Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 1st August 2017 to 20 August 2017. You need to practice a lot in order to achieve 40+ marks in the English Section. We are providing quizzes which include sentence improvement, error detection, idioms, one-word substitution, reading comprehension, vocabulary related questions etc. we have also provided study notes on English for SSC CGL 2017 Exam. Practice all these questions, if any doubt, post your queries in the comment section, we will answer surely. Today in this quiz we have included idioms Questions. Learn and score maximum marks in SSC CGL 2017.
Directions (1-15): Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer sheet.
Q1. Veera has unknowingly bitten off more than she can chew.
(a) been very greedy
(b) always been honest
(c) an upset stomach
(d) little regard for others
Q2. The bare bones of the conversation had been that he hated my guts.
(a) the naked truth
(b) just bones
(c) the main point
(d) the detailed analysis
Q3. To burn one’s fingers
(a) to have a burning sensation at the tips of one’s fingers
(b) to undergo suffering heroically for one’s principles
(c) to behave as if one is very great and important
(d) to get into unwanted trouble
Q4. To end in smoke
(a) to die of cancer caused by smoking
(b) to end without providing any practical result
(c) die in a burning house chocked with smoke
(d) to risk everything in a single venture
Q5. He spoke well though it was his maiden speech.
(a) Long speech
(b) Brief speech
(c) First speech
(d) Emotional speech
Q6. Fathima felt that she had been made a scapegoat for her son’s incompetence.
(a) Fool
(b) Witness
(c) Fall guy
(d) Proxy
Q7. She denied point-blank her involvement in the crime.
(a) Directly
(b) Desperately
(c) Stubbornly
(d) Rudely
Q8. It is hard to strike a bargain with a woman.
(a) To summarise a chapter
(b) To negotiate a deal
(c) To negotiate in war
(d) To deal with arms
Q9. You had better get up now or you will be late for school.
(a) Should
(b) May
(c) Might
(d) Can
Q10. He took his father’s advice to heart.
(a) Casually
(b) Patiently
(c) Seriously
(d) Quietly
Q11. His action was in character with what he was advocating all these days.
(a) Found to be good
(b) Found to be peculiar
(c) Found to be in keeping with
(d) Found to be familiar with
Q12. Mother Teresa blazed a new trail when she started working among lepers.
(a) Walked in the right path
(b) Gave up her job
(c) Did something for the first time and showed others how to do it
(d) Changed her old way of lie
Q13. Some of the text books are not available and It cannot be expected to make bricks without straw.
(a) Cheat
(b) Do the impossible
(c) Do the right thing
(d) Make hollow bricks
Q14. Mr. Narayan is eighty-eight, but he is as fit as a fiddle.
(a) As sham as a fiddle
(b) Good at fitting up fiddles
(c) Extremely healthy
(d) Of the fiddling type
Q15. They go to the beach once in a blue moon.
(a) Rarely
(b) Frequently
(c) Always
(d) Often
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