421. To bear the palm
A. To win
B. To accept a challenge
C. To accept defeat
D. To endure something
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Idioms And Phrases MCQs
422. The boy turned a deaf ear to the pleadings of all his well-wishers.
A. listened carefully
B. was deadly opposed
C. posed indifference
D. did not pay any attention
✅ The correct answer is option D.
423. In life, we have to take the rough with the smooth.
A. be tough in order to be successful
B. use pleasant words to make things smooth
C. accept unpleasant as well as pleasant things
D. make unpleasant things better
✅ The correct answer is option C.
424. Inspite of the efforts of all peace loving people, world peace is still a far cry.
A. an abstract ideal
B. a long way off
C. an impracticable idea
D. out of reach
✅ The correct answer is option B.
425. In every thing that he does he has an eye to the main chance.
A. he organises it well
B. he evinces interest only in being things
C. he does not leave things to chance
D. his object is to make money
✅ The correct answer is option D.
426. I have been betrayed by my own flesh and blood.
A. relatives
B. friends
C. children
D. acquaintances
✅ The correct answer is option C.
427. To throw down the glove
A. To resort to wrong tactics
B. To give a challenge
C. To accept defeat
D. To reject the prize
✅ The correct answer is option B.
428. You cannot throw dust into my eyes.
A. hurt me
B. abuse me
C. terrify me
D. cheat me
✅ The correct answer is option D.
429. To be at one’s finger’s ends
A. To be hopeless
B. To be highly perplexed
C. To be completely conversant with
D. To count things
✅ The correct answer is option C.
430. In his youth, he was practically rolling in money
A. Spending more than his income
B. Borrowing money liberally
C. Very rich
D. Wasting a lot of money
✅ The correct answer is option C.