General English Questions 2021
Directions (53): Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence meaningfully correct. Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark “No Error” as your answer.
Even if we grant though outlandish assertion that India has a job bounty but wages are not rising, this points to a labour market failure.
(A) if we grant the outlandish assertion
(B) if we granted though outlandish assertion
(C) if we granted the outlandish assertion
(D) if we were grant the outlandish assertion
(E) No error
Correct Answer : A
Directions (25): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Pull yourself together
(A) To put lots of efforts in a single venture
(B) To do your best
(C) To calm down
(D) To exhaust with all the given resources
(E) To be very angry
Correct Answer : C
Directions (24): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Get something out of your system
(A) To do something which you wanted to do to move on
(B) To do something which is not the part of your bucket list
(C) To get something which is not expected
(D) To have lots of error in a single task
(E) To get unexpected rewards from a mistake
Correct Answer : A
Directions (23): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Easy does it
(A) Make it fast
(B) To be rough
(C) Slow down
(D) To be conservative
(E) Make more complex
Correct Answer : C
Directions (22): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Better late than never
(A) Better to arrive late than not to come at all
(B) Better to stay healthy than to die
(C) Better to arrive late than to meet with an accident
(D) Better to come late than to die
(E) Better to stay home than to reach late
Correct Answer : A
Directions (21): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
Whole nine yards
(A) Everything
(B) A long distance
(C) All the levels of a game
(D) Wholly or completely
(E) Something
Correct Answer : A
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To play ducks and drakes
(A) to use recklessly
(B) to act cleverly
(C) to change places
(D) to be friendly
Correct Answer : A
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
At daggers drawn
(A) deceiving somebody
(B) bitterly hostile
(C) without hope
(D) friendly with each other
Correct Answer : B
Directions (30): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then tries to decipher its meaning as used in the sentence. Choose the option which gives the meaning of the phrase most appropriately in context of the given sentence.
Shyam can’t afford to buy that car! It costs an arm and a leg.
(A) something that can be found rarely
(B) something very cheap
(C) something very expensive
(D) something that is easily available
(E) none of the above
Correct Answer : C
Directions (29): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.
That's the last straw
(A) To be run out of the patience
(B) To be a VIP
(C) To be very weak
(D) To be exhausted with all the resources
(E) To complete the last item of the task
Correct Answer : A
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