Grammar Quiz (14 June 2024)

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. favoured

Preferred: Refers to someone who is recommended

Favoured: Refers to someone who is liked more than others

Thus, it is clear that preferred and favoured are similar words

Let's look at the meaning of the other words:

Compared: Refers to someone who is measured in terms of someone else

Adored: Refers to someone who is loved and admired

Feared: Refers to someone who is scary

Thus, the correct answer is option 4.

• The correct answer is option 4) i.e. Familiar

• Strange means unusual or unfamiliar.

•  Therefore, familiar is clearly its antonym.

Durable means 'strong and long-lasting."

Delicate means 'something that can be broken easily' (antonym of durable).

Unknown means unfamiliar or unusual (synonym of strange).

Option 2 is the right word: Dissimilar.

Equivalent - having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities.

• Comparable - similar.

• Dissimilar - not the same; different.

• Parallel- side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

• Identical - similar in every detail; exactly alike.

• The antonym of the given word is 'Dissimilar.'.

The correct answer is flaw.

• Defect- a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack

• Flaw- a mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object

• Care- the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something

• Fact- a thing that is known or proved to be true

• Sound-vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear

• Hence from the given meanings, we find that defect and flaw are synonyms.

The correct answer is Option 3.

• The correct spelling of the word 'berrel' is 'barrel' which means a round vessel or cask.

•  Barrier: A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.

• Berry: Berries are small, round fruit that grows on a bush or a tree.

•  Barren: A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.

•  The correct answer is option 4 i.e unsociable

•  The word 'convivial' refers to someone that is cheerful and lively

•  The word 'unsociable' refers to someone that does not enjoy or does not take the effort to involve themselves in the company of other people.

•  Hence, the correct answer is option 4

1. Jovial: Refers to someone that is all friendly and cheerful

2. Joyous: Refers to something or someone that is full of joy and happiness

3. Affable: Refers to a person or an atmosphere that is lively and fun

The correct answer is option 1.

Indefatigable means persisting tirelessly.

Indelible means making marks that cannot be removed.

Inflatable means capable of being filled with air.

Indestructible means are not able to be destroyed.

The correct answer is flaw.

• Defect- a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack

• Flaw- a mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object

• Care- the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something

• Fact- a thing that is known or proved to be true

• Sound-vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear

• Hence from the given meanings, we find that defect and flaw are synonyms.

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. proliferation.

• proliferation- the rapid increase in the number or amount of something.

• promotion- an activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim.

•  propensity- an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

•  paucity- the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

• Hence from the given meanings, we find that the correct answer is Option 1 i.e proliferation.

The correct answer is option 1.

To feather their own nest means to utilize one's own position at work for own monetary gain.

It is clear that the sentence means that many people join politics to promote their own interests or to gain for themselves. So, options 2,3 and 4 are incorrect.