Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Hard nut to crack.
Option 1: A problem difficult to solve
Option 2: To leave an effect
Option 3: A situation that can be altered
Option 4: To bid farewell
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Correct Answer: A problem difficult to solve
Solution : The most appropriate choice is the first option, i.e., A problem difficult to solve.
The idiom hard but to crack means a problem which is difficult to solve.
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Back against the wall.
Option 1: Be in an easy situation from where escape is difficult.
Option 2: Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult.
Option 3: Be in a relationship which one wants to escape.
Option 4: Be in a difficult situation from where escape is easy.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom. It was a Catch 22 situation for the manager.
Option 1: Worthy successor to the throne
Option 2: A difficult situation in which the solution to a problem is impossible
Option 3: Hailed as the ultimate champion
Option 4: A positive outcome in a tough situation
Get into a scrape
Option 1: Creating a problem
Option 2: Solving a problem
Option 3: Explaining a problem
Option 4: Involved in a problem
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The first-year students are bidding farewell to their seniors.
Option 1: Farewell is to be bid to their seniors by the first-year students.
Option 2: Farewell was being bid to their seniors by the first-year students.
Option 3: Farewell is being bid to their seniors by the first-year students.
Option 4: Their seniors is being bid farewell by the first-year students.
Question : Select the appropriate idiom to fill in the blank.
The police have not yet been able to solve the case; it seems to be ____________.
Option 1: in a nutshell
Option 2: turning over a new leaf
Option 3: a hard nut to crack
Option 4: in a pink
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