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 following idioms/phrases. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q1. On the cards
(a) A winner
(b) Accept defeat
(c) Play at cards
(d) Likely to happen
(a) At eleven o’clock
(b) in the last line
(c) Arrive late
(d) The last possible time
Q3. An apple of discord
(a) The cause of contention
(b) Sour apple
(c) A disturbing fact
(d) A fight for an apple
Q4. Call it a day
(a) Stop active day or life
(b) Name the day
(c) Call in day time
(d) Call on someone
Q5. Much ado about nothing
(a) To make a noise
(b) To make a fuss over small matter
(c) A play by Shaw
(d) Talk about somebody
Q6. It was on the tip of my tongue when you also proposed that we should go to the auditorium.
(a) slip of tongue
(b) closed lips
(c) about to say
(d) None of these
Q7. Kindly tell him by word of mouth that I shall be dining with him tonight.
(a) orally
(b) using gestures
(c) jargons
(d) written
Q8. Hari was taken to task by the teacher for making a noise in the class.
(a) scolded
(b) rewarded
(c) appreciated
(d) asked to leave
Q9. Who would not look blue, having to pay those heavy bills of entertainment every month?
(a) be emotionally connected
(b) enjoy
(c) blue sky
(d) be sad
Q10. The step-mother shed crocodile tears on the death of her step son.
(a) to cry for no reason
(b) felt sorry for the son
(c) shed tears of blood
(d) false tears of sorrow
Q11. A cry in wilderness
(a) A cry in vain
(b) An unpleasant situation
(c) A cry in happiness
(d) A cry with a laughter
Q12. To rock the boat
(a) To inspire people
(b) To create confusion
(c) To felicitate
(d) To disturb a situation
Q13. To beat the air
(a) To make a great effort
(b) To act intelligently
(c) To make efforts that are useless or in vain
(d) To make every possible effort
Q14. See through
(a) To desist something
(b) To see off
(c) To detect the true nature
(d) To ignore something
Q15. To give airs
(a) Exhale
(b) Inhale
(c) Boast
(d) Humble
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