Idioms & Phrases · SSC CGL previous year questions

2022 59 questions

1. Q922022 · 2 Dec 2022 · Shift 1

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Break the ice

   1. A.Make people meeting first time feel uncomfortable
   2. B.Make people meeting first time feel sad
   3. C.Make people meeting first time feel more detached
   4. D.Make people meeting first time feel more comfortable
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   Answer: D

2. Q842022 · 2 Dec 2022 · Shift 3

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Beat around the bush

   1. A.Avoid praising someone and demean
   2. B.Avoid the main point by talking in a roundabout way
   3. C.Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is not funny
   4. D.Avoid using foul words to make someone uncomfortable
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   Answer: B

3. Q832022 · 2 Dec 2022 · Shift 4

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To smell a rat

   1. A.To have reason to know the presence of a rat
   2. B.to have reason to suspect
   3. C.To know the smell of a rat
   4. D.To learn the smell of a rat
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   Answer: B

4. Q832022 · 1 Dec 2022 · Shift 1

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Like a cakewalk

   1. A.Smooth surface
   2. B.Pleasant experience
   3. C.Easy task
   4. D.Active
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   Answer: C

5. Q892022 · 1 Dec 2022 · Shift 1

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. All eyes

   1. A.Watching with anger
   2. B.Watching eagerly
   3. C.Watching with no interest
   4. D.Not watching at all
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   Answer: B

6. Q862022 · 1 Dec 2022 · Shift 2

   Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom. In weal and woe

   1. A.In sad and gloomy days
   2. B.In happiness and good times
   3. C.In prosperity and adversity
   4. D.In despair and failure
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   Answer: C

7. Q892022 · 1 Dec 2022 · Shift 2

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. A green horn

   1. A.Uneducated person
   2. B.Inexperienced person
   3. C.Clever person
   4. D.Skilled person
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   Answer: B

8. Q882022 · 1 Dec 2022 · Shift 3

   Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom Bag and baggage

   1. A.With burden
   2. B.Without any aim
   3. C.Without happiness
   4. D.With all of one’s possessions
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   Answer: D

9. Q912022 · 1 Dec 2022 · Shift 3

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom that can be substituted in the following sentence. He was murdered in cold blood .

   
   1. A.in cold weather
   2. B.deliberately
   3. C.when blood was cold
   4. D.regretfully
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   Answer: B