English Quizzes For IDBI AM/Executive 2022 :18th June – MISCELLANEOUS

TOPIC:  MISCELLANEOUS

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 try to decipher its meaning.
Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.

 

Q1. Better late than never

(a) Better to stay
healthy than to die

(b) Better to arrive
late than to meet with an accident

(c) Better to come late
than to die

(d) Better to stay home
than to reach late

(e) Better to arrive
late than not to come at all

 

Q2. Cut somebody some slack

(a) Not to be so
benevolent

(b) Not to be so rude

(c) Not to be so
critical

(d) Not to be so happy

(e) Not to be so boring

 

Q3. Easy does it

(a) Make it fast

(b) Slow down

(c) To be rough

(d) To be conservative

(e) Make more complex

 

Q4. Get out of hand

(a) Get fired

(b) Get a sack

(c) Get out of the
group

(d) Get out of control

(e) Get something extra

 

Q5. Get something out of your system

(a) To do something
which is not the part of your bucket list

(b) To get something
which is not expected

(c) To do something
which you wanted to do to move on

(d) To have lots of
error in a single task

(e) To get unexpected
rewards from a mistake

 

Q6. On the ball

(a) To make consistent
progress

(b) To have so many
difficulties in life

(c) To have so many
miles to cover

(d) To have lots of
things to do

(e) To do a good job

 

Q7. Pull yourself together

(a) To calm down

(b) To put lots of
efforts in a single venture

(c) To do your best

(d) To exhaust with all
the given resources

(e) To be very angry

 

Q8. Wrap your head around something

(a) Create difficulties
by your own

(b) Burn the midnight
oil

(c) Make everything
complex

(d) Do something
impossible

(e) Understand
something complicated

 

Q9. Hang in there

(a) To stop

(b) Don’t be late

(c) Don’t do hard work

(d) Don’t give up

(e) To wait

 

Q10. Get your act together

(a) Perform well or
learn more

(b) Work better or
leave

(c) To assign your
tasks according to the time available

(d) To complete two
tasks at a time

(e) To be multitasking

 

Q11. A perfect storm

(a) A complete revenge

(b) An unexpected
fortune

(c) The worst possible
situation

(d) A shock treatment

(e) To die

 

Q12. Comparing apples to oranges 

(a) To compare two
things that have no difference

(b) To compare things
that can’t be compared

(c) A useless effort

(d) To be a fruit lover

(e) To be a miser

 

Q13. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings

(a) To compel someone
to do something

(b) To begin when the
bell rings

(c) It should be done
on time

(d) It isn’t over yet

(e) It shouldn’t be
proceeded till a driving force do so

  

Q14. It takes one to know one

(a) You’re just as
excellent as I am

(b) You’re just as bad
as I am

(c) You and I are
failure

(d) You’re just as
diligent as I am

(e) You’re just as cool
as I am

 

Q15. That’s the last straw

(a) To be a VIP

(b) To be very weak

(c) To be exhausted
with all the resources

(d) To be run out of
the patience

(e) To complete the
last item of the task

 

 

Solutions:

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. Meaning: It’s better to arrive late
than not to come at al

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Meaning: Don’t be so critical

S3. Ans.(b)

Sol. Meaning: To slow down

S4. Ans.(d)

Sol. Meaning: Get out of control

S5. Ans.(c)

Sol. Meaning: Do the thing you’ve been
wanting to do so you can move on

S6. Ans.(e)

Sol. Meaning: Doing a good job

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. Meaning: To calm down

S8. Ans.(e)

Sol. Meaning: To understand something
complicated

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. Meaning: Don’t give up

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. Meaning: Work better or leave

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. Meaning: The worst possible situation

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. Meaning: Comparing two things that
cannot be compared

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Meaning: This is not over yet

S14. Ans.(b)

Sol. Meaning: You’re just as bad as I am

S15. Ans.(d)

Sol. Meaning: The patience has run out.