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.
(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. 
(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  

Give one word/ idioms/ phrases:
4. Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
1 ) pique 2 ) vexation 3 ) chagrin 4 ) distress 
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 
6. An event serving as an introduction to something more important
1 ) perform 2 ) prelude 3 ) introduce 4 ) preface 
7. To bite the dust
1 ) To be killed 2 ) To fall down 3 ) To be dirt poor 4 ) To get dirty 
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 
9. A person famous and respected within a particular sphere. 
1 ) eminent 2 ) obscure 3 ) despotic 4 ) imperative 

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
11. SEMANTIC (a) Mild-mannered (b) Pertaining to financial matters (c) Pertaining to meaning of words (d) Tenable 
12. PHLEGMATIC (a) Thin  (b) Even-tempered (c) Worldly  (d) Huge 
13. PREMONITION (a) Sadness  (b) Strength (c) Warning  (d) Advice 
14. RETICENCE (a) Modesty  (b) Caution (c) Cognizance (d) Tendency to keep silent 

Find the correctly spelt word:
15. (a) naseating (b) meditation (c) delibarate (d) aberrance
16. (a) ansestral (b) encestral (c) ansastral (d) ancestral 

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word:
17. Tranquil (a) Perpetual (b) Temporal (c) Unruffled (d) Disturbed 
18. Enlarge (a) amplify (b) glorify (c) condense (d) augment 
19. Vacillate (a) injure (b) relieve (c) decide (d) repel 
20. Bogusness (a) festive (b) fantastic (c) grotesque (d) authenticity 
21. Fair (a) knowledge (b) guess (c) truth (d) bias 

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 
23. The little boy ran _______ fast that he was _______ for breath.
(a) so - gasping (b) too – fighting (c) so - inhaling (d) very - struggling 
24. She was so _______ that she was _______ by all.
(a) proud : respected (b) excellent : warned (c) talented : praised (d) stupid : admired 
25. The _______ of the ‘chief’ was _______ upon him.
(a) title, bestowed (b) name, dismissed (c) title, imposed (d) appointment, thrown

Comments

  1. 1 (D)
    2 (C)
    3 (2)
    4 (4)
    5(1)
    6(1)
    7(2)
    8(1)
    9(3)
    10(A)
    11(D)
    12(b)
    13(a)
    14(d)
    15(b)
    16(d)
    17(C)
    18(c)
    19(b)
    20(d)
    21(d)
    22(d)
    23(a)
    24(c)
    25(a)

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