FCI Recruitment - Idioms & Phrases 1000+ MCQ [Solved] PDF Download

1. Swan-song :
A. Music as sweet as a song of birds
B. A melodious song in praise of someone
C. Praise of a woman by her lover
D. Last work of a poet or musician before death
Answer : D

2. To put one's hand to plough
A. To take up agricultural farming
B. To take a difficult task
C. To get entangled into unnecessary things
D. Take interest in technical work
Answer : B

3. To hit the nail right on the head
A. To do the right thing
B. To destroy one's reputation
C. To announce one's fixed views
D. To teach someone a lesson
Answer : A

4. To give a false colouring :
A. To misrepresent
B. To submit the false report
C. To be dishonest
D. To conceal the facts
Answer : A

5. The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
A. knelt
B. surrendered
C. kept standing
D. refused to yield
Answer : D

6. At one's wit's end
A. Clear Up
B. Perplexed
C. Explain
D. Enlighten
Answer : B

7. To take people by storm :
A. To put people in utter surprise
B. To captivate them unexpectedly
C. To exploit peoples agitation
D. To bring out something sensational attracting peoples attention
Answer : B

8. To pay off old scores :
A. To have ones revenge
B. To settle a dispute
C. To repay the old loan
D. None of these
Answer : B

9. To have an axe to grind.
A. a private end to serve
B. to fail to arouse interest
C. to have no result
D. to work for both sides
Answer : A

10. A tall order :
A. A task difficult to perform
B. A bid problem
C. A royal summon
D. A big demand
Answer : A

11. To plough the sands :
A. To work hard to achieve ones aim
B. To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result
C. To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result
D. To advance ones position in life
Answer : C

12. By leaps and bounds
A. aimlessly
B. very fast
C. very slow
D. in details
Answer : B

13. To oil the knocker :
A. To instigate a person to do a job
B. To do a work with increased pace
C. To tip the office-boy
D. To revive old enmity
Answer : C

14. To cry wolf
A. To listen eagerly
B. To give false alarm
C. To turn pale
D. To keep off starvation
Answer : B

15. To worship the rising sun :
A. To honour a man who is coming into office
B. To honour to promising people
C. To indulge in flattery
D. To welcome the coming events
Answer : A

16. He made away with ten thousand rupees in the course of three months.
A. earned
B. ran away with
C. squandered
D. saved
Answer : C

17. The students of that group have assured their project guide that they will all work against the clock .
A. work while keeping patience
B. work with vigour to finish in limited time
C. work with enthusiasm
D. work hard to go against the time
Answer : B

18. A bull in a china shop :
A. A person who is very ugly but loves the beautiful things of life
B. A person who takes a sadistic delight in harming innocient people
C. A person who becomes too excited where no excitment is warranted
D. A person who is rought and clumsy where skill and care are required
Answer : D

19. Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
A. take a firm stand
B. take a light stand
C. take a heavy stand
D. take a shaky stand
Answer : A

20. To cut the gordian knot :
A. To solve a difficult problem
B. To be victorious
C. To break ties with someone
D. To defeat to powerful person
Answer : A

21. You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
A. about writing letters
B. written in the letter
C. in every detail
D. very thoughtfully
Answer : C

22. You will succeed if you follow my advice to the letter .
A. about writing letters
B. written in the letter
C. in every detail
D. very thoughtfully
Answer : C

23. Be in the mire :
A. Be under dept
B. Be in love
C. Be in difficulties
D. Be uneasy
Answer : C

24. To be old as the hils :
A. To be very ancient
B. To be wise tand learned
C. To be old but foolish
D. Not being worth the age
Answer : A

25. To fight to the bitter end :
A. To fight with poison-tipped arrows
B. To fight to the last paint of enemy position
C. To die fighting
D. To carry on a contest regardless of consequences
Answer : D

26. To be above board .
A. To have a good height
B. To be honest in any business deal
C. Having no debts
D. To try to be beautiful
Answer : B

27. To wrangle over an asss shadow :
A. To act in a foolish way
B. To quarrel over trifles
C. To waste time on petty things
D. To do something funny
Answer : B

28. To pour oil in troubled water :
A. To forment trouble
B. To add to the trouble
C. To instigate
D. To calm a quarrel with sooting words
Answer : D

29. To let off steam , my friend started murmuring.
A. to release his tension
B. to show his anger
C. to show his approval
D. to show his disple
Answer : B

30. A black sheep
A. An unlucky person
B. A lucky person
C. An ugly person
D. None of these
Answer : D

31. To beg the question
A. To refer to
B. To take for granted
C. To raise objections
D. To be discussed
Answer : B

32. To be at ones fingers end :
A. To be hopeless
B. To be highly perplexed
C. To be completely conversant with
D. To count things
Answer : C

33. To be above board
A. To have a good height
B. To be honest in any business deal
C. They have no debts
D. To try to be beautiful
Answer : B

34. A green horn :
A. An envious lady
B. A trainee
C. An inexperienced man
D. A soft-hearted man
Answer : C

35. To smell a rat
A. To see signs of plague epidemic
B. To get bad small of a bad dead rat
C. To suspect foul dealings
D. To be in a bad mood
Answer : C

36. a tight corner
A. in a difficult situation
B. in a closed room
C. in a small field
D. in a meadow
Answer : A

37. The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in spite of the repeated accusations.
A. knelt
B. surrendered
C. kept standing
D. refused to yield
Answer : D

38. To cry wolf .
A. To listen eagerly
B. To give false alarm
C. To turn pale
D. To keep off starvation
Answer : B

39. Will o the wisp :
A. Anything which eludes or deceives
B. To act in a childish way
C. To act in a foolish way
D. To have desires unbacked by efforts
Answer : A

40. To talk through ones hat :
A. To speak fluently
B. To talk nonsense
C. To talk wisdom
D. To speak at random
Answer : B

41. To pull ones socks up :
A. To prepare
B. To try hard
C. To get ready
D. To depart
Answer : B

42. Apple Pie Order
A. Related to dry fruit packing
B. In perfect order
C. In random order
D. Related to fruits packing
Answer : B

43. To ride hell for Leather :
A. To ride with furious speed
B. To adopt flase means to succeed
C. To work hard for a small accomplishment
D. To earn money by all means
Answer : A

44. no love lost between
A. forming a group
B. have a good understanding
C. not on good terms
D. stop loving
Answer : C

45. He is on the wrong side of seventy.
A. more than seventy years old
B. less than seventy years old
C. seventy years old
D. eighty years old
Answer : A

46. We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
A. full force
B. complete trust
C. exceptional skill
D. full unity
Answer : A

47. Adolescence is a period of halcyon days .
A. hard days
B. of mental pressure
C. happy days
D. days of preparation
Answer : C

48. She wanted to go hitch-hiking but her mother put her foot down and now she's going by bus.
A. took a firm stand
B. expressed her displeasure
C. scolded her badly
D. got irritated
Answer : A

49. In the teeth of
A. in the end
B. real cause
C. in the face of
D. to chase
Answer : C