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- Question
A man of straw
Options- A. A man of no substance
- B. A very active person
- C. A worthy fellow
- D. An unreasonable person
- E. None of these
- Correct Answer
- A man of no substance
- 1. A black sheep
Options- A. An unlucky person
- B. A lucky person
- C. An ugly person
- D. A partner who takes no share of the profits
- E. None of these Discuss
- 2. To beg the question
Options- A. To refer to
- B. To take for granted
- C. To raise objections
- D. To be discussed
- E. None of these Discuss
- 3. To play second fiddle
Options- A. To be happy, cheerful and healthy
- B. To reduce importance of one's senior
- C. To support the role and view of another person
- D. To do back seat driving
- E. None of these Discuss
- 4. To leave someone in the lurch
Options- 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
- E. None of these Discuss
- 5. To pick holes
Options- A. To find some reason to quarrel
- B. To destroy something
- C. To criticise someone
- D. To cut some part of an item
- E. None of these Discuss
- 6. To smell a rat
Options- 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
- E. None of these Discuss
- 7. To hit the nail right on the head
Options- A. To do the right thing
- B. To destroy one's reputation
- C. To announce one's fixed views
- D. To teach someone a lesson
- E. None of these Discuss
- 8. To set one's face against
Options- A. To oppose with determination
- B. To judge by appearence
- C. To get out of difficulty
- D. To look at one steadily
- E. None of these Discuss
- 9. "If you don't keep quiet I shall shoot you", he said to her in a calm voice.
Options- A. He warned her to shoot if she didn't keep quiet calmly.
- B. He said calmly that I shall shoot you if you don't be quiet.
- C. He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.
- D. Calmly he warned her that be quiet or else he will have to shoot her. Discuss
- 10. I told him that he was not working hard.
Options- A. I said to him, "You are not working hard."
- B. I told to him, "You are not working hard."
- C. I said, "You are not working hard."
- D. I said to him, "He is not working hard." Discuss
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Correct Answer: None of these
Explanation:
In the English language, 'Black sheep' is an idiom used to describe an odd or disreputable member of a group, especially within a family.
Correct Answer: To take for granted
Correct Answer: To support the role and view of another person
Correct Answer: To desert someone in his difficulties
Correct Answer: To criticise someone
Correct Answer: To suspect foul dealings
Correct Answer: To do the right thing
Explanation:
To do exactly the right thing; to do something in the most effective and efficient way.
Correct Answer: To oppose with determination
Correct Answer: He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.
Correct Answer: I said to him, "You are not working hard."
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