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- Question
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
- Correct Answer
- To oppose with determination
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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 Discuss
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. "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
- 7. 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
- 8. His father ordered him to go to his room and study.
Options- A. His father said, "Go to your room and study."
- B. His father said to him, "Go and study in your room."
- C. His father shouted, "Go right now to your study room"
- D. His father said firmly, "Go and study in your room." Discuss
- 9. He said to his father, "Please increase my pocket-money."
Options- A. He told his father, "Please increase the pocket-money"
- B. He pleaded his father to please increase my pocket money.
- C. He requested his father to increase his pocket-money.
- D. He asked his father to increase his pocket-money. Discuss
- 10. She said that her brother was getting married.
Options- A. She said, "Her brother is getting married."
- B. She told, "Her brother is getting married."
- C. She said, "My brother is getting married."
- D. She said, "My brother was getting married." Discuss
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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 suspect foul dealings
Correct Answer: A man of no substance
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: 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."
Correct Answer: His father said, "Go to your room and study."
Correct Answer: He requested his father to increase his pocket-money.
Correct Answer: She said, "My brother is getting married."
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