Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Nutty as a fruitcake

1. Careful

2. Composed

3. Crazy

4. Contented

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

No spring chicken

1. A person who is courageous

2. A person who steals

3. A person who is no longer young

4. A person who lies

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Rahul sings / very sweet / when he is / in a good mood.

1. very sweet

2. when he is

3. in a good mood

4. Rahul sings

In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the 'No Error' option.

Encouraging healthy competition(P)/ between the students of the school(Q)/ was one of the objectives of the annual sports day(R)/ No error (S).

1. P

2. Q

3. R

4. S

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A volume containing several books previously published separately.

1. Thesaurus

2. Dictionary

3. Novel

4. Omnibus

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the highlighted words.

He was promoted to a higher position in the first year due to his (careful nature and hard-working efforts).

1. business mindedness

2. extraordinary

3. elegance

4. diligence

Select the correct idiom that can substitute the italicised group of words in the given sentence.

You must not participate in the marathon this year without any training. It is an unreal hope on your part!

1. carrying coal to new castle

2. a pipe dream

3. a will-o’-the-wisp

4. to lose one’s temper

Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression

Heath Robinson

1. Very complicated system or machine for doing a simple task

2. Treating everyone as enemy, when they are not

3. Sleeping all day, doing nothing

4. Very lazy person, slow in action

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

P. Many years ago, Paul Bunyan was born in the north-eastern American state of Maine.

Q. His mother and father were shocked when they first saw the boy.

R. Paul was so large at birth that five large birds had to carry him to his parents.

S. When the boy was only a few weeks old, he weighed more than forty-five kilograms.

1. QRPS

2. PQRS

3. PSQR

4. SPRQ