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English - 5 (DMRC Exam)

Description: English - 5
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: English - 5 Antonyms Idiomatic and Phraseal Use Spellings Sentence Completion (Gap Fills) Synonyms/Meanings
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Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

To see eye to eye with

  1. To agree

  2. To stare fixedly

  3. To be angry

  4. To take revenge


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The phrase means to agree with someone.

Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

To go to the root of a matter

  1. To go deep to know the cause of

  2. To dig the foundation deep

  3. To sow the seeds

  4. To work hard from the beginning


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 This means to go deep to know the reason behind something.

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning for the given Latin expression.

Facsimile

  1. Fake a smile

  2. Make a copy

  3. Face a horror

  4. Printing device


Correct Option: B

Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.

  1. Recnised

  2. Reconsder

  3. Reconsider

  4. Riconisder


Correct Option: C

Directions: Select the word that is opposite in meaning to the word given in bold letters.

IMPEL

  1. Ignore

  2. Cajole

  3. Console

  4. Curb


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Relate the word with compel. Impel is to goad or encourage, compel is to force.

Directions: Select the word that is opposite in meaning to the word given in bold letters.

CENSURE

  1. Commend

  2. Trust

  3. Excite

  4. Perceive


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Censure is to criticise.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

The wound has started to ______________.

  1. cure

  2. heal

  3. mend

  4. peal


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the given word.

Advocate

  1. Urge

  2. Tie up

  3. Decode

  4. Warn


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

To sail under false colours

  1. To pretend to be what one is not

  2. To hide oneself

  3. To conceal the reality

  4. To undertake an air journey


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 To pretend to be something that you are not 

Directions: Select the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.

He works ______ morning _______ night.

  1. from, till

  2. in, until

  3. from, to

  4. for, through


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Preposition 'from' shows the commencement of an action. 'To' refers to the time limit.

Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.

  1. Achievment

  2. Acheivement

  3. Achievement

  4. Achivement


Correct Option: C

Directions: Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.

The officer took him to task for his neglect of duty.

  1. dismissed him

  2. suspended him

  3. promoted him

  4. rebuked him


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The phrase 'took to task' means to scold someone angrily or severely.

Directions: Select the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.

I was standing ______ the river, looking ______ the birds and talking ________ them.

  1. across, at, with

  2. by, at, to

  3. at, to, with

  4. by, to, to


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'By the river' means 'near the river bank', 'looking at' means 'to direct one‘s attention mentally upon something' and 'talking to' is the correct usage.  

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

I shall always be thinking of you wherever you _____.

  1. shall go

  2. go

  3. would go

  4. will go


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Go' is the correct option.

Directions: Select the word that is opposite in meaning to the word given in bold letters.

ALLY

  1. Mediator

  2. Felon

  3. Adversary

  4. Inventor

  5. Conspirator


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Adversary or opponent is the opposite of ally.

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