Pareekshavijayi e-Book
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
R<br />
12 Veto<br />
follow us: facebook.com/vetotrivandrum 16<br />
(d) break<br />
35. Which word has the same<br />
meaning as ‘make out’<br />
(a) destroy (b) understand<br />
(c) produce (d) model<br />
36. The adjective of “quarrel” is<br />
(a) quarrellous (b) quarrelful<br />
(c) quarrellable (d) quarrelsome<br />
37. “A pyrrhic victory” means<br />
(a) a victory achieved with great<br />
affort<br />
(b) A victory that comes at the<br />
expense of great losses or costs<br />
(c) A shameful victory<br />
(d) a colourful victory<br />
38. A notorious person has a<br />
(a) good reputation<br />
(b) great past<br />
(c) bad reputation<br />
(d) great ancestry<br />
39. What is the collective noun for a<br />
group of whales?<br />
(a) pack (b) herd<br />
(c) fleet (d) school<br />
40. Beggars cannot be ______<br />
(a) selectors (b) choosers<br />
(c) judges (d) masters<br />
Answer Key<br />
1. D¯cw: (b) Cliche (]dªv<br />
]gInb ^enXtam ssientbm)<br />
2. D¯cw: (c) Nonsensical<br />
(AÀ°iq\yamb)<br />
3. D¯cw: (b) Too late<br />
• Eleventh hour also means ‘last<br />
minute’<br />
4. D¯cw: (a) brought about<br />
bringabout<br />
bring in<br />
bring on<br />
bring out<br />
to cause to happen<br />
to produce, yield or<br />
earn<br />
to cause to appear<br />
to reveal or expose;<br />
to produce<br />
5. D¯cw: (b) Feminist<br />
6. D¯cw: (c) on<br />
put on to wear<br />
put in to make a formal offer<br />
of; to plant; to apply<br />
put off to postpone<br />
put out - to extinguish<br />
7. D¯cw: (d) who<br />
• \ma-¯n\v tij-apÅ blank sâ<br />
sXm«Sp¯v hcp hm¡v Hcp<br />
{Inb (verb) BsW-¦n who<br />
D]-tbm-Kn-¡-Ww.<br />
8. D¯cw: (d) Happen after death<br />
9. D¯cw: (b) incredible<br />
10. D¯cw: (a) the worm<br />
• CsXmcp ]g-s©m-ÃmWv.<br />
“BZyw sNmÃp-h\v A¸w<br />
t\«w.”<br />
11. D¯cw: (d) Homicide<br />
killing of oneself suicide<br />
killing of one’s parent parenticide<br />
killing of one’s close parricide<br />
relative<br />
killing of one’s brother Fratricide<br />
12. D¯cw: (c) forgetfulness<br />
• Impertinence means rudeness<br />
13. D¯cw: (d) difficulty<br />
14. D¯cw: (d) Deep respect<br />
15. D¯cw: (a) Elegy<br />
elegy<br />
Rhyme<br />
farce<br />
prosaic<br />
hnem-]-Imhyw<br />
IhnX, ]Zyw<br />
I]-S-thjw<br />
KZyw- t]m-se-bpÅ<br />
16. D¯cw: (a) Gaol<br />
• Gaol means jail<br />
17. D¯cw: (d) An optimist<br />
Optimist<br />
Pessimist<br />
One who usually expects<br />
a favourable<br />
outcome<br />
(ip`m]vXnhnizmkn)<br />
A person who expects<br />
the worst.<br />
(tZmjNn´I³)<br />
18. D¯cw: (a) Study of birds<br />
19. D¯cw: (d) imperative<br />
• Hcp imperative sentence Bcw-`n-<br />
¡p-Xv ‘please’, ‘kindly’, ‘Be’,<br />
‘Let’, or main verb Fn-h-bnsempsIm≠<br />
mbn-cn-¡pw.<br />
20. D¯cw: (a) would not have<br />
• If clause ‘past perfect’ Â BbXp<br />
sIm v main clause would have<br />
+ ppv D mbn-cn-¡pw.<br />
1. D¯-cw: (b) in<br />
• progress t\mSv in F<br />
preposition D]-tbm-Kn-¡p-p.<br />
2. -D¯cw: (c) could have met<br />
• ‘If clause’ past perfect (had+ppv)<br />
-BsW-¦n main clause Â<br />
would have/could have + ppv<br />
D]-tbm-Kn-¡Ww.<br />
3. D¯cw: (d) cattle<br />
4. D¯cw: (b) don’t you<br />
• Auxiliary verb - do (ie, do+like<br />
=like).Xn-cn-¡p hmIyw<br />
positive Bb-Xn-\m ‘do’t\mSv<br />
n’t tNÀs¯-gp-X-Ww. subject<br />
‘you’ Bb-Xn-\m ‘don’t you’.<br />
5. D¯cw: (b) cub<br />
(offspring - k´Xn)<br />
6. D¯cw: (b) dead<br />
alive x dead<br />
7. D¯cw: (d) he had been<br />
received a complaint<br />
• hmIyw passive voice D]<br />
tbmKnt¡ ImcyanÃ<br />
8. D¯cw: (b) with the<br />
9. D¯cw: (b) mosquito<br />
10. D¯cw: (a) backed out<br />
back out<br />
take off<br />
put away<br />
let out<br />
to withdraw from<br />
something before<br />
completion.<br />
to remove; to release; to<br />
rise into the air or begin<br />
flight<br />
to discard; to renounce<br />
to reveal; to come to a<br />
close<br />
Since<br />
11. D¯cw: (a) the easier it<br />
will be to perform<br />
• ‘the more ..... the more’ sâ<br />
{]tbmKw<br />
• The + comparative form + sub<br />
+ v + the + comparative form<br />
+ sub +v+.....<br />
12. D¯cw: (b) urban<br />
13. D¯cw: (a) veteran<br />
service x dis service/ ill service<br />
crooked x straight<br />
vice x virtue<br />
14. D¯cw: (a) has broken<br />
• ‘one of the’ Ignªv hcp<br />
noun _lp-h-N-\hpw verb<br />
FI-h-N-\-hp-am-bn-cn-¡-Ww.<br />
15. D¯cw: (b) understand<br />
16. D¯cw: (d) quarrelsome<br />
17. D¯cw: (b) A victory that<br />
comes at the expense of great<br />
losses or costs.<br />
AXnbmb \mi\ã§<br />
fneqsS e`n¨ hnPbw<br />
18. D¯cw: (c) bad reputation<br />
19. D¯cw: (d) school<br />
20. D¯cw: (b) choosers<br />
Present Past Past Participle<br />
Lie (IÅw ]dbpI) Lied Lied<br />
Lie (InS¡pI) Lay (InSp) Lain<br />
Lay (CSpI) Laid Laid<br />
for<br />
2005 (or any a year ) 10 years<br />
January (or any a month)<br />
Sunday ( or any a day)<br />
3 months<br />
5 weeks<br />
8 O’clock (or any a time) 7 days<br />
12.30 PM 2.30 hours<br />
last week<br />
Yesterday<br />
Night<br />
Morning<br />
Evening<br />
Breakfast<br />
Lunch<br />
Dinner<br />
time s\<br />
ImWn-¡p<br />
]£w<br />
Christmas, Onam, childhood, Etc ...<br />
15 minutes<br />
last 2 weeks<br />
2 nights<br />
3 mornings<br />
Fortnight<br />
etc..
Change language