Question 56
[Q.6] Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
She was ______ for her dedication to environmental protection.
Detailed Solution
'Commended' means praised formally for dedication.
[Q.6] Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
She was ______ for her dedication to environmental protection.
'Commended' means praised formally for dedication.
[Q.7] Select the correct active voice form of the given sentence:
The bridge was built by the engineers in six months.
Past passive 'was built' transforms to simple past active 'built'.
[Q.8] Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom:
Burn the midnight oil
'Burn the midnight oil' means to work or study late at night.
[Q.9] Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error:
Neither the teacher nor the students was present in the auditorium.
With 'neither... nor', the verb agrees with the closer subject ('students', plural -> 'were present').
[Q.10] Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word:
Candid
'Candid' means truthful and straightforward; its antonym is 'Deceptive'.