Idioms and Phrases Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
The new law on ‘Right to Food safety’ will come into force next month.
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5d495f792ef8ad44d161de96The new law on ‘Right to Food safety’ will come into force next month.
- 1Be forced upon the peoplefalse
- 2Be associated from next month onwardsfalse
- 3Be implemented next monthtrue
- 4Be withdrawn next monthfalse
- 5Be widely rejected next monthfalse
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Answer : 3. "Be implemented next month"
Q: In each of the following sentence, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
The team put their plan into execution the very next day.
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5d495da4e1ecb05378fb456cThe team put their plan into execution the very next day.
- 1Proposed a planfalse
- 2Discussed their planfalse
- 3Started thinking about a planfalse
- 4Started carrying out their plantrue
- 5None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 4. "Started carrying out their plan"
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
butterflies in the stomach
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5d42999ad1e5bb3ada645368- 1being angryfalse
- 2being hungryfalse
- 3being excitedfalse
- 4being nervoustrue
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Answer : 4. " being nervous"
Q: Which of the phrase (A), (B), (C), and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in the following sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.
They cooks up a story in order to get out of the situation.
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5d494eb42ef8ad44d161c427They cooks up a story in order to get out of the situation.
- 1cooked in a storyfalse
- 2cooked up a storytrue
- 3cooked up a storiesfalse
- 4cooked on the storyfalse
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 2. "cooked up a story"
Q: In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
Mrs. Nayak opened the discussion on the ‘alarming rate of poverty in India’.
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5d495e9a2ef8ad44d161de62Mrs. Nayak opened the discussion on the ‘alarming rate of poverty in India’.
- 1Started the discussiontrue
- 2Gave her opinion in the discussionfalse
- 3Did not agree on the discussionfalse
- 4Welcomed the people to the discussionfalse
- 5None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 1. "Started the discussion"
Q:Directions: In question four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it is the Answer Sheet.
out of the woods
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5d4287d8d995e232adc6ab17- 1no longer in troubletrue
- 2no longer famousfalse
- 3no longer in sightfalse
- 4no longer youngfalse
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Answer : 1. "no longer in trouble "
Q: Which of the phrase (A), (B), (C), and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in the following sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.
Barring the few, all the customers are defaulters.
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5d494e1685c77648500b87baBarring the few, all the customers are defaulters.
- 1Barred a fewfalse
- 2Leave a fewfalse
- 3Barring a lessfalse
- 4Barring a fewtrue
- 5No correction requiredfalse
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Answer : 4. "Barring a few"
Q: In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb. Select the alternatives which best describes its use in the sentence.
The course of events made it necessary for Joseph to start working.
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5d495f122ef8ad44d161de74The course of events made it necessary for Joseph to start working.
- 1Events that were plannedfalse
- 2Long list of future eventsfalse
- 3A succession of unexpected eventstrue
- 4Nature of events that followed after Joseph joined workfalse
- 5None of the abovefalse
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