Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 1st August 2017 to 20 August 2017. You need to practice a lot in order to achieve 40+ marks in the English Section. We are providing quizzes which include sentence improvement, error detection, idioms, one-word substitution, reading comprehension, vocabulary related questions etc. we have also provided study notes on English for SSC CGL 2017 Exam. Practice all these questions, if any doubt, post your queries in the comment section, we will answer surely.
Directions (1-15): In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in the sentence. Choose the one that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
Q1. His most trusted friend proved to be a snake in the grass.
(a) a reliable person
(b) a hidden enemy
(c) low and mean
(d) coward and brutal
(a) an anxious suspense
(b) on constant move
(c) in seething anger
(d) in excited state
Q3. I have come to know of your hole-and-corner methods of dealing with people.
(a) suspicious
(b) secret
(c) servile
(d) strict
Q4. They are sure to steal a march upon their competitors.
(a) outshine
(b) defy
(c) challenge
(d) resist
Q5. He was in a brown study and did not seem to catch my point.
(a) in his study room
(b) absorbed in reading
(c) absent-minded
(d) in a state of shock
Q6. I am sure they will fight tooth and nail for their rights.
(a) with all their rights
(b) with all their might
(c) without any weapon
(d) very cowardly
Q7. The green-eyed monster
(a) the creature of the sea
(b) an animal with green eyes
(c) personal jealousy
(d) to get into trouble
Q8. The detective left no stone unturned to trace the culprit.
(a) took no pains
(b) did very irrelevant things
(c) restored to illegitimate practices
(d) used all available means
Q9. He is not playing with the full deck.
(a) someone who has lost interest
(b) someone who lacks intelligence
(c) someone who is clever in his dealings
(d) someone who has less money to make the deal
Q10. Harassed by repeated acts of injustice, he decided to put his foot down.
(a) not to yield
(b) resign
(c) withdraw
(d) None of these
Q11. Harshad Mehta could be easily arrested because the police were tipped off in advance.
(a) bribed
(b) catalogue
(c) give advance information
(d) threatened
Q12. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
(a) enjoy forever
(b) enjoy without payment
(c) have it both ways
(d) absolve yourself of guilt
Q13. In the beginning of his career, he was practically rolling in money.
(a) wasting a lot of money
(b) spending more than his earnings
(c) very rich
(d) saving lot of money
Q14. Those were only crocodile tears.
(a) pretended sadness
(b) a weeping sign
(c) mild regret
(d) very gloomy
Q15. He was murdered in cold blood.
(a) coolly
(b) deliberately
(c) unfeelingly
(d) thoughtlessly
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