Night Class: English Quiz

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

Decades ago one noon, Radhika caught my mother teaching over a topic and reciting a poem …(1)… across the airwaves. Engulfed in the block out enforce by the traditional customs, she was …(2)… by Sarika’s emotional rendering of love. My mother was not known to be given to display of love and …(3)…, Sarika’s poetry opened terrible wounds of love in her.

Five years later, Radhika learnt that my mother and Sarika were not only relatives but also childhood friends, lost their mothers while they were …(4)…. Their common …(5)… of loneliness brought them together briefly but they were …(6)… …(7)… by circumstances and it took years before the two childhood friends met again. …(8)… Radhika had arranged that meeting, it was only when Radhika met Sarika’s daughter recently then Radhika understood the things. There was a depth of love in her poetry irrespective of lime light and adulation, Sarika had indulged in her …(9)… with sincerity so as to delight and …(10)… the heart and mind at that time.

1. 

1) blowing

2) floating

3) overwhelming

4) aggravating

5) moving

2. 

1) debouched

2) meted

3) stunk

4) overwhelmed

5) panned

3. 

1) but

2) more

3) if

4) whether

5) yet

4. 

1) standstill

2) toddlers

3) subtle

4) minded

5) strained

5. 

1) crusader

2) spadework

3) legacies

4) situation

5) choices

6. 

1) torn

2) agile

3) heinous

4) rushed

5) ascertained

7. 

1) apart

2) appellant

3) avail

4) crept

5) frivolous

8. 

1) Where

2) And

3) Then

4) Also

5) Though

9. 

1) transcends

2) stigma

3) pursuit

4) planning

5) blister

10. 

1) smooth

2) satiate

3) reflex

4) react

5) plank

Answers:

1.2 
2. 4 
3. 5 
4. 2 
5. 3 
6. 1
7. 1 
8. 5 
9. 3