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Directions:

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Question : 11

To go off the air

a) To not eat food for a long period of time

b) To waste time on silly or trivial things.

c) To remove ventilator of a patient on his death bed

d) To stop broadcasting a radio or TV program

Answer: (d)

Question : 12

To go down like a lead balloon

a) Failure in business or venture

b) An idea on which one has a lot of hope, but it falls

c) A speech, proposal, or joke that is poorly received

d) Losing all the money while gambling

Answer: (c)

‘To go down like a lead balloon’ — A speech, proposal, or joke that is poorly received.

Question : 13

Get your walking papers

a) To be received gracefully

b) Get fired from the job

c) To sign on papers

d) Compromise

Answer: (b)

Question : 14

To be on cloud nine

a) To feely lucky

b) To make one last attempt

c) To extremely happy

d) To experience the feeling of being intoxicated

Answer: (c)

Question : 15

A moot point

a) Disputed

b) Unknown

c) Agreeable

d) Unclear

Answer: (a)

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