26. Which word is closer to the word Quagmire in meaning?
(a) Swamp
(b) Marred
(c) Sultry
(d) Questionable
Answer:
(a) Swamp
Explanation:
A quagmire is literally a soft, boggy area of land that yields underfoot, which is synonymous with a swamp (also used metaphorically for an awkward situation).
27. Cut and dried means:
(a) Manipulated
(b) Destroyed
(c) Completely decided
(d) Rough
Answer:
(c) Completely decided
Explanation:
The idiom “cut and dried” describes a situation or issue that is completely settled, resolved, or decided.
28. Which one of the following is the correct meaning of the underlined phrase in the following sentence:
She was <ins>all at sea</ins> over the questions they asked her during the interview.
(a) happy
(b) confident
(c) bewildered
(d) enraged
Answer:
(c) bewildered
Explanation:
The idiom “all at sea” means to be completely confused, disoriented, or bewildered.
29. If we …………. the 10.30 train, we’d arrive too early.
(a) caught
(b) catch
(c) catching
(d) catched
Answer:
(a) caught
Explanation:
This is a second conditional sentence, which pairs the simple past tense in the if-clause (“caught”) with “would + base verb” in the main clause.
30. Mary has three brothers, …………. are married.
(a) all of who
(b) all of whom
(c) all of those
(d) all of which
Answer:
(b) all of whom
Explanation:
“Whom” is the objective case relative pronoun used for people, functioning as the object of the preposition “of”.
