Answers, Quiz no.785

The lockdown

Quiz no.785

Total questions= 25

Total marks= 25

Negative mark= -.25

Cut off= 80%

Time= 15 min.

Pool= 30 points

Cap= 10 points

1. Voice:

People ought not to speak about such things in public.

(A) Such things ought to be not spoken about in public by people.

(B) Such things ought not to be spoken about in public. =Answer

(C) Such things ought to be spoken about not in public

(D) Such things not be spoken about in public by people.

2. Voice:

He said, “I intend to leave for Delhi tonight.”

(A) He said that he will intend to leave for Delhi tonight.

(B) He said that he should intend to leave for Delhi that night.

(C) He said that he intended to leave for Delhi that night. =Answer

(D) He said that his intention is to leave for Delhi tonight.

3. Rearrangement:

1. In summer tiny oysters are collected.

P. Then each oyster is taken out and a small hole is drilled in its shell.

Q. There they are kept for three years. 

R. A tiny piece of sand is put inside the oyster.

S. They are placed in trays and planted in the sea.

6. Then the oysters are again left in the sea.

1) QSPR 2) SQPR 3) RPSQ 4) PSRQ  =Answer=2

Give one word/ idioms/ phrases:

4. Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

1 ) pique 2 ) vexation 3 ) chagrin 4 ) distress =Answer=4

5. A region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise. 

1 ) pustule 2 ) knurl 3 ) contusion 4 ) tumour =Answer=3

6. An event serving as an introduction to something more important

1 ) perform 2 ) prelude 3 ) introduce 4 ) preface =Answer=2

7. To bite the dust

1 ) To be killed 2 ) To fall down 3 ) To be dirt poor 4 ) To get dirty =Answer=1

8. To burn the midnight oil

1 ) When resources get finished half way 2 ) To read or work late into the night 3 ) Value of a small lamp is most when it is the darkest 4 ) To save some resources for the future =Answer=2

9. A person famous and respected within a particular sphere. 

1 ) eminent 2 ) obscure 3 ) despotic 4 ) imperative =Answer=1

Find the meanings/ synonymous words:

10. PEDAGOGICAL (a) Related to evolutionary process (b) Pertaining to teaching methods (c) Pertaining to dictatorship (d) Pertaining to social customs =Answer=b

11. SEMANTIC (a) Mild-mannered (b) Pertaining to financial matters (c) Pertaining to meaning of words (d) Tenable =Answer=c

12. PHLEGMATIC (a) Thin  (b) Even-tempered (c) Worldly  (d) Huge =Answer=b

13. PREMONITION (a) Sadness  (b) Strength (c) Warning  (d) Advice =Answer=c

14. RETICENCE (a) Modesty  (b) Caution (c) Cognizance (d) Tendency to keep silent =Answer=d

Find the correctly spelt word:

15. (a) naseating (b) meditation (c) delibarate (d) aberrance =Answer=b

16. (a) ansestral (b) encestral (c) ansastral (d) ancestral =Answer=d

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:

17. Tranquil (a) Perpetual (b) Temporal (c) Unruffled (d) Disturbed =Answer=d

18. Enlarge (a) amplify (b) glorify (c) condense (d) augment =Answer=c

19. Vacillate (a) injure (b) relieve (c) decide (d) repel =Answer=c

20. Bogusness (a) festive (b) fantastic (c) grotesque (d) authenticity =Answer=d

21. Fair (a) knowledge (b) guess (c) truth (d) bias =Answer=d

Fill in:

22. There were so many _______ points in his speech that the audience _______ to get the message.

(a) superficial – listened (b) relevant - hastened (c) interesting – tried (d) irrelevant - failed =Answer=d

23. The little boy ran _______ fast that he was _______ for breath.

(a) so - gasping (b) too – fighting (c) so - inhaling (d) very - struggling =Answer=a

24. She was so _______ that she was _______ by all.

(a) proud : respected (b) excellent : warned (c) talented : praised (d) stupid : admired =Answer=c

25. The _______ of the ‘chief’ was _______ upon him.

(a) title, bestowed (b) name, dismissed (c) title, imposed (d) appointment, thrown =Answer=a