Steno 2022 Prelims Idioms

Question 1 of 27

1. Question

Separate the wheat from the chaff

Cooking food during famine
To separate the valuable from the worthless
Farming barren lands with little water
Harvesting crops and cooking them

Question 2 of 27

2. Question

To be in the driving seat

To allow other people to go past yourself
To be in charge or control of a situation
To be able to drive a vehicle
To avoid speaking up on something

Question 3 of 27

3. Question

Hit the nail on the head

Take advantage of a good situation
Do something exactly right
Do something without having planned beforehand
Do something pointless

Question 4 of 27

4. Question

Hit the sack

Go to sleep
To harm someone
Achieve something
Complete the task

Question 5 of 27

5. Question

Cissy promised to turn over a new leaf and keep her room clean from now on.

To accept immediately
To take a chance
To start behaving in a better way
To tease someone

Question 6 of 27

6. Question

Break a leg

Bravery
Good luck
Accident
Sudden attack

Question 7 of 27

7. Question

You need to be aware of argus-eyed people in the organisation.

Angry
Kind
Content
Vigilant

Question 8 of 27

8. Question

The new production targets have stirred up a hornet’s nest.

To confess without reserve
To preserve one’s energy
To gain prominence
To raise controversy

Question 9 of 27

9. Question

To win laurels

To win an easy battle
To achieve honours and glory
To be fooled by others
To secure a well-paying job

Question 10 of 27

10. Question

He burnt his fingers interfering in others’ problems.

caught his fingers in fire
was happy
got in good relations with
got into trouble

Question 11 of 27

11. Question

To keep a good table

To keep good company
To have a luxurious home
To keep one’s home organised
To offer sumptuous food to one’s guests

Question 12 of 27

12. Question

Grandpa often likes to sit in the balcony and chew the fat with me.

Criticise people
Gossip and make small talk
Chew meat
Play a game

Question 13 of 27

13. Question

Break the ice

To talk about something that is considered taboo
To discuss something worthless
To begin a conversation to relieve the tension in an uncomfortable situation
To reveal a secret

Question 14 of 27

14. Question

Two peas in a pod

Treat people fairly
Look very similar in appearance or character
Talk about a problem
Make a bad situation worse

Question 15 of 27

15. Question

Bite the bullet

To feel powerless because of fatigue
To get something over with because it is inevitable
To eat something unhealthy because of its taste
To buy ammunition because of upcoming danger

Question 16 of 27

16. Question

By the skin of your teeth

To do difficult tasks
To get worried easily
Chewing food improperly
To just barely get by or make it

Question 17 of 27

17. Question

Arunima is the apple of her mother’s eye.

Her mother’s enemy
Annoying to her mother
A person of whom her mother is extremely fond and proud
Spiteful person

Question 18 of 27

18. Question

They got into hot water when their tricks were revealed by their neighbour.

Landed in trouble
Made fun of
Were thoroughly familiar with
Took the help of

Question 19 of 27

19. Question

At the eleventh hour

In the evening
At the last moment
At night
In the morning

Question 20 of 27

20. Question

Take away your breath

Astonishing
Falling in love
Killing
Exhausting

Question 21 of 27

21. Question

By leaps and bounds

Slowly
Abruptly
Stealthily
Rapidly

Question 22 of 27

22. Question

Blow hot and cold

Critiquing
Vacillating
Tormenting
Rebuking

Question 23 of 27

23. Question

Chicken hearted

Someone who is hypocritical
Someone who is brave and courageous
Someone who cannot be won over
Someone who lacks courage and is easily frightened

Question 24 of 27

24. Question

The young athletes bore the palm in almost all the events.

Fixed
Lost
Won
Compromised

Question 25 of 27

25. Question

Break fresh/new ground

To build a new house
To do something that was not done before
To dig a well
To talk to stranger

Question 26 of 27

26. Question

She’s got a charley horse in her leg.

Inertness
Assist someone
Cramp
Being very mobile

Question 27 of 27

27. Question

Go through fire and water

To fail in all types of hardships
To pass through life
To pass through all types of hardships
To pass through all types of luxury

Stenographer 2022 Prelims Idioms

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