Dear Students, English section of CGL Tier-2 Exam is very challenging. You need to mug up all the grammar rules, vocabulary and practice a lot of mock tests to score maximum marks. Today, in this English quiz we are providing questions based on Idioms. Attempt this quiz, learn better and be prepared for the CGL Tier-2 2017. We wish you good luck for the CGL Exam.
Q1. Mother Teresa blazed a new trail when she started working among lepers.
(a) Walked in the right path
(b) Gave up her job
(c) Did something for the first time and showed others how to do it
Q2. Mr. Narayan is eighty-eight, but he is as fit as a fiddle.
(a) As sham as a fiddle
(b) Good at fitting up fiddles
(c) Extremely healthy
(d) Of the fiddling type
Q3. A Man of letters
(a) Letter - writer
(b) Proof - reader
(c) Postman
(d) Scholar
Q4. Bear in mind
(a) Respect
(b) Observe
(c) Remember
(d) Pretend to listen
Q5. Old head on young shoulders
(a) To be intelligent when old
(b) To be old and yet look young
(c) To be wise beyond his years
(d) To be less smart
Q6. A wild–goose chase
(a) A fruitful search
(b) A pointless search
(c) To search for a wild–goose
(d) A hunting expedition
Q7. To follow the primrose path
(a) To follow one’s objectives very steadfastly
(b) To go on wandering
(c) To trek to the mountains
(d) To go in for pursuit of pleasure or an easy life
Q8. A shot in the dark
(a) To love to go out on adventures
(b) Be able to work very quickly
(c) Be very violent
(d) An attempt to guess something
Q9. In a nutshell
(a) Angrily
(b) Causally
(c) Writing
(d) Brief
Q10. She cut a sorry figure in her first performance on the stage.
(a) to perform badly and failed
(b) cut a cake
(c) did not attend the function
(d) performed a brilliant role
Q11. To give so much importance to this dispute is to make a mountain of a molehill.
(a) to take advantage
(b) to give great importance to trifles
(c) to see a thing with prejudiced mind
(d) to get into trouble
Q12. There is no gainsaying that the country is in difficulties.
(a) ignoring
(b) hiding
(c) forgetting
(d) denying
Q13. The host team bore the palm.
(a) played quite well
(b) was victorious
(c) was defeated
(d) played a very boring match
Q14. 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
Q15. 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
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