Directions (1-5): In the following question, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q1. Cap in hand
(a) A mark of disgrace
(b) A mark of respect and subordination
(c) A mark of disguise and being uncanny
(d) A mark of opportunity
Q2. For keeps
(a) Permanently
(b) Temporarily
(c) Perfectly
(d) Practically
Q3. Draw a blank
(a) To be curious about something
(b) To do something out of others’ expectations
(c) To make someone realize his fault
(d) Fail to get an answer or a result
Q4. Use one’s loaf
(a) To use a trick to deceive others easily
(b) To use one’s own intelligence and intellectual ability
(c) To bring one’s secret out to surprise everyone
(d) To make use of a relative’s property to escape the financial crises
Q5. Pipe Down
(a) Stop making efforts to win
(b) Stop talking
(c) Stop eating
(d) Stop walking
Direction (6-10): In the following questions, a word/phrase is given followed by four alternatives. Select the alternative that conveys the same meaning as the word/phrase given.
Q6. Something that is abnormal
(a) cohesion
(b) connotative
(c) atypical
(d) alacrity
Q7. Aggregate
(a) a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information
(b) a whole formed by combining several separate elements.
(c) the practical unit of electric current strength
(d) the state of being attached or joined
Q8. To acknowledge; admit
(a) concede
(b) communal
(c) attenuate
(d) arrogate
Q9. Anode
(a) the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte
(b) friendship
(c) of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah
(d) sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper
Q10. With no shape; unorganized
(a) asperity
(b) amorphous
(c) conviviality
(d) constrain
Solutions:
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option B is the correct meaning.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option A is the correct meaning.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option D is the correct meaning.
S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option B is the correct meaning.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Option B is the correct meaning.
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. atypical-not typical: not usual or normal
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Aggregate -a whole formed by combining several separate elements.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. concede -admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Anode – the part of an electrical device (such as a battery) from which electrons leave
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. amorphous- having no definite or clear shape or form
