English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-07th January

Directions (1-5): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.

Q1. Toot you own horn
(a) To boast about the achievements of oneself
(b) To always beat about the bush
(c) To end up in doing the loss of oneself
(d) To prove to be the best of all
(e) None of the above

Q2. To hear something straight from the horse’s mouth
(a) To get rebuked or scolded by someone
(b) To hear something from the authoritative source
(c) To hear rumors about oneself by someone
(d) To hear something bad from an uncivilized person
(e) To hear something commendable for someone and then get jealous

Q3. Method to my madness
(a) A logistic approach to explain something complex
(b) A dogmatic attitude towards the solution of a problem
(c) A purpose in doing something that is seemingly crazy
(d) An intention that leads to craziness
(e) A solution from the way of madness

Q4. Whole nine yards
(a) A long distance
(b) All the levels of a game
(c) Partially
(d) Something
(e) Everything

Q5. Devil’s Advocate
(a) To act as a witness of a criminal
(b) To stab/attack from behind
(c) To support someone wrong
(d) To speak something wrong in the greed of getting money
(e) To present a counter argument

Solutions:

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Meaning: If someone toot his own horn, they like to boast about their achievements.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Meaning: To hear something from the authoritative source.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Meaning: An assertion that, despite one’s approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Meaning: Everything; All of it.

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Meaning: To present a counter argument