1. I cannot get along with a man who plays fast and loose
a) behaves in an unreliable and insincere way
b) has a loose tongue
c) lives a life of ease and luxury
d) does not know how to behave himself
Explanation: plays fast and loose: to behave in a careless manner.
2.There is no love lost between two neighbours.
a) close friendship
b) cool indifference
c) intense dislike
d) a love hate relationship
Explanation: no love lost: dislike, ill will, hate.
3. The question of abolition of private property is still a moot point.
a) undecided
b) uncertain
c) unknown
d) not clear
Explanation:a moot point: an issue open to argument; also, an irrelevant question, a matter of no importance.
4. This regular absenteeism is a bad business since on work is being completed.
a) Bad for business
b) Non-business like
c) An unfortunate event
d) Creating ill-will
Explanation: bad business: irresponsible business.
5. When he tells stories about himself, he is inclined to draw the longbow.
a) understate
b) get emotional
c) exaggerate
d) get excited
Explanation:draw the longbow: to exaggerate in telling stories; overstate something.
6. The dacoit murdered the man in cold blood.
a) coldly
b) boldly
c) ruthlessly
d) deliberately
Explanation: in cold blood: without feeling or mercy.
7.He has built a big business empire by his sharp practices
a) extreme hard work
b) keen business skills
c) dishonest dealings
d) sharp intelligence
Explanation: sharp practices: dishonest or barely honest dealings.
8. The secretary and the treasurer are hand in glove with each other.
a) very good friends
b) constantly fighting
c) associates in some action
d) suspicious of each other
Explanation:hand in glove: working together, often to do something dishonest.
9.He never liked the idea of keeping his wife under his thumb and so he let her do what she liked.
a) Pressed down
b) Unduly under control
c) Below his thumb
d) Under tyrannical conditions.
Explanation: under his thumb: completely under someone's influence or control.
10. It is time that professors came down from their ivory towers and studied the real needs of the students
a) Detachment and seclusion
b) A tower made of ivory
c) Prison
d) Dream lands
Explanation: ivory towers: a state of privileged seclusion or separation from the facts and practicalities of the real world.