Directions (1-3): In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and choose the option corresponding to it.
Q1. Couch Potato
(a) An old person who has old fashioned ideas.
(b) A person who prefers to watch television.
(c) A person who doesn’t seem very friendly.
(d) Someone who stays calm and doesn’t show their emotions.
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Couch potato – A person who takes little or no exercise and watches a lot of television
Q2. Carry the ball.
(a) Decorate the ball
(b) Be in charge
(c) Take the decision
(d) Be the hostess.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Carry the ball: to be in charge; to be considered reliable enough to make sure that a job gets done.
Q3. Held up
(a) kidnapped
(b) Delayed
(c) Caught
(d) Nabbed
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Held up: put off; withheld.
Directions (4-6): In the following four questions, Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Q4. FIENDISH
(a) Diabolical
(b) Devilish
(c) Angelic
(d) Friendly
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Fiendish: Cruel and unpleasant; extremely clever and complicated.
Diabolical: extremely bad or annoying; trouble.
Angelic: good, kind or beautiful; like an angle.
Q5. JETTISON
(a) Retain
(b) Reward
(c) Preserve
(d) Consent
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Jettison: to throw out of a moving plane or ship to make it lighter; abandon; to reject an idea.
Reward: to give something to somebody.
Preserve: to keep in original state or in good condition
Consent: to agree: to give permission.
Retain: continue to have (something); keep possession of.
Q6. QUIESCENT
(a) active
(b) rough
(c) quaint
(d) queer
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Quiescent: quiet: not active: dormant.
Directions (7-10): In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Q7. The baby was clinging with her mother in fear.
(a) The baby was
(b) clinging with her
(c) mother in fear
(d) No error
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘to’ agrees with cling. Hence ‘clinging to her’ is the right usage.
Q8. What if I were in your place to handle the situation!
(a) What if I
(b) were in your place
(c) to handle the situation!
(d) No error
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. No Error
Q9. Make what you write and say more absorbed and engrossing.
(a) Make what you write
(b) and say more
(c) absorbed and engrossing
(d) No error
S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Here absorbing and engrossing is the right usage as the adjectives will be in the same form before and after conjunction ‘and’.
Q10. Whoever assumes his statement true is foolish.
(a) Whoever assumes
(b) his statement true
(c) is foolish
(d) No error
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Here ‘is a fool’/is a foolish person’ is the right usage ‘fool’ is a Noun. Foolish is an Adjective. So it needs a Noun to be used with it.
