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Q.1
A man of weight
A fat person
To truthful and trustworthy man
A man of importance
A notorious man
Q.2
To hold a brief for
To help someone
To do someone a favour
To stay on for a brief period
To defend someone
Q.3
Once in a blue moon
Once in a month
Bi-weekly
On rare occasions
Every now and then
Q.4
Be in the mire
Be under debt
Be in love
Be in difficulties
Be uneasy
Q.5
To take a leaf out of somebody's book
To take him as a model
To steal something valuable
To follow the dictates of someone
To conform to others standard
Q.6
To speak daggers
To abuse someone
To indulge in voracious talks
To speak to a person with hostility
None of these
Q.7
To talk shop
To talk nonsense
To talk reasonably
To talk about business or professional affairs
To abuse someone
Q.8
To keep one's head above water
To be cautious
To be out of debt
To remain aloof
None of these
Q.9
To pay off old scores
To have one's revenge
To settle a dispute
To repay the old loan
None of these
Q.10
To let the cat out of the bag
To give latitude
To show compassion
To miss a golden opportunity
To tell a secret without intending to do so
Q.11
To take somebody for a ride
To provide entertainment
To keep company
To deceive or humiliate him/her
To exploit a person
Q.12
To change colour
To change appearance
To get frightened
To favour the wrong person
None of these
Q.13
To get the hang of a thing
To know a secret
To understand the meaning of it
To find the cause of something
None of these
Q.14
To bear the palm
To win
To accept a challenge
To accept defeat
To endure something
Q.15
To hang up one's hat
To challenge
To surrender
To postpone
To make oneself comfortable in another person's home
Q.16
To mind one's P's and Q's
To be cautious
To be accurate and precise
To be careful of one's accounts
To be careful of one's personality
Q.17
A square peg in a round hole
An impossible task
A scheme that never works
A person unsuited to the position he fills
None of these
Q.18
Spick and span
Neat and clean
Outspoken
A ready-made thing
Garrulous
Q.19
To hit the nail on the head
To hit the target
To catch someone napping
To guess right
To settle the old score
Q.20
To be at one's finger's ends
To be hopeless
To be highly perplexed
To be completely conversant with
To count things
Q.21
To cool one's heels
To rest for sometime
To give no importance to someone
To remain in a comfortable position
To be kept waiting for sometime
Q.22
To put somebody in his place
To turn him out
To honour him
To give him due respect
To make him humble
Q.23
To rip up old sores
To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten
To censure someone in strong terms
To strain one's thoughts to the most
To preserve oneself from harm
Q.24
To leave no avenue unexplored
To call in question
To roam about
To try every source
To depend on
Q.25
To show the white feather
To show signs of cowardice
To seek peace
To show arrogance
To become polite
Q.26
To hit the jackpot
To gamble
To get an unexpected victory
To be wealthy
To make money unexpectedly
Q.27
To give one's ears
To make almost any sacrifice
To listen carefully
To refuse to listen
To incite someone
Q.28
To give one a long rope
To speak ill of
To get into trouble
To dismiss
To allow a man to continue his mistakes or crimes
Q.29
Hard-pressed
Bewildered
Insulted
Hard discipline
In difficulties
Q.30
To play on a fiddle
To play upon a musical instrument
To play an important role
To be busy over trifles
To be busy over important matter
Q.31
A sop to cerberus
Bribery
Hush money
Ransom to an enemy
Money for compensation
Q.32
To look down one's nose at
To backbite
To show anger
To insult in the presence of others
To regard with half-hidden displeasure or contempt
Q.33
To pour oil in troubled water
To foment trouble
To add to the trouble
To instigate
To calm a quarrel with soothing words
Q.34
To cut the cackle
To humiliate
To annoy someone
To act in a friendly way
To stop talking and start
Q.35
It was such a strange affair that I could not
make head or tail of it
.
face it
tolerate it
remember it
understand it
believe it
Q.36
His
oily tongue
has won him promotion.
soft speech
word power
flattery
fluency in speech
Q.37
A good teacher should have the
gift of the gab
.
a good personality
a talent for acting
a talent for speaking
an interest in discipline
Q.38
He
faced the music
for reaching home late.
faced punishment
faced entertainment
faced reprimand
faced pleasure
Q.39
I
raked my brains
to solve this difficult problem.
I consulted several people
I subjected my mind to hard thinking
I read number of books
I brainwashed several experts
I used my common sense
Q.40
My father
strained every nerve
to enable me to get settled in life.
worked very hard
spent a huge amount
tried all tricks
bribed several persons
Q.41
He
bids fair
to be an excellent cricketer.
seems likely
is ambitious
is confident
is unlikely
Q.42
If you
rub him the wrong way
, he is bound to react.
flatter him
encourage him
annoy him
abuse him
Q.43
The cricket match proved to be
a big draw
.
a game without any result
a keen contest
a lovely spectacle
a huge attraction
Q.44
The class could not
keep a straight face
on hearing the strange pronounciation of the new teacher.
remain serious
remain unaffected
remain silent
remain indifferent
Q.45
Some people now wonder whether we just
pay lip service
or genuinely subscribe to democracy.
pay oral tribute
attach no value
remain indifferent
show only outward respect
Q.46
He believes in the policy of
making hay while the sun shines
.
giving bribes to get his work done
making the best use of a favourable situation
helping those who help him
seeking advice from one and all
Q.47
He does not like to be friendly with Sarita; he always
gives her a cold shoulder
.
pushes her with his shoulder whenever they meet
creates all sorts of troubles for her
insults her in the presence of others
tries to be unfriendly by taking no notice of her
argues with her on any issue
Q.48
Though he has a lot of money, yet all his plans are
built upon sand
.
based on inexperience
resting on immature ideas
resting on cheap material
established on insecure foundations
Q.49
Sunil thought his skill would match up to Keshav's bulk, but in the fight he was
beaten neck and crop
.
softly
completely
swiftly
profoundly
Q.50
The police fired
at random
at the violent crowd and several persons lost their lives.
pointedly
aimlessly
unwillingly
intentionally
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