A close shave.

• A narrow escape from danger
• stubble
• Very short hair
• Hairless skin
Correct Option: A  [ A narrow escape from danger ]

Remark:

With the existing management the future of the company is in doldrums.

• dull
• bright
• uncertain
• secure
Correct Option: C  [ uncertain ]

Remark:

To bite the dust

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

Remark:

'At daggers drawn' means:

• friendly
• on bad terms with
• acquainted
• unknown
Correct Option: B  [ on bad terms with ]

Remark:

The company has been handedover to new masten, lock. stock and barrel.

• financially
• administratively
• partially
• completely
Correct Option: D  [ completely ]

Remark:

I am going to stay home because I am feeling under the weather today.

• feeling well
• feeling sick
• fine weather
• None of these
Correct Option: B  [ feeling sick ]

Remark:

Replace the underlined portion with an idiom from the list below:
They finally agreed on the business deal.

• let the cat out of the bag
• see eye to eye
• to feel under the weather
• to cut a corner
Correct Option: B  [ see eye to eye ]

Remark: The phrase "See Eye to Eye" is used when you view something in the same way as others do, or that you agree with someone about something.

While the ladies continued their small talk in the drawing room, I felt bored.

• light conversation
• gossip
• backbiting
• whispering
Correct Option: A  [ light conversation ]

Remark:

When I saw him in the morning, he looked like a duck in the thunderstorm.

• entrapped
• distressed
• peaceful
• timid
Correct Option: B  [ distressed ]

Remark:

He was out of spirits for a few days after his defeat.

• gloomy
• sober
• lifeless
• uninvolved
Correct Option: A  [ gloomy ]

Remark: