Idioms and Phrases questions and answers Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Bone of contention
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60ae2c93d752621d4f9f9725Bone of contention
- 1Cause for quarreltrue
- 2A link between themfalse
- 3A delicious non-vegetarian itemfalse
- 4An item which made them contentfalse
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Answer : 1. "Cause for quarrel "
Q: In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Straw in the wind
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5e730dcb8051107571a742d9Straw in the wind
- 1A light - weight objectfalse
- 2A lucky charmfalse
- 3A game that kids playfalse
- 4An indication of what might happentrue
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Answer : 4. "An indication of what might happen"
Q: Direction(50): In the following, pick out the correct meaning of the following idioms:
Beat around the bush
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5d75d987e8e1523a0ad545a3Beat around the bush
- 1Avoid coming to the pointtrue
- 2Run awayfalse
- 3Deduce from the factsfalse
- 4Likely to happen soonfalse
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Answer : 1. "Avoid coming to the point "
Q: In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
At a stone's throw
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60accf73d752621d4f9c835eAt a stone's throw
- 1At a great distancefalse
- 2A quarryfalse
- 3At a short distancetrue
- 4At a place where quarrels take placefalse
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Answer : 3. "At a short distance "
Q:In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Eating mud
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6017c2d2644c9222dbd0c0f8- 1Calcivorousfalse
- 2Fructivorousfalse
- 3Equivorousfalse
- 4Limivoroustrue
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Answer : 4. "Limivorous"
Q: The aged man preferred to die in harness than lead a rusted life.
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604845e7395e942502045d35- 1to keep one's belongings safefalse
- 2to live in perpetual slaveryfalse
- 3to continue occupation till deathtrue
- 4to lead a life of comfortfalse
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Answer : 3. "to continue occupation till death"
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
Hand in glove
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5efc543ceb90be58c58f9a66- 1working together in the same officefalse
- 2wearing gloves while workingfalse
- 3in partnership for something dishonesttrue
- 4doing work in the gardenfalse
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Answer : 3. "in partnership for something dishonest"
Q:Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) are given below sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is required ‘, mark (E) as the answer.
Ramesh worries endlessly about his son’s future as he was so poor in studies.
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5deb23e9a4034f362149cd01- 1worry endlessfalse
- 2worried endlessfalse
- 3worried endlesslytrue
- 4worries endlessfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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