English Quiz

1. The __________, those cellular bodies which contain the __________ particles, the genes, provide us with basic facts of genetic transmission. 
(a) protoplasm, microscopic
(b) globules, fat
(c) cytoplasm, minute
(d) chromosomes, hereditary


2. The insurance claim was __________ by the relevant documents
(a) sustained
(b) backed out
(c) backed up
(d) proved

3. I should not have __________ to talk in such a __________ strain especially when I had not studied the man to whom I was talking. 
(a) daring, commanding
(b) try, bold
(c) ventured, peremptory
(d) emboldened, reckless

4) High prices are often the __________ of __________ of goods.
(a) accompaniment, dearth
(b) concomitant, scarcity
(c) cause, destitution
(d) result, glut

5. The recent disturbances in the country will __________ and peace will be restored.
(a) blow past
(b) blow over
(c) pass through
(d) come to pass

6. On dark night a Darvesh ________ passing by a dry well. 

(a) wasn't

(b) happened to be 

(c) discovered in 

(d) found to

7. Nordisk have recently __________ a product called Glucometer. 

(a) started

(b) commissioned 

(c) launched 

(d) begun

8. I had already published a novel and it was an unexpected success. I thought my _______.

(a) days were up 

(b) chances were good 

(c) ladyluck was happy 

(d) fortune was made

9. The neighbour grabbed the boy, and rolled him on the road to _______ the flames. 

(a) smother 

(b) kill 

(c) burn out 

(d) fizz out

10. Sam asked me to keep his secret ___________.

(a) secret 

(b) in myself 

(c) amongst us 

(d) between us

Answers:

1. d The first blank should have a plural. Hence either b or d is the right choice. And genes are hereditary particles, making d. the right option.

2. c ‘Backed up’ a claim is the correct idiomatic usage.

3. c Only ‘ventured’ fits in the first blank properly.

4. a A scarcity of goods is often accompanied by high prices.

5. b The correct usage is - disturbances ‘blow over’.

6. b Only 'happened to' or 'wasn't' can grammatically fit here. 'Wasn't' does not give the sentence the appropriate meaning.

7. c One 'launches' a product.

8. d 'Unexpected success' goes best with 'fortune was made'.

9. a The correct idiomatic usage is 'smothering the flames'.

10.d Because there is a reference of two peoples Sam and I, therefore there is a need to use ‘Between’.