Answers, Quiz no.796

 The lockdown

Quiz no.796

Total questions= 25

Total marks= 25

Time= 15 min.

Cut off= 70%

Negative mark= -.25

Pool= 30 points

Cap= 10 points

1. Find the synonym:

Belligerent

1) Antagonistic✅

2) Co-operative

3) Dandy

4) Delightful

2. Find the synonym:

Indiscreet

1) Careless✅

2) Accurate

3) Attentive

4) Choosy

3. Find the synonym:

Jaded

1) Restorative

2) Thrilled

3) Gay

4) Tired✅

4. Find the synonym:

Multitude

1) Scarcity

2) Minority

3) Mass✅

4) Radiant

5. One word substitution:

A short story with a moral.

1) Wobble

2) Parable✅

3) Scrabble

4) Affable

6. One word substitution:

Free from disturbance

1) Tranquil✅

2) Agitated

3) Chaotic

4) Violent

7. One word substitution:

Argus- eyed

1) A pretence

2) Flatterer

3) Short tempered

4) Observant✅

8. One word substitution:

The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.

1) Abolishment

2) Disenfranchisement✅

3) Abandonment

4) Abatement

9. One word substitution:

An arrangement of flowers fastened in a ring used for laying on a grave

1) Brier

2) Prickle

3) Wreath✅

4) Splint

10. One word substitution:

Assembly or parliament in which no party has got clear majority.

1) Clung

2) Hung✅

3) Pung

4) Dung

11. One word substitution:

Belonging to middle class. 

Options:

1) Chamois

2) Turquois

3) Bourgeois✅

4) Envious

12. Improve the bracketed part:

He must not (to be left) like this.

1) being left

2) been left

3) be left✅

4) no improvement

13. Improve the bracketed part:

On a holiday, Priya (prefers reading than going) for shopping.

1) prefers reading rather going

2) prefers reading to going✅

3) preferred reading to go

4) No improvement

14. Voice:

His brother has annoyed me.

a.I have been annoyed at his brother.

b.I have been annoyed by his brother.

c.I have been annoyed with his brother.✅

d.I have annoyed with his brother.

15. Narration:

She said to me, ''Who is he to you?''

a.She asked me who he was to me.✅

b.She asked me who was he to me.

c.She asked me who he was to her.

d.She asked me that who he was to me.

Fill in the blanks [Idioms/ phrases]:

16. You can't rely on Mohan's support. He's a ……….. [1broken seed/ 2broken weed/ 3✅broken reed/ 4broken in need/]

17. The race was neck and neck till the very end, but Sohan won it……….. [1✅by a whisker/ 2by leaps and bounds/ 3by fit and starts/ 4by breaking the ice]

18. It's no surprise that star-studded team carried…….. —they were favored to win, after all. [1the bay/ 2the away/ 3out/ 4✅the day]

19. If your powers of persuasion prove insufficient, here's a ………policy. [1carrot and sticks/ 2✅carrot and stick/ 3carrots and sticks/ 4carrot and rabbit]

20. I'm sorry to ……..on Julie, but her work ethic is really terrible. [1caste aspersions 2✅cast aspersions 3cast persons 4cast as per sons]

Fill in the blanks [Phrasal verbs]:

21. He had just enough money to get ……. [1✅by/ 2at/ 3off/4along]

22. We're in the last row, so it’s going to take us a while to get ……..the plane. [1✅off/ 2at/ 3by/ 4along]

23. You'll never get …… cheating. Nishant Sir is bound to figure it out. [1of with/ 2out with/ 3on with/ 4✅away with]

24. I always got ….. well with my roommate. We never fought. [1at/ 2down/ 3✅on/ 4over]

25. It took her nearly four months to get …….that bout of pneumonia. [1in/ 2into/ 3down/ 4✅over]fa