English Questions

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

Zip your lip

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

All bark and no bite

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: While the Soviet Government bought grain and other foreign consumer goods to be sold in domestic markets at heavily subsidized rates, Russia rejected
socialism.
Q: The oil industry was the prime target of a sweeping privatization drive launched after the break-up of the Soviet Union.
R: The Russian government has failed to do for its people even a fraction of what the Soviet Union, with twice the population, did with the revenue generated from
oil.
S: However, not all Russian have been rolling in oil wealth.

In the given question, an idiom/phrase highlighted in bold is given in a sentence. Choose the most suitable meaning of the idiom/phrase.

The teacher looked over my homework and found it very well put together.

In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is orrect.

1. The king was distressed because his people were lazy.
P. All cursed the stone and blamed the Government.
Q. Then the king had the stone removed.
R. Next day people passed by and went round it.
S. He had a big stone put in the middle of the road one night.
6. Under the stone the king had placed a purse full of money.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Piquancy

In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

To keep in abeyance

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

Ask for trouble