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Directions (1-15): In the following question, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q1. To have the floor
(a) To emphasize
(b) To make a speech
(c) To make no effect
(d) To deceive others
Sol. Option B is the correct answer.
Q2. Stave off
(a) To announce something
(b) Prevent
(c) Permit
(d) Something risky
Sol. Option B is the correct answer.
Q3. Stand in
(a) Resist
(b) Substitute
(c) Secured
(d) To pay
Sol. Option B is the correct answer.
Q4. Lock stock and barrel
(a) Entirely
(b) Rarely
(c) Likely
(d) Forever
Sol. Option A is the correct answer.
Q5. On one’s mettle.
(a) To do the best possible thing
(b) Govern
(c) Come out in large quantities
(d) Bring peculiar phrase into use
Sol. Option A is the correct answer.
Q6. Make a pitch
(a) pay attention
(b) try to persuade people to do something
(c) regardless of
(d) underline
Sol. Option B is the correct answer.
Q7. To give currency
(a) to bestow importance
(b) to misinterpret
(c) to make publicly known
(d) to originate
Sol. Option C is the correct answer.
Q8. Mean business
(a) be extremely expensive
(b) a mean way to achieve success
(c) to be very serious and determined
(d) to invest money in a big venture
Sol. Option C is the correct answer.
Q9. Cry in the wilderness.
(a) rebuke
(b) confused and lost
(c) aggravate the situation
(d) unpopular opinion
Sol. Option D is the correct answer.
Q10. A rift in the lute
(a) not open to the public
(b) die while still working
(c) take a turn for the better
(d) bring about disharmony
Sol. Option D is the correct answer.
Q11. Cushy job
(a) financially comfortable job
(b) hectic job
(c) unimportant task
(d) impossible job
Sol. Option A is the correct answer.
Q12. On the brink of
(a) to be alert
(b) to be near to
(c) not at all
(d) occasionally
Sol. Option B is the correct answer.
Q13. Slip through the crack
(a) To not be noticed or dealt with by a system
(b) Try to persuade someone to do something by offering them a reward
(c) To not go well with someone
(d) To know about someone’s secret
Sol. Option A is the correct answer.
Q14. Fire and Brimstone
(a) The means of divine punishment for the wicked
(b) Divided into two equal parts
(c) Without any doubt
(d) Natural and simple
Sol. Option A is the correct answer.
Q15. Fit as a fiddle
(a) To be very wealthy
(b) To be very healthy and strong
(c) To belong to a secular country
(d) To be likely to fail
Sol. Option B is the correct answer.
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