General Ability Part -A: English (NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2022-I) (01 to 50)

Total Questions: 50

11. Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).

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Counting your chickens

Correct Answer: (a) confident of success
Solution:this idiom is usually used in negative statements to mean that someone should not depend on something hoped for until he or she knows for certain that it will happen, however option (a) "confident of success" is the closest to the meaning.

12. The icing on the cake

Correct Answer: (b) extra benefit over and above an already good deal
Solution:the idiom mean- an attractive but inessential addition or enhancement; hence option (b) is the closest to the meaning.

13. A stitch in time

Correct Answer: (d) timely action that prevents a negative outcome
Solution:the idiom mean- used to say that it is better to fix a problem when it is small than to wait and let it become a bigger problem. Hence option (d) is the closest in the meaning.

14. At sixes and sevens

Correct Answer: (c) state of total confusion
Solution:the idiom mean in a state of total confusion or disarray. Hence option (c) is the closest in the meaning.

15. Talking twenty to the dozen

Correct Answer: (a) talking hurriedly and rapidly
Solution:the idiom mean- To talk (to someone) very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically. Hence option (a) is the closest in the meaning.

16. Under the weather

Correct Answer: (d) unwell
Solution:the idiom mean- slightly unwell or in low spirits. Hence option (d) is the closest in the meaning.

17. To sit on the fence

Correct Answer: (c) to be undecided
Solution:the idiom mean- avoid making a decision or choice, Hence option (c) is the closest in the meaning.

18. Once in a blue moon

Correct Answer: (c) rarely
Solution:the idiom mean- very rarely, Hence option (c) is the closest in the meaning.

19. Through thick and thin

Correct Answer: (d) through difficult times
Solution:the idiom mean- under all circumstances, no matter how difficult, Hence option (d) is the closest in the meaning.

20. Like chalk and cheese

Correct Answer: (a) very different from each other
Solution:the idiom mean- fundamentally different or incompatible, Hence option (a) is the closest in the meaning.