1. 'On the eve of' means?
a) just after
b) just before
c) Beautiful evening
d) Dark evening
Answer: just before
2. The proverb ' A snake in the grass' means -
a) A sleeping snake
b) A deaf snake
c) A poisonous snake
d) a hidden enemy
Answer: a hidden enemy
3. To be one's, wit's end means-
a) To become mad
b) To come to the end of a journey
c) Not to know what to do
d) To finish a job
Answer: Not to know what to do
4. 'Hitting below the belt' means -
a) doing something unfair in a competition
b) injuring someone fatally
c) striking someone in the abdomen
d) beating someone in a competition
Answer: doing something unfair in a competition
5. His poor health is the main road block to his promotion. Here 'road block' means -
a) obstacle
b) worry
c) danger
d) disaster
Answer: obstacle
6. 'With flying colors' means -
a) flying bird
b) victotiously
c) colorful
d) aimlessly
Answer: victotiously
7. 'By fair means or foul' - means -
a) without difficulty
b) in any way, honest or dishonest
c) without using common sense
d) having been instigated
Answer: in any way, honest or dishonest
8. Mr. Alam's face lit up like the sun. This sentence means that Mr. Alam was -
a) kind
b) shy
c) confused
d) happy
Answer: happy
9. 'A women's work is never done' means -
a) A woman never works
b) A woman never finishes jer work
c) A woman's work keeps piling up
d) A woman is by nature idle
Answer: A woman's work keeps piling up
10. In my heart ---- heart I deplored his obstinacy.
a) with
b) from
c) of
d) at
Answer: of
