Hello, Greetings!! Dear Students, At SSC ADDA, we've launched our SSC CGL 2017 Campaign. In order to achieve success in the CGL-17 exam, we've decided to post ENGLISH QUIZ. Today in this post we have provided 'One Word Substitution' . Every Day, We'll post different topics, these quizzes will help you a lot in your complete preparation for the Exam. We're also providing Vocabulary for SSC exams. At SSC adda, we have also provided English Grammar Rules for SSC CGL 2017.
Directions (1-15): In each of the following questions an idiomatic expression and some other sentences are given and four possible meanings and words are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expressions and sentences and mark the number of that meaning as your answer on the answer sheet.
Q1. Cut the mustard
(a) to lose
(b) to come up to expectations
(c) to get injured
(d) to leave the job
Q2. To beat about the bush
(a) to punish an innocent person
(b) to avoid coming to the point
(c) to boast about oneself
(d) None of these
Q3. Why you should always be the one to cast the first stone?
(a) deeply involved
(b) to be the first to find fault
(c) to praise first of all
(d) to start a fight
Q4. One who doubts the soundness of inferences.
(a) ascetic
(b) hermit
(c) aesthetic
(d) sceptic
Q5. While I have a both, you may chew the cud.
(a) go through legalities
(b) reflect upon one’s past
(c) have breakfast
(d) kill time
Q6. The project looks to be in apple pie order.
(a) grappling with
(b) dirty job
(c) perfectly neat and tidy
(d) beautifully decorated
Q7. Unexpectedly, he proved to be a man of straw.
(a) very stubborn
(b) weak
(c) useful
(d) self-loving
Q8. He was in high spirits when I met him in the restaurant.
(a) in a drunken state
(b) in a cheerful mood
(c) talking incoherently
(d) deeply engrossed in thoughts
Q9. He struck several bad patches before he made good.
(a) came across bad food
(b) went through many successes
(c) had a bumpy car ride
(d) had many professional difficulties
Q10. Truly he is a chip of the old block.
(a) very similar to his father
(b) a good actor
(c) an honorable man
(d) outdated in his mannerisms
Q11. The gift of the gab means
(a) an unexpected gain
(b) fluency of speech
(c) thought provoking oration
(d) a gift from Santa Claus
Q12. A fool’s paradise means
(a) a foolish idea
(b) an imaginary friend
(c) an unexpected gain for foolish man
(d) false hopes
Q13. A man of spirit is
(a) a very talented man
(b) a spiritual person
(c) a very courageous man
(d) a unexpected person
Q14. A person very hard to please
(a) obstinate
(b) unconquerable
(c) fastidious
(d) invincible
Q15. A funny imitation of a poem
(a) dialogue
(b) sonnet
(c) caricature
(d) parody
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