Questions
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
To see eye to eye with
- To agree
- To stare fixedly
- To be angry
- To take revenge
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
To frame a person
- To befool someone
- To make one appear guilty
- To praise someone
- A narrow escape
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
To wash dirty linen in public
- To discuss personal matters of a scandalous nature before unknown persons
- To not use the bathroom for washing clothes even when it is provided
- To wash clothes when they become dirty
- Old and torn dirty clothes should not be washed, but thrown away
Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning for the given Latin expression.
Mutatis mutandis
- Bring transformations
- With the appropriate changes made
- Creating mutations
- Imitating the original
Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.
COMPLAISANCE
- Churlishness
- Emptiness
- Difficulty
- Swiftness
Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.
HIRSUTE
- Gracious
- Crafty
- Hairless
- Noiseless
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.
Today, the Chinese foreign minister called ____ President Obama and remained _____ the White House _____ an hour.
- upon, in, until
- for, in, beyond
- on, at, for
- at, in, till
Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.
- Commettee
- Committea
- Comittee
- Committee
Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the given word.
Adulation
- Vinegary
- Flattery
- Pinnacle
- Light
Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.
I like ________ go ________ the temple with my parents everyday.
- to, to
- to, toward
- to, in
- to, into
Directions: Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.
He is known for his gift of the gab.
- He has a talent for speaking impressively.
- He is a bad speaker.
- He suffers from stage fright.
- He is known for his sense of humour.
Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.
- Reover
- Rcover
- Rceover
- Recover
Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.
ALLUSION
- Clarity
- Confusion
- Jugglery
- Explanation
- Simplicity
Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.
The civil dispensaries should be within easy _______ of rural habitations.
- approach
- reach
- admission
- circle
Directions: Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.
You will have to eat your words if you do not speak cautiously.
- retract your statement
- confirm your statement
- keep your promise
- be humiliated