Four alternatives are given for the idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

A close-fisted man does not know the significance of human life.

• A rich man

• A poor man

• An ill-mannered man

• A miser

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

He's as daft as a brush. Don't believe a word of what he says.

• unreliable

• a liar

• very funny

• really silly

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

I and my friend always go Dutch when we eat out.

• go together

• drive together

• divide the costs

• pay for each other's meal

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

I hope you will back me at the meeting.

• support

• criticise

• speak after I do

• follow

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

I shall always remember my alma mater with gratitude.

• teacher who inspired me

• mother's loving care

• kindergarten days

• institution where I got education

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Ask Mr. Das. He can give you all the news you need. He is always in the swim.

• in search of news

• well-informed and upto date

• giving news to others

• at the swimming pool

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In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

You have been trying to solve this puzzle for a long time, be careful, so that you avoid barking up the wrong tree.

• keep working constantly

• climbing the wrong tree

• trying to solve problems

• trying to find something at a wrong place

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

I' ll be able to do my job very well when I know the ropes.

• learn the procedures

• gain confidence

• become bolder

• work in silence

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

The secretary's thoughtless remark added fuel to the fire.

• helped in improving the situation

• prevented the situation

• added humour to the situation

• worsened the difficult situation

In the following question, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

He could not get money from his master because he rubbed him up the wrong way.

• suggested a wrong method

• advised him to be strict

• Irked or irritated him

• asked him to speed up