Quiz no. 1052 (Mixed quiz)

1.Spot the error:

Ravi Shankar's performance was given (A)/ a standing ovation by the (B)/ people who has come to hear him. (C)/ No

2.Fill in:

The authorities would not ______ to the strikers' demands.

1) give in 2) give up 3) give away 4) give on

3.Find the synonym:

Thoughtful 1) stupid 2) pensive 3) senseless 4) pedant

4.Find the correctly spelt word:

1) Hamridge 2) Haemorage 3) Haemorrhage 4) Haemerrege

5.Idiom:

Turn over a new leaf

1) change ones behaviour for the better.

2) read between the pages of a book.

3) do a somersault

4) do a new job.

6.Rearrangement:

1.Rose was lonely in the house.

P.She was very good at that.

Q.She sat all day in a room on the terrace.

R.She would sit on the rug and do her reading and writing.

S.It was a little room with nothing but a bed and a rug.

6.It was the only thing she had learnt from the convent.

1) QRSP 2) RSPQ 3) QSRP 4) PSQR

7.Give one word:

Substance used in surgery to produce unconsciousness.

1) Antiseptic 2) Antidote 3) Anaesthetic 4) Cocaine

8.Change the voice:

They found him lying dead on the roadside.

1) The roadside found him lying dead.

2) He was lying dead found by the roadside.

3) Lying by the roadside, he was found dead.

4) He was found lying dead by the roadside.

9.Improve the bracketed part:

We insist on (you leaving) the meeting immediately.

1) you to leave

2) your leaving

3) you leave

4) No improvement

10.Change the speech:

The clerk said to the visitor,"Shall I ask these people to wait for you?"

1) The clerk asked the visitor if he should ask those people to wait for him.

2) The clerk asked the visitor if he shall ask these people to said for him.

3) The clerk asked the visitor if he had asked those people to wait for him.

4) The clerk told the visitor that he should ask these people to wait for him.