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

Thursday 9th of March 2023

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1. To play fast and loose :
A. To beguile others
B. To be winning sometimes and losing at other times
C. To play with someones feeling
D. To play tricks
Answer : D
2. To drink like a fish :
A. To drink little
B. To drink alone
C. To be a drunkard
D. To drink in the company of others
Answer : C
3. To leave someone in the lurch
A. To come to compromise with someone
B. Constant source of annoyance to someone
C. To put someone at ease
D. To desert someone in his difficulties
Answer : D
4. Hobsons choice :
A. Feeling of insecurity
B. Accept or leave the other
C. Feeling of strength
D. Excellent choice
Answer : B
5. To drive home
A. To find one's roots
B. To return to place of rest
C. Back to original position
D. To emphasise
Answer : D
6. 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
7. 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
8. A bakers dozen :
A. Twelve
B. Charity
C. Thirteen
D. Allowance
Answer : C
9. a white elephant
A. a proud possession
B. a rare article
C. useful mode of transport
D. costly or truoblesome possession
Answer : D
10. You need to have something up your sleeve if the present plan does not work.
A. have some honest means
B. have some hidden sources of money
C. have a secret pocket in the sleeve
D. have an alternative plan
Answer : D
11. 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
12. 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
13. A tall order :
A. A task difficult to perform
B. A bid problem
C. A royal summon
D. A big demand
Answer : A
14. To give chapter and verse for a thing :
A. To produce the proof of something
B. To eulogize the qualities of a thing
C. To make publicity of a thing
D. To attach artificial value to a thing
Answer : A
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. By leaps and bounds
A. aimlessly
B. very fast
C. very slow
D. in details
Answer : B
21. To keep the ball rolling :
A. To earn more and more
B. To work constantly
C. To keep the conversation going
D. To make the best use of
Answer : C
22. To turn over a new leaf :
A. To change completely ones course of action
B. To shift attention to new problems
C. To cover up ones faults by wearing new marks
D. To change the old habits and adopt new ones
Answer : D
23. We had (had) better batten down the hatches . The weather is unpredictable.
A. stay in-door
B. prepare for a difficult situation
C. go somewhere safe
D. face the obstacles
Answer : B
24. Apple Pie Order
A. Related to dry fruit packing
B. In perfect order
C. In random order
D. Related to fruits packing
Answer : B
25. 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
26. 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
27. Be in the mire :
A. Be under dept
B. Be in love
C. Be in difficulties
D. Be uneasy
Answer : C
28. 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
29. 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
30. Above board
A. honest and straightforward
B. a dishonest person
C. boasting person
D. a man with arrogance
Answer : A
31. At arm's length
A. Insult
B. Length of arm
C. At a distance
D. Very near
Answer : C
32. To cast pearls before a swine :
A. To spend recklessly
B. To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs
C. To waste monkey over trifles
D. To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate
Answer : D
33. 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
34. At the spur of the moment
A. Great Moment
B. Without Delay
C. Very Slow
D. Difficult Moment
Answer : C
35. To bring ones eggs to a bad market :
A. To face on humiliating situation
B. To bring ones commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
C. To show ones talents before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
D. To fail in ones plans because one goes to the wrong people for help
Answer : D
36. The mother always insists on keeping the house spick and span .
A. open
B. locked
C. safe
D. tid
Answer : D
37. At dagger's drawn
A. to be very friendly
B. to have bitter enmity
C. to be very familiar
D. to be unknown
Answer : B
38. Once the case reached the court, the police washed their hands off it.
A. waited for a response to
B. claimed credit for
C. disassociated themselves from
D. seemed eager to continue
Answer : C
39. out and out
A. slightly
B. totally
C. simply
D. merely
Answer : B
40. To cry wolf
A. To listen eagerly
B. To give false alarm
C. To turn pale
D. To keep off starvation
Answer : B
41. The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
A. get away from
B. put up with
C. keep up with
D. race ag
Answer : B
42. To snap ones fingers :
A. To speak abruptly
B. To accept immediately
C. To grasp eagerly
D. To become contemptuous of
Answer : D
43. All in all
A. Every person
B. Call all at once
C. Most important
D. Particular thing same in all
Answer : C
44. To break the ice :
A. To start quarreling
B. To end the hostility
C. To start to conversation
D. To end up partnership
Answer : C
45. At a loss
A. at a relation loss
B. at a business loss
C. none of above
D. to be unable to decide
Answer : D
46. To cast pearls before a swine :
A. To offer some a thing which he cannot appreciate
B. To bring something good before the eyes of a greedy person
C. To spend racklessly on a useless fellow
D. To indulge in fruitless endeavours
Answer : A
47. To set the thames on fire :
A. To do something remarkable
B. To try to do the impossible
C. To burn something to ashes
D. To fling inonical remarks
Answer : B
48. It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
A. gets carried away
B. starts discussing something irrelevant
C. loses her temper easily
D. does not really uderstand anything
Answer : B
49. To talk through ones hat :
A. To speak fluently
B. To talk nonsense
C. To talk wisdom
D. To speak at random
Answer : B
50. To be in abeyance :
A. To be in trouble
B. Dual minded
C. In a fighting mood
D. Insuspense
Answer : D

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