Q.1-5. In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.
Q.1. Egg somebody on
(A) dampened (B) urged
(C) discouraged (D) hindered
Q.2. Not fit to hold a candle
(A) inferior (B) superior (C) equal (D) indifferent
Q.3. paying through the nose
(A) paying the right amount
(B) paying too much
(C) paying less than necessary
(D) paying reluctantly
Q.4. Put the cart before the horse
(A) committing a great crime
(B) doing things meticulously
(C) doing a thing in the wrong way
(D) doing a thing in the right way
Q.5. Casting Pearls Before Swine
(A) speaking nice words and convincing them
(B) uplifting the needy for their welfare
(C) doing worthwhile things to unknownpeople
(D) offering good things to undeserving people
Q.6-10. In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence and indicate it by blackening the appropriate circle in the Answer-Sheet
Q.6. financial support to ex-wife
(A) Alimony (B) Aborigines
(C) Aggressor (D) Notorious
Q.7. the rule of a society by its wealthiest people
(A) Pugnacity (B) Polyandry
(C) Plutocracy (D) Monopoly
Q.8. somebody who is excessively concerned with his or her own health
(A) Venial (B) Valetudinarian
(C) Verbatim (D) Vegetarian
Q.9. the specialist who delivers babies
(A) Ophthalmologist (B) Omnipotent
(C) Pediatrician (D) Obstetrician
Q.10. that which cannot be conquered
(A) Indispensable (B) Inevitable
(C) Invincible (D) Impervious
Answers –
Q.1. (B)
Q.2. (A)
Q.3. (B)
Q.4. (C)
Q.5. (D)
Q.6. (A)
Q.7. (C)
Q.8. (B)
Q.9. (D)
Q.10. (C)
