Answers, Quiz no.782

 The lockdown

Quiz no.782

Total questions= 25

Total marks= 25

Negative mark= -.25

Cut off= 70%

Time= 10 min

Pool= 30 points

Cap= 10 points

1. Idioms and phrases:

Cut short

A. delete

B. praise

C. interrupt =Answer

D. slice into small pieces

2. Idioms and phrases:

Bad blood

A. war

B. ill feeling =Answer

C. threatening attitude

D. in an infected state of being

3. Idioms and phrases:

Best of both worlds

A. A situation wherein someone has the privilege of enjoying two different opportunities. =Answer

B. A person who is respected even by his enemies.

C. Two best teams competing with each other.

D. Gods who rule heaven and earth.

4. Idioms and phrases:

Fits and starts

A. quickly

B. slowly

C. continuously

D. not regularly =Answer

5.Voice:

These things have been left here by an unknown customer. 

a) An unknown customer left these things here.

b) An unknown customer has left these things here. =Answer

c) An unknown customer have left these things here.

d) An unknown customer has been left these things here.

6.Voice:

The Principal promised the boys a holiday. 

a) The boys have been promised a holiday by the Principal.

b) The boys had been promised a holiday by the Principal.

c) The boys were promised a holiday by the Principal. =Answer

d) A holiday was promised by the boys to the Principal.

7.Fill in:

Mohan doesn’t want to part ...... the money.

a.of

b.with =Answer

c.from

d.in

8.Fill in:

The course is aimed ...... those aged 16 or over.

a.from

b.on

c.at =Answer

d.in

9.Fill in:

I spent an unpleasant hour ...... the dentist’s.

a.from

b.on

c.at =Answer

d.in

10.Fill in:

Be careful ...... that glass.

a.in

b.with =Answer

c.at

d.from

11.Fill in:

I’m still waiting for an answer ...... my question.

a.from

b.at

c.on

d.to =Answer

Improve the bracketed part:

12. The authorities would not [access] to the strikers' demands.

a) accept b) accede c) accession d) no improvement =Answer= b

13. They are so [white] they could not put up a tent properly, while camping. 

a) red b) no improvement c) blue d) green =Answer= d

14. Life offers myriad choices, [isn't it?]

a) is it? b) does it? c) doesn't it? d) No improvement =Answer= c

15. Rearrangement:

1. The king was distressed because his people were lazy.

P. All cursed the stone and blamed the Government.

Q. Then the king had the stone removed.

R. Next day people passed by and went round it.

S. He had a big stone put in the middle of the road one night.

6. Under the stone the king had placed a purse full of money.

a) PSRQ b) SRPQ c) QPRS d) PQRS =Answer= b

16. Rearrangement:

1. Rose was lonely in the house.

P. She was very good at that.

Q. She sat all day in a room on the terrace.

R. She would sit on the rug and do her reading and writing.

S. It was a little room with nothing but a bed and a rug.

6. It was the only thing she had learnt from the convent.

a) QRSP b) RSPQ c) QSRP d) PSQR =Answer= c

One word substitution:

17. A person who opposes war or use of military force.

a) Narcissist b) Fatalist c) Pacifist d) Fascist =Answer= c

18. Substance used in surgery to produce unconsciousness.

a) Antiseptic b) Antidote c) Aanesthetic d) Cocaine =Answer= c

19. The belief that everyone is equal and should have the same right and opportunities.

a) Altruistic b) Egoistic c) Egalitarian d) Octogenarian =Answer= c

20. Narration:

The clerk said to the visitor, "Shall I ask these people to wait for you?"

a) The clerk asked the visitor if he should ask those people to wait for him. =Answer

b) The clerk asked the visitor if he shall ask these people to said for him.

c) The clerk asked the visitor if he had asked those people to wait for him.

d) The clerk told the visitor that he should ask these people to wait for him.

21. Narration:

He said to me, "Please be kind and help me."

1) He requested to me to help him kindly.

2) He requested me to be kind and help him. =Answer

3) He had requested me to be kind and help him.

4) He requested me to be kind and helped him.

Spot the error:

22. When the police accused him with theft a)/ nobody believed them b)/ as he was well-known for his honesty. c)/No error d) =Answer= a

23. He went to England to work as a doctor a)/but returned back b)/as he could not endure the weather there. c)/ No error d) =Answer= b

Find the correctly spelt word:

24. (a) Mercenary (b) Mandetory (c) Mirege (d) Menimum =Answer= a

25. (a) Recruitmant (b) Resurrection (c) Recurrsion (d) Rendom =Answer= b