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This section includes 80 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
“Wild goose chase” _________? |
| A. | A foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable |
| B. | To take credit for something someone else did |
| C. | To not take what someone says too seriously; to treat someone’s words with a degree of skepticism |
| D. | A phrase implying that one is not proficient at performing a particular task and that they should not try to perform the task professionally |
| Answer» B. To take credit for something someone else did | |
| 2. |
“Your guess is as good as mine” means __________? |
| A. | Join a popular trend or activity |
| B. | To hear something from the authoritative source |
| C. | To know the answer |
| D. | To have no idea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
“when pigs fly” means ______? |
| A. | something that is easy to do |
| B. | raining very heavily |
| C. | something that will never happen or is impossible |
| D. | miss the chance |
| Answer» D. miss the chance | |
| 4. |
What the term Short Story stands for: |
| A. | A long prose fiction |
| B. | A story of figurative language |
| C. | A story of many characters |
| D. | A short prose fiction |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
What is the meaning of Banton? |
| A. | Afresh |
| B. | Good manners |
| C. | Farewell |
| D. | Authority |
| Answer» C. Farewell | |
| 6. |
What do you mean by Novel ___________ ? |
| A. | Short prose |
| B. | A long fictional prose with many characters |
| C. | A short narrative prose |
| D. | A literary work on the stage |
| Answer» C. A short narrative prose | |
| 7. |
To”Jazz Up” means to___________? |
| A. | Go faster |
| B. | Make something more exciting |
| C. | Make a lot of noise |
| D. | Be Strong |
| Answer» C. Make a lot of noise | |
| 8. |
To smell a rat _______? |
| A. | To see signs of plague epidemic |
| B. | To get bad small of a bad dead rat |
| C. | To suspect foul dealings |
| D. | To be in a bad mood |
| Answer» D. To be in a bad mood | |
| 9. |
To set one’s face against __________? |
| A. | To oppose with determination |
| B. | To judge by appearance |
| C. | To get out of difficulty |
| D. | To look at one steadily |
| Answer» B. To judge by appearance | |
| 10. |
To put one’s hand to plough __________? |
| A. | To take up agricultural farming |
| B. | To take a difficult task |
| C. | To get entangled into unnecessary things |
| D. | Take interest in technical work |
| Answer» C. To get entangled into unnecessary things | |
| 11. |
To pick holes _________? |
| A. | To find some reason to quarrel |
| B. | To destroy something |
| C. | To criticize someone |
| D. | To cut some part of an item |
| Answer» D. To cut some part of an item | |
| 12. |
To make clean breast of ________? |
| A. | To gain prominence |
| B. | To praise oneself |
| C. | To confess without of reserve |
| D. | To destroy before it blooms |
| Answer» D. To destroy before it blooms | |
| 13. |
To make clean breast of means |
| A. | To gain prominence |
| B. | To praise oneself |
| C. | To destroy before it blooms |
| D. | To confess without of reserves |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
To leave someone in the lurch _________? |
| A. | To come to compromise with someone |
| B. | Constant source of annoyance to someone |
| C. | To put someone at ease |
| D. | To desert someone in his difficulties |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
To hit the nail right on the head _______? |
| A. | To say something that is exactly right or completely true |
| B. | To destroy one’s reputation |
| C. | To announce one’s fixed views |
| D. | To teach someone a lesson |
| Answer» B. To destroy one’s reputation | |
| 16. |
To have an axe to grind ___________? |
| A. | A private end to serve |
| B. | To fail to arouse interest |
| C. | To have no result |
| D. | To work for both sides |
| Answer» B. To fail to arouse interest | |
| 17. |
To end in smoke ________? |
| A. | To make completely understand |
| B. | To ruin oneself |
| C. | To excite great applause |
| D. | To overcome someone |
| Answer» C. To excite great applause | |
| 18. |
To cry wolf __________? |
| A. | To listen eagerly |
| B. | To give false alarm |
| C. | To turn pale |
| D. | To keep off starvation |
| Answer» C. To turn pale | |
| 19. |
To catch a tartar means: |
| A. | To meet with disaster |
| B. | To catch a dangerous person |
| C. | To deal with a person who is more than one’s match |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» C. To deal with a person who is more than one’s match | |
| 20. |
There were no opposition to the new policy by the ‘rank and file’ of the Government. |
| A. | The ordinary members |
| B. | The official machinery |
| C. | The majority |
| D. | The cabinet ministers |
| Answer» B. The official machinery | |
| 21. |
The idiomatic phrase “Spick and Span” means? |
| A. | Wisdome and foresight |
| B. | Watch the weather |
| C. | spotlessly clean |
| D. | Deceive somebody |
| Answer» D. Deceive somebody | |
| 22. |
The idiom “To burry the hatchet” mean? |
| A. | To make peace |
| B. | To make a foolish choice |
| C. | To make a wrong decision |
| D. | To lose something |
| Answer» B. To make a foolish choice | |
| 23. |
The Government ruled by Women is called? |
| A. | Petticoat government |
| B. | Corporatocracy |
| C. | Patriarchy |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Corporatocracy | |
| 24. |
“Raining cats and dogs” means _________? |
| A. | Raining very heavily |
| B. | Easy option |
| C. | Very rarely |
| D. | one who presents a counter argument |
| Answer» B. Easy option | |
| 25. |
Pull your socks up: |
| A. | To get ready |
| B. | To finish |
| C. | To start |
| D. | To improve |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
“Prosaic” means__________? |
| A. | Good |
| B. | Dull |
| C. | Beautiful |
| D. | None |
| Answer» C. Beautiful | |
| 27. |
One-Trick Pony means: |
| A. | A person having one special feature, talent, or area of expertise |
| B. | Doing work dishonesty |
| C. | Unlawful paropaganda |
| D. | Clever planning for enemy |
| Answer» B. Doing work dishonesty | |
| 28. |
“Never-never land” means:_____________? |
| A. | An ideal pace |
| B. | Dream land |
| C. | A worthless place |
| D. | A useless situation |
| Answer» B. Dream land | |
| 29. |
My friend is a couch potato. What does the idiom/phrase “couch potato” means? |
| A. | active person |
| B. | busy person |
| C. | lazy person |
| D. | angry person |
| Answer» D. angry person | |
| 30. |
Meaning of the idiom ‘Swan song”? |
| A. | Last work |
| B. | First work |
| C. | Middle work |
| D. | Early work |
| Answer» B. First work | |
| 31. |
“Like a sitting duck” means________________? |
| A. | Lazy |
| B. | Fat |
| C. | Sleepy |
| D. | Ignorant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
“Keep at bay” means ______________. |
| A. | Keep in mind |
| B. | Keep at a distance |
| C. | Keep thinking about something |
| D. | Keep at the sea-shore |
| Answer» C. Keep thinking about something | |
| 33. |
It was he who “put a spoke in my wheel”. |
| A. | tried to cause an accident |
| B. | helped in the execution of the plan |
| C. | thwarted in the execution of the plan |
| D. | destroyed the plan |
| Answer» D. destroyed the plan | |
| 34. |
“Inter alia” means___________? |
| A. | In between |
| B. | By the fact |
| C. | Under concentration |
| D. | At the end |
| Answer» B. By the fact | |
| 35. |
In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to “die in harness”. |
| A. | die on a horse back |
| B. | die in the battlefield |
| C. | die while still working |
| D. | die with honour |
| Answer» D. die with honour | |
| 36. |
Idiom ” To make amend for” means___________? |
| A. | Make possible effort |
| B. | To compensate for damage |
| C. | To bring chance in something |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. To bring chance in something | |
| 37. |
Idiom “To cut long story short” means? |
| A. | Tell the story briefly |
| B. | Come to the point |
| C. | Miss the main points |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» C. Miss the main points | |
| 38. |
Idiom “Tie the knot” means? |
| A. | Friendship |
| B. | Getting married |
| C. | Enmity |
| D. | Criticism |
| Answer» C. Enmity | |
| 39. |
Idiom “A slap on the wrist” means? |
| A. | Hard Punishment |
| B. | Beating Someone |
| C. | Warning or Small Punishment |
| D. | Make someone sad |
| Answer» D. Make someone sad | |
| 40. |
“Icing (also frosting) on the cake” means ________? |
| A. | An ugly but essential addition or enhancement |
| B. | An ugly & inessential removal or diminution |
| C. | Be very expensive |
| D. | An attractive but inessential addition or enhancement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
I met him after a long time, but he gave me “the cold shoulder”. |
| A. | scolded me |
| B. | insulted me |
| C. | abused me |
| D. | ignored me |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
“Hornet’s nest” means:___________? |
| A. | A bee’s house |
| B. | A violent situation |
| C. | A good situation |
| D. | A dangerous place |
| Answer» C. A good situation | |
| 43. |
“Hold one’s horse” means__________? |
| A. | Keep one’s expectations |
| B. | Keep one’s gift |
| C. | Have patience |
| D. | High on energy |
| Answer» D. High on energy | |
| 44. |
His office is always in apple-pie order. What does the idiom/phrase “apple-pie order” means? |
| A. | Neat & tidy |
| B. | Disordered |
| C. | Mismanaged |
| D. | Ornamental |
| Answer» B. Disordered | |
| 45. |
He Was all at sea when he began his new Job.What does idiom / phrase “at sea” means __________? |
| A. | happy |
| B. | sad |
| C. | puzzled |
| D. | triumphant |
| Answer» D. triumphant | |
| 46. |
He “passed himself off” as a noble man. |
| A. | Was regarded as |
| B. | Pretended to be |
| C. | Was thought to be |
| D. | Was looked upon |
| Answer» C. Was thought to be | |
| 47. |
He is busy with his work ______________? |
| A. | inns and out |
| B. | up to neck |
| C. | up to the hilt |
| D. | kith and kin |
| Answer» D. kith and kin | |
| 48. |
He could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance. tipped off means _____________? |
| A. | Toppled over |
| B. | Bribed |
| C. | Given advance information |
| D. | Threatened |
| Answer» D. Threatened | |
| 49. |
“Go Dutch” means _______ ? |
| A. | One person paying for everyone |
| B. | share the cost of something, especially a meal, equally |
| C. | Enjoy two different opportunities at the same time |
| D. | To do something badly or cheaply |
| Answer» C. Enjoy two different opportunities at the same time | |
| 50. |
“Give cold shoulder” means__________? |
| A. | To support |
| B. | Cold meat |
| C. | To ignore |
| D. | Shiver |
| Answer» D. Shiver | |