Idiom and Phrases SSC GD Questions

SSC GD-General English

Idiom and Phrases MCQ Questions


7.
Select the correct pair of words for the blanks:
My cousin likes ________ root and ________ around the bush is one of the idioms in English.
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A.
beat; beat
B.
beat; beet
C.
beet; beat
D.
beet; beet
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ANSWER :
C. beet; beat
8.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom:
The whys and wherefores
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A.
Underlying reason
B.
Summary
C.
Interrogation
D.
Minute observation
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ANSWER :
A. Underlying reason
9.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom in the given sentence
'' in the sentence about Siraj-ud Daula's defeat a snake in the grass.
SSC GD 2023-11.1.2023-1
A.
A devoted attendant
B.
A disloyal soldier
C.
A deceitful person
D.
A coiled serpent
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ANSWER :
C. A deceitful person
10.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom:
'To call in question'
SSC GD 2023-11.1.2023-1
A.
Show indifference
B.
Take a resolute stand
C.
Challenge
D.
Dislike the arrangement
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ANSWER :
C. Challenge
11.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom:
'In dire straits'
SSC GD 2023-11.1.2023-2
A.
Crumble under autocracy
B.
Eliminate doubts and fears
C.
Futuristic hope
D.
Very bad situation
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ANSWER :
D. Very bad situation
12.
Select the most appropriate idiom that can substitute the italicised words in the given sentence :
'It was a difficult task to complete a relay run of 5 km in minutes yet our team managed to do it successfully.'
SSC GD 2023-11.1.2023-2
A.
seeing pink elephants
B.
a Herculean effort
C.
kangaroo court
D.
the heels of Achilles
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ANSWER :
B. a Herculean effort