Saturday, October 21, 2023

Answer key, Weekly test, 21st Oct.

1. Identify the bracketed part:
I could not find the diary (that) you had given me.
A. Conjunction 
B. Relative pronoun ✅
C. Adverb
D. Pronoun 
E. Preposition

2. Identify the bracketed part:
She told me (that) she had the gold ring.
A. Conjunction ✅
B. Relative pronoun
C. Adverb
D. Pronoun 
E. Preposition

3. Identify the bracketed part:
I (have) his phone number.
A. Lexical verb ✅
B. Auxiliary verb
C. Linking verb
D. Past participle 

4. Identify the bracketed part:
He (does) his work honestly.
A. Lexical verb ✅
B. Auxiliary verb
C. Linking verb
D. Past participle form

5. Identify the bracketed part:
The water is (still) today.
A. Verb
B. Adjective ✅
C. Adverb 
D. Conjunction

6. Which sentence is correct?
a. He had completed the task before I had come.
b. ✅ He had completed the task before I came. 
c. He had completed the task before I come.
d. He completed the task before I had come.

7. Which sentence is correct?
a. She had left the city after he had asked me about her.
b. She left the city after he has asked me about her.
c. She left the city after he asks me about her.
d. ✅ She left the city after he had asked me about her.

8. Fill in
He was used to ................ carelessly under his previous manager.
a. work
b. working ✅
c. worked
d. works

9. Fill in
She ................ her old keyboard.
a. uses to
b. was used to ✅
c. is use to
d. used to

10. Fill in
He ................ here anymore. Call him on his phone number.
a. don't live
b. doesn't live ✅
c. didn't lived
d. doesn't lives

11. Fill in
If you .................. the exam, you'll get a smartphone.
a. passed
b. will pass
c. pass ✅
d. passes

12. Fill in:
I know whose ..................
a. notebook are this
b. notebook it is ✅
c. notebook is it 
d. notebook are that

13. Fill in
I wish I ......... strong muscles.
a.have/ b. ✅ had/ c.were/ d.was

14. Fill in
Sumit is adept ......... cooking sea food.
a.from/ b. ✅ at/ c.of/ d.on

15. Fill in
Is she ........... last canditate waiting for the interview?
a.a/ b. ✅ the/ c.an/ d.no article

16. Fill in
Ramesh is wiser than ........ in my class.
a. ✅ any other student/ b.any student/ c.most other student/ d.all other student

17. Fill in
My father did not approve ..................... the plan of travelling to Ukraine because of the conflict.
1) ✅ of 2) one 3) to 4) with  

18. Fill in
I fell ......... him because of a property dispute. 
1) out from 2) ✅ out with 3) through with 4) through from

19. Spot the error:
a. He has told
b. me how 
c. ✅ is his father. 
d. No error

20. Spot the error:
a. She beat 
b. ✅ him to tear the book
c. comprising good stories.
d. No error

21. Spot the error:
a. I was glad
b. ✅ for seeing 
c. all my friends.
d. No error

22. Spot the error:
a. ✅ His half
b. salary is
c. spent on buying books.
d. No error

23. Spot the error:
a. Are'nt your father 
b. and your elder brother 
c. out of town? 
d. ✅ No error   

24. Spot the error:
a. If you had seen yesterday’s basketball match 
b. ✅ I am sure you will have enjoyed 
c. watching your point guard. 
d. No error 

25. Find the synonym of the given word:
Lull 
a. fast
b. noisy
c. ✅ poised
d. tricky

26. Find the synonym of the given word:
Hinder
a. jump
b. assist
c. ✅ impede
d. fall

27. Find the synonym of the given word:
Abeyance= 1) Commencement 2) Perjury 3) Condone 4) ✅ Suspension 

28. Find the synonym of the given word:
Composed= 1) ✅ Unfazed 2) Insane 3) Playful 4) Bewildered   

29. Find the synonym of the given word:
Boisterous= 1) ✅ Clamorous 2) Ferocious 3) Speechless 4) Unfettered 

30. Find the synonym of the given word:
Haggard= 1) ✅ Lean 2) Insane 3) Rejected 4) Ridiculed  

31. Find the synonym of the given word:
Profligate- 1) Modest 2) ✅ Immoral 3) Upright 4) Virtuous 

32. Find the synonym of the given word:
Oracular- 1) Lucid 2) Distinct 3) ✅ Cryptic 4) Unambiguous 

33. Find the synonym of the given word:
Nauseous- 1) ✅ Loathsome 2) Benevolent 3) Worthy 4) Considerable

34. Find the antonym of the given word:
Detestable
a. wicked
b. sinner
c. ✅ charming
d. annoying

35. Find the antonym of the given word:
Diffident
a. timid
b. ✅ courageous 
c. sluggish
d. quick

36. Find the antonym of the given word:
Clandestine= 1) Abrupt 2) Illicit 3) ✅ Open 4) Wary    

37. Find the antonym of the given word:
Audacity= 1) Greed 2) Kindness 3) ✅ Cowardice 4) Sigh    

38. Find the antonym of the given word:
Ostentation= 1) Comical 2) Insane 3) ✅ Modest 4) Swanky  

39. Find the antonym of the given word:
Commiserate=1) Debatable 2) Empathize 3) ✅ Indifferent 4) Legion 

40. Find the antonym of the given word:
Protract- 1) Delay 2) ✅ Advance 3) Unwise 4) Sharp 

41. Find the antonym of the given word:
Remnant- 1) ✅ Whole 2) Slice 3) Fraction 4) Part 

42. Find the antonym of the given word:
Sneer- 1) ✅ Praise 2) Scorn 3) Mock 4) Despise

43. Voice:
I shall not take the next exam.
a. The next exam will not be took by me.
b. The next exam wouldn't be taken by me.
c. The next exam won't be taken by me. ✅ 
d. The next exam shall not be taken by me.

44. Voice:
We have to object to the new guidelines.
A. The new guidelines have been objected to.
B. The new guidelines have to be objected to. ✅
C. The new guideline has to be objected to.
D. The new guidelines have to be objected.

45. Voice:
He needn't earn money.
A. Money is not needed by him.
B. Money need to not be earned by him.
C. Money needn't be earned by him. ✅
D. Money doesn't needs to be earned by him.

46. Narration:
He said to me, ''What shall we do?''
a. He asked me what should we do.
b. He asked me what we will do.
c. He asked me what we would do.
d. He asked me what we should do. ✅

47. Narration:
"Fie! what a dirty child!" said my aunt.
1) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly what a dirty child. 
2) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly that the child is very dirty. 
3) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly that the child was very dirty. ✅
4) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly what a dirty child it is.

48. Narration:
The jeweller said to us, "These diamonds are polished here."
1) The jeweller informed us that these diamonds were polished there.
2) The jeweller informed us that those diamonds were polished there. ✅
3) The jeweller had informed us that those diamonds were polished there.
4) The jeweller informed us that these diamonds were polished here.

49. What is the past participle form of 'reveal'?
a.revealled
b.revealed ✅
c.revealing
d.reveals

50. Find the incorrectly spelt word:
a.wrest
b.rust
c.dug
d.smug
e.all are correct ✅

51. Improve the bracketed part 
If he [go] there, he would have got a job.
a. went
b. had gone ✅
c. goes
d. No improvement

52. Improve the bracketed part: 
Milton was the greatest of (all other) writers.  
1) ✅ all the 2) any other 3) the other 4) No improvement  

53. Improve the bracketed part: 
She is not used (to sleep) for so long.  
1) to be sleeping 2) to sleep 3) ✅ to sleeping 4) No improvement  

54. Idiom:
To steal the limelight=1) To act in a foolish way 2) To break something 3) ✅ To draw the focus of attention to oneself 4) To see the hidden meaning    

55. Idiom:
In a jiffy= 1) Fail to win appreciation 2) In an appropriate manner 3) ✅ Something that is done very quickly 4) To fall in love    

56. One word substitution:
Mania for travel= 1) ✅ Dromomania 2) Hypomania 3) Megalomania 4) Nymphomania  

57. One word substitution:
One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige= 1) Egotist 2) Impostor 3) ✅ Parvenu 4) Scullery    

58. 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

59. One word substitution:
The remains of something that has been badly damaged:
1) Pristine 
2) Immaculate 
3) ✅ Wreckage 
4) Sterile

60. Rearrangement:
P: It isn't bragging about how great you are.
Q: It's not about thinking you're perfect because nobody is but knowing that you're worthy of being loved and accepted.
R: Self esteem is how much you value yourself and how important you think you are.
S: It's how you see yourself and feel about your achievements.  
1) SQRP 2) RQSP 3) ✅ RSPQ 4) SRQP    

61. Rearrangement:
P: Most of them are combinations of hydrogen and carbon in varying proportions.
Q: Crude mineral oil comes out of the earth as a thick brown or black liquid with a strong smell.
R: It is a complex mixture of many different substances, each with it's own individual qualities.
S: Such hydrocarbons are also found in other forms such as bitumen, asphalt and natural gas.  
1) QPRS 2) PQRS 3) PQSR 4) ✅ QRPS    

62. Rearrangement:
There was no need to
X-set a watch, for we had nothing 
Y-to fear from anybody or 
Z-anything in that vast untenanted plain

1) ZYX 
2) ZXY 
3) YZX 
4) XYZ ✅

63. Rearrangement:
Thus, I stand on a
X-hill and watch a labourer 
Y-upon the distant railway 
Z-striking with his sledge

1) XYZ 
2) XZY ✅
3) ZYX 
4) ZXY

Cloze test:
Education is for life, not merely for a livelihood. As long as we are unmindful of this ............64.........., the ............65........ of our educational curriculum as well as that of our ............66........ and students is likely to remain ............67......... It is not enough for a society to have experts. It needs human beings who can think, feel and act generously, the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and ............68.........
64. 1) measure 2) resource 3) story 4) ✅ truth   
65. 1) efficiency 2) effectiveness 3) ✅ quality 4) quantity   
66. 1) friends 2) ideals 3) parents 4) ✅ teachers  
67. 1) ✅ inadequate  2) indifferent 3) represented 4) unmeasurable   
68. 1) mechanics 2) monitors 3) ✅ robots 4) televisions

Cloze test:
Children need to be taught the importance of hygiene early on so that it becomes a ..........69............. Children are the most ..........70........... to hygiene-related disorders like skin issues, rashes, infections, wounds, etc. Teach them early on about what to ..........71............ Teach them that taking a few ...........72.......... measures to prevent infections and diseases is ...........73..........

69. 1) kind 2) ✅ habit 3) regular 4) need  
70. 1) innocent 2) responsible 3) pliable 4) ✅ susceptible  
71. 1) ✅ avoid 2) read 3) right 4) learn
72. 1) scientific 2) ✅ precautionary 3) unimportant 4) insignificant  
73. 1) optional 2) secondary 3) voluntary 4) ✅ imperative 

74. Which one is a complex sentence?
A. He is worried about his new deal.
B. ✅ She called me up as she wanted to discuss something.
C. Mohan was unwell yet he finished his task on time.
D. He left and I switched the tv on.

75. Which one is an imperative sentence?
A. I want you to score well.
B. ✅ Please, leave now.
C. You need to be specific.
D. Could you prepare some food?

Find the antonyms: 
76. Vacillate- a.unsteady/ b.mammoth/ c. ✅ determined/ d.munificent 
77. Acrimonious- a. ✅ affectionate /b.caustic /c.nettle /d.irk 
78. Proceed- a.lead / b. ✅ retreat / c.freed / d.knead 
79. Lock up- a.restricted / b.chain/ c.confine / d. ✅ unchain  
80. Reprimand- a.reproach / b.scold / c. ✅ extol / d.berate 
81. Swift- a.fast / b.quick / c. ✅ lackadaisical / d.admiration 
82. Abhorrence- a.affluence/ b.afraid/ c. ✅ affection/ d.affectation 
 
Find the synonyms: 
83. Stain- a.lucid / b.limpid / c. ✅ stigmatize / d.clear  
84. Babble- a. ✅ chatter / b.reticent / c.baffle / d.introvert  
85. Feud- a.agreement / b.harmony/ c.understanding/ d. ✅ altercation
86. Haul- a.maroon / b. ✅ lug / c.char / d.maul 
87. Peevish- a.patient / b. ✅ irritable / c.calm / d.troubling 
88. Bewail- a. ✅ bemoan / b.merriment / c.entertainment / d.celebrate 
89. Retaliation- a.tolerance / b. ✅ counterattack / c.bear / d.ignore 
 
Idioms/ One word substitutions/ Phrasal verbs/ Confusing words: 
90. A system where all people are equal- a.bureaucracy/ b.oligarchy/ c.aristocracy/ d. ✅ egalitarian 
91. Excuse- a.induce / b. ✅ alibi / c.truce/ d.refuse 
92. The sound of monkeys- a.neigh /b.hiss /c. ✅ gibber/grunt
93. Hear it on the grapevine- a.to be hard of hearing/ b.dumb/ c. ✅ to hearsay/ d.deaf 
94. As daft as a brush- a. ✅ fool/ b.shrewd / c.intelligible / d.agile 
95. Feel down- a. ✅ down in the mouth / b.in the red / c.overjoyed / d.green 
96. Splash out- a.miser / b.✅ blow up money / c.to be frugal / d.terminate 
97. Evergreen- a.✅ perennial / b.fleeting / c.transient / d.temporary  
98. Gripe- a.✅ grouse / b.refer / c.recommend/ d.comply 
99. Celebration- a.feet / b.feat / c.fait/ d.✅ fiesta
100. Irascible- a.hesitating / b.✅ easily irritated/ c.irritating / d.piercing

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