Idioms Quiz | Set – 03 | 25 Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL, CDS, NDA, BANK, Teaching Exams, IBPS, SBI, Air force, Navy

Idioms Quiz Set – 03

Q: Chapter and verse
A) Cast pearls before they swine
B) Beating about the bush
C) Buying the pig in a poke
D) Exact details or precise information
Answer: D Explanation: This idiom means exact details or precise information about something. (यह मुहावरा किसी चीज़ के बारे में सटीक विवरण या जानकारी का अर्थ है।)

Q: Out of gear
A) Need of the hour
B) Lock and key
C) Pin-money
D) Not functioning properly
Answer: D Explanation: This idiom means not working properly or efficiently. (यह मुहावरा सही तरीके से या कुशलता से काम न करने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Two heads are better than one
A) When the going gets tough, the tough gets going
B) Two people working together are more effective than one person working alone
C) Two wrongs don’t make a right
D) You can’t always get what you want
Answer: B Explanation: This proverb means that two people working together can solve problems better than one person working alone. (यह कहावत का अर्थ है कि दो लोग मिलकर काम करने से एक व्यक्ति अकेले काम करने से बेहतर परिणाम मिल सकते हैं।)

Q: Sneak peek
A) To try something new
B) Sending a brief letter
C) To be in a winning position
D) A brief preview of something
Answer: D Explanation: This idiom means a brief or quick look at something before it is officially shown. (यह मुहावरा किसी चीज़ का एक संक्षिप्त या तुरंत दिखाई देने वाला पूर्वावलोकन का अर्थ है।)

Q: Bitten off more than he could chew
A) bitten off more than he could chew
B) played by the ear
C) cut corners
D) taken it with a grain of salt
Answer: A Explanation: This idiom means to try to do more than you can handle. (यह मुहावरा अपनी क्षमता से ज्यादा कुछ करने की कोशिश करने का अर्थ है।)

Q: In a nutshell
A) in a nutshell
B) in the cold
C) in the long run
D) in a fortnight
Answer: A Explanation: This idiom means in a few words or briefly. (यह मुहावरा कुछ शब्दों में या संक्षेप में का अर्थ है।)

Q: Stab you in the back
A) to stab you in the back
B) to blow his trumpet
C) to paint the whole town red
D) to get all bent out of shape
Answer: A Explanation: This idiom means to betray someone’s trust. (यह मुहावरा किसी के भरोसे को तोड़ने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Bring to book
A) calm someone
B) punish someone
C) support someone
D) teach someone
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to punish or hold someone accountable. (यह मुहावरा किसी को सजा देना या जवाबदेह ठहराने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Cut from the same cloth
A) to share resources
B) to be of a similar nature
C) belong to the same family
D) to come from the same source
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to be very similar in character or behavior. (यह मुहावरा चरित्र या व्यवहार में बहुत समान होने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Forty winks
A) a long leave
B) a deep sleep
C) a short sleep
D) a secret signal
Answer: C Explanation: This idiom means a short sleep, especially during the day. (यह मुहावरा एक छोटी नींद का अर्थ है, विशेष रूप से दिन के समय।)

Q: Lose your marbles
A) be nervous
B) miss an opportunity
C) lose respect
D) go insane
Answer: D Explanation: This idiom means to become crazy or lose one’s sanity. (यह मुहावरा पागल हो जाना या अपनी बुद्धि खो देना का अर्थ है।)

Q: Split one’s sides
A) scream in pain
B) be extremely amused
C) meet with an accident
D) undergo a surgery
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to laugh very hard. (यह मुहावरा बहुत जोर से हंसने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Behind the eight ball
A) Playing pool or billiards
B) Having eight balls as a possession
C) In a difficult or disadvantaged position
D) In a favourable position
Answer: C Explanation: This idiom means to be in a difficult or disadvantageous position. (यह मुहावरा कठिन या नुकसानदायक स्थिति में होने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Bid defiance to
A) Beyond the pale
B) Bid defiance to
C) Blew over
D) Big fish
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to resist or oppose openly. (यह मुहावरा खुले तौर पर विरोध या प्रतिरोध करने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Beyond a shadow of a doubt
A) Off on the wrong foot
B) Through thick and thin
C) Benefit of doubt
D) Beyond a shadow of a doubt
Answer: D Explanation: This idiom means without any doubt whatsoever. (यह मुहावरा बिना किसी संदेह के का अर्थ है।)

Q: Breathing down one’s neck
A) Break a leg
B) Breathing down one’s neck
C) Run out of steam
D) In the dark
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to watch someone closely and make them feel pressured. (यह मुहावरा किसी को बारीकी से देखना और उन्हें दबाव महसूस कराने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Asking for trouble
A) Put off
B) Beat around the bush
C) Asking for trouble
Answer: C Explanation: This idiom means to do something that is likely to cause problems. (यह मुहावरा कुछ ऐसा करने का अर्थ है जो संभावित रूप से समस्याओं का कारण बने।)

Q: Change horses in midstream
A) Spill the beans
B) In seventh heaven
C) Break a leg
D) Change horses in midstream
Answer: D Explanation: This idiom means to change your plans or decisions at a crucial moment. (यह मुहावरा निर्णायक क्षण में अपनी योजनाओं या निर्णयों को बदलने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Gone down the drain
A) Gone down the drain
B) In the same boat
C) Beat the drum
D) Through thick and thin
Answer: A Explanation: This idiom means to be wasted or lost completely. (यह मुहावरा बर्बाद हो जाना या पूरी तरह खो जाने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Dance to the tunes
A) Make it big
B) Dance to the tunes
C) Hands are tied
D) Till the cows come home
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to do what someone else tells you to do. (यह मुहावरा किसी और के कहने पर काम करने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Lie in the bed you have made
A) Sleep in your own bed
B) Face the unpleasant consequences of your own acts
C) Sleep on the bed you made yourself
D) To ignore what someone is saying
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to accept the unpleasant results of your own actions. (यह मुहावरा अपने कार्यों के अप्रिय परिणामों को स्वीकार करने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Kick the bucket
A) Be happy
B) To die
C) Be sad
D) To be ill
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom is a slang expression meaning to die. (यह मुहावरा एक अनौपचारिक अभिव्यक्ति है जिसका अर्थ मरना है।)

Q: Hornet’s nest
A) Secret policy
B) Unpleasant result
C) Raising controversy
D) Dangerous idea
Answer: C Explanation: This idiom means a situation that causes a lot of trouble or controversy. (यह मुहावरा कई समस्याओं या विवाद का कारण बनने वाली स्थिति का अर्थ है।)

Q: In a soup
A) To get nothing
B) In trouble
C) To exhibit cowardice
D) Extremely short of money
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means to be in trouble or difficulty. (यह मुहावरा परेशानी या कठिनाई में होने का अर्थ है।)

Q: Blessing in disguise
A) When things get better and better when least expecting it
B) Has a good effect even though at first it seemed it would be bad
C) When a simple solution solves a problem very well
D) Has a very good effect on a situation or a thing
Answer: B Explanation: This idiom means something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good. (यह मुहावरा कुछ ऐसा जो पहले बुरा लगे लेकिन बाद में अच्छा निकले का अर्थ है।)