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Directions:

In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.

Question : 6

Television has become part and parcel of our lives.

a) unavoidable luxury

b) important part

c) showy part

d) status symbol

Discuss »

Answer: (b)

part and parcel : an essential part; an important part.

Keeping the accounts is part and parcel of something.

The best option is important part

Question : 7

Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, was a man of letters.

a) a great politician

b) a literary person

c) a great patriot

d) a great letter–writer

Discuss »

Answer: (b)

a man of letters : a man who is devoted to literary/scholarly pursuits.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was a man of letters.

The best option is a literary person

Question : 8

It is sometimes wiser to rely on horse sense than on the advice of colleagues.

a) advice of teachers

b) advice of colleagues

c) basic common sense

d) advice of parents

Discuss »

Answer: (c)

horse sense : basic common sense; ordinary practical knowledge of the best way to deal with people and situations.

He is not a scholar but has a lot of horse sense.

The best option is basic common sense

Question : 9

As a student, you should catch time by the forelock.

a) set up clock back

b) slow down

c) seize opportunity

d) speed up

Discuss »

Answer: (c)

catch time by the forelock (Id.) : not slip an opportunity ; act quickly and decisively

Wise men catch time by the forelock.

The best option is seize opportunity.

Question : 10

Anand is a nice guy, but sometimes he really gets on my nerves.

a) shakes my self–confidence

b) annoys me

c) makes me uncomfortable

d) makes me nervous

Discuss »

Answer: (b)

get on somebody’s nerves : to annoy somebody

It really gets on my nerves when people hang up without leaving a message.

The best option is annoys me.

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