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

C) Exact details or precise information

A) 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 Forty winks

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

Q: 2 Blessing in disguise

A) Has a very good effect on a situation or a thing
B) When things get better and better when least expecting it
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 Chapter and verse

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

Q: 4 Change horses in midstream

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

Q: 5 Two heads are better than one

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

Q: 6 Lie in the bed you have made

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

Q: 7 Stab you in the back

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

Q: 8 Gone down the drain

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

Q: 9 Hornet’s nest

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

Q: 10 Bitten off more than he could chew

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

Q: 11 Behind the eight ball

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

Q: 12 In a nutshell

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

Q: 13 Cut from the same cloth

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

Q: 14 Bid defiance to

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

Q: 15 Lose your marbles

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

Q: 16 Breathing down one’s neck

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

Q: 17 Out of gear

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

Q: 18 Dance to the tunes

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

Q: 19 In a soup

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

Q: 20 Asking for trouble

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

Q: 21 Split one’s sides

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

Q: 22 Sneak peek

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

Q: 23 Beyond a shadow of a doubt

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

Q: 24 Bring to book

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

Q: 25 Kick the bucket

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

Idioms Quiz Set – 03

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