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It was such a strange affair that I could make head or tail of it.

  • face it
  • tolerate it
  • remember it
  • understand it
  • Correct Option: D  [ understand it ]

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To murder in "cold blood", it means to murder:

  • coolly
  • unfeelingly
  • thoughtlessly
  • deliberately
  • Correct Option: B  [ unfeelingly ]

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Though he has a lot of money, yet all his plans are built upon sand.

  • based on inexperience
  • resting on immature ideas
  • resting on cheap material
  • established on insecure foundations
  • Correct Option: B  [ resting on immature ideas ]

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The police fired at random at the violent crowd and several person lost their lives.

  • pointedly
  • aimlessly
  • willingly
  • intentionally
  • Correct Option: B  [ aimlessly ]

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A damp squib

  • rainy weather
  • a disappointing result
  • a skirt in a laundry
  • Great honour
  • Correct Option: B  [ a disappointing result ]

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Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.

  • Has no result
  • Works for both sides
  • has a private agenda
  • fails to arouse
  • Correct Option: C  [ has a private agenda ]

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It is bad to try to fish in troubled waters.

  • fish in hot weather.
  • catch fish in disturbed waters.
  • make a profit out of a disturbance.
  • go for fishing and cause trouble.
  • Correct Option: C  [ make a profit out of a disturbance. ]

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The captain played with determination because the honour of the team was at stake.

  • very low
  • at the top
  • in danger
  • appropriate
  • Correct Option: C  [ in danger ]

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Believe me, I am all at sea.

  • out ofreach
  • very happy
  • puzzled
  • drowning
  • Correct Option: C  [ puzzled ]

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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 ]

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