{"id":2755,"date":"2017-12-18T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2017-12-18T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T09:00:44","slug":"idioms-and-phrases-exercise-for-bank-po","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idioms-and-phrases-exercise-for-bank-po\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms And Phrases Exercise For Bank PO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some practice study materials for students preparing for bank PO examinations.<\/p>\n<h2>Model English Test 2<\/h2>\n<p>Questions 1 \u2013 7<\/p>\n<p>In the following questions, sentences are given with four alternatives. Every sentence contains an idiom\/phrase. You are to select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of this idiom\/phrase for each of the questions.<\/p>\n<p>1. He has the gift of the gab.<\/p>\n<p>a) gifted<br \/>\nb) present of chattering<br \/>\nc) a chatterbox<br \/>\nd) a good conservationist<\/p>\n<p>2. Parental property has become a bone of contention between the two brothers.<\/p>\n<p>a) unifying factor<br \/>\nb) a firm view<br \/>\nc) something that causes a quarrel<br \/>\nd) none of these<\/p>\n<p>3. Once in a blue moon, we meet each other.<\/p>\n<p>a) frequently<br \/>\nb) hardly ever<br \/>\nc) very seldom indeed<br \/>\nd) in the light of a blue moon<\/p>\n<p>4. He has been jobless for several months, and it is his wife who keeps the pot boiling.<\/p>\n<p>a) avoid starvation<br \/>\nb) keep the fire burning<br \/>\nc) be angry<br \/>\nd) keep firing<\/p>\n<p>5. In the end he had to eat the humble pie.<\/p>\n<p>a) apologize humbly<br \/>\nb) adopt an aggressive attitude<br \/>\nc) defend oneself vigorously<br \/>\nd) none of these<\/p>\n<p>6. To be a good orator, you don\u2019t have to play to the galleries.<\/p>\n<p>a) offend audiences<br \/>\nb) appease select audience<br \/>\nc) to appeal to the lower taste<br \/>\nd) to go prepared to the hall<\/p>\n<p>7. The officer took him to task.<\/p>\n<p>a) rebuked him<br \/>\nb) praised him<br \/>\nc) promoted him<br \/>\nd) dismissed him<\/p>\n<p>Questions 8 \u2013 13<\/p>\n<p>In the following questions a word is followed by four alternative words. You are to select the alternative word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word.<\/p>\n<p>8. Gracious<\/p>\n<p>a) benign<br \/>\nb) churlish<br \/>\nc) clement<br \/>\nd) cautious<\/p>\n<p>9. Latent<\/p>\n<p>a) undeveloped<br \/>\nb) gay<br \/>\nc) convincing<br \/>\nd) conspicuous<\/p>\n<p>10. Impede<\/p>\n<p>a) fall away<br \/>\nb) filter<br \/>\nc) fester<br \/>\nd) facilitate<\/p>\n<p>11. Surreptitious<\/p>\n<p>a) mighty<br \/>\nb) overt<br \/>\nc) unplanned<br \/>\nd) plausible<\/p>\n<p>12. Congruity<\/p>\n<p>a) inconsistency<br \/>\nb) irregularity<br \/>\nc) disagreement<br \/>\nd) mismatch<\/p>\n<p>13. Macabre<\/p>\n<p>a) ugly<br \/>\nb) extravagant<br \/>\nc) lovely<br \/>\nd) unholy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. a good conversationist<br \/>\n2. something that causes a quarrel<br \/>\n3. very seldom indeed<br \/>\n4. avoid starvation<br \/>\n5. apologize humbly<br \/>\n6. to appeal to the lower taste<br \/>\n7. rebuked him<br \/>\n8. churlish<br \/>\n9. conspicuous<br \/>\n10. facilitate<br \/>\n11. overt<br \/>\n12. inconsistency<br \/>\n13. lovely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some practice study materials for students preparing for bank PO examinations. Model English Test 2 Questions 1 \u2013 7 In the following questions, sentences are given with four alternatives. 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