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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. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To be lost in the cloud ' ? |
| A. | to evade disgrace |
| B. | Jugglery |
| C. | Ransom to an enemy |
| D. | To be perplexed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To blaze trail ' ? |
| A. | To initiate work in a movement |
| B. | Puts in airs |
| C. | Only just |
| D. | To understand the meaning of it |
| Answer» B. Puts in airs | |
| 3. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Hush money ' ? |
| A. | To take aim at |
| B. | Water |
| C. | Bribe paid to secure silence |
| D. | To speak to a person with hostility |
| Answer» D. To speak to a person with hostility | |
| 4. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To fly off the handle ' ? |
| A. | Impertinent/disrespectful remarks |
| B. | A false invention |
| C. | A frustrated man |
| D. | To lose one’s temper |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'A lady’s man' ? |
| A. | An insincere |
| B. | To talk about business or professional affairs |
| C. | A lover of woman company |
| D. | To hurt some body’s feelings /to play tricks |
| Answer» D. To hurt some body’s feelings /to play tricks | |
| 6. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To save one’s face ' ? |
| A. | to evade disgrace |
| B. | To be completely conversant with |
| C. | To regard with half-hidden displeasure or contempt |
| D. | To catch somebody of guard |
| Answer» B. To be completely conversant with | |
| 7. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To spilt hours ' ? |
| A. | To leave some one unsupported and unable to manoeuvre |
| B. | Thirteen |
| C. | To indulge in over-refined arguments |
| D. | To regard with half-hidden displeasure or contempt |
| Answer» D. To regard with half-hidden displeasure or contempt | |
| 8. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Will o’ the wisp' ? |
| A. | Anything which eludes or deceives |
| B. | Everything without distinction |
| C. | Make a great deal of noise and object vehemently |
| D. | A lover of woman company |
| Answer» B. Everything without distinction | |
| 9. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To get into scrape ' ? |
| A. | To find oneself in an awkward predicament |
| B. | Keep away from |
| C. | Useless |
| D. | Summary |
| Answer» B. Keep away from | |
| 10. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To bring one’s egg to a bad market ' ? |
| A. | To be afraid |
| B. | To send someone away , usually in an unfriendly way |
| C. | To fail in one’s plan because one goes to the wrong people for help |
| D. | About to start |
| Answer» D. About to start | |
| 11. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To give get/give the bird ' ? |
| A. | To send away |
| B. | To take aim at |
| C. | Bribe paid to secure silence |
| D. | To muse on, to chat , in an aimless manner |
| Answer» B. To take aim at | |
| 12. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To get cold feet ' ? |
| A. | Absencewithout permission |
| B. | Adapt himself to |
| C. | In unsociable |
| D. | To be afraid |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To be at daggers drawn ' ? |
| A. | To be bitter enemy |
| B. | Advance in harmony |
| C. | To send someone away , usually in an unfriendly way |
| D. | Useless |
| Answer» B. Advance in harmony | |
| 14. |
The implementation of Jawahar Rajgar Yojana rests with: |
| A. | Gram Panchayat |
| B. | District Collector |
| C. | State Governmet |
| D. | Union Government |
| Answer» B. District Collector | |
| 15. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To take a leap in the dark ' ? |
| A. | Squandered lavishly |
| B. | To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result |
| C. | To produce the proof of something |
| D. | prejudice |
| Answer» C. To produce the proof of something | |
| 16. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To spell the beans ' ? |
| A. | Begin to talk in plain, straight forward terms |
| B. | Irregularly |
| C. | To reveal secret information |
| D. | Allowance made to a lady for her expenses |
| Answer» D. Allowance made to a lady for her expenses | |
| 17. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To throw up the sponge ' ? |
| A. | To be perplexed |
| B. | Chance and capture |
| C. | To surrender or give up the contest |
| D. | To be actively engaged |
| Answer» D. To be actively engaged | |
| 18. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To take people by storm ' ? |
| A. | To be perplexed |
| B. | To run about in frenzy |
| C. | To try hard |
| D. | To captive tem unexpectedly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To catch somebody on the hop to' ? |
| A. | To have plans to exploit or somehow take of someone advantage or something |
| B. | To become confused and over exited |
| C. | To catch somebody of guard |
| D. | To be careful one one’s mind |
| Answer» D. To be careful one one’s mind | |
| 20. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Harp on ' ? |
| A. | To fail in one’s plan because one goes to the wrong people for help |
| B. | To keep on talking |
| C. | To quarrels over trifles |
| D. | To make him humble |
| Answer» C. To quarrels over trifles | |
| 21. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'A chip off the old block ' ? |
| A. | To speak to a person with hostility |
| B. | Characteristics of one’s ancestors |
| C. | To offer someone a thing which he cannot appreciate |
| D. | Irregularly |
| Answer» C. To offer someone a thing which he cannot appreciate | |
| 22. |
Which one of the following types of unemployment is common in Indian agriculture ? |
| A. | Seasonal |
| B. | Disguised |
| C. | Frictional |
| D. | Structral |
| Answer» B. Disguised | |
| 23. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To be in abeyance ' ? |
| A. | Adapt himself to |
| B. | In suspense |
| C. | To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result |
| D. | With strength and fury |
| Answer» C. To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result | |
| 24. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To snap one’s fingers ' ? |
| A. | To carry on a contest regardless of consequences |
| B. | In dispute |
| C. | By practical experience which is rather rough |
| D. | To be anxious |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'By the skin of one’s teeth ' ? |
| A. | By practical experience which is rather rough |
| B. | Seek all the enjoyment of life |
| C. | Only just |
| D. | Remember |
| Answer» D. Remember | |
| 26. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'to give up the ghost' ? |
| A. | In unsociable |
| B. | to evade disgrace |
| C. | To die |
| D. | To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten |
| Answer» D. To revive a quarrel which was almost forgotten | |
| 27. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To stand to one’s guns ' ? |
| A. | Simplify the producers |
| B. | To perseverance when hardships press |
| C. | To find fault with |
| D. | To guess right |
| Answer» C. To find fault with | |
| 28. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To loose one’s head ' ? |
| A. | In hurried disorder |
| B. | To become confused and over exited |
| C. | Adapt himself to |
| D. | To take aim at |
| Answer» C. Adapt himself to | |
| 29. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To throw one’s glove ' ? |
| A. | To be completely conversant with |
| B. | To agree |
| C. | An insincere |
| D. | To give a challenge |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'A pipe dream' ? |
| A. | An impractical plan |
| B. | Invite trouble unnecessarily |
| C. | Puts in airs |
| D. | In hurried disorder |
| Answer» B. Invite trouble unnecessarily | |
| 31. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'All agog' ? |
| A. | Upset one’s plan |
| B. | Restless |
| C. | Beyond one’s power to describe adequately |
| D. | To make him humble |
| Answer» C. Beyond one’s power to describe adequately | |
| 32. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To play fast and loose' ? |
| A. | To exert hidden influence |
| B. | Only just |
| C. | To stop talking and start |
| D. | To hurt some body’s feelings /to play tricks |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To wrangle over an ass’s shadow ' ? |
| A. | Anything which eludes or deceives |
| B. | To quarrels over trifles |
| C. | Begin to talk in plain, straight forward terms |
| D. | Not to yield |
| Answer» C. Begin to talk in plain, straight forward terms | |
| 34. |
Nature of unemployment in agriculture in India is: |
| A. | Seasonal |
| B. | disguised |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 35. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To hold something in leash ' ? |
| A. | Water |
| B. | To produce the proof of something |
| C. | To restrain |
| D. | An impractical plan |
| Answer» D. An impractical plan | |
| 36. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'A fair crack of the whip' ? |
| A. | To remove a misapprehension |
| B. | Have a lively time |
| C. | To captive tem unexpectedly |
| D. | A period of importance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Which of the following water management strategy is cost effective in India? |
| A. | Improvement of the flush system |
| B. | Treatment and use of waste water |
| C. | Rain water harvesting |
| D. | Recycling and reuse of water |
| Answer» D. Recycling and reuse of water | |
| 38. |
A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as: |
| A. | Absolute Poverty |
| B. | Relative Poverty |
| C. | Urban Poverty |
| D. | Rural Poverty |
| Answer» B. Relative Poverty | |
| 39. |
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below: Assertion (A) : All rivers originating from the Himalayas are perennial, Reason (R): Himalayas receive much their precipitation from South western Monsoon. |
| A. | Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| B. | Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) isnot the correct explanation of (A) |
| C. | A is true, but (R) is false |
| D. | (A) is false, but (R) is true |
| Answer» C. A is true, but (R) is false | |
| 40. |
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) is located at :- |
| A. | Bangalore |
| B. | Hyderabad |
| C. | Nagpur |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» D. New Delhi | |
| 41. |
The main cause for the forest loss is:- |
| A. | Road development |
| B. | River valley projects |
| C. | Industrial Development |
| D. | Agricultural development |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
In India the highest production of mill made cotton cloth comes from:- |
| A. | Gujarat |
| B. | Mahaashtra |
| C. | Punjab |
| D. | Tamil Nadu |
| Answer» B. Mahaashtra | |
| 43. |
The combustion of coal, petrol and diesel etc. is the basis source of: |
| A. | Water pollution |
| B. | Land Pollution |
| C. | Air Pollution |
| D. | Noise Pollution |
| Answer» D. Noise Pollution | |
| 44. |
As a part of wild-life conservation efforts in Nepal and India, a new association by the name SAVE was launched recently. The objective of SAVE is to conserve:- |
| A. | Vultures |
| B. | Tigers |
| C. | Parrots |
| D. | Elephants |
| Answer» B. Tigers | |
| 45. |
Which is Not the objective of Public Procurement and Distribution System followed by India Government ? |
| A. | Maintain price Stability through creation of butter stocks |
| B. | Protect the interests of both consumers and poor farmets |
| C. | Control the Production of food grains |
| D. | Reduce personal and reginal inequality in the distribution |
| Answer» D. Reduce personal and reginal inequality in the distribution | |
| 46. |
As per the provisional figures of Census 2011 female literacy in the country is about- |
| A. | 63.5% |
| B. | 64.5% |
| C. | 65.5% |
| D. | 66.5% |
| Answer» D. 66.5% | |
| 47. |
World Environment Day is observed in- |
| A. | November 19 |
| B. | November 14 |
| C. | October 2 |
| D. | June 5 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
On the basis of provisional figures of Census 2011, arrange the following four states in descending order of their child ratio: 1. Mizoram 2.Meghalaya 3. Haryana 4.Punjab Select the correct answer from the codes given below: |
| A. | 1, 2, 4, 3 |
| B. | 2, 1, 3, 4 |
| C. | 1, 3, 2, 4 |
| D. | 2, 1, 4, 3 |
| Answer» B. 2, 1, 3, 4 | |
| 49. |
In which one of the following States, the density of population, as per the provisional figures of 2011 Census, is the lowest ? |
| A. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B. | Meghalaya |
| C. | Sikkim |
| D. | Uttarakhand |
| Answer» B. Meghalaya | |
| 50. |
According to the provisional figures of 2011 Census, the lowest sex ratio in India is in- |
| A. | Chandigarh |
| B. | Daman and Diu |
| C. | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» C. Dadra and Nagar Haveli | |