Best English short Question for defence exam-2022
Question: 1
Cut the mustard
(A) To leave the job
(B) To get injured
(C) To come up to expectations
(D) To lose
Ans: C
To come up to expectations
Question: 2
Let the grass grow under one’s feet
(A) To remain idle
(B) To be trifled with
(C) To engage in useless talk
(D) To accept responsibility
Ans: A
To remain idle
Question: 3
Plough a lone furrow
(A) To play the card to win
(B) Do something that achieves the desired success
(C) To play the last card
(D) To play the best card
Ans: A
To play the card to win
Question: 4
Bandy words with
(A) Linguistic acumen
(B) Speech enthusiast
(C) Oratory
(D) Argue
Ans: D
Argue
Question: 5
Far from cry
(A) Very different from
(B) To approach silently
(C) To leave silently
(D) To come from far
Ans: A
Question: 6
While I have a bath, you may chew the cud.
(A) Kill time
(B) Go through legalities
(C) Reflect upon one’s past
(D) Have breakfast
Ans: C
Reflect upon one’s past
Question: 7
In the beginning of his career, he was practically rolling in money.
(A) saved lot of money
(B) very rich
(C) wasting a lot of money
(D) spending more than his earnings
Ans: B
very rich
Question: 8
He never wanted to keep her under his thumb and so he let her do what she liked.
(A) in his presence all the time
(B) unduly under control
(C) below his thumb
(D) restricted
Ans: B
unduly under control
Question: 9
Those were only crocodile tears.
(A) very gloomy
(B) mild regret
(C) pretended sadness
(D) a weeping sign
Ans: C
pretended sadness
Question: 10
One should not stay idle at home; but be up and doing.
(A) reading
(B) working
(C) sleeping
(D) active
Ans: D
active
Very different from
Question: 11
Play all one’s cards
(A) A game of cards
(B) Use every means in one’s power
(C) An ineffective card game
(D) Losing the last penny in gambling
Ans: B
Use every means in one’s power
Question: 12
Be out of the blue
(A) Come out of gloom
(B) Euphoria
(C) Suddenly
(D) Lighting
Ans: C
Suddenly
Question: 13
Fights shy of
(A) Avoids from a feeling of mistrust
(B) Quarrels bitterly with
(C) Frightened
(D) Afraid of
Ans: B
Quarrels bitterly with
Question: 14
Put a spoke in one’s wheel
(A) Help someone with advice
(B) Help someone to progress
(C) Grinder
(D) Obstruct progress
Ans: D
Obstruct progress
Question: 15
Have a screw loose
(A) Accept a defective item
(B) Be screw less
(C) Be disturbed or slightly mad
(D) Be mad
Ans: C
Be disturbed or slightly ma
