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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Run out of steam

A) To lose impetus or enthusiasm B) To work quickly like a machine
C) To give up easily D) no more money to spend
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) To lose impetus or enthusiasm

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.
Chicken-hearted

A) Coward B) Short tempered
C) Composed D) Bold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Coward

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To have a finger in every pie

A) To Fight with everybody B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises
C) To make fun of everybody D) To leave every job unfinished
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be involved in a large and varied number of activities or enterprises

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

the customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group

A) etiquette B) frizette
C) epaulette D) fossette
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) etiquette

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

I said to my friend, "Be careful, my dog may bite you."

A) I warned my friend to have been careful and that my dog might be biting him. B) I warned my friend to be careful and that my dog might bite him.
C) I warn my friend to be careful and that my dog may bite him. D) I warned my friend for being careful and that my dog might be biting him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I warned my friend to be careful and that my dog might bite him.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Atonement for one's sins

A) Elite B) Ignoramus
C) Incendiary D) Repentance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Repentance

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
"I don't know the answer. Do you"? She asked.

A) She asked me if I knew the answer which she didn't. B) She said that she didn't know the answer and did I know it.
C) She said that she didn't know the answer and asked me if i did. D) She told that she was not knowing the answer but wondered if I know.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) She said that she didn't know the answer and asked me if i did.

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Though he worked hard, but he failed.

A) and B) yet
C) then D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) yet

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