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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Q: To strain every nerve |
| A. | to be a diligent worker |
| B. | to be methodical in work |
| C. | to make utmost efforts |
| D. | to feel weak and tired |
| Answer» D. to feel weak and tired | |
| 2. |
Q: Directions: In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet. To set the people by ears. |
| A. | to excite people to a quarrel |
| B. | to insult and disgrace the people |
| C. | to box the people |
| D. | to punish heavily |
| Answer» B. to insult and disgrace the people | |
| 3. |
Q: to see red |
| A. | get broke |
| B. | get angry |
| C. | feel lucky |
| D. | become rich |
| Answer» C. feel lucky | |
| 4. |
Q: To set one's face against |
| A. | To judge by appearance |
| B. | To oppose with determination |
| C. | To get out of difficulty |
| D. | To look at one steadily |
| Answer» C. To get out of difficulty | |
| 5. |
Q: To secure a boat by attaching it to an anchor |
| A. | moor |
| B. | morose |
| C. | moot |
| D. | moose |
| Answer» B. morose | |
| 6. |
Q: To remove an objectionable part from a book. |
| A. | Exterminate |
| B. | Expurgate |
| C. | Extirpate |
| D. | Destroy |
| Answer» C. Extirpate | |
| 7. |
Q: Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.To pull a long face |
| A. | Looked surprised |
| B. | Looked happily |
| C. | Looked sad |
| D. | Looked calm |
| Answer» D. Looked calm | |
| 8. |
Q: To play the part of, and function as, some other person |
| A. | Impersonate |
| B. | Act |
| C. | Imitate |
| D. | Pretend |
| Answer» B. Act | |
| 9. |
Q: In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet. To make clean breast of |
| A. | To gain prominence |
| B. | To praise oneself |
| C. | To make a full disclosure |
| D. | To destroy before it blooms |
| Answer» D. To destroy before it blooms | |
| 10. |
Q: To listen secretly to what is said in private- |
| A. | Perturb |
| B. | Murmur |
| C. | Impel |
| D. | Eavesdrop |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Q: to move heaven and earth |
| A. | to pray to all Gods |
| B. | to travel in ‘a rocket |
| C. | to cause an earthquake |
| D. | to try everything possible |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Q: In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet. To play second fiddle |
| A. | To support the role and view of another |
| B. | To do back seat driving |
| C. | To be happy, cheerful and healthy |
| D. | To reduce importance of one’s senior |
| Answer» B. To do back seat driving | |
| 13. |
Q: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it. To make atonement for one's sins |
| A. | Remonstrate |
| B. | Recant |
| C. | Expiate |
| D. | Renounce |
| Answer» D. Renounce | |
| 14. |
Q: To let off steam my friend started murmuring |
| A. | to show his approval |
| B. | to show his displeasure |
| C. | to release his tension |
| D. | to show his anger |
| Answer» D. to show his anger | |
| 15. |
Q: To lie on hands |
| A. | to be in a great demand |
| B. | to be out of order |
| C. | to remain unused |
| D. | to be in a great crisis |
| Answer» D. to be in a great crisis | |
| 16. |
Q: In the following question four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet. To hit the nail right on the head |
| A. | To teach someone a lesson |
| B. | To do the right thing |
| C. | To destroy one’s reputation |
| D. | To announce one’s fixed views |
| Answer» C. To destroy one’s reputation | |
| 17. |
Q: To hit the bull’s eye |
| A. | To find the exact truth |
| B. | To attract a bull’s attention |
| C. | To use a red flag |
| D. | To blind a bull |
| Answer» B. To attract a bull’s attention | |
| 18. |
Q: To hang up one’s hat |
| A. | to get an easy victory |
| B. | to lose one’s control |
| C. | to make oneself completely at home in a house |
| D. | to obtain other’s favour |
| Answer» D. to obtain other’s favour | |
| 19. |
Q: Directions: In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet. To have an easy time of it. |
| A. | to take the world lightly |
| B. | to indulge in frivolities |
| C. | to live in quiet and comfort |
| D. | to squander away resources |
| Answer» B. to indulge in frivolities | |
| 20. |
Q: To hear something straight from the horse's mouth |
| A. | To get rebuked or scolded by someone |
| B. | To hear something from the authoritative source |
| C. | To hear something bad from an uncivilized person |
| D. | To hear rumors about oneself by someone |
| E. | To hear something commendable for someone and then get jealous |
| Answer» E. To hear something commendable for someone and then get jealous | |
| 21. |
Q: To get wind of something |
| A. | To get ready |
| B. | To get scolded for something |
| C. | To get what one deserves |
| D. | To hear or receive information about something |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Q: To free a person by a verdict of 'not guilty'. |
| A. | acquaint |
| B. | acquiesce |
| C. | acquit |
| D. | acquire |
| Answer» D. acquire | |
| 23. |
Q: To face the music |
| A. | to live in a pleasant atmosphere |
| B. | to have a difficult time |
| C. | to enjoy a musical recital |
| D. | to bear the consequences |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Q: To err is human, to forget divine. |
| A. | Forego |
| B. | Forgive |
| C. | Excuse |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. Excuse | |
| 25. |
Q: To drive home |
| A. | To find one's roots |
| B. | To emphasise |
| C. | Back to original position |
| D. | To return to place of rest |
| Answer» C. Back to original position | |
| 26. |
Q: To drop a brick |
| A. | to say the wrong thing |
| B. | to scold someone |
| C. | to throw stones at someone |
| D. | to make a hole in the wall |
| Answer» B. to scold someone | |
| 27. |
Q: To die without having made a will |
| A. | Intestate |
| B. | Insolvent |
| C. | Intaglio |
| D. | Inveterate |
| Answer» B. Insolvent | |
| 28. |
Q: To catch a tartar |
| A. | To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty |
| B. | To deal with a person who is more than one's match |
| C. | To meet with disaster |
| D. | To catch a dangerous person |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Q: Direction: In the question, 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 is the Answer Sheet.To call it a day |
| A. | to conclude proceedings |
| B. | to initiate proceeding |
| C. | to work through the day |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. to initiate proceeding | |
| 30. |
Q: In the following question, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet. 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 |
| Answer» C. To have no debts | |
| 31. |
Q: To burn the midnight oil |
| A. | To study far into the night |
| B. | To create a lot of light |
| C. | To remain awake |
| D. | To use too much oil |
| Answer» B. To create a lot of light | |
| 32. |
Q: To be a successful lawyer, one must know how to dot one's i's and cross one's t's. |
| A. | deal with paper work |
| B. | be detailed and exact |
| C. | complete one task at a time |
| D. | write great letters |
| Answer» C. complete one task at a time | |
| 33. |
Q: To be a king and (1) / wear a crown are (2) / more glamorous to (3) / see than to bear. (4) / No error (5). |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| E. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 3 | |
| 34. |
Q: Direction: In the question, 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 is the Answer Sheet.To account for |
| A. | speak the truth about |
| B. | maintain accounts properly |
| C. | give the accounts for |
| D. | give a satisfactory explanation for |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Q: Tireless |
| A. | Energetic |
| B. | Dynamic |
| C. | Untiring |
| D. | Lazy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Q: Tirade |
| A. | Trade |
| B. | Praise |
| C. | Applause |
| D. | Rant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Q: Time perception raises a number of ______ puzzles, including what it means to say we perceive time. |
| A. | boring |
| B. | befooling |
| C. | discriminating |
| D. | intriguing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Q: Three Indian ad agencies have_______ awards at the International competition. |
| A. | bagged |
| B. | attained |
| C. | obtained |
| D. | procured |
| Answer» B. attained | |
| 39. |
Q: This will explains the decision taken(1)/ to impose a blockade on the country in (2)/ the midst of a crisis. (3)/ No error. (4) |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 2 | |
| 40. |
Q: This train carries goods from Delhi to Bombay. |
| A. | Goods are carried by this train from Delhi to Bombay. |
| B. | The train carried the goods from Delhi to Bombay. |
| C. | This train is carried by goods from Delhi to Bombay. |
| D. | The goods carry this train from Delhi to Bombay. |
| Answer» B. The train carried the goods from Delhi to Bombay. | |
| 41. |
Q: This stamp is only one (A)/ of the design (B)/ever printed.(C)/No error (D). |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 42. |
Q: This text is written from the point of view of |
| A. | an adult reflecting on his boy hood |
| B. | a boy recounting his summer holiday |
| C. | an outsider observing life in the suburbs |
| D. | an adolescent describing his community |
| Answer» B. a boy recounting his summer holiday | |
| 43. |
Q: This telephone number is not existing. |
| A. | has not been existing |
| B. | does not exist |
| C. | has not existed |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. has not existed | |
| 44. |
Q: Directions (57): In these questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four suggested alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence Passive/Active Voice.This surface feels smooth. |
| A. | This surface is felt smooth |
| B. | This surface is smooth when it is felt |
| C. | This surface when felt is smooth |
| D. | This surface is smooth as felt |
| Answer» B. This surface is smooth when it is felt | |
| 45. |
Q: This shirt cannot be worn by me any longer. |
| A. | This shirt is too worn out to be worn any longer. |
| B. | This worn out shirt cannot be worn any longer. |
| C. | I cannot wear this shirt any longer. |
| D. | Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible. |
| Answer» D. Wearing of this shirt any longer is not possible. | |
| 46. |
Q: This plan is going to benefit certainly all of us. |
| A. | going benefit certainly to |
| B. | certainly going to benefit |
| C. | going certainly benefit to |
| D. | No improvement |
| Answer» C. going certainly benefit to | |
| 47. |
Q: This is the latest instalment in the rather sordid story of institutional decay in India, overseen by the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).(I) He remained, however, uncertain how to do so without immersing himself further in Lydia Larkin's sordid activities.(II) The overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading.(III) Everyone knows of the bank’s manager sordid plan to steal the money. |
| A. | Only III |
| B. | Only II |
| C. | Both I and II |
| D. | Only I |
| E. | Both II and III |
| Answer» C. Both I and II | |
| 48. |
Q: This is the latest in a series of___________where forest departments have gone against the advice of conservation researchers; the fact that they were arm-twisted into doing so by animal-lovers makes it even more___________. |
| A. | heedlessness, domiciliary |
| B. | undue, retreat |
| C. | instances ,worrisome |
| D. | overindulgent, submissive |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. overindulgent, submissive | |
| 49. |
Q: Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.This is the girl ______ is going to IIT, Delhi. |
| A. | who |
| B. | that |
| C. | which |
| D. | whom |
| Answer» B. that | |
| 50. |
Q: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.This is place where Krishna was born. |
| A. | This be the place |
| B. | This is a place |
| C. | This is the place |
| D. | No substitution required |
| Answer» D. No substitution required | |