Directions (1-15): In each of the question given
below a/an idiom/phrase is given in BOLD which is then followed by five options
which then tries to decipher its meaning as used in the sentence. Choose the
option which gives the meaning of the phrase most appropriately in context of
the given sentence.
Q1. I’m banking
on you to help with the charity event.
(a) pretend
(b) rely
(c) doubt
(d) faith
(e) inhibit
Q2. His plans to trek through South America fell through when he got sick.
(a) ascend
(b) overturn
(c) slip
(d) fail
(e) deteriorate
Q3. We hope they can iron out their differences and get on with working together.
(a) resolve
(b) question
(c) conclude
(d) facilitate
(e) upset
Q4. He finished his cup of tea and got on with the gardening.
(a) yield
(b) retrogress
(c) persist
(d) stay
(e) last
Q5. He’s never made an effort to keep up with current events.
(a) surpass
(b) deadlock
(c) measure
(d) work
(e) parallel
Q6.
The company is expected to get around
this problem by borrowing from the banks.
(a)
lead
(b) deceive
(c) overcome
(d) divert
(e) detach
Q7.
I think he’s trying to get back at
her for those remarks she made in the meeting.
(a)
pursue
(b) disprove
(c) acknowledge
(d) retaliate
(e) persuade
Q8.
The city had to rebuild the bridge completely, because it was about to give out and fall down.
(a)
conform
(b) reveal
(c) relent
(d) crash
(e) transmit
Q9.
The lorry drivers’ strike has put back
our deliveries by over a month.
(a)
deferred
(b) dwindled
(c) retarded
(d) replaced
(e) conveyed
Q10.
He was not emotionally stable enough to think
through his decision.
(a)
evaluate
(b) determine
(c) suspect
(d) estimate
(e) analyze
Q11. We have bent
over backwards to ensure a fair trial for the defendants.
(a) Return
(b) Tolerate
(c) Diminish
(d) Failed
(e) Strive
Q12. Can we please get on, because there are a lot of things still to discuss.
(a) Late
(b) Friendly
(c) Hurry
(d) Behave
(e) continue
Q13. They will buckle down to negotiations over the next few months
(a) Turn
(b) Determination
(c) Fall
(d) Agree
(e)Submit
Q14. I’m trying to gear myself up for tomorrow’s exam.
(a) Prepare
(b) Motivate
(c) Relax
(d) Recharge
(e) Accelerate
Q15.
Dream on! I have a much better
chance of getting it than you.
(a) Inactive
(b) Loose
(c) Unlikely
(d) Typical
(e) Wait
Solutions
S1. Ans. (b)
Sol. The phrasal verb “bank on” means “to base your
hopes on something / someone”. Thus, the most appropriate meaning among the
given options is “rely” which means
“depend on with full trust or confidence”.
Hence option (b) is the correct choice.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. The phrasal verb “fell through” means “to
fail; doesn’t happen”. Thus, the most appropriate meaning among the given
options is “fail”. Hence option (d)
is the correct choice.
Ascend means rise or move up
through the air.
S3. Ans. (a)
Sol. The phrasal verb “iron out” means to remove problems or find solutions, or to resolve
by discussion, eliminate differences. Thus, among the given options, the most
appropriate meaning is “resolve”.
Hence option (a) is the correct choice.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. The phrasal verb “get on with” means to start
or continue doing something, especially work. Thus, among the given
options, the most appropriate meaning is “persist”
which means “continue to exist; be
prolonged”. Hence option (c) is the
correct choice.
Retrogress means go back to an
earlier state, typically a worse one.
S5. Ans. (e)
Sol. The phrasal verb “keep up with” means “to
continue to be informed about something”, or “move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else.”.
Thus, among the given options, the most appropriate meaning is “parallel”. Hence option (e) is the
correct choice.
Deadlock means a situation,
typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. ‘get around’ means to release or to avoid
something unpleasant or laborious.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘get back at’ means take revenge on.
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘give out’ means to stop working.
S9. Ans. (a)
Sol. ‘put back’ means to delay it or arrange for
it to happen later than you previously planned.
S10. Ans. (e)
Sol. ‘think through’ means to carefully consider
the possible results of doing something.
S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. Bent over backwards means to try extremely
hard to help or to please someone hence strive which means make great efforts
to achieve or obtain something is the correct choice.
S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. If you get on with something, you continue
doing it or start doing it.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. If you
buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Gear up means to prepare for something that
you have to do, or to prepare someone else for something.
S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. Dream on is used for saying that something is
unlikely to happen
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