Unit-III – QUIZ BITS

1. What is Hawking Radiation?

a. black holes can give off heat
b. size of black holes
c. four main interactions
d. Physical laws of nature. ––––––––– A.(a)
2. In the 1980s Hawking answered one of Einstein’s unanswered theories, ––––––––––
a. discovery of gravitational waves
b. unified field theory
c. general relativity
d. Second law of thermodynamics. –––––––––– A.(b)
3. A book sold over a million copies for over a year and was listed as the best-selling nonfiction
a. The nature of Space and Time
b. George’s Secret key to the Universe
c. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
d. Black Holes and Baby Universe and other Essays. ––––––––––– A.(c)
4. In which year Hawking awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
a. 2009
b. 2010
c. 2011
d. 2012. –––––––– A.(a)
5. Hawking used ––––––– to overcome his disability.
a. Biology
b. Technology
c. Zoology
d. Archaeology. –––––––– A.(b)
6. Choose appropriate meaning of the word “Outstanding”
a. extremely good
b. extremely sorry
c. extremely happy
d. extremely sharp. –––––––– A.(a)
7. Select meaning of a word ‘onset’
a. grinning
b. ending
c. beginning
d. inning. –––––––– A.(c)
8. He was immediately released from his confinement. Select the antonym of Confinement,
a. commitment
b. house arrest
c. imprisonment
d. liberation. ––––––––– A.(d)
9. Select the synonym of ‘edorse’
a. renounce
b. countersign
c. disguise
d. reject. –––––––– A.(b)
10. A statement that makes something seem less important, impressive, serious is –––––––
a. overemphasis
b. exaggeration
c. understatement
d. overstatement. ––––––––– A.(c)
11. Synonym of deftness
a. ignorance
b. incompetence
c. skilful
d. avocation. ––––––––– A.(c)
12. Synonym of ‘delineate’
a. twist
b. describe
c. confuse
d. misstate. –––––––––– A.(b)
13. Identify the synonym of ‘derivative’
a. unoriginal
b. inventive
c. unique
d. unborrowed. –––––––– A.( )
14. Identify the Antonym of ‘ebullient’
a. cheerful
b. brash
c. depressed
d. exuberant. A.(c)
15. Antonym of ‘eccentric’
a. quirky
b. unusual
c. aberrant
d. unexciting. –––––––––– A(d)
16. They pray for Spiritual welfare and believe in efficacy of such prayers. Efficacy means ––––––
a. inadequacy
b. effectiveness
c. enervation
d. lethargy –––––––– A.(b)
17. Identify Antonym of a word ‘eloquence’
a. persuasive
b. inarticulateness
c. fervour
d. expressiveness. –––––––– A.(b)
18. His argument is based on fallacious. Identify the meaning of underlined word
a. real
b. true
c. fishy
d. information
19. Dolphins are gregarious, and large herds often follow ships. gregarious means –––––––
a. introverted
b. sociable
c. cold
d. unhospitable. ––––––––– A.(b)
20. By guile and skill, they managed to escape. guile means ––––––––
a. frankness
b. naivety
c. cunning
d. uprightness. ––––––– A.(c)
21. Politicians tend to repeat the same hackneyed expressions over and over again. Replace the
word hackneyed.
a. original
b. new
c. cliché
d. uncommon. –––––––––– A.(c)
22. She wan’t very fastidious about personal hygiene. Identify synonym of underlined word.
a. uncouth
b. meticulous
c. uncritical
d. unfussy. –––––––––––– A.(b)
23. Antonym of desiccate
a. dried
b. powdered
c. dampen
d. dehydrated. ––––––––– A.(c)
24. These lines are not meant to deride anyone’s beliefs. deride means –––––––––
a. mock
b. revere
c. admire
d. respect. ––––––––– A.(a)
25. Meaning of insurmountable.
a. superable
b. impossible
c. possible
d. surmountable. ––––––––– A.(b)
26. Padmini –––––––– television serials regularly.
a. watch
b. watches
c. watched
 d. watching. –––––– A.(b)
27. The teacher is ––––––– notes to the students.
a. dictate
b. dictates
c. dictated
d. dictating. ––––––––– A.(d)
28. I just now ––––––– my homework.
a. finish
b. finished
c. have finished
d. has finished. –––––––––A.(c)
29. She –––––––– in this city since 1994.
a. has been
b. have been
c. had been
d. . –––––––––– A.(a)
30. I ––––––––– Singapore last week.
a. visit
b. visits
c. visited
d. visiting. –––––––– A.(c)
31. Ram –––––––– music at Kalaniketan in those days.
a. is learning
b. am learning
c. was learning
d. are learning. ––––––––– A.(c)
32. I switched off the lights, after he ––––––––– slept.
a. have
b. has
c. had
d. has been. ––––––––– A.(c)
33. Siva ––––––– working as a part-timer when he got married.
a. have been
b. had been
c. has been. ––––––– A.(b)
34. Dolphins –––––––– in water.
a. live
b. lives
c. living
d. lived. ––––––––– A.(a)
35. The Prime Minister –––––––– to the victims yesterday.
a. speak
b. spoke
c. spoken
d. speaking. ––––––––– A.(b)
36. He ––––––––––an accident while he was waiting in the bus stop.
a. see
b. saw
c. had seen
d. have seen. –––––––– A.(b)
37. The President ––––––––– the public tomorrow.
a. addresses
b. is addressing
c. will address
d. was addressing. ––––––––– A.(c)
38. Rohit ––––––––– sweets on his birthday.
a. distribute
b. distributed
c. distributing
d. distributes. –––––––––– A.(d)
39. Prof. Braintimer –––––––––– (work) on a time machine for many years now
a. has been working
b. had been working
c. have been working
d. am working. ––––––––– A.(a)
40. As he ––––––– (walk) through the city, he –––––––––– (pass) an old, blind beggar.
a. is walking, passes
b. was walking, passed
c. has been walking, passes
d. had been walking, passes. ––––––––– A.(b)