MCQ on Idioms and Phrases

MCQ on English

21- To give up the ghost

(A) to die

(B) to make false appearance

(C) to leave useless pursuits

(D) none of the above

 

22- She stood by him through thick and thin.

(A) during problems

(B) in all circumstances

(C) without offences

(D) on intimate terms

 

23- The old father brought home the moral of the unity by asking each of his son to break the bundle of sticks.

(A) emphasized

(B) declared

(C) suggested

(D) voiced

 

24- By dint of

(A) by any means

(B) without steady application

(C) slowly and gradually

(D) by means of

 

25- Fair field and no favour

(A) honesty

(B) upright

(C) without tricky

(D) equal conditions in contest

 

26-Which word or phrase means “disapproval of current political officeholders”?

(A) first –past –the-post

(B) model Code of Conduct

(C) anti Incumbency

(D) blunder

 

27- After his business failed, he had to work very hard to keep the wolf from the door.

(A) earn an honest living

(B) keep away extreme poverty

(C) regain his lost position

(D) defend from enemies

 

28- The mention of her former husband’s name still make Rita foam at the mouth.

(A) vomit

(B) shy

(C) angry

(D) fall sick

 

29- He found a wooden chair that has broken in the room.

(A) no improvements

(B) wooden and broken chair

(C) broken and wooden chair

(D) broken wooden chair

 

30- The hosts were taken back when many guests who had been invited did not turn up for the party.

(A) no improvement

(B) had been invited

(C) was invited

(D) had invited

 

ANSWERS:

21-(A), 22-(B), 23-(C), 24-(D), 25-(D), 26-(A), 27-(B), 28-(C), 29-(D), 30-(A)