English Language Quiz For NIACL AO Prelims 2023 -18th August

Directions (1-15): 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. Better late than never
(a) Better to stay healthy than to die
(b) Better to arrive late than to meet with an accident
(c) Better to come late than to die
(d) Better to stay home than to reach late
(e) Better to arrive late than not to come at all

Q2. Cut somebody some slack
(a) Not to be so benevolent
(b) Not to be so rude
(c) Not to be so critical
(d) Not to be so happy
(e) Not to be so boring

Q3. Easy does it
(a) Make it fast
(b) Slow down
(c) To be rough
(d) To be conservative
(e) Make more complex

Q4. Get out of hand
(a) Get fired
(b) Get a sack
(c) Get out of the group
(d) Get out of control
(e) Get something extra

Q5. Get something out of your system
(a) To do something which is not the part of your bucket list
(b) To get something which is not expected
(c) To do something which you wanted to do to move on
(d) To have lots of error in a single task
(e) To get unexpected rewards from a mistake

Q6. On the ball
(a) To make consistent progress
(b) To have so many difficulties in life
(c) To have so many miles to cover
(d) To have lots of things to do
(e) To do a good job

Q7. Pull yourself together
(a) To calm down
(b) To put lots of efforts in a single venture
(c) To do your best
(d) To exhaust with all the given resources
(e) To be very angry

Q8. Wrap your head around something
(a) Create difficulties by your own
(b) Burn the midnight oil
(c) Make everything complex
(d) Do something impossible
(e) Understand something complicated

Q9. Hang in there
(a) To stop
(b) Don’t be late
(c) Don’t do hard work
(d) Don’t give up
(e) To wait

Q10. Get your act together
(a) Perform well or learn more
(b) Work better or leave
(c) To assign your tasks according to the time available
(d) To complete two tasks at a time
(e) To be multitasking

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. Meaning: It’s better to arrive late than not to come at al

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Meaning: Don’t be so critical

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Meaning: To slow down

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Meaning: Get out of control

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Meaning: Do the thing you’ve been wanting to do so you can move on

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Meaning: Doing a good job

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Meaning: To calm down

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. Meaning: To understand something complicated

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Meaning: Don’t give up

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Meaning: Work better or leave