Important Questions BASED on NEW Pattern (Day-1): English (Idioms and Phrases)

Important Questions BASED on NEW Pattern (Day-1): English (Idioms and Phrases):

Dear Readers, IBPS Examination 2017 was approaching shortly and many of our followers were requesting us to provide Practice Questions based on the new pattern, for that here we have started providing Practice Questions Based on New pattern from Aptitude, Reasoning and English each one topic daily. Kindly follow us regularly and make use of it, if you have any suggestion kindly use the comment section below.

Directions (1-10): In each question, choose the appropriate meaning of Idioms/Phrases that given in bold.
1). The client rejected all our proposals, so we had to ask the consultant to take the project back to the drawing board.

1). Answer: D
Back to the drawing board - Time to start all over again.

2). It is certainly not a sensible move to cut corners with national security.

2). Answer: C
Cut Corners - economize on time, money, materials or effort, perhaps unwisely.

3). Let’s give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she is right.

3). Answer: E
Give the Benefit of the Doubt - regards somebody as innocent until proven otherwise.

4). So many people are trying to quit smoking that I might as well jump on the bandwagon and quit as well.

4). Answer: A
Jump on the bandwagon - to join in a popular activity.

5). She has been unhappy with him for a long time but when he crashed her car, it was the last straw.

5). Answer: B
Last straw - something is deemed to be the last in a line of unacceptable occurrences.

6). The person who does not have a spark of decency is of no use.

6). Answer: E
Not a spark of decency - No manners

7). Jane said that she has to play it by ear because she is not sure where to go tomorrow morning.

7). Answer: C
Play it by ear - rather than sticking to a defined plan, you will see how things go and decide on a course of action as you go along.

8). They are happily married and for the moment there appear to be no clouds on the horizon.

8). Answer: A
Cloud on the horizon - A problem or difficulty that is predictable, or seems likely to arise in the future.

9). The fact that his 35-year-old brother was still living with his parents was a big elephant in the room at every family gathering.

9). Answer: D
Elephant in the room - A problem that no one wants to discuss, but is so obvious that it cannot be ignored.

10). The loss of major contracts has put the company in dire straits.

10). Answer: B
In dire straits – In a very difficult situation.

       

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