Organizer: Department of Humanities, Govt .Co- Ed. Polytechnic Byron Bazar Raipur, (Chhattisgarh)
About the Quiz
To enhance the knowledge of Functional English Grammar for Polytechnic Students, held from 15/08/2022 to 17/08/2022.
- Time 1.pm to 3.00 pm IST
- All Students of Polytechnic can participate in the quiz
- Each participant can make only one attempt
- Participants scoring 50% and above will get an E -certificate
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- Only 100 certificates will be generated per day, so the participants are requested to wait for the certificate till next day
- Portal will be open from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm IST
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Quiz Answers
1 Choose which part of speech the underlined part belongs to: Bravo! Well done Players
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a) Interjection
b) Adjective
c) Verb
d) Adverb
- Identify which word must be able to be switched with the word “because” for it to be a conjunction? (otherwise, it’s a preposition)
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a) But
b) Or
c) Because
d) For
e)Yet
Other:
- Read and Identify which the type of non- infinite verb underlined in the following sentence. He tried to warn her before leaving.
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a) Infinitives
b) Gerunds
c) Participle
d) None of these
4.We lie all the time, despite the fact that it costs us considerably more mental effort to lie than to tell truth.
Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.
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a)despite the fact
B) it costs us
C) more mental effort
D) to tell truth.
E) considerably more mental
F) Lie all the time
5. Which of these is used between sentences which are grammatically independent ?*
a) Colon
b) Semicolon
c) Comma
d) Hyphen
6. Select the most appropriate verb to fill in the blank.
Each of these boys…….intelligent
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a) Is
b) Were
c) Has
d) Are
e) Have
7………………… his principles, he has to be very careful. (Use correct preposition in the given sentence )
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A) with regard of
B) with regard on
C) with regard to
D) None of these
- Ram and I ……….. good friends but now we …………. anymore.
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(a) were/won’t talk
(b) were/aren’t talking
(c) are/weren’t talking
(d) have been/don’t talk
9.’ …….. did the bell ring …… the children went to the canteen’*
a) No sooner/ than
b) As soon as/ then
c) Not only/but also
d) No sooner /did
10.Which of these statements belongs to past perfect continuous tense?*
a) he is writing
b) he was written
c) he has been writing
d) he had been writing.
11.Choose the correct antonym of the given word “Revealed”*
(A) Naked
(B) Concealed
(C) Open
(D) Bare
12. Heena said to him, “Why haven’t you paid the house rent ?” Change the narration*
(a) Reena told him why he had not paid the house rent.
(b) Reena asked him that he has not paid the house rent.
(c) Reena asked him why he had not paid the house rent.
(d) Reena asked him why he has not paid the house rent.
13.1. What is the problem with the following sentence: Robert should be back from the store in a hour.*
a. The verb is in the passive voice.
b. Because “hour” starts with a verb sound, the article before it should be “an.”
c. “Robert” should be replaced with a pronoun.
d. The store is not identified.
14.Choose the correct sentence
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A) Do you like a glass of water ?
B) Would you like a glass of water ?
C) Would you like the glass of water ?
D) Do you like the glass of water ?
- Choose the correct sentence
A)My friend Ramesh has got a new job.
B) My friend Ramesh has got a new work.
C) My friend Ramesh is got a new job.
D) My friend Ramesh did got a new job.
16.. Which of the following is NOT an adverb?
a. quickly.
b. heavy.
c. backward.
d. fully.
17. Identify the correct negative statement: ‘The students remembered to take the quiz.’*
a) The students did not remember to take the quiz
b) The students didn’t remembered to take the quiz
c) The students do not remember to take the quiz
d) The students does not remember to take the quiz
- Identify the correct punctuation sentence*
a) My brother who lives in Mumbai is a Engineer.
b) My brother, who lives in Mumbai, is an Engineer.
c) My brother, who lives in Mumbai is an Engineer.
d) My brother who lives in Mumbai, is an Engineer.
19.I sold my house because it was a real white elephant.: Identify the meaning of the idioms and phrases in the sentence*
a) A very big one
b) A rare find
c) Very expensive and useless
d) A very big one
e) A useless one
20.For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence.
We should guard against our green-eyed friends.
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A. rich
B. jealous
C. handsome
D. enthusiastic
21.Choose the most appropriate option to change the voice (active / passive) form of the given sentence.
Have you finished the work?
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(a) Has the work been finished by you?
(b) Had the work been finished by you?
(c) Has the work finished by you?
(d) Was the work finished by you?
- Incapable of making mistakes ( identify one word substitute )
a)infallible
b)gullible
c)idior
d)honorary
- ‘You can come across tigers in this forest. (occasionally)'(Place the word ‘occasionally’ in the sentence )
a) You can occasionally come across tigers in this forest.
b) You can come across occasionally tigers in this forest.
c) You can come across tigers occasionally in this forest.
d) You can come across tigers in this forest occasionally
24.1. The rule for when to use “who” and when to use “whom” is that
a. “whom” refers to the subject of a clause and “who” refers to the object of a verb or preposition.
b. “who” is acceptable in spoken language but “whom” is preferred in written language.
c. “whom” is used only in scholarly writing and “who” is used in more informal writing.
d. “who” refers to the subject of a clause and “whom” refers to the object of a verb or preposition.
- Arjun was a better speaker than his brother . select on the following sentence with meaning similar to the above sentence.
a) Arjun’s brother is not a better speaker
b) Arjun’s brother was not a better speaker
c) Arjun’s brother was not so better speaker as Arjun
d) Arjun’s brother was not as good as Arjun