Quiz no. 1051 (Mixed quiz)

1.Spot the error: 

(Previous paper, year ****)

The museum's revolving doors (A)/ stopped the crooks (B)/ as they jam half way round. (C)/ No error (D)

2.Fill in:

(Previous paper, year ****)

They are so ______, they could not put up a tent properly, while camping.

1) red 2) white 3) blue 4) green

3.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. 

(Previous paper, year ****)

Pragmatic 1) theoretical 2) realistic 3) perfect 4) simple

4.Find the correctly spelt word:

(Previous paper, year ****)

1) Liaison 2) Laiseon 3) Laision 4) Liesion

5.Idiom:

(Previous paper, year ****)

From stem to stern

1) all the way from the front of a ship to the middle

2) from the beginning to the end.

3) top of a plant to its roots.

4) lose pleasantness to become strict.

6.Rearrangement:

(Previous paper, year ****)

1.September 2005.

P. I felt such a great weight on me that I could barely move.

Q. As the doors closed behind me, I was overcome by deep loneliness and despair.

R. I was leaving behind my family and I didn't know when I would see them again.

S. I was going through the departure gate at the airport in Holguin, Cuba.

6.In my hands I held my prayer book.

1) RSQP 2) RQPS 3) SQRP 4) PSRQ

7.Give one word:

(Previous paper, year ****)

The act of killing a whole group of people, specially a whole race.

1) Patricide 2) Genocide 3) Parricide 4) Matricide

8.Voice:

(Previous paper, year ****)

These things have been left here by an unknown customer.

1) An unknown customer leaves these things here.

2) An unknown customer has left these things here.

3) An unknown customer have left these things here.

4) An unknown customer has been left these things here.

9.Improve the bracketed part:

(Previous paper, year ****)

The proposal was full of (if and but) that I seriously doubted whether the stadium would ever be built.

1) ifs and but

2) ifs and butts

3) ifs and buts

4) No improvement

10.Narration:

(Previous paper, year ****)

The boss said to him,"Please tell me what the old man said today."

1) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man had said that day.

2) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man had said today.

3) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man said that day.

4) The boss requested him to tell him what the old man said today.