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Q.1-5. In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrases bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idioms/phrases and mark it as your answer.
Q.1. To be above board
(A) To have a good height
(B) To be honest in any business deal
(C) To have no debts
(D) To try to be beautiful
Q.2. To play second fiddle
(A) To be happy, cheerful and healthy
(B) To reduce importance of one’s senior
(C) To support the role and view of another
(D) To do back seat driving
Q.3. A man of straw
(A) A man of no substance
(B) A very active person
(C) A worthy fellow
(D) An unreasonable person
Q.4. To hit the nail right on the head
(A) To destroy one’s reputation
(B) To announce one’s fixed views
(C) To teach some one a lesson
(D) To do the right thing
Q.5. To put up with
(A) To accommodate
(B) To adjust
(C) To under stand
(D) To tolerate
Q.6-10. In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark it as your answer.
Q.6. A person who does not believe in any religion.
(A) Pagan
(B) Atheist
(C) Pessimist
(D) Candid
Q.7. One who offers his services of his own freewill.
(A) Volunteer
(B) Worker
(C) Slave
(D) Servant
Q.8. Something which can be taken for granted.
(A) Credulous
(B) Postulate
(C) Garrulous
(D) Prestigious
Q.9. A rough, violent, troublesome person
(A) Talker
(B) Vagabond
(C) Swindler
(D) Tartar
Q.10. Act of making things new like before
(A) Vital
(B) Exile
(C) Verbose
(D) Renovate
ANSWERS:
1. (B)
2. (C)
3. (A)
4. (D)
5. (D)
6. (A)
7. (A)
8. (B)
9. (D)
10. (D)
