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Question
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
Correct Answer
Detachment and seclusion
Idioms and Phrases problems
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1. 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.
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Correct Answer: Unduly under control
2. 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
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Correct Answer: very good friends
3. 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
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Correct Answer: dishonest dealings
4. The dacoit murdered the man
in cold blood.
Options
A. coldly
B. boldly
C. ruthlessly
D. deliberately
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Correct Answer: ruthlessly
5. I requested him to
put in a word for me
.
Options
A. introduce
B. assist
C. support
D. recommend
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Correct Answer: recommend
6. 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
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Correct Answer: Be calm and not be excitable
7. 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
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Correct Answer: the ordinary members
8. 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
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Correct Answer: Cheated
9.
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
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Correct Answer: Am angry
10. The new C.M
stuck his neck out
today and promised 10kgs. free wheat a month for all rural families.
Options
A. took an oath
B. took a risk
C. extended help
D. caused embarrassment
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Correct Answer: took a risk
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