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MCQ on idioms and phrases
Q:
A close shave
.
A: A narrow escape from danger
B: stubble
C: Very short hair
D: Hairless skin
Answer
Correct Option: A  [ A narrow escape from danger ]
Remark:
Q: One must
CONTINUE
study to shine in life.
A: carry out
B: carry down
C: carry on
D: none of these
Answer
Correct Option: C  [ carry on ]
Remark:
"carry on": to continue doing.
Q: No one dare
call in question
his honesty.
A: Honesty of purpose
B: Test
C: Flatter
D: Challange
Answer
Correct Option: D  [ Challange ]
Remark:
Q: Eloquent lamentations regarding the fate of flora and fauna are certain to be rendered
a cry in the wilderness
.
A: a cry in vain
B: an unpleasant situation
C: a cry with laughter
D: a laughter having no end
Answer
Correct Option: A  [ a cry in vain ]
Remark:
Q: The company has been handedover to new masten,
lock. stock and barrel
.
A: financially
B: administratively
C: partially
D: completely
Answer
Correct Option: D  [ completely ]
Remark:
Q: It was such a strange affair that I could
make head or tail of it
.
A: face it
B: tolerate it
C: remember it
D: understand it
Answer
Correct Option: D  [ understand it ]
Remark:
Q: Ram agreed to _______ my orders.
A: carry away
B: carry on
C: carry out
D: carry off
Answer
Correct Option: C  [ carry out ]
Remark:
"carry out ": to perform or complete a job.
Q: He says he has invented a time machine, which is clearly
a load of cobblers
.
A: Genuine
B: Great
C: Nonsense
D: Significant
Answer
Correct Option: C  [ Nonsense ]
Remark:
"A load of cobblers" is indeed an idiom, and it is commonly used to express that something is nonsense, untrue, or of poor quality.
Q: The detective suddenly ________ a useful clue.
A: gave in
B: came across
C: fill up
D: fell down
Answer
Correct Option: B  [ came across ]
Remark:
"Come across" in this sense means to find or encounter something by chance or unexpectedly.
Q: Faith bears ________ a man.
A: with
B: out
C: up
D: for
Answer
Correct Option: C  [ up ]
Remark:
"bears up" means Support, Encourage, embolden
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