SSC CGL 2017 Tier-I exam is going on. These questions are based on the type of English questions asked in the SSC CGL Exam. Candidates having CGL Exam in the upcoming shifts can go through these questions and can expect these questions to be asked in upcoming shifts as well.
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. Beware of the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
(a) Hypocrite
(b) Terror
(c) Satirist
(d) Slant
Q2. He put across his ideas to the minister.
(a) made available
(b) effectively conveyed
(c) strongly opposed
(d) laid aside
Q3. George and I are neighbors, but we don’t see eye to eye with each other.
(a) like
(b) interact
(c) agree
(d) fight
Q4. The question of unemployment is a hard nut to crack.
(a) easy task
(b) different matter
(c) possible
(d) inexplicable problem
Q5. The rat race among the leaders is revolting.
(a) corruption
(b) nepotism
(c) favoritism
(d) fierce competition for power
Q6. People were dropping like flies in the intense heat.
(a) collapsing in large numbers
(b) getting infected with many diseases
(c) taking leave in large numbers
(d) sitting down in the shade
Q7. To have something up one’s sleeve
(a) To hide something in the sleeve
(b) To play a magician trick
(c) To have a secret plan
(d) To play hide and seek
Q8. On the spur of the moment
(a) To act at once
(b) To ride for hours in a race
(c) To sleep deliberately
(d) To act at the appointed time
Q9. At one’s beck and call
(a) To attend a call
(b) Be helped by someone
(c) To be useful to someone
(d) To be dominated by someone
Q10. To explore newer avenue
(a) To search all streets
(b) To scout the wilderness
(c) To find adventure
(d) To try every opportunity
Q11. A red-letter day
(a) A dangerous day in one’s life
(b) A sorrowful day in one’s life
(c) An important or joyful occasion in one’s life
(d) Both a dangerous and sorrowful day in one’s life
Q12. To foam at one’s mouth
(a) To brush properly
(b) To get very angry
(c) To salivate on seeing food
(d) None of the above
Q13. To feel like a fish out of water
(a) Disgusted
(b) Uncomfortable
(c) Disappointed
(d) Homely
Q14. At the eleventh hour
(a) Too late
(b) Too early
(c) Immediately
(d) At the last moment
Q15. To burn one’s fingers
(a) To get incentive
(b) To suffer financial losses
(c) To find work
(d) To suffer nervous breakdown
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