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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 'At a premium ' ? |
| A. | To remain calm and composed in the difficult situation |
| B. | Valued highly |
| C. | In troubled situation |
| D. | To know or sense some thing intuitively |
| Answer» C. In troubled situation | |
| 2. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Bids fair ' ? |
| A. | An addition to a task, burden, etc. Which strained one’s patience to the limit |
| B. | Seem likely |
| C. | Arrogant |
| D. | To show that he is no longer highly regarded |
| Answer» C. Arrogant | |
| 3. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Leaps and bounds ' ? |
| A. | Homeless children, odds and even |
| B. | Rapidly |
| C. | Very friendly |
| D. | Die while still working |
| Answer» C. Very friendly | |
| 4. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To pass the buck ' ? |
| A. | To award punishment of death |
| B. | To celebrate especially at a prodigal’s return |
| C. | To pass the responsibility |
| D. | To annoy somebody |
| Answer» D. To annoy somebody | |
| 5. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Took exception to ' ? |
| A. | To pass the responsibility |
| B. | Average |
| C. | To decry one’s own good |
| D. | Object to |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Backstairs influence ' ? |
| A. | Underhand means |
| B. | Wild with excitement |
| C. | Wild with excitement |
| D. | To reach a crisis |
| Answer» B. Wild with excitement | |
| 7. |
White clothes are cooler than black ones because they : |
| A. | absorb all the light than reaches them |
| B. | reflect all the light that reaaches them |
| C. | will not allow the light to penetrate |
| D. | cool the sun light completely |
| Answer» C. will not allow the light to penetrate | |
| 8. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Cog in the wheel ' ? |
| A. | An important person |
| B. | To be victorious |
| C. | To be serious |
| D. | To kill somebody |
| Answer» B. To be victorious | |
| 9. |
Buddha lived approximately at the same time as- |
| A. | Confucius |
| B. | Moses |
| C. | Prophet Mohammad |
| D. | Hammurabi |
| Answer» B. Moses | |
| 10. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Big draw ' ? |
| A. | To die |
| B. | deaf |
| C. | To use very obscene or blasphemous language |
| D. | A huge attraction |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To seize the nettle ' ? |
| A. | To be a tall and very thin person |
| B. | To deal with firmly |
| C. | Through days of struggle |
| D. | Serve as strong testimony to |
| Answer» C. Through days of struggle | |
| 12. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Four days on end ' ? |
| A. | For a long time |
| B. | Arrogant |
| C. | A person’s personal appearances or manner |
| D. | To emphasize |
| Answer» B. Arrogant | |
| 13. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Sing froid ' ? |
| A. | Simple food |
| B. | In the world high above |
| C. | To have no care at all |
| D. | To remain calm and composed in the difficult situation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Argus eye ' ? |
| A. | A thing of little value |
| B. | Seem likely |
| C. | To have a large appetite |
| D. | Observant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Thrust down one’s throat ' ? |
| A. | Homeless children, odds and even |
| B. | Tostudy for the bar(law) |
| C. | Kind not cash |
| D. | Remind repeatedly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To drive home ' ? |
| A. | To realise suddenly |
| B. | To be serious |
| C. | Good luck |
| D. | To emphasize |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To strike one ' ? |
| A. | Serve as strong testimony to |
| B. | To make less noticeable |
| C. | A possession of high value |
| D. | To realise suddenly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Neck of the woods ' ? |
| A. | Physical or bodily desires , sensual appetites |
| B. | Area, neighbourhood |
| C. | deaf |
| D. | To attempt something for the first time |
| Answer» C. deaf | |
| 19. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To bear up with ' ? |
| A. | Certain |
| B. | The youngest apprentice in a printing office |
| C. | To endure |
| D. | Tostudy for the bar(law) |
| Answer» D. Tostudy for the bar(law) | |
| 20. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Under duress ' ? |
| A. | Uncontrolled |
| B. | Prosperity and adversity |
| C. | In a state of panic |
| D. | To decry one’s own good |
| Answer» B. Prosperity and adversity | |
| 21. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Look a gift horse in the mouth ' ? |
| A. | Get a thrill |
| B. | To deal with firmly |
| C. | Find fault with a gift |
| D. | To make an exception |
| Answer» D. To make an exception | |
| 22. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Waifs and strays ' ? |
| A. | To occur , strike |
| B. | Homeless children, odds and even |
| C. | Object to |
| D. | shaving small sums at the risk of large ones |
| Answer» C. Object to | |
| 23. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Beyond the veil ' ? |
| A. | To prepare for or go to war |
| B. | In the world high above |
| C. | To impose tax on somebody |
| D. | Anxious |
| Answer» C. To impose tax on somebody | |
| 24. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'A wild cat strike ' ? |
| A. | To work carelessly |
| B. | Illegal strike |
| C. | For a long time |
| D. | To remain calm and composed in the difficult situation |
| Answer» C. For a long time | |
| 25. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To take the veil' ? |
| A. | To become a nun |
| B. | A squint |
| C. | Remind repeatedly |
| D. | To be a tall and very thin person |
| Answer» B. A squint | |
| 26. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To be up before somebody ' ? |
| A. | Certain |
| B. | To suffer the consequences of one’s own action |
| C. | To appear in court |
| D. | deaf |
| Answer» D. deaf | |
| 27. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To swear like a trooper ' ? |
| A. | To worship |
| B. | To use very obscene or blasphemous language |
| C. | To be what one would expect to happen or expect somebody to do |
| D. | Living the life of a tramp |
| Answer» C. To be what one would expect to happen or expect somebody to do | |
| 28. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To twiddle one’s thumb ' ? |
| A. | To keep one’s door close |
| B. | To be idle |
| C. | For a long time |
| D. | To appear in court |
| Answer» C. For a long time | |
| 29. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'A man about town ' ? |
| A. | A man who spends much time at fashionable parties, clubs, theatres |
| B. | Death |
| C. | No chance at all |
| D. | To be idle |
| Answer» B. Death | |
| 30. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Not for all the tea in china' ? |
| A. | Wild with excitement |
| B. | To avoid the reality |
| C. | No matter how great the reward |
| D. | Underhand means |
| Answer» D. Underhand means | |
| 31. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'As thick as thieves ' ? |
| A. | To quarrel |
| B. | To be murdered |
| C. | To work carelessly |
| D. | Very friendly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'The king of terror ' ? |
| A. | To annoy somebody |
| B. | The youngest apprentice in a printing office |
| C. | Death |
| D. | Get a thrill |
| Answer» D. Get a thrill | |
| 33. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To lay someone under tribute ' ? |
| A. | In an untidy situation |
| B. | As quick as possible |
| C. | To impose tax on somebody |
| D. | A person’s personal appearances or manner |
| Answer» D. A person’s personal appearances or manner | |
| 34. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'The tip of the iceberg ' ? |
| A. | Death |
| B. | No hope at all |
| C. | Small but evident part of a much larger concealed situation |
| D. | An addition to a task, burden, etc. Which strained one’s patience to the limit |
| Answer» D. An addition to a task, burden, etc. Which strained one’s patience to the limit | |
| 35. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To have the sun in one’s eye ' ? |
| A. | To drink |
| B. | As quick as possible |
| C. | To annoy somebody |
| D. | To make less noticeable |
| Answer» B. As quick as possible | |
| 36. |
The best conductor of heat among the following is- |
| A. | Alcohol |
| B. | Mercury |
| C. | Ether |
| D. | Water |
| Answer» C. Ether | |
| 37. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'A month of Sundays ' ? |
| A. | Very firmly |
| B. | A long period of time |
| C. | Find fault with a gift |
| D. | To decry one’s own good |
| Answer» C. Find fault with a gift | |
| 38. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'to put to the sword ' ? |
| A. | To make less noticeable |
| B. | To use very obscene or blasphemous language |
| C. | To die |
| D. | To kill |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To strike a chord ' ? |
| A. | Reward and punishment |
| B. | To say something that other people sympathize or identify with |
| C. | To use very obscene or blasphemous language |
| D. | A long period of time |
| Answer» C. To use very obscene or blasphemous language | |
| 40. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'The quick and dead ' ? |
| A. | Everyone without exception |
| B. | To occur , strike |
| C. | Be aware of the trick |
| D. | All people alive or dead |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'In a flat spin ' ? |
| A. | To kill somebody |
| B. | To be caught in ones own trap |
| C. | To use very obscene or blasphemous language |
| D. | In a state of panic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To be the dead spit of ' ? |
| A. | Small but evident part of a much larger concealed situation |
| B. | An important question that is very difficult to answer |
| C. | Pregnant |
| D. | Exact counterpart or likeness of |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To stew in one’s own juice ' ? |
| A. | To suffer the consequences of one’s own action |
| B. | To prepare for something unpleasant or difficult |
| C. | Arouse some one to do his best |
| D. | To chat |
| Answer» B. To prepare for something unpleasant or difficult | |
| 44. |
Clothes keep us warm in winter because they |
| A. | supply heat |
| B. | do not radiate heat |
| C. | prevent air from contacting the body |
| D. | prevent the heat of the body from escaping |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To put out feelers ' ? |
| A. | Homeless children, odds and even |
| B. | To award punishment of death |
| C. | Cautiously check the views of others |
| D. | To fail completely |
| Answer» D. To fail completely | |
| 46. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To stretch a point ' ? |
| A. | The youngest apprentice in a printing office |
| B. | deaf |
| C. | To make an exception |
| D. | Children |
| Answer» D. Children | |
| 47. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'a/the sixty four dollar question ' ? |
| A. | An important question that is very difficult to answer |
| B. | The youngest apprentice in a printing office |
| C. | To be wise |
| D. | Behaving wild |
| Answer» B. The youngest apprentice in a printing office | |
| 48. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'Printer’s devil' ? |
| A. | To reach a crisis |
| B. | The youngest apprentice in a printing office |
| C. | Exact counterpart or likeness of |
| D. | To prepare for or go to war |
| Answer» C. Exact counterpart or likeness of | |
| 49. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To know (somebody) off his pedestal ' ? |
| A. | To be familiar with the matter |
| B. | To show that he is no longer highly regarded |
| C. | Show disappointment |
| D. | Pregnant |
| Answer» C. Show disappointment | |
| 50. |
what is the meaning of idiom 'To pip(somebody) at the post ' ? |
| A. | Source of much or easy; money |
| B. | To defeat at the last moment |
| C. | Gain favour |
| D. | In a dangerous situation |
| Answer» C. Gain favour | |