This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Hedging And Boosting > Boosters – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Boosters Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the impact of chronic stress on brain health? A) It enhances the ability of the brain to encode memories. B) It improves visual attention and speed of mental processing. C) It has no impact on brain health. D) It shrinks the Hippocampus over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It shrinks the Hippocampus over time. 2. Her comment ..... A) Make ends meet. B) Stopped me in my tracks. C) Stop in one's track. D) Dilapidated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped me in my tracks. 3. The two longer sides of a Netball court are referred to as? A) Transverse lines. B) Side Lines. C) Goal Lines. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Side Lines. 4. The ..... storm was beginning to lose some of its fury. A) Perish. B) Livid. C) In vain. D) Tumultuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tumultuous. 5. The cat is out of the bag! He has diabetes because he also has a ..... A) Salt of the earth. B) Take it with a grain of salt. C) Sweet tooth. D) Pie in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweet tooth. 6. Sunlight has caused the rubber to ..... A) Mitigate. B) Perish. C) Umpteen years. D) Scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perish. 7. Cryptic A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 8. Emerged A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 9. The price was ..... higher than had been expected. A) Omnipresent. B) Cropped out. C) Batten the hatches. D) Substantially. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Substantially. 10. He does not like to ..... , hence I always have to bring extra cash just in case. A) Out of this world. B) Go Dutch. C) Finger in the pie. D) Variety is the spice of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go Dutch. 11. Peter bought 6 boxes of ice cream. He wants to share them with his 3 friends. How many ice cream does each of them get? A) 4. B) 2. C) 6. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 12. You may have to ..... disappointment and failure before experiencing success. A) Rebuked. B) Undergo. C) Outright insolence. D) Red-letter day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undergo. 13. How does Peer Teaching work? A) One person talks and the other sleeps. B) You learn something and explain it to a friend. C) You take turns watching YouTube. D) You write down the same answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You learn something and explain it to a friend. 14. She was unafraid and sure-footed, ..... , and well-disciplined. A) Agile. B) Fugitive. C) Funereal. D) Felicitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agile. 15. His coursework is not ..... A) On tenterhooks. B) A brown study. C) Up to par. D) Left no stone unturned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Up to par. 16. Many people were badly injured during the ..... of the riot. A) Perish. B) Bellow. C) Flight-or-fight moment. D) Pandemonium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pandemonium. 17. It was all over the ..... ! A) Gallant. B) Galore. C) Gargantuan. D) Gazette. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gazette. 18. What is the type of brain training that measures visual attention and speed of mental processing? A) Meditation. B) Useful Field of View. C) Cognitive Training. D) Neuroplasticity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Useful Field of View. 19. Identify the instrument used by Sir.C.V Raman ..... A) Hygrometre. B) Spectram. C) Spectrograph. D) Spygomomano metre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spectrograph. 20. Which of the following methods of farming enables farmers to grow different crops on the same land, from time to time? A) Crop rotation. B) Drip irrigation. C) Crop cultivation. D) Ploughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop rotation. 21. We were fortunate that we did not get ..... by the economy inflation. A) Affected. B) Shivered. C) Pitch-dark. D) People from all walks of lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affected. 22. What is the sun's light intensity on Earth? A) 93 lumens per watt. B) 1380 watts per square meter. C) 1800 watts per square meter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1380 watts per square meter. 23. To rise or appear from a hidden place; to come into view. A) Isolated. B) Bewilder. C) Emerged. D) Concoct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emerged. 24. My heart began to ..... when I was announced as the winner. A) Mellifluous. B) Psyched. C) Palpitate. D) Rapturous ovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palpitate. 25. She glanced up at the gray sky, her breath coming out in a short, ..... A) Huff and puff. B) Bellow for help. C) Hollering for help. D) Gasping pant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gasping pant. 26. ..... , she rolled down the couch and fell down. A) Bawled uncontrollably. B) Perused. C) Abruptly. D) Placid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abruptly. 27. What is the name of the communication satellite to be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation? A) GSAT 30. B) CMS-01. C) EOS-01. D) RISAT 2BR1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CMS-01. 28. Who had the first whole meal in space A) Yuri garin. B) Jhon gllen. C) Neil amstrong. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yuri garin. 29. Family members and friends are always advised to ..... when they find themselves in clashing situations. A) Bull in the china shop. B) Bury the hatchet. C) Bag standard / bog standard. D) Bear with a sore throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bury the hatchet. 30. I have a ..... task in trying to paint a picture of these tremendous industries in half an hour. A) Hapless. B) Haughty. C) Harrowing. D) Herculean. 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