English Quiz – March, 2015 – Set 8

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,
Rhea 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 Rachana’s emotional rendering of love. My mother was not known to
be given to display of love and __3__, Rachana’s poetry opened terrible wounds
of love in her. Five years later, Rhea learnt that my mother and Rachana 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__ Rhea had arranged that meeting, it was only
when Rhea met Rachana’s daughter recently that Rhea understood the things.
There was a depth of love in her poetry irrespective of lime light and
adulation, Rachana had indulged in her __9__ with sincerity so as to delight
and __10__ the heart and mind at that time.

1. (a) blowing (b)
floating (c) overwhelming (d) aggravating (e) moving

2. (a) debouched (b)
meted (c) stunk (d) overwhelmed (e) panned

3. (a) but (b)
more (c) if (d) whether (e) yet

4. (a) standstill
(b) toddlers (c) subtle (d) minded (e) strained

5. (a) crusader (b)
spadework (c) legacies (d) gender (e) choice

6. (a) torn (b)
agile (c) heinous (d) rushed (e) ascertained

7. (a) apart (b)
appellant (c) avail (d) crept (e) frivolous

8. (a) where (b)
and (c) then (d) also (e) though

9. (a) transcends
(b) stigma (c) pursuit (d) planning (e) blister

10. (a) smooth (b)
satiate (c) reflex (d) react (e) plank