Test Series - idioms and phrases

Test Number 7/13

Q: I felt like a fish out of water among all those business tycoons
A. troubled
B. stupid
C. uncomfortable
D. inferior
Solution: uncomfortable
Q: His friends let him down.
A. failed
B. comforted
C. succeeded
D. stood by
Solution: failed
Q: Some people now wonder whether we just pay lip-service or genuinely subscribe to democracy
A. pay oral tribute
B. attach no value
C. remain indifferent
D. show only outward respect
Solution: show only outward respect
Q: He visits the doctor off and on
A. everyday
B. regularly
C. never at all
D. occasionally
Solution: occasionally
Q: The robber took to his heels when the police arrived
A. opened fire
B. hid himself
C. ran off
D. surrendered
Solution: ran off
Q: You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
A. Enjoy forever
B. Have it both ways
C. Run away from responsibility
D. Absolve yourself of guilt
Solution: Have it both ways
Q: The rebels held out for about a month
A. waited
B. retreated
C. bargained
D. resisted
Solution: resisted
Q: The new economic policy is likely to run into rough weather
A. create problems
B. encounter difficulties
C. confuse matters
D. makes things difficult
Solution: encounter difficulties

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