DP HEAD CONSTABLE- MINISTERIAL (GENERAL ENGLISH) QUIZ

Question 1:

Direction : Find the correct option that expresses the correct meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

At the crack of dawn

To waste lavishly

A source of quarrel

A time very early in the morning

To aggravate the situation

Question 2:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Lionel Messi said to me, “The new goalkeeper did not defend the goalpost in the last match."

Lionel Messi said to me that the new goalkeeper does not defend the goalpost in the match before.

Lionel Messi told me that the new goalkeeper did not defend the goalpost in the previous match.

Lionel Messi reminded me that the goalkeeper could not defend the goalpost in the previous match.

Lionel Messi told me that the new goalkeeper had not defended the goalpost in the previous match.

Question 3:

In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
The committee put forward a proposal to reduce the time limit for receiving the application.

A proposal was put forward by the committee to reduce the time limit for receiving the application.

A proposal had been put forward by the committee to reduce the time limit for receiving the application.

A proposal is put forward by the committee to reduce the time limit for receiving the application.

A proposal put forward by the committee was reduced the time limit for receiving the application.

Question 4:

Select the word that is the opposite meaning (ANTONYM) to the word given below.
ANACHRONISTIC

OBSOLETE

ANTIQUATED

CONTEMPORARY

ASTOUNDING

Question 5:

Select the most appropriate word/phrase to fill in the given blank space.

Supply chains are being_______________in Vietnam, which is the world’s second-biggest exporter of coffee.

Disrupt

Disrupting

Disrupted

Disruptive