Test Series - idioms and phrases

Test Number 4/13

Q: Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew in his own juice
A. Make a stew
B. Boil
C. Suffer in his own juice
D. Suffer for his own act
Solution: Suffer for his own act
Q: The project did not appear to hold out bright prospects
A. highlight
B. show
C. offer
D. promise
Solution: offer
Q: I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining his life
A. wasting his money
B. becoming overgenerous
C. overtaxing his energies
D. losing his objectives
Solution: overtaxing his energies
Q: The university will have to shelve its plans for expansion in view of present situation
A. cancel
B. discuss
C. reconsider
D. postpone
Solution: postpone
Q: Do no trust a man who blows his own trumpet
A. flatters
B. praises others
C. admonishes others
D. praises himself
Solution: praises himself
Q: He is out and out a reactionary
A. no more
B. thoroughly
C. in favour of
D. deadly against
Solution: thoroughly
Q: I did not mind what he was saying, he was only through his hat.
A. talking nonsense
B. talking ignorantly
C. talking irresponsibly
D. talking insultingly
Solution: talking nonsense
Q: The case was held over due to the great opposition to it
A. stopped
B. postponed
C. dropped
D. cancelled
Solution: postponed
Q: In the organised society of today no individual or nation can plogh a lonely furrow
A. remain unaffected
B. do without the help of others
C. survive in isolation
D. remain non-aligned
Solution: do without the help of others
Q: It was he who put a spoke in my wheel
A. tried to cause an accident
B. helped in the execution of the plan
C. thwarted in the execution of the plan
D. destroyed the plan
Solution: thwarted in the execution of the plan

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