Answers, Weekly test, 22/01/2022

1. Improve the bracketed part:
“Can you give me [so many examples of] subordinate clauses?”, the teacher asked the class.
1. some more examples of =Ans
2. No substitution required
3. some few examples of
4. some many examples of

2. Improve the bracketed part:
Sholay [is one in the most popular] Hindi movies.
1. is one of the more populars
2. is in the most popular
3. No substitution
4. is one of the most popular =Ans

3. Improve the bracketed part:
I wish I [have] come an hour sooner.
1. will
2. has
3. had =Ans
4. No improvement required

4. Improve the bracketed part:
I asked Rahul [that how far was his office] from his home.
1. No substitution required
2. how far his office was =Ans
3. then how far was his office
4. that how far his office is

5. Improve the bracketed part:
Much of the truth about the mysterious death of her pet [was not revealed.]
1. were not being revealed
2. have not revealed
3. No substitution =Ans
4. were not revealed

62. Narration:
“Is he alright now?” I asked my neighbour’s wife about her husband, Mr. Gulyani.
1. I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neighbour's wife, if her husband had become alright then.
2. I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neighbour's wife, if your husband will be alright now.
3. I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neighbour's wife, if her husband is alright now.
4. I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neighbour's wife, if her husband was alright then. =Ans

7. Narration:
"Is the door closed?" Alka asked Tarun.
1. Alka asked Tarun whether she closed the door.
2. Alka asked Tarun is the door close.
3. Alka asked Tarun if the door is closed.
4. Alka asked Tarun whether the door was closed. =Ans

8. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Terrorism
2. Alottment =Ans
3. Borrow
4. Allowance

9. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Boundry =Ans
2. Photograph
3. Processing
4. Competency

10. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Anxious
2. Vishious =Ans
3. Mimic
4. Moisture

11. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Luxurious
2. Recluse
3. Virtuous
4. Proffuse =Ans

12. Spot the error:
The river appears to have / got its name / from the town nearby.
1. No error =Ans
2. got its name
3. The river appears to have
4. from the town nearby

13. Spot the error:
The Principal requested / the teachers / to monitored / and take care of the small children.
1. the teacher’s
2. and take care of the small children
3. The Principal requested
4. to monitored =Ans

14. Spot the error:
Raman putted the vegetables / in the frying pan / and after adding some water, / closed the lid.
1. closed the lid
2. Raman putted the vegetables =Ans
3. and after adding some water
4. in the frying pan

15. Spot the error:
The woodcutter felled / some trees / with hardly / many effort at all.
1. some trees
2. with hardly
3. The woodcutter felled
4. many effort at all =Ans

16. Spot the error:
The recruiters / were pleased / to John’s / domain knowledge and personality.
1. to John’s =Ans
2. domain knowledge and personality
3. were pleased
4. The recruiters

17. Spot the error:
It have been only / through writing / that men have been able / to spread their ideas to mankind.
1. through writing
2. It have been only =Ans
3. that men have been able
4. to spread their ideas to mankind

18. Fill in:
Help from relatives ______ him in difficult times.
1. approved
2. passed
3. assisted =Ans
4. allowed

19. Fill in:
You need not ______ so much fuss about wearing a mask when you go out.
1. do
2. generate
3. cause
4. make =Ans

20. Fill in:
We ______ the marks of the students on different subjects and compared their performance for the year.
1. questioned
2. analysed =Ans
3. inspected
4. probed

21. Fill in:
I read some ______ of properties for sale on the Internet before I called the agent.
1. monologues
2. descriptions =Ans
3. arguments
4. spaces

22. Rearrangement:
A. While India is home to 75 per cent of the tigers in the world, the Global Tiger Day, as it is also known - sees awareness events organised in the country, as well as in neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal.
B. Its primary objective is to preserve the natural habitat of the tiger.
C. International Tiger Day was initiated in 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.
D. This annual event observed on 29 July, aims to create awareness on tiger conservation.
1. BACD
2. CDBA =Ans
3. DCBA
4. CABD

23. Rearrangement:
A. “Excellently well,” said she; “we have everything that we want; I have but one prayer, that we may have a heavy storm of rain to water our plants.”
B. A man who had two daughters married one to a gardener and the other to a potter.
C. Off he went to the potter's home and asked his other daughter how matters were with her.
D. After a while he paid a visit to the gardener's home and asked his daughter how she was, and how it fared with her.
1. BDAC =Ans
2. BCDA
3. DCAB
4. ACDB

24. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Putrefy
1. Destroy
2. Contaminate
3. Combine =Ans
4. Decompose

25. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Elated
1. Proud
2. Depressed =Ans
3. Excited
4. Thrilled

26. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Toxic
1. Healthy =Ans
2. Lethal
3. Harmful
4. Venomous

27. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Magnificent
1. Opulent
2. Grandiose
3. Mighty
4. Modest =Ans

28. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Hazard
1. Safety =Ans
2. Peril
3. Gamble
4. Risk

29. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Adjust
1. Adapt =Ans
2. Adept
3. Adopt
4. Atone

30. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Dedicated
1. Tedious
2. Committed =Ans
3. Dreary
4. Boring

31. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Slack
1. Careless =Ans
2. Keen
3. Lively
4. Active

32. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Transmit
1. Convey =Ans
2. Accept
3. Catch
4. Receive

33. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Chaos
1. Dirt
2. Confusion =Ans
3. Tension
4. Fusion

34. Voice:
Help the needy people.
1. Let the needy people being helped.
2. Let the needy people be helped. =Ans
3. The needy people are been helped.
4. The needy people are helping.

35. Voice:
Someone stole his traveller's cheques when he was travelling in Europe.
1. His traveller's cheques was stole when he was travelling in Europe.
2. His traveller's cheques were stolen when he was travelling in Europe. =Ans
3. His traveller's cheques are stole when he was travelling in Europe.
4. Someone had been stole his traveller's cheques when he was travelling in Europe

36. Voice:
The postman delayed the letter.
1. The letter was delayed by the postman. =Ans
2. The letter was delayed from the postman.
3. The postman had been delayed by the letter.
4. The letter had delayed the postman.

37. Idiom/ phrase:
At the eleventh hour
1. At 11:00 p.m.
2. One hour before midnight
3. At the very last minute =Ans
4. At 11:00 a.m.

38. Idiom/ phrase:
To the nines
1. To great depths
2. To perfection =Ans
3. To be exalted
4. To be jealous

39. Idiom/ phrase:
To cut a long story short
1. Like to tell short stories
2. Like to tell long stories
3. Tell something in a roundabout way
4. Tell something briefly =Ans

40. Idiom/ phrase:
A storm in a teacup
1. A sudden storm during teatime
2. Lot of fuss that will soon be forgotten =Ans
3. Unnecessary tension
4. Disarranging the cutlery

41. One word substitution:
A group of stars
1. Astronomy
2. Planets
3. Congregation
4. Constellation =Ans

42. One word substitution:
A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals, travelling together.
1. Gang
2. Troop
3. Caravan =Ans
4. Circus

43. One word substitution:
A place in a large institution, for the care of those who are ill
1. Dormitory
2. Hostel
3. Hangar
4. Infirmary =Ans

44. One word substitution:
A large building with an extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft
1. Shed
2. Airport
3. Barn
4. Hangar =Ans

45. One word substitution:
A person who listens to someone’s private conversation without them knowing
1. Infiltrator
2. Spy
3. Eavesdropper =Ans
4. Secret agent

Cloze test:
“Everything in Bhutan is chemical-free, all fruits and vegetables are (46)______ organically, so whatever you buy is (47)______ farm produced as the (48)______ of the population indulge in farming for (49)______,” says my taxi driver Karma Chime. “We use turmeric on wounds, also to dye (50)______ and it is added extensively in our cooking. Also, many believe it is anticancer and can treat tumours.

46. 1. grew 2. grow 3. grown 4. grows =Ans 3
47. 1. closely 2. locally 3. nearly 4. nearby =Ans 2
48. 1. majority 2. community 3. mass 4. common =Ans 1
49. 1. nutrition 2. provision 3. sustenance 4. conservation =Ans 3
50. 1. attires 2. fashions 3. garments 4. covering =Ans 3

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