English Language Quiz For Bank Foundation 2024-08th March

Directions (1-5): In each of the question given below a/an idiom/phrase is given in bold which is then followed by five options which then try to decipher its meaning. Choose the option which gives the correct meaning of the phrases.

Q1. Caught between two stools
(a) to be very fat
(b) caught between two alternatives to chose
(c) to be partial
(d) caught between two major problems
(e) to have no solution to the problem

Q2. Cross that bridge when you come to it
(a) to do only when forced by someone
(b) to act when necessary, not before it
(c) to walk slowly
(d) to be pressurized by someone who is not related to the matter
(e) to be lazy

Q3. Don’t give up the day job
(a) to be brave
(b) to end the proceedings
(c) to start the proceedings of the day
(d) to not to get tired
(e) to not to do something professionally

Q4. Drastic times call for drastic measures
(a) to be violent when at job
(b) to be rude when exhausted
(c) to take help of strong people
(d) to take extreme steps at extremely hard times
(e) to kill people in the war

Q5. Far cry from
(a) very far
(b) very different
(c) very close
(d) very much tough
(e) very much irritating

Solutions:

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Meaning: When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Meaning: Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Meaning: This means that you are not very good at something. You could definitely not do it professionally

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Meaning: It means when you are extremely desperate you need to take drastic actions

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Meaning: Very different from

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