Previous Years Idioms Questions for SSC CGL 2017

July 31, 2017    

Previous Years English Questions for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017

Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 5th August 2017 to 24 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. Today in this quiz we have included idioms Questions. Learn and score maximum marks in SSC CGL 2017. 

Directions (1-15): In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the meaning of the idiom/phrase as your answer.

Q1. On the issue of marriage, Sarita put her foot down.
(a) stood up 
(b) opposed strongly 
(c) got down
(d) walked fast

Q2. His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.
(a) lose money quickly
(b) plan a murder quickly
(c) murder someone quickly
(d) make money quickly

Q3. There is no gainsaying that the country is in difficulties.
(a) ignoring
(b) hiding
(c) forgetting
(d) denying

Q4. The project is carried over to this year, and we need to keep the ball rolling.
(a) to continue the work
(b) more information
(c) to do better
(d) new strategies

Q5. The host team bore the palm.
(a) played quite well
(b) was victorious
(c) was defeated
(d) played a very boring match

Q6. Just keep your wig on. Everything will be alright.
(a) hold on to your wig, so it won’t fall off.
(b) get another hair cut
(c) calm down
(d) take off your wig

Q7. Parents pay through their nose for their children’s education.
(a) by taking loans
(b) an extremely high price
(c) grudgingly
(d) willingly

Q8. Monica’s habit of picking holes in every relationship is very irksome.
(a) admiring people
(b) finding fault
(c) calling people
(d) arguing with people

Q9. If you want to be happy, cut your coat according to your cloth.
(a) be honest in your dealings
(b) work more than your capacity
(c) live within your means
(d) don’t be too ambitions

Q10. She broke down in the middle of her speech.
(a) could not proceed
(b) could not breath 
(c) became angry
(d) cried

Q11. He lays out fifty percent of his income on bonds and shares.
(a) allows 
(b) displace 
(c) donates
(d) spends

Q12. I will do the work if I am allowed a free hand in the choice of materials.
(a) complete liberty
(b) an expense accounts
(c) to employ men to work
(d) unlimited funds

Q13. He was as hard as nail, never moved by any things.
(a) restless 
(b) emotionless
(c) physically strong
(d) hard working

Q14. I could have continued my higher studies if I wanted but, that’s water under the bridge.
(a) something I cannot change
(b) the time I met with an accident near the bridge
(c) something my family did not want
(d) the time I went on a cruise

Q15. My parents want me to study science, but I will stick to my guns and graduate in Economics.
(a) prefer to disobey them
(b) hold on to my decision 
(c) agree to listen to them
(d) show them that they are wrong


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