Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Nobody in the conference seemed to believe the cock and bull story about such a major movie star.
Option 1: Factual story.
Option 2: Wildly exaggerated or falsified story.
Option 3: Interesting story.
Option 4: Secretive story.
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Correct Answer: Wildly exaggerated or falsified story.
Solution : The correct option is the second option.
Explanation: Cock and bull story refers to a highly improbable, unbelievable, or fabricated tale that lacks credibility. In the context of the sentence, it suggests that the story about the major movie star was not believed by anyone at the conference because it seemed too far-fetched or fabricated to be true.
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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. The lecture by the French professor seemed Latin and Greek to the young students.
Option 1: Interesting
Option 2: Lucid
Option 3: Unbiased
Option 4: Incomprehensible
Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement required’.
It was too an interesting movie.
Option 1: so
Option 2: such
Option 3: enough
Option 4: No improvement required
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
When the war breaks out, all the war mongering social media activists become yellow bellies.
Option 1: Zealots
Option 2: Cowards
Option 3: Sceptics
Option 4: Upset stomachs
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. His comments cast a slur upon the integrity of his manager.
Option 1: redeemed
Option 2: praised
Option 3: improved
Option 4: damaged
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. The MD of the company let the cat out of the bag by telling her secretary, who got the much coveted promotion.
Option 1: Openly confess.
Option 2: Creating a false story.
Option 3: To allow a secret to be known, usually without intending to.
Option 4: Secretly confide.
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