Veto q&a 7 Month22 (1)

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13. Select the word which means the opposite of the
word - Boon
(A) Blessing
(B) Curse
(C) Happiness (D) Wishing
ans : (b) Curse
14. Select the meaning of the underlined idiom
It’s raining cats and dogs
(A) It’s raining heavily
(B) Cats and dogs are falling from the sky
(C) Cats are being chased by dogs
(D) Cats and dogs are quarrelling
ans : (a) it’s raining heavily
15. Find out the synonym of the word ‘Peer’
(A) Competitor (B) Twin
(C) Prejudice
(D) Equal
ans : (D) equal
16. Lacking in quantity or quality is _______
(A) enough (B) sufficient
(C) meagre (D) full
ans : (C) meagre
17. The crop was attacked by a ________ of locusts
(A) herd
(B) troop
(C) crowd
(D) plague
ans : (D) plague
18. “Meet me at the new building ________ at noon.”
The architect said
(A) sight
(B) cite
(C) site
(D) seat
ans : (C) site
sight þ ImgvN
Cite - D²cn¡pI/FSp¯p]dbpI
Site - Øm\w/]cnkcw
Seat - Ccn¸nSw
19. Artists must be ________ otherwise they just repeat
what they see or hear
(A) create
(B) creative
(C) created (D) creating
ans : (b) creative
20. A Latin word which means ‘the most important work
of an artist, writer etc’
(A) Memento (B) Magnum opus
(C) Mangue (D) Mot juste
ans : (b) Magnum opus
Memento - an object kept as a reminder of a
person or event
Mot juste - the exact, appropriate word
FOreign WOrDs anD PHrases
ab initio
ad hoc
ad valorem
alma mater
bonafide
de facto
de jure
en masse
en route
et cetera
ex parte
ex post facto
faux pas
impasse
magnum opus
nota bene (N.B.)
par excellence
prima facie
sine die
status quo
tete-a-tete
vice versa
vis-a-vis
viva voce
tOtal
Plus
from the beginning
for a specified purpose
according to value
a school, college,
university or seminary
where one is educated
in good faith
in fact
in law
all together
On the way to
and so forth
one sided; without the other party
From a thing done afterward
false step
a deadlock
great work
note well
pre-eminently
on the face of it
without a date
fixed; indefinitelystatus quo
the existing state of affairs
a private conversation
with the order reversed
face to face with
oral interview
Q&A Bonus
The Sivagiri pilgrimage starts from - Muloor bhavanam
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