In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. With might and main
2. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. Take up the hatchet
3. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. Turn over a new leaf
Correct Answer: change ones behaviour for the better.
4. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. Over egg the pudding
Options
A. add unnecessary details to make something seem better or worse.
B. fill the pudding excessively with egg.
C. add details in order to make something more exciting.
D. add important details to the content of a story.
Correct Answer: add unnecessary details to make something seem better or worse.
5. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. From stem to stern
Options
A. all the way from the front of a ship to the back.
Correct Answer: all the way from the front of a ship to the back.
6. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. Ruffle somebody's feather
9. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase. A laughing stock
10. In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/ passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. 1. Making ropes is one of the oldest trades in the world. P. People used them for tethering animals, for drawing water from wells and for dragging large stones which were used in building. Q. We know that people made ropes several centuries back. R. They made them from camel hair and from twisted grass. S. We have found pieces of rope in very old Egyptian tombs. 6. We have found too, ropes which were made of thin copper wire in the city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by a volcano 2000 years ago.