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English - 4 (DMRC Exam)

Description: English - 4
Number of Questions: 15
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Tags: English - 4 Antonyms Idiomatic and Phraseal Use Spellings Sentence Completion (Gap Fills) Synonyms/Meanings
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Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

To burn one's fingers

  1. To deliberately harm someone

  2. To get injured in an incident

  3. To suffer from meddling in something

  4. To pay a heavy price


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To burn one's fingers means to suffer from interfering in other people's business.

Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.

From hand to mouth

  1. Something repeated often

  2. Dealing on eatable

  3. One who eats too frequently

  4. To live just on necessities


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 To have just enough money to live on and nothing extra. 

Directions: Select the most appropriate meaning for the given Latin expression.

Quid pro quo

  1. Thing for a thing

  2. Ignorance is bliss

  3. Punishment for a crime

  4. Treat for a favour


Correct Option: A

Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.

HAVEN

  1. Challenging puzzle

  2. Gloomy cavern

  3. Dangerous place

  4. Deserted building


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Haven (different from heaven) is a safe hideout.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

I ______ him since his mother left the town.

  1. had not seen

  2. have not seen

  3. am not seeing

  4. did not see


Correct Option: B

Directions: Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.

The officer took him to task for his neglect of duty.

  1. dismissed him

  2. suspended him

  3. promoted him

  4. rebuked him


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The phrase 'took to task' means to scold someone angrily or severely.

Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.

  1. Recording

  2. Recoring

  3. Rcording

  4. Rceroding


Correct Option: A

Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.

DEBACLE

  1. Agreement

  2. Success

  3. Acceptance

  4. Question


Correct Option: B

Directions: Select the option that spells the word correctly.

  1. Corupt

  2. Curupt

  3. Corrupt

  4. Currupt


Correct Option: C

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.

I passed out of my college _____ 2000. Later, I worked _____ the XYZ firm _____ two years.

  1. on, at, for

  2. within, at, for

  3. during, at, for

  4. in, with, for


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Preposition 'in' is used to refer to specific time (year or month). We run 'with' an organisation. Preposition 'for' is used to mention 'duration of time'.

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the given word

Advert

  1. False

  2. Maim

  3. Refer to

  4. Dark


Correct Option: C

Directions: Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase.

He got the loan sanctioned by greasing the palms of the officers concerned.

  1. By bribing the officers

  2. By using the RTI

  3. By pleading with the officers

  4. By threatening the officers with dire consequences


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'Greasing the palms' means to bribe someone.

Directions: Select the word/phrase that is antonymous to the word given in bold letters.

BEMUSED

  1. Clear-headed

  2. Unemotional

  3. Inept

  4. Nonchalant

  5. Truthful


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Link bemused with amuse or music. Muse means deep thought, whereas music and amusement divert us from deep thought and entertain us. Bemused is a disturbance in flow of thought or confusion. The opposite is clear-headedness.

Directions: Choose the correct option to fill in the blank.

The measure does not address the _______ of the problem.

  1. base

  2. face

  3. centre

  4. root


Correct Option: D

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks.

Before his death, the old man divided the property ________ his two sons and distributed money _______ the poor.

  1. in, in

  2. among, between

  3. between, among

  4. among, amongst


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Between' is used for two; 'among' is used for more than two.

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