B) A brief preview of something

A) Exact details or precise information

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

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

Q: 1 Bring to book

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

Q: 2 Forty winks

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

Q: 3 Lose your marbles

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

Q: 4 Cut from the same cloth

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

Q: 5 Sneak peek

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

Q: 6 Two heads are better than one

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

Q: 7 Lie in the bed you have made

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

Q: 8 Kick the bucket

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

Q: 9 Behind the eight ball

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

Q: 10 In a soup

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

Q: 11 Chapter and verse

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

Q: 12 Change horses in midstream

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

Q: 13 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: 14 Bid defiance to

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

Q: 15 Gone down the drain

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

Q: 16 Split one’s sides

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

Q: 17 Dance to the tunes

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

Q: 18 Beyond a shadow of a doubt

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

Q: 19 In a nutshell

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

Q: 20 Stab you in the back

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

Q: 21 Out of gear

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

Q: 22 Asking for trouble

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

Q: 23 Breathing down one’s neck

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

Q: 24 Hornet’s nest

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

Q: 25 Blessing in disguise

A) When things get better and better when least expecting it
B) When a simple solution solves a problem very well
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

Idioms Quiz Set – 03

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