Fill in the Blanks MCQs
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This matter has been “hanging fire” for the last many days. It should be sorted out.
- A. going on slowly
- B. hotly debated
- C. stuck up
- D. ignored
He was undecided. He “let the grass grow under his feet”.
- A. loitered around
- B. stayed out
- C. sat unmoving
- D. moved away
He is using “backstairs influence” to sort out his matter.
- A. Political influence
- B. Backing influence
- C. Deserving and proper influence
- D. Secret and unfair influence
Play to the gallery means___________?
- A. advertise
- B. cater to the public taste
- C. attempt to appeal to popular taste
- D. depend upon the public for approval
Stew in one’s own juice means_________________?
- A. To fight with his mind
- B. To destroy his memory
- C. Suffer in his own juice
- D. Suffer for his own act
The decision did not appear to “hold out” bright prospects.
- A. highlight
- B. show
- C. offer
- D. promise
He is “out and out” a reactionary.
- A. no more
- B. thoroughly
- C. in favour of
- D. deadly against
Plough a lonely furrow means______________________?
- A. remain unaffected
- B. do without the help of others
- C. survive in isolation
- D. remain non-aligned
It was he who put “a spoke in my wheel”.
- A. tried to cause an accident
- B. helped in the execution of the plan
- C. thwarted in the execution of the plan
- D. destroyed the plan
Adnan is “very different about” passing the Civil Services Examination this year.
- A. Dead sure of
- B. Very hopeful of
- C. Lacking self confidence about
- D. Reasonably certain of
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