Idioms And Phrases Mcqs Practice Test

Question 1

“MALA FIDE” means ?

Accepted Answer

A. Bad intention

Question 2

“Weal and woe” means__________?

Accepted Answer

B. Joys & sorrows

Question 3

idiom of “Rides the high horse”?

Accepted Answer

C. superior

Question 4

Khan is always ready to “Eat anyone,s salt”?

Accepted Answer

A. To be one,s guest

Question 5

The people of the village Afzal Khan are “the salt of the earth”?

Accepted Answer

A. Kind

Question 6

To face the music means____________?

Accepted Answer

D. To bear the consequences

Question 7

Rule of thumb means ?

Accepted Answer

B. a rough estimate

Question 8

Have an Axe to Grind means:____________ ?

Accepted Answer

B. Selfish motive

Question 9

Chose the correct meaning of idiom: Beat about the bush ?

Accepted Answer

B. To avoid the main topic

Question 10

The idiomatic phrase “Spick and Span” means?

Accepted Answer

C. spotlessly clean

Question 11

What do you mean by Novel ___________ ?

Accepted Answer

B. A long fictional prose with many characters

Question 12

What the term Short Story stands for:

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D. A short prose fiction

Question 13

To”Jazz Up” means to___________?

Accepted Answer

B. Make something more exciting

Question 14

There were no opposition to the new policy by the ‘rank and file’ of the Government.

Accepted Answer

A. The ordinary members

Question 15

Meaning of the idiom ‘Swan song”?

Accepted Answer

A. Last work

Question 16

“Clique” means____________?

Accepted Answer

C. A group of people

Question 17

“Prosaic” means__________?

Accepted Answer

B. Dull

Question 18

What is the meaning of Banton?

Accepted Answer

B. Good manners

Question 19

He is busy with his work ______________?

Accepted Answer

C. up to the hilt

Question 20

“All Hours” means___________?

Accepted Answer

B. At Irregular Times