IBPS English Test Paper

 IBPS English Language model test paper - 10

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions, a proverb has been given. Choose the correct alternative which expresses the meaning of the idiomatic expression. 

 1) To take with a grain of salt. 

a. To take it lightly
b. To take with some reservation
c. Not to belief anyone
d. To take it on heart

 Ans: b 

2) To talk through one’s hat

a. To talk nonsense
b. To talk sensibly
c. To talk privately
d. To talk against someone

Ans: a
 

3) To be rolling money

a. Under debt
b. Going through financial loss
c. To give wrong advice
d. Very rich

Ans: d
 

4) To give up the ghost

a. To die
b. To have a bad dream
c. Encounter with a ghost
d. An impractical thinking 

Ans: a

5) To wash one’s dirty linen in public

a. To talk nonsense in front of public
b. to act in a childish way
c. To discuss dirty and scandalous matters in public
d. To face humiliation in front of strangers

Ans: c