Idioms and Phrases Practice Question and Answer
6 Q:In the following question, two columns are given containing three phrases each. In the first column, phrases are A, B, and C, and in the second column, the phrases are D, E, and F. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options forms a correct sentence after combination, select ‘None of these’ as your answer.
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- 1A-Ffalse
- 2B-F, C-Dfalse
- 3A-E, B-F and C-Dtrue
- 4B-F, C-Efalse
- 5None of thesefalse
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Answer : 3. "A-E, B-F and C-D"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Call upon
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645b88dae67f3b0a568a0473Call upon
- 1To adjustfalse
- 2To stopfalse
- 3To followfalse
- 4To ordertrue
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Answer : 4. "To order"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Backseat driver
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644b9f72c8416cce118b91edBackseat driver
- 1A person who offers unsolicited advice.true
- 2To miss an appointed meeting.false
- 3Attempt to get control over someone.false
- 4To conclude proceedings.false
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Answer : 1. "A person who offers unsolicited advice."
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Fair and square
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64916801cae316dfef673849- 1Calm and quietfalse
- 2Beautiful in appearancefalse
- 3By any means availablefalse
- 4According to the rulestrue
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Answer : 4. "According to the rules"
Explanation :
"Fair and square" means justly and according to the rules, without any cheating.
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in bold in the following sentence.
She was within a hair's breadth of winning.
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6462129ec899b466f4485274She was within a hair's breadth of winning.
- 1certainfalse
- 2desirousfalse
- 3narrow margintrue
- 4accomplishedfalse
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Answer : 3. "narrow margin"
Q: Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
In the same boat
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64522fc856b58a4236972ec5In the same boat
- 1To go in the same direction as someone elsefalse
- 2To be in the same difficult situation as someone elsetrue
- 3To share profits with someone elsefalse
- 4To gain undue advantage with othersfalse
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