Quiz no.789

The lockdown

Quiz no.789

Total questions= 25

Total marks= 25

Negative mark= -.25

Cut off= 70 %

Time= 12 min

Pool= 30 points

Cap= 10 points

One word substitution:

1.To place or deal with close together for contrasting effect. 1 ) to scrutiny2 ) to juxtapose 3 ) to correlate 4 ) to contrast 

2.A soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority. 1) radical 2) anarchist 3) mutineer 4) revolutionary 

3.An unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one. 1) reverberation 2) backlash 3) flak 4) repercussion

4.To invent something in order to deceive. 1 ) to formulate 2 ) to compose 3 ) to project 4 ) to fabricate 

5.To disorder or disarrange someone's hair, typically by running one's hands through it. 1 ) to tangle 2 ) to crumple 3 ) to ruffle 4 ) to crease 

Select the synonyms of the given words:

6.Famished 1 ) glut 2 ) jaded 3 ) satiated 4 ) starved 

7.Sinister 1) malevolent 2) magnanimous 3) auspicious 4) benevolent 

8.Probable 1) futile 2) plausible 3) absurd 4) preposterous 

9.Nifty 1 ) dandy 2 ) obnoxious 3 ) grody 4 ) gross 

10.To visualize 1 ) to repudiate 2 ) to anticipate 3 ) to eschew 4 ) to scorn

Select the antonyms of the given words: 

11.Frolic 1) drudgery 2) romp 3) antic 4) drollery 

12.Vile 1 ) virtuous 2 ) coarse 3 ) vicious 4 ) abject 

13.To amputate 1 ) to sever 2 ) to fasten 3 ) to truncate 4 ) to lop 

Find the correctly spelt word:

14. 1 ) rocketed 2 ) biennial 3 ) actuater 4 ) statuory 

15. 1) ambolism 2) agendoms 3) negligee 4) hecakling 

Spot the error:

16. In spite of(A)/ her irritation, she(B)/ couldn't help smile.(C)/ No error(D) 

17. If it were (A)/ possible he (B)/, he would do it. (C)/ No error(D) 

Fill in:

18.His property was marked ...... because of recession. [1up 2down 3over 4in] 

19.I'll make ...... the money you lost. [1for 2up for 3up 4out] 

20.Rearrangement:

The architecture

P-was designed to promote

Q-of the Internet

R-connectivity, not security

1 ) QPR 2 ) RQP 3 ) PQR 4 ) PRQ

21.Rearrangement:

Ensuring security

P-harder than hacking into a system

Q-of data, information, and

R-communication is considerably

1 ) RQP 2 ) RPQ 3 ) PRQ 4 ) QRP 

Improve the bracketed part:

22. The candidate was so ignorant that the officer was (compelled for asking) him to leave.

1) being compelled to be asking 2) so compelled to ask 3) compelled to ask 4) no improvement 

23. My mother opened the parcel without (worrying) to read the address on it. 

1 ) doubting 2 ) bothering 3 ) fearing 4 ) no improvement 

Idioms/ phrases:

24. To drive someone up the wall 

1) to make someone very irritated 2) to break the barriers of misunderstanding between two persons 3) to encourage someone 4) to be the cause of someone's success

25. To cut to the chase 

1 ) to chase your dreams 2 ) to explain a very long story in brief 3 ) to remove all negative thoughts from one's mind 4 ) to come to the point