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Don't mix with the bad hats.

  • people of bad character
  • people selling bad hats
  • people of poor status
  • people with bad hats
  • Correct Option: A  [ people of bad character ]

    Remark: bad hats: someone who deliberately stirs up trouble, mischief-maker, trouble maker,

When I saw him in the morning, he looked like a duck in the thunderstorm.

  • entrapped
  • distressed
  • peaceful
  • timid
  • Correct Option: B  [ distressed ]

    Remark:

The old father brought home the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks.

  • emphasised
  • voiced
  • declared
  • suggested
  • Correct Option: A  [ emphasised ]

    Remark:

She exhibited remarkable sang froid during the crisis.

  • temper
  • irritation
  • composure
  • angry
  • Correct Option: C  [ composure ]

    Remark:

On the issue of marriage, Sarita put her foot down.

  • stood up
  • was firm
  • got down
  • walked fast
  • Correct Option: B  [ was firm ]

    Remark:

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

  • To Cry copiously
  • To raise false alarm
  • To be frightened
  • To scare people
  • Correct Option: B  [ To raise false alarm ]

    Remark: To cry wolf: to keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do not need help when you really need it.

At first there was a show of resistance to the new rule issued by the Government, but the movement had no backbone and speedily collapsed.

  • justification
  • impact
  • strength
  • support
  • Correct Option: C  [ strength ]

    Remark:

If you talking about a "tit for tat" situation, you are:

  • making someone angry
  • doing harm as done to you
  • rewarding people for the good done
  • taking advantage of someone
  • Correct Option: B  [ doing harm as done to you ]

    Remark: "tit for tat": is an equivalent given in return, retaliation in kind.

The detective went abroad in search of culprit but his journey proved to be a wild goose chase.

  • expensive
  • full of difficulties
  • unprofitable adventure
  • ill advised
  • Correct Option: C  [ unprofitable adventure ]

    Remark:

The boy broke the window and took to his heels.

  • The boy ran into the window.
  • The boy broke the window and ran away.
  • The boy broke the window and fell on his heels.
  • The boy broke the window with his heels.
  • Correct Option: B  [ The boy broke the window and ran away. ]

    Remark:

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