D) Exact details or precise information

C) Has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad

A) A brief preview of something

Idioms Quiz | Set - 03 | 25 Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL, CDS, NDA, BANK, Teaching Exams, IBPS, SBI, Air force, Navy

Q: 1 Chapter and verse

A) Buying the pig in a poke
B) Beating about the bush
C) Cast pearls before they swine
D) Exact details or precise information

Q: 2 Change horses in midstream

A) In seventh heaven
B) Break a leg
C) Change horses in midstream
D) Spill the beans

Q: 3 Bitten off more than he could chew

A) taken it with a grain of salt
B) bitten off more than he could chew
C) cut corners
D) played by the ear

Q: 4 Blessing in disguise

A) When a simple solution solves a problem very well
B) When things get better and better when least expecting it
C) Has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad
D) Has a very good effect on a situation or a thing

Q: 5 Dance to the tunes

A) Hands are tied
B) Till the cows come home
C) Make it big
D) Dance to the tunes

Q: 6 Split one’s sides

A) undergo a surgery
B) scream in pain
C) be extremely amused
D) meet with an accident

Q: 7 Behind the eight ball

A) In a difficult or disadvantaged position
B) Having eight balls as a possession
C) In a favourable position
D) Playing pool or billiards

Q: 8 Lose your marbles

A) miss an opportunity
B) go insane
C) lose respect
D) be nervous

Q: 9 In a nutshell

A) in the long run
B) in a fortnight
C) in the cold
D) in a nutshell

Q: 10 Forty winks

A) a deep sleep
B) a secret signal
C) a short sleep
D) a long leave

Q: 11 Asking for trouble

A) Beat around the bush
B) Asking for trouble
C) Put off

Q: 12 Hornet’s nest

A) Dangerous idea
B) Raising controversy
C) Secret policy
D) Unpleasant result

Q: 13 Breathing down one’s neck

A) Breathing down one’s neck
B) In the dark
C) Run out of steam
D) Break a leg

Q: 14 Two heads are better than one

A) Two people working together are more effective than one person working alone
B) You can’t always get what you want
C) Two wrongs don’t make a right
D) When the going gets tough, the tough gets going

Q: 15 Lie in the bed you have made

A) Sleep on the bed you made yourself
B) Sleep in your own bed
C) Face the unpleasant consequences of your own acts
D) To ignore what someone is saying

Q: 16 In a soup

A) To exhibit cowardice
B) In trouble
C) Extremely short of money
D) To get nothing

Q: 17 Sneak peek

A) A brief preview of something
B) Sending a brief letter
C) To be in a winning position
D) To try something new

Q: 18 Kick the bucket

A) Be happy
B) To die
C) Be sad
D) To be ill

Q: 19 Bid defiance to

A) Bid defiance to
B) Blew over
C) Big fish
D) Beyond the pale

Q: 20 Stab you in the back

A) to get all bent out of shape
B) to stab you in the back
C) to blow his trumpet
D) to paint the whole town red

Q: 21 Cut from the same cloth

A) to share resources
B) to come from the same source
C) to be of a similar nature
D) belong to the same family

Q: 22 Gone down the drain

A) In the same boat
B) Through thick and thin
C) Gone down the drain
D) Beat the drum

Q: 23 Out of gear

A) Not functioning properly
B) Need of the hour
C) Pin-money
D) Lock and key

Q: 24 Beyond a shadow of a doubt

A) Benefit of doubt
B) Off on the wrong foot
C) Through thick and thin
D) Beyond a shadow of a doubt

Q: 25 Bring to book

A) teach someone
B) punish someone
C) calm someone
D) support someone

Idioms Quiz Set – 03

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