Directions(Q.1-5) In each of the following questions an idiom is followed by four alternatives marked (a-d). Select, from the alternatives, the words that best describe the meaning of the idiom or phrase given in the question.
1.To break the ice
(a) To accomplish a difficult task
(b) to be the first to begin
(c) to bring out good news
(d) to get the truth
2.To catch one’s eye
(a) to pay attention
(b) to attract attention
(c) to admire someone
(d) to be found guilty
3.To sit on the fence
(a) to keep away
(b) to be in danger
(c) to remain neutral
(d) to guard someone
4.To feather one’s nest
(a) to gain popularity
(b) to cheat others
(c) to be selfish
(d) to provide for future
5.To grind one’s own axe
(a) to create trouble for self
(b) to create trouble for others
(c) to have selfish motive
(d) to praise himself
Directions for questions (Q.6 to 10) . In each of the following sentences there are two blanks spaces. Below each sentence there are four pairs of words denoted by numbers (a), (b), (c) and (d) . Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningfully complete.
6.Most people are too ____________ in their own lives to ____________ much about the agonies of others.
(a) absorbed ____________ care
(b)concerned ____________ think
(c)indulged ____________ eradicate
(d)involved ____________ console
7.Lawyers and Doctors ____________ that advertising will certainly ____________ their profession adversely.
(a) trust ____________ damage
(b)believe ____________ affect
(c)plead ____________ escalate
(d) contemplate ____________ boost
8.Because the ____________ leading to cancellation of flight were murky, the Minister appointed a Commission to ____________ and report the matter.
(a)staff members ____________ undertake
(b)decisions ____________ decide
(c)facts ____________ underplay
(d) circumstances ____________ investigate
9.Several plots ____________, ____________ in various television episodes.
(a) screen ____________ concurrently
(b)televised ____________ consequently
(c) about ____________ repeatedly
(d)exhibit ____________ frequently
10.By ____________ of their athletic activities, a few sportsmen are able to escape the pressures that living in ____________ can create.
(a) knowledge ____________ affluence
(b) way ____________ prosperity
(c) contrast ____________ adversity
(d) virtue ____________ poverty
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