Question : Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the sentence given below.
Richa was provoking her neighbours against her maid Shanta who spoke against her but none of them responded.
Option 1: Smelling a rat
Option 2: Egging on
Option 3: Carrying the conviction
Option 4: Rising like a phoenix
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Correct Answer: Egging on
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Egging on means to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea. In the sentence, Richa was encouraging her neighbours against her maid, which means she was egging on.
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Option 1: She ordered her maid to clean the utensils properly.
Option 2: She commanded her maid that kindly clean the utensils properly.
Option 3: She orders her maid to clean the utensils properly.
Option 4: She commands her maid that clean the utensils properly.
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Option 2: building of inside her
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Option 1: Burden
Option 2: Important event
Option 3: Wonder
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Option 1: pick holes
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