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

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.

I just went to Bali on a backpacking trip and did everything by the ear without any itinerary.

Option 1: by spreading rumours

Option 2: by improvisation

Option 3: while criticising

Option 4: by asking

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 news of a leopard in the city spread like wildfire.

Option 1: caused damage

Option 2: caused fear

Option 3: spread slowly

Option 4: spread rapidly

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

After the government interventions, the enrolment and retention of female students have increased by leaps and bounds.

Option 1: Systematically

Option 2: Swiftly

Option 3: Intermittently

Option 4: Gradually

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