Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Being an ardent professional, the lawyer always kept his clients at an arm’s length.
Option 1: Away from each other.
Option 2: At a distance.
Option 3: Under wraps.
Option 4: Alert and prepared.
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Correct Answer: At a distance.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
In the context of the sentence "Being an ardent professional, the lawyer always kept his clients at an arm’s length which means to maintain a professional distance or detachment from some person.
The meanings of the other idioms are as follows:
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Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. APJ Abdul Kalam’s house, located on Mosque Street, was within the reach of the famous temple of Rameswaram. It was just________from it.
Option 1: a stone’s throw away
Option 2: at one’s fingertip
Option 3: at arm’s length
Option 4: from pillar to post
Question : Select the correct idiom to replace the underlined segment in the given sentence. Harry always speaks his eye but he is not always very diplomatic!
Option 1: speaks his tongue
Option 2: reads his heart
Option 3: speaks his mind
Option 4: listens his ear
Question : Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
The Dutta company has not being making new school bags since the lockdown commenced.
Option 1: since
Option 2: has not
Option 3: being
Option 4: commenced
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Information technology has developed by leaps and bounds.
Option 1: at a rapid pace
Option 2: very gradually
Option 3: through unfair means
Option 4: in far off places
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. The threat of the pandemic is not just a cry in the wilderness.
Option 1: mourning for the loss
Option 2: spreading rumours
Option 3: an unheeded warning
Option 4: tears of sorrow
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