Idioms & Phrases MCQ – English Questions Answers


11) He is not worth his salt if fails at this juncture.

a) quite worthless

b) very proud of himself

c) quite depressed

d) very strange

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Option -a)


12) After having finished the last project, I find myself at a loose end.

a) happy

b) on vacation

c) free of troubles

d) with nothing to do

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Option -d)


13) The boy had a hair-breadth escape from a street accident.

a) lucky

b) easy

c) narrow
d) quick

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Option – c)


14) I just paid him a left handed compliment.

a) an honest

b) a well deserved

c) an insincere

d) a flattering

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Option – c)


15) Seema is a little hard of hearing.

a) inaudible

b) disinterested

c) deaf

d) insensitive

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Option – c)


16) He is in habit of  chewing the cud.

a) accusing other

b) crying over spilt milk

c) forgetting things

d) to muse on

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Option -d)


17) The scenery of Kashmir beggars description.

a) beyond the power of description

b) beg for description

c) describe a beggar

d) description of a beggar

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Option -a)


18) You cannot have your cake and eat it too.

a) enjoy forever

b) have it both ways

c) run away from responsibility

d) absolve yourself of guilt

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Option -b)


19) India carried the day by defeating Australia in hockey series.

a) lose

b) loose

c) win

d) decisive victory

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Option – c)


20) His most trusted friend proved to be a snake in the grass.

a) cowardly and brutal

b) an unreliable and deceitful person

c) a hidden enemy

d) low and mean

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Option – c)