After reading the story time and again we are finally reading between the lines.

• Reading to entertain others
• Understanding the hidden meaning
• Reading only to show someone else about your style of reading.
• Reading to clear the exam
Correct Option: B  [ Understanding the hidden meaning ]

Remark:

He is a dark horse.

• silent
• secretive
• dangerous
• possessing a secret ability.
Correct Option: D  [ possessing a secret ability. ]

Remark:

To bite the dust

• eat voraciously
• have nothing to eat
• eat roots
• to fail
Correct Option: D  [ to fail ]

Remark:

The meeting ended in fiasco.

• succeeded
• in confusion
• in complete failure
• in acrimonious debate
Correct Option: C  [ in complete failure ]

Remark:

'See eye to eye' means:

• agree with someone
• to remain neutral
• to take over (something)
• to enjoy the best of both
Correct Option: A  [ agree with someone ]

Remark:

My friend was a person apt to act suddenly without thinking.

• Impulsive
• Excitable
• Thoughtless
• Violent
Correct Option: A  [ Impulsive ]

Remark:

Choose the most appropriate meaning of the idiom "To cry wolf".

• To Cry copiously
• To raise false alarm
• To be frightened
• To scare people
Correct Option: B  [ To raise false alarm ]

Remark: To cry wolf: to keep asking for help when you do not need it, with the result that people think you do not need help when you really need it.

His dealings are all above board.

• open
• simple
• decent
• friendly
Correct Option: A  [ open ]

Remark:

The old father brought home the moral of unity by asking each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks.

• emphasised
• voiced
• declared
• suggested
Correct Option: A  [ emphasised ]

Remark:

He had to pay through the nose for his new computer.

• pay very high price
• very cheap
• moderate rate
• profitable rate
Correct Option: A  [ pay very high price ]

Remark: through the nose: pay much more than a fair price.