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  • Question
  • He never liked the idea of keeping his wife under his thumb and so he let her do what she liked.


  • Options
  • A. Pressed down
  • B. Unduly under control
  • C. Below his thumb
  • D. Under tyrannical conditions.

  • Correct Answer
  • Unduly under control 


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    • 1. The secretary and the treasurer are hand in glove with each other.

    • Options
    • A. very good friends
    • B. constantly fighting
    • C. associates in some action
    • D. suspicious of each other
    • Discuss
    • 2. He has built a big business empire by his sharp practices.

    • Options
    • A. extreme hard work
    • B. keen business skills
    • C. dishonest dealings
    • D. sharp intelligence
    • Discuss
    • 3. The dacoit murdered the man in cold blood.

    • Options
    • A. coldly
    • B. boldly
    • C. ruthlessly
    • D. deliberately
    • Discuss
    • 4. I requested him to put in a word for me.

    • Options
    • A. introduce
    • B. assist
    • C. support
    • D. recommend
    • Discuss
    • 5. The old man was cut to the quick when his rich son refused to recognise him.

    • Options
    • A. surprised
    • B. hurt intensely
    • C. annoyed
    • D. irritated
    • Discuss
    • 6. It is time that professors came down from their ivory towers and studied the real needs of the students.

    • Options
    • A. Detachment and seclusion
    • B. A tower made of ivory
    • C. Prison
    • D. Dream lands
    • Discuss
    • 7. You have to be a cool customer and be patient if you want to get the best buys.

    • Options
    • A. Be calm and not be excitable
    • B. Have a cool head
    • C. Be uncommunicative
    • D. Be choosy
    • Discuss
    • 8. There was no opposition to the new policy by the rank and file of the Government.

    • Options
    • A. the official machinery
    • B. the ordinary members
    • C. the majority
    • D. the cabinet ministers
    • Discuss
    • 9. The clerk wiped the nose of his employer by submitting a false bill and was dismissed from his job.

    • Options
    • A. Cleaned the nose
    • B. Cheated
    • C. Abused
    • D. Slapped
    • Discuss
    • 10. I have a bone to pick with you in this matter.

    • Options
    • A. Am in agreement
    • B. Am angry
    • C. Am indebted
    • D. Will join hands
    • Discuss


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