IDIOM QUIZ

The speaker gave a bird's eye view of the political conditions in the country.

a general view

a detailed presentation

a personal view

a biased view

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The party stalwarts have advised the President to take it lying down for a while.

to take rest

to be on the defensive

to be cautious

to show no reaction

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A jaundiced eye

A generous view

Prejudice

Angry

Jealousy

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. Once in a while he might gamble a little.

seldom

continually

occasionally

frequently

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To turn amuck

To run a race

To run about in frenzy

To feel exhausted

To run to somebody's help

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. The recent film 'Secular India' has tried to keep the pot of Muslim women's Bill boiling.

to earn enough support for

keep the controversy alive

none of these

to force the authorities to reconsider

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. Leave one to sink or swim

To be in a dilemma

To leave to one's fate

Not to help one

To put one in difficulty

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. I did not mind what he was saying, he was only through his hat.

talking nonsense

talking irresponsibly

talking ignorantly

talking insultingly

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. The hero of Naipaul's novel 'A House for Biswas' , like modern young men, wishes to paddle his own canoe.

make the best of his life

have his own means of livelihood

depend on himself

lead an independent life

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For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given or underlined in the sentence. To give one a long rope

To speak ill of

To dismiss

To allow a man to continue his mistakes or crimes

To get into trouble

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