37931.We were in hurry. The road being zigzag we had to cut off a corner to reach in time.
To cut a portion of the road
To take a short cut
To go fast
To take an alternative route
37932.To keeps one s temper
To become hungry
To be in good mood
To preserve ones energy
To be aloof from
None of these
37933.To catch a tartar
To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
To catch a dangerous person
To meet with disaster
To deal with a person who is more than ones match
None of these
37934.Sobhraj could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in a advance.
Toppled over
Bribed
Given advance information
Threatened
37935.To drive home
To find ones roots
To return to place of rest
Back to original position
To emphasise
None of these
37936.To cry wolf
To listen eagerly
To give false alarm
To turn pale
To keep off starvation
None of these
37937.To be above board
To have a good height
To be honest in any business deal
They have no debts
To try to be beautiful
None of these
37938.To put one s hand to plough
To take up agricultural farming
To take a difficult task
To get entangled into unnecessary things
Take interest in technical work
None of these
37940.I felt like a fish out of water among all those business tycoons.
troubled
stupid
uncomfortable
inferior
37941.To pick holes
To find some reason to quarrel
To destroy something
To criticise someone
To cut some part of an item
None of these
37942.To leave someone in the lurch
To come to compromise with someone
Constant source of annoyance to someone
To put someone at ease
To desert someone in his difficulties
None of these
37943.To play second fiddle
To be happy, cheerful and healthy
To reduce importance of ones senior
To support the role and view of another person
To do back seat driving
None of these
37944.To beg the question
To refer to
To take for granted
To raise objections
To be discussed
None of these
A black sheep
37946.A man of straw
A man of no substance
A very active person
A worthy fellow
An unreasonable person
None of these
37947.To hit the nail right on the head
To do the right thing
To destroy ones reputation
To announce ones fixed views
To teach someone a lesson
None of these
37948.To set one s face against
To oppose with determination
To judge by appearence
To get out of difficulty
To look at one steadily
5.None of these
37949.Do no trust a man who blows his own trumpet
flatters
praises others
admonishes others
praises himself
37950.I met him after a long time, but he gave me the cold shoulder.
scolded me
insulted me
abused me
ignored me
37951.He passed himself off as a noble man.
Was regarded as
Pretended to be
Was thought to be
Was looked upon
37952.Don t thrust your nose into my affairs.
Advise me about
Be in opposition
Deal with
Meddle officiously in
37953.This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months and must therefore be decided one way or the other.
going on slowly
hotly debated
stuck up
ignored
37954.The cricket match proved to be a big draw.
a keen contest
a huge attraction
a lovely spectacle
a game without any result
37956.To smell a rat
To see signs of plague epidemic
To get bad small of a bad dead rat
To suspect foul dealings
To be in a bad mood
None of these
37957.He was undecided. He let the grass grow under his feet.
loitered around
stayed out
sat unmoving
moved away
37958.I did not mind what he was saying, he was only through his hat.
talking nonsense
talking ignorantly
talking irresponsibly
talking insultingly
37959.If you give John all your money, you are likely to burn your fingers.
be unhappy
be happy
suffer
be ill
37960.This regular absenteeism is a bad business since on work is being completed.
Bad for business
Non-business like
An unfortunate event
Creating ill-will
37961.Though he has lot of money, yet all his plans are built upon sand.
established on insecure foundations
based on inexperience
resting on cheap material
resting on immature ideas
37962.Although he has failed in the written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job.
Political influence
Backing influence
Deserving and proper influence
Secret and unfair influence
37963.Companies producing goods play to the gallery to boost their sales.
advertise
cater to the public taste
attempt to appeal to popular taste
depend upon the public for approval
37964.Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew in his own juice.
Make a stew
Boil
Suffer in his own juice
Suffer for his own act
37965.I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining his life.
wasting his money
becoming overgenerous
overtaxing his energies
losing his objectives
37966.The university will have to shelve its plans for expansion in view of present situation
cancel
discuss
reconsider
postpone
37969.In the organised society of today no individual or nation can plough a lonely furrow.
remain unaffected
do without the help of others
survive in isolation
remain non-aligned
37970.It was he who put a spoke in my wheel.
tried to cause an accident
helped in the execution of the plan
thwarted in the execution of the plan
destroyed the plan
37971.It is no longer easy to strike gold in Shakespeare s research since much work has already been done on him.
Hit a golden spot
Come across gold
Come across the word "gold"
Uncover or find a valuable line of argument or information
37972.Sanjay is very different about passing the Civil Services Examination this year.
Dead sure of
Very hopeful of
Lacking self confidence about
Reasonably certain of
37973.Why must you look a gift horse in the mouth ?
welcome a gift
find fault with a gift
be fastidious
examine a gift carefully
37974.Dowry is a burning question of the day.
a widely debated issue
a dying issue
a relevant problem
an irrelevant issue
37975.Leaders should not only make speeches they should also be prepared to to bell the cat.
To take lead in danger.
To tie bell to a cats neck
To be alert of the enemy
To make noise
37976.The popularity of the yesterday s superstar is on the wane.
at its peak
at rock bottom
growing more
growing less
37977.He is an interesting speaker but tends to go off at a tangent.
change the subject immediately
forget things in between
go on at great length
become boisterous
37979.Despite the trust bestowed on the minister he turned out to be a snake in the grass during the revolution.
a secret enemy
a treacherous person
an unforeseen danger
an unexpected misfortune
37980.Women should be paid the same as men when they do the same job, for, surely what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
What is thought suitable pay for a man should also be for a woman
Goose and the gender eat the same sauce
Both goose and gander should be equally treated
The principle of equal treatment should be implemented
- Comprehension
- Closet Test
- Sentence Formation
- Ordering Of Sentences
- Ordering Of Words
- Paragraph Formation
- Completing Statments
- Sentence Correction
- Change Of Speech
- Idioms And Phrases
- Antonyms
- Selecting Words
- Synonyms
- Verbal Analogies
- Change Of Voice
- One Word Substitutes
- Sentence Improvement
- Spotting Errors
- Spellings