Kerala PSC നടത്തിയ വിവിധ പരീക്ഷകളിലെ IDIOMS  എന്ന വിഭാഗത്തിലെ മുൻകാല ചോദ്യങ്ങളും ഉത്തരങ്ങളും വിശദീകരണവും ആണ് ചുവടെ നൽകിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.

1.      The idiom ‘swan song’ means :

a.     A musical performance

b.    The last public performance of an artist or athlete

c.     Song of a swan

d.     First public performance of an artist or athlete

 

2.    Write the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression ‘a big bug’.

a.     Monster

b.    A villain

c.     A saint

d.     A person of importance

 

3.    Choose the meaning of the given idiom ‘To pick holes’

a.     To find some reason to quarrel

b.    To destroy something

c.     To eat some part of an item

d.     To criticize someone

 

4.    Meaning of the idiom ‘Hear it on the grapevine’

a.     over hear

b.    hear from a distance

c.     hear from a nearby place

d.     spread rumours

 

5.     The idiom ‘hot under the collar’ means:

a.     Satisfied

b.    Angry

c.     Happy

d.     Confused

 

Answers & Explanation

1.      Ans : b. The last public performance of an artist or athlete

2.    Ans : d. A person of importance

3.    Ans : d.To criticize someone

4.    Ans : d.spread rumours

5.     Ans : b.Angry


  Swan song                              -        The last public performance of an                                             artist or athlete

            A big bug                                -        A person of importance

            To pick holes                          -        To criticize someone

            Hear it on the grapevine       -        spread rumours

            Hot under the collar              -        Angry