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Nectar in a Sieve Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a reputation arising from success

a)

futility

b)

prestige

c)

submissive

d)

respite

2.

leftovers

a)

surmount

b)

gleanings

c)

obstinate

d)

impotence

3.

insolence

a)

lack of power, strength, or vigor

b)

the state of being too bold or overbearing

c)

a reputation arising from success

d)

useless to attempt; unproductive

4.

to trade goods versus money; to negotiate a price

a)

refute

b)

tenant

c)

barter

d)

meager

5.

active

a)

warily

b)

solace

c)

gleanings

d)

agile

6.

obstinate

a)

to comfort

b)

stubborn

c)

leftovers

d)

to lessen in severity

7.

After losing their food to Kunthi and having to wait for the harvest to ripen, the family was ______ for their first meal of fish and rice, eating voraciously.

a)

ravenous

b)

fastidious

c)

malignant

d)

imminent

8.

to overcome

a)

surmount

b)

gleanings

c)

pungent

d)

derision

9.

pungent

a)

a person who pays rent to use the land

b)

a strong odor

c)

to overcome

d)

lacking manners

10.

blessing; benefit; favor

a)

dowry

b)

ravenous

c)

imminent

d)

boon

11.

to lessen in severity

a)

respite

b)

amicable

c)

mitigate

d)

malignant

12.

impending; bound to happen

a)

ravenous

b)

imminent

c)

malignant

d)

impotence

13.

futility

a)

a reputation arising from success

b)

to lessen in severity

c)

useless to attempt; unproductive

d)

free from stress of mind or spirit

14.

silent

a)

boon

b)

agile

c)

mute

d)

refute

15.

solace

a)

a strong odor

b)

stubborn

c)

to overcome

d)

to comfort

16.

relief; temporary rest

a)

respite

b)

prestige

c)

mitigate

d)

derision

17.

fastidious

a)

unresisting or humbly obedient

b)

free from stress of mind or spirit

c)

useless to attempt; unproductive

d)

to use excessive care; particular

18.

derision

a)

relief; temporary rest

b)

unable to be broken

c)

ridicule; mockery

d)

to lessen in severity

19.

Without food or strength, Rukmani's _____ state disallowed her to fight back from being robbed and her husband from being unfaithful.

a)

imminent

b)

insolent

c)

impotent

d)

emaciated

20.

warily

a)

to comfort

b)

cautiously

c)

active

d)

leftovers

21.

incessantly

a)

continually; without interruption

b)

cruelly; without mercy; inflexible

c)

abnormally thin due to starvation

d)

a reputation arising from success

22.

a disastrous event marked by great loss and suffering

a)

ravenous

b)

calamity

c)

tenant

d)

futility

23.

tenant

a)

accuse of a fault; blame; criticize

b)

to prove wrong by argument or evidence

c)

a person who pays rent to use the land

d)

deficient in quality or quantity

24.

The monsoon's ______ winds cruelly destroyed the shabby huts and mercilessly took victims' lives.

a)

unrelenting

b)

impotent

c)

prestigious

d)

tranquil

25.

Biswas' _____ behavior made Rukmani avoid his stand; Old Granny had better manners.

a)

emaciated

b)

surmounting

c)

ravenous

d)

uncouth

26.

the money, goods, or estate exchanged in a marriage

a)

barter

b)

dowry

c)

usury

d)

refute

27.

compensation

a)

a reputation arising from success

b)

to give money to make up for goods, services rendered

c)

cruelly; without mercy; inflexible

d)

the state of being clear; transparent

28.

deficient in quality or quantity

a)

refute

b)

meager

c)

tenant

d)

barter

29.

conscientious

a)

a strong odor

b)

liberated; free

c)

unable to be broken

d)

moral; honest

30.

invincible

a)

to lessen in severity

b)

unable to be broken

c)

unresisting or humbly obedient

d)

in a friendly manner

31.

to prove wrong by argument or evidence

a)

refute

b)

barter

c)

respite

d)

meager

32.

Selvam's ______ future was determined when he left the land and became an assistant to Kenny, liberated from the constraints of farming.

a)

invincible

b)

unfettered

c)

conscientious

d)

derisive

33.

the state of being clear; transparent

a)

translucency

b)

incessantly

c)

insolence

d)

tranquility

34.

tranquility

a)

useless to attempt; unproductive

b)

free from stress of mind or spirit

c)

to use excessive care; particular

d)

the state of being clear; transparent

35.

submissive

a)

unable to be broken

b)

useless to attempt; unproductive

c)

impending; bound to happen

d)

unresisting or humbly obedient

36.

lending money at an excessive rate of interest

a)

dowry

b)

refute

c)

usury

d)

barter

37.

abnormally thin due to starvation

a)

impotence

b)

malignant

c)

mitigate

d)

emaciated

38.

reproach

a)

a reputation arising from success

b)

accuse of a fault; blame; criticize

c)

a person who pays rent to use the land

d)

the state of being too bold or overbearing

39.

amicable

a)

unable to be broken

b)

an evil, harming influence

c)

relief; temporary rest

d)

in a friendly manner

40.

an evil, harmful influence

a)

mitigate

b)

impotence

c)

ravenous

d)

malignant