Idioms & Phrases · NDA previous year questions

2019 10 questions

1. Q262019 · 17 Nov 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   Be over the hill

   1. A.To be on a mountain top
   2. B.To travel in the jungle
   3. C.To be too old to do things
   4. D.To do something in the most complete way
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   Answer: C

2. Q272019 · 17 Nov 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   Bite your tongue

   1. A.To stop yourself from saying something because it would be better not to
   2. B.To bite off your tongue while eating
   3. C.To feel sorry
   4. D.To ask someone something that you want
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   Answer: A

3. Q282019 · 17 Nov 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   Turn a blind eye

   1. A.To run away
   2. B.To begin to behave in a more positive manner
   3. C.To change a situation
   4. D.To choose to ignore behaviour that you know is wrong
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   Answer: D

4. Q292019 · 17 Nov 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   Yellow journalism

   1. A.Paid storytelling
   2. B.Government reports published on yellow coloured papers
   3. C.Writings in newspapers that try to influence people's opinion by using strong language and false information
   4. D.Journalism which agrees completely with the policies of the governments and capitalists
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   Answer: C

5. Q302019 · 17 Nov 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   To be in seventh heaven

   1. A.To fly in the air
   2. B.To be extremely happy
   3. C.To be completely alone
   4. D.To visit a place which is in the list of the seven wonders of the world
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   Answer: B

6. Q282019 · 21 Apr 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   A dark horse

   1. A.a black coloured horse
   2. B.a person who wins a race or competition although no one expected him to
   3. C.a person who keeps secrets
   4. D.an ignorant person
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   Answer: B

7. Q292019 · 21 Apr 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   A show-stopper

   1. A.someone who stops the show
   2. B.someone who organizes the show
   3. C.a performance that is extremely good
   4. D.a fashionable person
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   Answer: C

8. Q302019 · 21 Apr 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   A jack of all trades

   1. A.someone who has many skills
   2. B.a confident and not very serious young man
   3. C.someone who has hit the jackpot
   4. D.a great businessman
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   Answer: A

9. Q312019 · 21 Apr 2019
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   Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

   Fight tooth and nail

   1. A.to quarrel with someone
   2. B.to attack someone with a lot of force
   3. C.to try hard to prevent something from happening
   4. D.to try very hard to achieve something
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   Answer: D

10. Q322019 · 21 Apr 2019
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    Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression.

    Fair and square

    1. A.in an honest way
    2. B.in a critical way
    3. C.neither very good nor very bad
    4. D.in a foolish way
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    Answer: A