✍ 50 Important Idioms And Phrases Asked In different exams
1. At sixes and seven – In disorder or confusion
2. Lose head – Panic
3. Take to task – To criticize severely/ to punish
4. Sit in judgement – To pass judgement(or comment on someone ) especially when you have no authority
5. Leave in the lurch – To desert someone
6. Cry over spilt milk – Cry over irreparable loss
7. Bad blood – Active enmity
8. Close shave – A narrow escape
9. Grease palms – To bribe someone
10. Carrot and stick – Reward and punishment policy
11. To cut teeth – To gain experience of something for the first time
12. Cut no ice – Had no influence
13. Close the book - Stop working on something
14. In fits and starts - Irregularly
15. Bird’s eye view – An overview
16. Run in the same groove – Clash with each other
17. Keep your head – Remain calm
18. Pull strings – Use personal influence
19. Pot luck dinner – Dinner where somebody brings something to eat
20. To hit below the belt – To attack unfairly
21. All at sea - Puzzled
22. Sought after – Wanted by many people because it’s of good quality or difficult to find/Pursued by
23. Build castle in the air - Daydreaming
24. On the spur of the moment – To act suddenly, without planning
25. To have something up one’s sleeve – To have a secret plan
26. A red letter day – An important or joyful occasion in one’s life
27. To explore every avenue – To try every opportunity
28. At one’s beck and call – Ready to follow orders/ To be dominated by someone
29. By fair or foul means – In honest or dishonest way
30. Status quo – As it is/ unchanged position
31. To burn candle at both ends – To be extravagant/ Spend without any worry
32. To hit the jackpot – To make money quickly
33. To bring to light – to reveal
34. At the eleventh hour – At the last possible moment
35. Go scot-free – To escape without punishment
36. To shed crocodile tears – To pretend grief
37. To look down one’s nose – To regard with contempt
38. To miss the bus – To miss an opportunity
39. A white elephant – Costly and troublesome possession, with much use to its owner
40. To call spade a spade – To be frank
41. To fight tooth and nail – To fight heroically, in very determined way
42. Birds of same feather – Persons of same character
43. Take exception – To object over something
44. High handed – Using authority in an unreasonable way, overbearing
45. Too fond of one’s own voice – To like talking without wanting to listen to other people/Very selfish
46. By leaps and bounds – Rapidly
47. An open book – Straight forward and honest dealings
48. Fall short – Fail to meet expectation/ have no effect
49. Heart to heart talk – Frank talk
50. Give the game away – Give out the secret(unintentionally)
1. At sixes and seven – In disorder or confusion
2. Lose head – Panic
3. Take to task – To criticize severely/ to punish
4. Sit in judgement – To pass judgement(or comment on someone ) especially when you have no authority
5. Leave in the lurch – To desert someone
6. Cry over spilt milk – Cry over irreparable loss
7. Bad blood – Active enmity
8. Close shave – A narrow escape
9. Grease palms – To bribe someone
10. Carrot and stick – Reward and punishment policy
11. To cut teeth – To gain experience of something for the first time
12. Cut no ice – Had no influence
13. Close the book - Stop working on something
14. In fits and starts - Irregularly
15. Bird’s eye view – An overview
16. Run in the same groove – Clash with each other
17. Keep your head – Remain calm
18. Pull strings – Use personal influence
19. Pot luck dinner – Dinner where somebody brings something to eat
20. To hit below the belt – To attack unfairly
21. All at sea - Puzzled
22. Sought after – Wanted by many people because it’s of good quality or difficult to find/Pursued by
23. Build castle in the air - Daydreaming
24. On the spur of the moment – To act suddenly, without planning
25. To have something up one’s sleeve – To have a secret plan
26. A red letter day – An important or joyful occasion in one’s life
27. To explore every avenue – To try every opportunity
28. At one’s beck and call – Ready to follow orders/ To be dominated by someone
29. By fair or foul means – In honest or dishonest way
30. Status quo – As it is/ unchanged position
31. To burn candle at both ends – To be extravagant/ Spend without any worry
32. To hit the jackpot – To make money quickly
33. To bring to light – to reveal
34. At the eleventh hour – At the last possible moment
35. Go scot-free – To escape without punishment
36. To shed crocodile tears – To pretend grief
37. To look down one’s nose – To regard with contempt
38. To miss the bus – To miss an opportunity
39. A white elephant – Costly and troublesome possession, with much use to its owner
40. To call spade a spade – To be frank
41. To fight tooth and nail – To fight heroically, in very determined way
42. Birds of same feather – Persons of same character
43. Take exception – To object over something
44. High handed – Using authority in an unreasonable way, overbearing
45. Too fond of one’s own voice – To like talking without wanting to listen to other people/Very selfish
46. By leaps and bounds – Rapidly
47. An open book – Straight forward and honest dealings
48. Fall short – Fail to meet expectation/ have no effect
49. Heart to heart talk – Frank talk
50. Give the game away – Give out the secret(unintentionally)
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Which of the following is a part of MS-Office package?
Anonymous Quiz
34%
MS-EXCEL
4%
MS-OWERPOINT
3%
MS-ONENOTE
3%
MS-OUTLOOK
56%
All of the above
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Who is father of computer?
Anonymous Quiz
92%
Charles Babbage
3%
Tim berner lee
1%
Napiers Bone
3%
Stephen hawking
2%
Baisi Pascal
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In COMPUTER stands “E” stands for
Anonymous Quiz
13%
Educational
71%
Electronic
8%
Electrical
6%
Engine
2%
Electrostatic
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When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is strange with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns
And many a failure comes about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell just how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit—
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
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When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is strange with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns
And many a failure comes about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell just how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit—
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
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In the 16th century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king’s favor. After he was dismissed from service by the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor Charles V of Spain.
A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World west of 50 degrees W longitude to Spain and all the land east of that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography of South America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America. Finally they found the passage they sought near 50 degrees S latitude. Magellan named this passage the Strait of All Saints, but today it is known as the Strait of Magellan.
One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained crossed the meridian now known as the International Date Line in the early spring of 1521 after 98 days on the Pacific Ocean. During those long days at sea, many of Magellan’s men died of starvation and disease.
Later, Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and 17 sailors under the command of the Basque navigator Elcano survived to complete the westward journey to Spain and thus prove once and for all that the world is round, with no precipice at the edge.
1. The 16th century was an age of great __ exploration.
cosmic
land
mental
common man
None of the above
2. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became involved in a political ____.
entanglement
discussion
negotiation
problem
None of the above
3. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a _____ direction.
north and south
crosswise
easterly
south east
north and west
4. One of Magellan’s ships explored the _____ of South America for a passage across the continent.
coastline
mountain range
physical features
islands
None of the above
5. Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern __.
coast
inland
body of land with water on three sides
border
Answer not available
6. The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ____.
Greenwich
The equator
Spain
Portugal
Madrid
7. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the ___ now called the International Date Line.
imaginary circle passing through the poles
imaginary line parallel to the equator
area
land mass
Answer not available
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In the 16th century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king’s favor. After he was dismissed from service by the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor Charles V of Spain.
A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World west of 50 degrees W longitude to Spain and all the land east of that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography of South America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America. Finally they found the passage they sought near 50 degrees S latitude. Magellan named this passage the Strait of All Saints, but today it is known as the Strait of Magellan.
One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained crossed the meridian now known as the International Date Line in the early spring of 1521 after 98 days on the Pacific Ocean. During those long days at sea, many of Magellan’s men died of starvation and disease.
Later, Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and 17 sailors under the command of the Basque navigator Elcano survived to complete the westward journey to Spain and thus prove once and for all that the world is round, with no precipice at the edge.
1. The 16th century was an age of great __ exploration.
cosmic
land
mental
common man
None of the above
2. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became involved in a political ____.
entanglement
discussion
negotiation
problem
None of the above
3. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a _____ direction.
north and south
crosswise
easterly
south east
north and west
4. One of Magellan’s ships explored the _____ of South America for a passage across the continent.
coastline
mountain range
physical features
islands
None of the above
5. Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern __.
coast
inland
body of land with water on three sides
border
Answer not available
6. The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ____.
Greenwich
The equator
Spain
Portugal
Madrid
7. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the ___ now called the International Date Line.
imaginary circle passing through the poles
imaginary line parallel to the equator
area
land mass
Answer not available
Answers & Explanations
1. B
“Terrestrial” means land. No choice here offers a synonym for “marine,” e.g. nautical/naval/water/seagoing, and no other choices match either marine or terrestrial.
2. A
“Quagmire” means literally a bog or marsh, and figuratively an involved situation difficult to escape; entanglement is a synonym, more specifically similar than the other choices.
3. A
Longitudes are imaginary geographical lines running north and south. Latitudes run east and west. The other choices do not equal either latitude or longitude in direction.
4. C
Topography means the physical features of a land mass. It does not mean coastline (A), mountain range (B), or islands (D).
5. C
A peninsula is a piece of land connected to the mainland by an isthmus and projecting into the ocean such that it is surrounded on three sides by water. A peninsula is not a coast (A); it is not found inland (B); and it is not a border (D).
6. B
The passage was found near 50 degrees S latitude. Latitudes are measured horizontally, in relation to the equator or central imaginary line, equidistant between the North and South Poles. Longitudes are measured vertically. Greenwich (A), the location of zero degrees longitude, adopted as the global standard, is both incorrect and never named in the passage. Spain (C), Portugal (D), and Madrid (E) in Spain are also incorrect.
7. A
Meridians are imaginary geographical circles intersecting the poles. Imaginary lines parallel to the equator (B) are latitudes. The International Date Line is a specific meridian, not an area (C). It is not a land mass (D) as it crosses both water and land.