Quiz no.787

The lockdown

Quiz no.787

Total questions= 25

Total marks= 25

Negative mark= -.25

Cut off= 70%

Time= 15 min.

Pool= 30 points

Cap= 10 points

One word substitution:

1.A fifth columnist- 1Tractor 2Traitor 3Traits 4Trajectory

2.Stave off- 1Destruct 2Divert 3Avert 4Avenge

3.Give a piece of mind- 1Cold 2Scold 3Fold 4Mould 

4.Steer clear of- 1Void 2Steroid 3Stoic 4Avoid 

5.Pay by one’s nose- 1Say clearly 2Pay dearly 3Ray 4Say politely 

Idioms/ phrases:

6.Turn to account - 1Turn to advantage 2Turn to disadvantage 3Turn sour 4Turn up 

7.Man in the street- 1An ordinary person 2An extraordinary person 3A lenient person 4A thief

8.Without any preparation- 1at hand 2on hand 3off hand 4over hand 

9.On your toes- 1Alert 2Not alert 3Audacious 4Adamant 

10.Out and Out-  1Stay out 2Completely 3Out of league 4Not present 

Find the synonymous words:

11.BANAL (a) Hostile  (b) Commonplace (c) Forbidden  (d) Genial 

12.FRUGAL (a) Quiet  (b) Economical (c) Shy  (d) Generous

13.REPRISAL (a) Surprise  (b) Award (c) Revision  (d) Retaliation 

14.CONGENITAL (a) Compulsory  (b) Dating from birth (c) Official (d) Pertaining to commerce 

Fill in:

15.Did you think you ............... somewhere before?

(a) have seen me  (b) saw me (c) had seen me  (d) would see me

16.John is a great hand ............... organising meetings 

(a) for  (b) to  (c) at  (d) in 

17.I wish my brother ............... here to listen to this entertaining lecture. 

(a) was (b) had (c) is  (d) were 

Spot the error:

18.Mohan jumped down(1)/ after shouted a warning(2)/ to his friend standing below.(3)/ No error.(4)

19.It is I (1)/ who is to blame. (2)/ for this bad situation (3). / No Error.(4) 

20.Rearrangement:

A.explained angrily

B.the bricklayer

C.leaving the site

D.his reasons for

(a) BACD (b) BADC (c) BCDA (d) BDCA

21.Voice:

You ought not to have troubled the dog.

a.The dog ought to not have been troubled by you.

b.The dog ought not to have troubled by you.

c.The dog ought to have been trouble by you.

d.The dog ought not to have been troubled by you. 

22.Narration:

She said to him, ''We have won the match easily.''

a.She told him that we had won the match easily.

b.She told him that they had won the match easily. 

c.She told him that we won the match easily.

d.She told him that they had won easily the match.

Find the correctly spelt word:

23. (A) Pronounciation (B) Repercution (C) Rehabilitation (D) Tution 

24. (A) Enemyty (B) Enemity (C) Enmity (D) Enraety 

25. (A) Occasion (B) Occation (C) Ocasion (D) Occassion