English Idioms & Phrases – WB Primary TET Practice set -1
1. His promotion is on the cards
A. Due
B. Evident
C. Certain
D. Probable
Ans. C. Certain
2. To tempt Providence
A. To invite punishment
B. To achieve a fortune
C. To take reckless risks
D. To have God’s favour
Ans. C. To take reckless risks
3. To draw the long bow
A. To over estimate oneself
B. To put up high demands
C. To demand a very high price
D. To make an exaggerated statement
Ans. D. To make an exaggerated statement
4. To plough the sands
A. To work hard to achieve one’s aim
B. To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
C. To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any
profitable result
D. To advance one’s position in life
Ans. C. To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any
profitable result
5. To give a false colouring
A. To misrepresent
B. To submit the false report
C. To be dishonest
D. Conceal the facts
Ans. A. To misrepresent
6. Queer somebody’s pitch
A. Upset one’s plan
B. Reprimand him
C. Cheak him
D. Work him up
Ans. A. Upset one’s plan
7. The parliamentary inquiry into the Bofors deal has not
brought to light any startling facts
A. Proved
B. Highlighted
C. Disclosed
D. Probed
Ans. C. Disclosed
8. To turn over a new leaf
A. To change completely one’s course of action
B. To shift attention to new problems after having studies
the old ones thoroughly
C. To cover up one’s fault by wearing new masks
D. To changes the old habits and adopt new ones
Ans. D. To changes the old habits and adopt new ones
9. To have brush with
A. To start painting
B. To have good and pleasing terms
C. To be impressed
D. To have a slight encounter
Ans. D. To have a slight encounter
10. The pros and cons
A. For and against a thing
B. Foul and fair
C. Good and evil
D. Former and letter
Ans. A. For and against a thing
11. She rejected his proposal of marriage point blank
A. Directly
B. Pointedly
C. Abruptly
D. Briefly
Ans. D. Briefly
12. The involvement of teaching in the scheme of education
proves to be a mate’s nest
A. A false invention
B. A noble thing
C. A successful idea
D. A timely step
Ans. A. A false invention
13. We should give a wide berth to bad characters
A. Keep away from
B. Publicly condemn
C. Give publicly to
D. Not sympathise with
Ans. A. Keep away from
14. If Soham does not complete the work allotted to him
properly, we shall send him packing
A. Put him in packing department
B. Give him our best wishes
C. Give him another work
D. Terminate his services immediately
Ans. D. Terminate his services immediately
15. To take the bull by the horns
A. To punish a person severely for his arrogance
B. To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies in our
way
C. To handle it by fierce attack
D. To bypass the legal process and take action according to
one’s own whims
Ans. B. To grapple courageously with a difficulty that lies
in our way
16. He was a king who ruled his subjects with a high hand
A. Oppressively
B. Kindly
C. Conveniently
D. Sympathetically
Ans. A. Oppressively
17. It was such a stranger affair that I could not make head
or tail of it
A. Face it
B. Tolerate it
C. Remember it
D. Understand it
Ans. D. Understand it
18. He is a strange fellow. It is very difficult to deal with
him; it seems that he has a bee in his bonnet
A. An achievement to be proud of
B. An obsession about something
C. To face problems as a result of his senseless actions
D. Peculiar habit of confusing others
Ans. B. An obsession about something
19. To tell you in a nutshell, lust for power and money has
almost spoiled him
A. As objectively as possible
B. In a simple and brief manner
C. An actual experience described vividly
D. To take in confidence 388
Ans. B. In a simple and brief manner
20. To play fast and loose
A. To beguile others
B. To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
C. To play with someone’s feelings
D. To play tricks
Ans. D. To play tricks
21. To flog a dead horse
A. To act in a foolish way
B. To waste one’s efforts
C. To revive interest in an old subject
D. To revive old memories
Ans. B. To waste one’s efforts
22. A tall order
A. A task difficult to to perform
B. A big problem
C. A royal
D. A big demand
Ans. A. A task difficult to to perform
23. All and sundry
A. Greater share
B. All of a sudden
C. Completion of work
D. Everyone without distinction
Ans. D. Everyone without distinction
24. To be lost in the cloud
A. To meet with one’s death
B. To be perplexed
C. To be concealed from view
D. Ti find oneself in a very uncomfortable position
Ans. B. To be perplexed
25. French leave
A. Long absence
B. Leave on the pretext illness
C. Casual leave
D. Absence without permission
Ans. D. Absence without permission
26. Doar in the mouth
A. Bitten by a snake
B. To reveal the secret
C. To be furious
D. To be in the extend hatred
Ans. D. To be in the extend hatred
27. To turn the other cheek
A. To sulk and suffer
B. To respond to violence with violence
C. To respond to violence with non violence
D. To be indifferent to peace overturns
Ans. C. To respond to violence with non violence
28. To give chapter and verse for a thing
A. To produce the proof of something
B. To eulogize the qualities, of a thing
C. To make publicity of a thing
D. To attach artificial value to a thing
Ans. A. To produce the proof of something
29. To have brush with
A. To start painting
B. To have good and pleasing terms
C. To be impressed
D. To be a slight encounter
Ans. D. To be a slight encounter
30. To hit the jackpot
A. To gamble
B. To make money unexpectedly
C. To inherit money
D. To become bankrupt
Ans. B. To make money unexpectedly
31. Dog in the manger
A. An undersized bull almost the shape of a dog
B. A dog that has no kennel of its own
C. A person who puts himself in difficulties on account of
other people
D. A person who prevents others from enjoying something
useless to himself
Ans. D. A person who prevents others from enjoying something
useless to himself
32. A red letter day
A. An important day
B. An auspicious day
C. A dangerous day
D. An unimportant
Ans. A. An important day
33. Manish had to look high and low before he could find his
scooter key
A. Nijere
B. Always
C. Everywhere
D. Somewhere
Ans. C. Everywhere
34. We should give a wide bertho to bad characters
A. Keep away from
B. Publicly condemn
C. Give publicly to
D. Not sympathise
Ans. A. Keep away from
35. He is at loggerheads with his assistant about the
management of the concern
A. Differing strongly
B. In agreement
C. In confusion
D. Undecided
Ans. A. Differing strongly
36. Things are progressing well dont’s do anything to rock
the boat
A. Create difficulties
B. Conspire against
C. Upset the balance
D. Agitate against
Ans. C. Upset the balance
37. We should guard against our green-eyed friends
A. Rich
B. Jealous
C. Handsome
D. Enthusiastic
Ans. B. Jealous
38. To pull one’s socks up
A. To prepare
B. To try hard
C. To get ready
D. To depart
Ans. B. To try hard
39. To keep the ball rolling
A. To earn more and more
B. To work constantly
C. To keep the conversation
D. To make the best use of
Ans. C. To keep the conversation
40. I raked my brains to solve this difficult problem
A. I consulted several people
B. I subjected my mind to hard thinking
C. I read number of books
D. I brain washed several experts
Ans. B. I subjected my mind to hard thinking
41. Chandu used very ugly words against his kind uncle; he
threw down the gauntlet before him
A. He abused and insulted him
B. He threw the challenge
C. He behaved as in he was very grate and important person
D. He put several conditions for negotiation
Ans. B. He threw the challenge
42. To fly off the handle
A. To take off
B. To be indifferent
C. To dislocate
D. To lose one’s temper
Ans. D. To lose one’s temper
43. To put the cart before the horse
A. To offers person a person what he cannot eat
B. To force a person to do something
C. To raise obstacles
D. To reverse the natural order ofthings
Ans. D. To reverse the natural order ofthings
44. The casting vite of the chairman clinched the issue
A. Closed
B. Decided
C. Finished
D. Started
Ans. B. Decided
45. He, threw cold water over the project that the secretary
had prepared
A. Encourage
B. Discouraged
C. Cleared
D. Rejected
Ans. B. Discouraged
46. He is at loggerheads with his assistances about the
management of the concern
A. Differing strongly
B. In agreement
C. In confusion
D. Undecided
Ans. A. Differing strongly
47. I won’t mind even if he goes to dogs
A. Goes mad
B. Is insulted
C. Is ruined
D. Becomes brutal
Ans. C. Is ruined
48. To drink like a fish
A. To drink little
B. To drink alone
C. To be a drunkard
D. To drink in the company of others
Ans. C. To be a drunkard
49. To be up and doing
A. To recover from illness
B. To be actively engaged
C. To progress satisfactorily
D. To be expressive and explicit
Ans. B. To be actively engaged
50. To blow hot and cold
A. Changing weather
B. To be untrustworthy
C. To be inconsistent
D. To be rich and poor frequently
Ans. C. To be inconsistent
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