Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternatives. Choose the one which best expresses its meaning : To blow hot and cold -

Which of the following statements are true regarding cold and hot deserts: (a) Hot deserts have high temperature while cold deserts have low temperature. (b) hot deserts are battered by sun and are sandy. Cold deserts have ice and snow covered ground. (c) Hot deserts are red or orange while cold deserts are gray. (d) Hot and cold deserts experience a significant seasonal effect.

A

(a) and (b)

B

(a), (b) and (c)

C

(a) and (c)

D

(a), (b), (c) and (d)

Choose the one which best expresses its meaning. To blow hot and cold

A

Changing weather

B

To be untrustworthy

C

To be inconsistent

D

To be rich and poor frequently

Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.
The Amazon basin has been continuously inhabited for at least 10, 000 years, possibly more. Its earliest inhabitants were stone-age peoples, living in hundreds of far-flung tribes, some tiny, others numbering in the tens of thousands. It was from the west that Europeans explorers first arrived. In 1541 a Spanish expedition from Quito, led by Gonzalo Pizarro, ran short of supplies while exploring east of the Andes in what is today Peru. Pizarros cousin Francisco de Orellana offered to take 60 men along with the boats from the expedition and forage for supplies. De Orellana floated down the Rio Napo to its confluence with the Amazon, near Iquitos (Peru), and then to the mouth of the Amazon. Along the way his expedition suffered numerous attacks by Indians; some of the Indian warriors, they reported, were female, like the Amazons of Greek mythology, and thus the worlds greatest river got its name. No one made a serious effort to claim this sweaty territory, however, until the Portuguese built a fort near the mouth of the river at Belém in 1616, and sent Pedro Teixeira up the river to Quito and back between 1637 and 1639. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Portuguese bandeirantes (groups of roaming adventurers) penetrated ever further into the rain forest in pursuit of gold and Indian slaves, exploring as far as present-day Rondônia, and the Guaporé and Madeira river valleys. Amazonian Indians had long used the sap from rubber trees to make waterproof bags and other items. European explorers recognized the potential value of natural latex, but were unable to market it because it tended to grow soft in the heat, or brittle in the cold, and thus had limited appeal outside the rain forest. However, in 1842 American Charles Goodyear developed vulcanization (made natural rubber durable) and in 1890 Irelands John Dunlop patented pneumatic rubber tires. Soon there was an unquenchable demand for rubber in the recently industrialized USA and Europe, and the price of rubber on international markets soared. As profits skyrocketed, so did exploitation of the seringueiros, or rubber tappers, who were lured into the Amazon, mostly from the drought-stricken northeast, by the promise of prosperity only to be locked into a cruel system of virtual slavery dominated by seringalistas (owners of rubber-bearing forests). Rigged scales, hired guns, widespread illiteracy among the rubber tappers, and monopoly of sales and purchases all combined to perpetuate the workers debt and misery. In addition, seringueiros had to contend with jungle fevers, Indian attacks and all manner of deprivation.
Where did De Orellano float down to for its confluence with the Amazon?

A

Belem

B

Quito

C

Rio Napo

D

Peru

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/proverb. To blow hot and cold----

A

Changing weather

B

To be untrustworthy

C

To be inconsistent

D

To be rich and poor frequently

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given IDIOM : To blow hot and cold

A

Changing weather

B

To be untrustworth

C

To be inconsistent

D

To be rich and poor frequently

Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternative meaning. choose the one which best expresses its meaning : To smell a rat

A

To detect bad smell

B

To misunderstand

C

To suspect a trick or deceit

D

To see hidden meaning

Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternative meaning. choose the one which best expresses its meaning : To take a leap in the dark

A

To take risk

B

To hazard one self

C

To do a task secretly

D

To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result

Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternative meaning. choose the one which best expresses its meaning : By the rule of thumb

A

By the use of force

B

By practical experience which is rather rough

C

By cheating and deception

D

By the use of trickery

Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternative meaning. choose the one which best expresses its meaning : Birds eye view

A

To view something closely

B

To view suspiciously

C

To view in general from above

D

To look from a different angle

Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternative meaning. choose the one which best expresses its meaning : Live in a fool's paradise

A

Paradise of Idiot

B

To have happy dreams

C

To live in the past

D

To live in illusions

Each of the following idioms is followed by some alternatives. Choose the one which best expresses its meaning : To blow hot and cold -

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