Q31. The representatives of the two states tried to enforce a treaty which was a dead letter.

• not well-thought out
• no longer in force
• no longer relevant
• not in keeping with the changing times.

Q32. To drink like a fish:

• To drink little
• To drink alone
• To drink in company of others
• To be a drunkard

Q33. "Cart off" means:

• discard
• disregard
• dejected
• None of these.

Q34. To get cold feet

• to run for life
• to get cold
• to be afraid
• to become discourteous

Q35. The man cannot be trusted in the post for he has an itching palm.

• habit of taking bribe
• has an infectious disease
• habit of flattery
• a quarreling habit

Q36. I cannot deal with a queer fish like him.

• having too much critical habit
• dishonest person
• very mean person
• eccentric and peculiar person

Q37. He is in deep water and needs your help.

• great difficulties
• under the water
• a sea
• pain

Q38. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the idiom "To cry wolf".

• To Cry copiously
• To raise false alarm
• To be frightened
• To scare people

Q39. If someone uses the idiom "a black sheep", he/she is talking about:

• a sheep that in black
• an unlucky person
• an ugly person
• None of the above

Q40. When one is "airing dirty linen in public", the person is:

• discussing private affairs in public
• hanging out clothes in the open to dry
• standing up and fighting
• complaining