Question
Directions : In the following question, three
statements are given with an idiom highlighted in bold. You have to select the answer choice that has the combination of statements in which the idiom or phrase has been correctly used. Â I. To much of the global community, the events of September 2001 came like a bolt out of the blue . II. Air pollution cuts the mustard , reducing the capacity to earn a living when alive. III. The current trend might just be the calm before the storm while new powers rise up to become strong enough to eventually challenge the existing world order.Solution
A bolt from (or out of) the blue - A sudden and unexpected event. Cut the mustard - Come up to expectations; reach the required standard. This idiom does not fit in the context of the second sentence, which talks about the ill effects of air pollution. The lull (or calm) before the storm - A period of unusual tranquillity or stability that seems likely to presage difficult times. Only the first and third sentences use the idioms correctly. Option C is the right answer.
Find which one of the given words can be made from the letters of the given word.
‘ REPLENISHMENT ’
...In the following question, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word.
FRAGRANCE
Statements: U > H < Y > S = B ≥ Z > F ≥ Q
Conclusion
I: Z < Y
II: B > Q
Find which one of the given words cannot be made from the letters of the given word ‘ MATHEMATICS ’.
Read the directions carefully and answer the following question.
How many such pairs of digits are there in the number ' 5937241 ', each of which ...If it is possible to make a four letter meaningful word from 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th letters of the word ‘ R...
Select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word, using the letters of the given word only once.
RECONSTITUTION
Which of the following combination of number has the maximum digits remaining in the same position when the digits in each number are arranged in ascend...
Find which one of the given words cannot be made from the letters of the given word.
‘ PUNISHMENT’
...Which among the following words cannot be formed using the letters of the given word only once?
CONFIRMATION
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