idiom or phrase
- प्रश्न 1 directions: For each of the following sentences four alternatives are given. You are required to choose the correct meaning of the idiom or phrase given underlined in the sentence.
To go overboard -
- (अ) To tell people about someone’s secrets
- (ब) To encourage someone in his bad times
- (स) To do too much of something
- (द) Once in a life-time
उत्तर : To do too much of something
- प्रश्न 2 The sales manager tried every trick in the book to sell the flat to my uncle, but they failed -
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- (अ) Try every possible way
- (ब) Not ready to bargain
- (स) Try to give the least discount
- (द) Stuck in the midway
उत्तर : Try every possible way
- प्रश्न 3 Funny how you can get a bee in your bonnet about the most unlikely matters -
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- (अ) go wild
- (ब) obsessed with an idea
- (स) speak succinctly
- (द) stay up
उत्तर : obsessed with an idea
- प्रश्न 4 Suganya stood by her husband in weal and woe.
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- (अ) during the operation
- (ब) during illness
- (स) by hook or crook
- (द) in prosperity and adversity
उत्तर : in prosperity and adversity
- प्रश्न 5 Give meaning of the following idiom :
A man of straw
Rajasthan Patwar 2021 (23 Oct 2021) 1st shift -
- (अ) A man of no substance
- (ब) A very active person
- (स) A worthy fellow
- (द) A reasonable person
उत्तर : A man of no substance
- प्रश्न 6 Give meaning of Idiom : Cry Wolf
Rajasthan Patwar 2021 (23 Oct 2021) 2nd shift -
- (अ) To give false alarm
- (ब) To refer to
- (स) To emphasise
- (द) To have no result
उत्तर : To give false alarm
- प्रश्न 7 Give meaning of Idiom
At loggerheads
Rajasthan Patwar 2021 (24 Oct 2021 ) 1st shift -
- (अ) very happy together
- (ब) in difficulty
- (स) to be at strife
- (द) None of these
उत्तर : to be at strife
- प्रश्न 8 Give meaning of idiom
At one’s wit’s end
Rajasthan Patwar 2021 (24 Oct 2021 ) 2nd shift -
- (अ) Perplexed
- (ब) Clear up
- (स) Explain
- (द) Enlighten
उत्तर : Perplexed
- प्रश्न 9 Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate word:
She could hardly __________ laughing. -
- (अ) keep on
- (ब) keep up
- (स) keep from
- (द) keep down
उत्तर : keep from
- प्रश्न 10 Complete the phrasal verb in the following sentence:
Many parents were at the railway station to see ...... their children. -
- (अ) away
- (ब) at
- (स) off
- (द) after
उत्तर : off
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