Question No : 1

Before making a bad decision, take some time and _____ the consequences of your actions.

(1) Exalt          

(2) Federalize

(3) Obstinate   

(4) Contemplate          

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

The collaboration among the teachers is an _____ project designed to improve student morale.

(1) Callow       

(2) Foment      

(3) Ad Hoc     

(4) Befuddled 

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

A “societe industrielle” for the encouragement of original discovery and invention among the workmen has existed since 1825, and there are various _________societies.

(1) Benevolent            

(2) Gooey       

(3) Calm          

(4) Fractious   

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

He might have been overlooked but for the well-meant, _____ officiousness of his father.

(1) Callow       

(2) Foment      

(3) Indignant  

(4) Befuddled 

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

When Mack was convicted of the _____ crime of murder, his wife was so embarrassed she divorced him.

(1) Fractious               

(2) Cantankerious                   

(3) Anomalous

(4) Despicable             

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

Rakesh had the habit of beating around the _____ instead of giving direct answers.

(1) Tree           

(2) Bush          

(3) Branch       

(4) Shrub         

(5) Fence

Question No : 7

The new testing procedure to evaluate employees will separate the ________ .

(1) Wheat from the chaff        

(2) Let off the hook    

(3) Cut me some slack

(4) Miss the boat                     

(5) Rubbing in the wrong way

Question No : 8

With only half the syllabus studied, I raced ________ to be ready for the exam on Monday.

(1) Upset someone’s applecart

(2) Against the clock

(3) Spoil someone’s plans

(4) Keep someone at arm’s length

(5) Good things come to those who wait

Question No : 9

The situation ________ when he passed a derogatory comment purportedly toward me.

(1) Blow hot and cold 

(2) Cool your heels     

(3) To come to a head

(4) Cut corners                       

(5) Run its course

Question No : 10

You are ________ if you expect our plant to manufacture 40,000 parts in a week.

(1) Clear the decks     

(2) Handle with kid gloves    

(3) Daylight robbery

(4) Boil the ocean        

(5) Between the devil and deep blue sea

Question No : 11

I’ve made the request a few times in the past, but it has always ________.

(1) Eat like a horse

(2) An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth

(3) Face the music

(4) Eat humble pie

(5) Turn a deaf ear