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As we all know, Verbal Aptitude is an important component of
a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services
Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL Examination, MBA
Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. In order to
help you practise and improve your verbal ability, we provide you this English
Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from SSC examinations held in
the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below
and we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!
Directions (Q. Nos. 1-5) In each of the questions given
below, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the
sentence. Choose the one that best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
1. I told the
students to buckle down this semester.
(a) take it easy (b)
drop a subject (c) work
seriously (d) go for a vacation
2. people are
always critical. One needs to have a thick skin to cope with criticism.
(a) be disinterested (b)
be bold (c) be unaffected (d) be insensitive
3. His behavior
compelled me to give him a piece of my mind.
(a) pardon him (b) take him
into confidence (c) scold
him (d) make him my friend
4. The great
warrior Maharana Pratap held ‘the enemy ‘at bay, but he was defeated at
last.
(a) prevented the enemy to attack his positions (b) made counter attacks again and
again (c) prevented the enemy
to come closer (d) made the enemy to run away
5. Don’t lose
heart, but tide over dangers and difficulties boldly.
(a) ignore (b)
welcome (c) retaliate (d) overcome
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Answers
1(c) 2(c) 3(c)
4(c) 5(d)