Q31. Cold comfort
- absurdity
- deception
- slight satisfaction
- foolish proposal
✅ Correct Answer:
C [ slight satisfaction ]
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Q32. To bite the dust
- eat voraciously
- have nothing to eat
- eat roots
- to fail
✅ Correct Answer:
D [ to fail ]
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Q33. A damp squib
- rainy weather
- a disappointing result
- a skirt in a laundry
- Great honour
✅ Correct Answer:
B [ a disappointing result ]
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Q34. On hearing the news of the kidnapping, she became afraid of her own shadow.
- cold and distant
- afraid of her own safety
- very nervous and easily frightened
- afraid of being alone
✅ Correct Answer:
C [ very nervous and easily frightened ]
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Q35. To be fair and square
- worthy
- honest
- successful
- obedient
✅ Correct Answer:
B [ honest ]
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Q36. She just needs forty winks in order to be able to work all night.
- someone's help
- to take a stroll
- a short nap
- a little cooperation
✅ Correct Answer:
C [ a short nap ]
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Q37. The minute she arrived at the office, she was given the pink slip.
- a raise
- a promotion
- a letter to inform that she had lost her job
- a letter to inform that she had been transferred
✅ Correct Answer:
C [ a letter to inform that she had lost her job ]
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Q38. The representatives of the two states tried to enforce a treaty which was a dead letter.
- not well-thought out
- no longer in force
- no longer relevant
- not in keeping with the changing times.
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B [ no longer in force ]
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Q39. To drink like a fish:
- To drink little
- To drink alone
- To drink in company of others
- To be a drunkard
✅ Correct Answer:
D [ To be a drunkard ]
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Q40. "Cart off" means:
- discard
- disregard
- dejected
- None of these.
✅ Correct Answer:
A [ discard ]
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📖 Why?"cart off" means to take someone or something away, often forcefully or abruptly.
