Weekly Revision Word Usage Test | 05.07.2020 for CLAT UG Exams

Question 1

Direction: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

At the eleventh hour

Question 2

Direction: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

Alpha and omega

Question 3

Directions: Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (e) or (d) which is the most appropriate meaning.

To play ducks and drakes

Question 4

Choose the correctly spelt word.

Question 5

Choose the correctly spelt word.

Question 6

Find the correctly spelt word:

Question 7

Find the correctly spelt word:

Question 8

Find the Suitable word. ‘If my aunt does not take her medication, she will have ____ mood swings’.

Question 9

Direction: In the following question, out of the five alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the given word.

Bureaucratic

Question 10

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Let bygones be bygones

Question 11

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

At the drop of a hat

Question 12

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Be at your wits’ end

Question 13

Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Question 14

Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Question 15

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Rub shoulders

Question 16

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Speaks your mind

Question 17

Select the word which means the same as the group of the words given.

Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease

Question 18

Direction: In this section, a word is spelled in four different ways. You are to identify the one which is correct. Choose the alternative bearing the correct spelling from (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Question 19

Direction: In this section, a word is spelled in four different ways. You are to identify the one which is correct. Choose the alternative bearing the correct spelling from (A), (B), (C) and (D).

Question 20

Direction: For the expression which has been underlined in each of the following sentences, choose the response A, B, C and D which most nearly expresses its meaning

A fortress on a commanding height for defense of a city is called

Question 21

Direction: For the expression which has been underlined in each of the following sentences, choose the response (A), (B), (C) or (D) which most nearly expresses its meaning.

The institution decided to give Mrs. Roy’s job to her son not because she was a social worker, but because she had died in harness.

Question 22

Direction: Select the option that is substitute in one word to the given word and mark your response on your answer sheet accordingly.

The art of making fireworks