Previous Year Questions : SSC CHSL
Dear Students,
English section is an integral part of SSC Exams.This is also a section that is feared by most of the candidates.Though the sheer number of concepts and rules may seem intimidating at first, with discipline and the right approach, it is not difficult to master these concepts and their application to questions. SSC CPO Exam is to be held from the month of June where English Language Section holds 50 questions containing 5 questions from each topic according to new SSC CPO Pattern . Also SSC CGL 2018 is the next golden opportunity.
You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Important Idioms And Phrases Questions. To make you learn vocabulary effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself flawlessly. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.
In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q1. To break the ice
(a) To start quarreling
(b) To end the hostility
(c) To start a conversation
(d) To end up a partnership
Q6. To cut the crackle
(a) To humiliate the ones who are at a lower post.
(b) To annoy someone
(c) To act in a friendly way
(d) To stop talking aimlessly and come to the point
Q7. A fool’s errand
(a) A blunder
(b) To go on a pleasant journey
(c) A useless undertaking
(d) None of these
Q8. A baker’s dozen
(a) Twelve
(b) Charity
(c) Thirteen
(d) Allowances
Q9. A sop to Cerberus
(a) To use one’s wit to prove someone wrong.
(b) To make a matter worse.
(c) Something offered to appease someone.
(d) To earn money in a huge amount
Q10. To oil the knocker
(a) To instigate a person to do a job
(b) To do a work with increased pace.
(c) To tip the office-boy
(d) To revive old enmity
Q11. Take a shot
(a) To retaliate
(b) To hit someone
(c) Try to do something
(d) To give a force unnecessarily
Q12. To give one’s ear
(a) To make almost any sacrifice
(b) To listen carefully
(c) To refuse to listen
(d) To incite someone
Q13. To have one’s heart in one’s boots.
(a) To be deeply depressed
(b) To let out a secret
(c) To get angry
(d) To keep a secret
Q14. To speak daggers
(a) To praise someone
(b) To indulge in a sincere talk
(c) To speak to a person with hostility
(d) None of these
Q15. To get the hang of a thing.
(a) To be extravagant
(b) To learn to handle something with some skill
(c) To find mistakes in one’s work repeatedly
(d) None of these
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English section is an integral part of SSC Exams.This is also a section that is feared by most of the candidates.Though the sheer number of concepts and rules may seem intimidating at first, with discipline and the right approach, it is not difficult to master these concepts and their application to questions. SSC CPO Exam is to be held from the month of June where English Language Section holds 50 questions containing 5 questions from each topic according to new SSC CPO Pattern . Also SSC CGL 2018 is the next golden opportunity.
You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Important Idioms And Phrases Questions. To make you learn vocabulary effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself flawlessly. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.
Q1. To break the ice
(a) To start quarreling
(b) To end the hostility
(c) To start a conversation
(d) To end up a partnership
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Q2. To live in the fast lane
(a) Engaging in energetic, pleasure-driven, and often risky behavior
(b) To be slow first and then fast
(c) To do a task unsuccessfully
(d) To use up one’s income as fast as it comes in
Ans.(c)
Q2. To live in the fast lane
(a) Engaging in energetic, pleasure-driven, and often risky behavior
(b) To be slow first and then fast
(c) To do a task unsuccessfully
(d) To use up one’s income as fast as it comes in
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Q3. To be a good Samaritan
(a) To be law-abiding
(b) A wise person
(c) A religious person
(d) A genuinely charitable person
Q4. A square peg in a round hole.
(a) An impossible task
(b) A scheme that never works.
(c) A person unsuited for a position or activity
(d) None of these
Q5. Hard-pressed
(a) Bewildered
(b) To be insulted because of lack of talent.
(c) Hard discipline
(d) To struggle to do or accomplish something
Ans.(a)
Q3. To be a good Samaritan
(a) To be law-abiding
(b) A wise person
(c) A religious person
(d) A genuinely charitable person
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Ans.(d)
Q4. A square peg in a round hole.
(a) An impossible task
(b) A scheme that never works.
(c) A person unsuited for a position or activity
(d) None of these
Show Answer
Ans.(c)
Q5. Hard-pressed
(a) Bewildered
(b) To be insulted because of lack of talent.
(c) Hard discipline
(d) To struggle to do or accomplish something
Show Answer
Ans.(d)
Q6. To cut the crackle
(a) To humiliate the ones who are at a lower post.
(b) To annoy someone
(c) To act in a friendly way
(d) To stop talking aimlessly and come to the point
Show Answer
Ans.(d)
Q7. A fool’s errand
(a) A blunder
(b) To go on a pleasant journey
(c) A useless undertaking
(d) None of these
Show Answer
Ans.(c)
Q8. A baker’s dozen
(a) Twelve
(b) Charity
(c) Thirteen
(d) Allowances
Show Answer
Ans.(c)
Q9. A sop to Cerberus
(a) To use one’s wit to prove someone wrong.
(b) To make a matter worse.
(c) Something offered to appease someone.
(d) To earn money in a huge amount
Show Answer
Ans.(c)
Q10. To oil the knocker
(a) To instigate a person to do a job
(b) To do a work with increased pace.
(c) To tip the office-boy
(d) To revive old enmity
Show Answer
Ans.(c)
Q11. Take a shot
(a) To retaliate
(b) To hit someone
(c) Try to do something
(d) To give a force unnecessarily
Show Answer
Ans.(c)
Q12. To give one’s ear
(a) To make almost any sacrifice
(b) To listen carefully
(c) To refuse to listen
(d) To incite someone
Show Answer
Ans.(b)
Q13. To have one’s heart in one’s boots.
(a) To be deeply depressed
(b) To let out a secret
(c) To get angry
(d) To keep a secret
Show Answer
Ans.(a)
Q14. To speak daggers
(a) To praise someone
(b) To indulge in a sincere talk
(c) To speak to a person with hostility
(d) None of these
Show Answer
Ans.(c)
Q15. To get the hang of a thing.
(a) To be extravagant
(b) To learn to handle something with some skill
(c) To find mistakes in one’s work repeatedly
(d) None of these
Show Answer
Ans.(b)
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