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Proverbs

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Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Diamond cuts ____

  1. iron

  2. gold

  3. silver

  4. diamond


Correct Option: D

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Cut your coat according to your _____

  1. cloth

  2. colour

  3. pocket

  4. status


Correct Option: A

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Drowning man catches at a _____

  1. water

  2. straw

  3. bank

  4. earth


Correct Option: B

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Every potter praises his _____

  1. basket

  2. house

  3. ass

  4. pot


Correct Option: D

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Everything looks ______ to jaundiced eyes.

  1. green

  2. yellow

  3. gray

  4. red


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The clue is jaundiced eyes, which is the yellowing of the eyes due to liver disease. Hence, the word yellow is the correct choice.

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Example is better than _____

  1. precept

  2. theory

  3. experience

  4. thesis


Correct Option: A

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Health is _____

  1. hell

  2. heaven

  3. wealth

  4. life


Correct Option: C

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Half a loaf is better than no _____

  1. meat

  2. water

  3. milk

  4. bread


Correct Option: D

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

It is no use crying over spilt _____

  1. milk

  2. curd

  3. butter

  4. water


Correct Option: A

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

It takes two to make a _____

  1. marriage

  2. quarrel

  3. boat

  4. house


Correct Option: B

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Killing two birds with one ______

  1. shot

  2. sword

  3. stone

  4. knife


Correct Option: C

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Necessity is the mother of ____

  1. happiness

  2. invention

  3. enmity

  4. pride


Correct Option: B

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Prevention is better than ____

  1. destruction

  2. medicine

  3. cure

  4. death


Correct Option: C

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Make hay while the ____ shines.

  1. moon

  2. star

  3. sun

  4. bulb


Correct Option: C

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Something is better than _____

  1. nothing

  2. everything

  3. prevention

  4. man


Correct Option: A

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

To make a _____ of a mole hill.

  1. sea

  2. mountain

  3. building

  4. house


Correct Option: B

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Truth is always _____

  1. better

  2. sweet

  3. happy

  4. bitter


Correct Option: D

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Union is ______

  1. weakness

  2. strength

  3. enemy

  4. bad


Correct Option: B

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Avarice is the root of all _____

  1. good

  2. virtue

  3. evils

  4. animals


Correct Option: C

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

A _____ apple injures its companions.

  1. good

  2. tasty

  3. fresh

  4. rotten


Correct Option: D

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Kill not the goose that lays the _____ eggs:

  1. golden

  2. iron

  3. silver

  4. bronze


Correct Option: A

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

There is many a slip twixt the cup and the _____

  1. lip

  2. mouth

  3. hand

  4. arm


Correct Option: A

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Knowledge is _____

  1. health

  2. ignorance

  3. foolish

  4. power


Correct Option: D

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Living from hand to ____

  1. head

  2. mouth

  3. leg

  4. stomach


Correct Option: B

Directions: Given below is a proverb with a blank space. Choose the appropriate word and complete the proverb.

Time and tide wait for _____

  1. everyone

  2. some

  3. none

  4. youth


Correct Option: C
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