attitude. 

b.I told her that she must changed her attitude.

c.I told her that she had changed her attitude.

d.I told her that she must have changed her attitude.

Narration:

38.She said to him,'Who are you? I don't want you to interfere.'

a.She asked him who he was and said that she didn't want him to interfere. 

b.She asked him who was he and said that she didn't want him to interfere.

c.She asked him who he was and said that she doesn't want him to interfere.

d.She asked him who was he and said that she don't want him to interfere.

Narration:

39.Nasir asked his tutor, "Do I need to learn these formulas?"

1) Nasir asked his tutor if he had learnt those formulas.

2) Nasir asked his tutor if he had to learn those formulas. 

3) Nasir asked his tutor if he need to learn those formulas.

4) Nasir asked his tutor hadn't he have to learn those formulas.

Narration:

40.He said, "If only I had the wings of a bird!"

a.He wished he had the wing of a bird.

b.He wished he had the wings of a bird.

c.He wished if he had had the wings of a bird.

d.He said that he had the wings of a bird.

41.Rearrangement:

Due to poor organic matter

P- in soil is below the required

Q- incorporation, organic carbon

R- level in most parts of India

(a) RPQ  (b) PQR (c) QPR  (d) PRQ 

42.Rearrangement:

Is our national identity

P- needs to be shrouded in a

Q- of such a loose character that it

R- cloak of anodyne conformity?

(a) QPR  (b) RQP (c) PQR  (d) PRQ 

Choose the words opposite in meaning:

43.Ascend= 1) slide 2) permit 3) decline 4) fall 

44.Virtuous= 1) sinful 2) disagreeable 3) equivocal 4) incredible 

Choose the words synonymous in meaning:

45.Brief= 1) turmoil 2) laconic 3) difficult 4) vile 

46.Decisive= 1) firm 2) fate 3) feeble 4) flee 

Idioms/ phrases:

47.To boot- a.In anger/ b.In dilemma / c.Reduction/ d.In addition 

48.Make a go of-  a.To make a situation worse / b.To be a leader  / c.Be successful in something  /d.To make an unfair decision 

49.Cut of one’s jib-  a.One’s general appearance / b.To save some money / c.To be dismissed from a job / d.Out of order 

50.Run down- a.Criticize/ b.Cheerful / c.Compromise / d.To be defeated