This set of Professional Communication online quiz focuses on “Words Related to Science, Engineering, Nutrition and Health”.
1. Which of these words is correct?
a) Longevity
b) Longivity
c) Longevety
d) Longeviety
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Explanation: The correct word is Longevity. It is often misspelt. Other such words are liquefy, liaison, mystique, propeller, etc..
2. Choose the correct statement:
a) Please open the light.
b) Please shut the light.
c) Please turn on the light.
d) Please shut down the light.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: Please turn on the light. We turn on or off the light. We don’t open or shut the light.
3. Choose the correct statement:
a) He comes always late for practice.
b) He always comes late for practice.
c) He comes late always for practice.
d) He comes late for practice always.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: He always comes late for practice. Adverbs of indefinite time like, ever, never, sometimes and the adverbs almost, hardly, nearby are placed before the principal verb.
4. Fill in the blank :
I could not _____ him to come to the party.
a) convince
b) persuade
c) push
d) force
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Explanation: The correct statement is: I could not persuade him to come to the party. To convince is to make a person believe in something that they initially didn’t believe in. To persuade means to get a person to do something.
5. Choose the correct statement:
a) Graham Bell discovered the telephone.
b) Graham Bell found the telephone.
c) Graham Bell invented the telephone.
d) Graham Bell did the telephone.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: Graham Bell invented the telephone. To discover means to find that which already existed. To invent means to make that which did not exist.
6. The word “ultrasonic” is a noun.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is false. The word “ultrasonic” is an adjective whereas the word “ultra sound” is a noun.
7. Choose the correct statement:
a) I met him six years before.
b) I met him six years early.
c) I met him six years ago.
d) I met him six years behind.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: I met him six years ago. We use ago in counting from the time of speaking to a point in the past; we use before in counting from a distance to a nearer point in the past.
8. The word “cross-section” is a verb.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is true. The word “cross-section” is a verb whereas the word “cross section” is a noun. Similarly, the word “cut out” is a verb and “cutout” a noun.
9. Choose the correct statement:
a) I am presently working in Mumbai.
b) I am at present working in Mumbai.
c) I am at presently working in Mumbai.
d) I am present working in Mumbai.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: I am at present working in Mumbai. At present means now and presently means soon.
10. Choose the correct statement:
a) This shop has many rich clients.
b) This shop has many rich customers.
c) This shop has many rich people.
d) This shop has many rich trespassers.
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Explanation: The correct statement is: This shop has many rich customers. A person is a client to a lawyer, a bank, etc., but not to a shop.
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