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

A) Exact details or precise information

D) 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 In a nutshell

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

Q: 2 Blessing in disguise

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

Q: 3 Asking for trouble

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

Q: 4 Gone down the drain

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

Q: 5 Behind the eight ball

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

Q: 6 Kick the bucket

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

Q: 7 Out of gear

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

Q: 8 Hornet’s nest

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

Q: 9 Bid defiance to

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

Q: 10 Two heads are better than one

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

Q: 11 Split one’s sides

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

Q: 12 Chapter and verse

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

Q: 13 Change horses in midstream

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

Q: 14 Breathing down one’s neck

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

Q: 15 Cut from the same cloth

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

Q: 16 Lose your marbles

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

Q: 17 Dance to the tunes

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

Q: 18 Bring to book

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

Q: 19 Beyond a shadow of a doubt

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

Q: 20 Lie in the bed you have made

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

Q: 21 Forty winks

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

Q: 22 In a soup

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

Q: 23 Sneak peek

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

Q: 24 Stab you in the back

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

Q: 25 Bitten off more than he could chew

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

Idioms Quiz Set – 03

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