Phrase and Idioms(MBA-Language)

MBM Admission Test-2010 (14th Batch)

Find out the option, which expresses the meaning of the phrase/idiom appropriately: Sohan kicked up a row on my statement.

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raised a controversy
Picked fault
favoured
supported

Evening MBA-DU(19th Batch)

Find out the correct meaning of the phrase, ‘In a nutshell’.

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Likely
In brief
In unfulfilment
In fulfillment
In a fix

MBM Admission Test 2012 (16th Batch)

Choose the meaning that best substitutes the following phrases. "To see red"

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To find fault with
To be very angry
To criticize others
To victimize someone

MBM Admission Test 2011 (15th Batch)

Choose the word that best substitutes the following phrases. To scale up

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To kill
to measure
to die for
to deepen

MBM Admission Test-2010 (14th Batch)

Find out the option, which expresses the meaning of the phrase/idiom appropriately. The two boys raised storm in a cup of tea yesterday.

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burry the hatchet
movement
Quarrel over a petty thing
performed a difficult task

MBM Admission Test-2010 (14th Batch)

Find out the option, which expresses the meaning of the phrase/idiom appropriately. You have to give your statement in black and white.

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appearance
verbal
Written
evidence

MBM Admission Test 2011 (15th Batch)

Choose the word that best substitutes the following phrases. Have a go

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take a walk
Go on leave
make an attempt
ride for happiness

Evening MBA-DU(19th Batch)

Find the closest meaning of the word ‘by and large':

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Everywhere
Far away
Very far away
Very large
Mostly

MBM Admission Test 2012 (16th Batch)

Read the following passage carefully and select the best answers using the text. Until recently, growth hormone could only be obtained from the pituitary glands of dead people. This substance is used to treat children who did not produce enough of their growth hormone and who would, therefore grow up as dwarfs. The natural product was taken off the market after it was linked to a brain disease which attacked some of the children undergoing treatment with it. But now, a new synthetic growth hormone has been developed which, it is claimed, has no dangerous side effects. The new drug is called “Somatrem” and can be produced in unlimited quantities. For children, who are deficient in their own growth hormone, Somatrem is an important medical advance. The problem is that the drug may be abused by people who are not medically in need of its benefits. For example, Athletes may take the drug in the belief that it will improve their physicque and physical performance. Parents may want to obtain the drug for their children who are only marginally under average height. For such reasons, experts are recommending that registers be kept of Somatrem recipients. The implications of the use of Somatrem must be thoroughly understood before widespread distribution of the drug is undertaken. One might expect that Somatrem will be

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forgotten soon
taken off the market
In short supply
in demand

MBM Admission Test-2010 (14th Batch)

Find out the option, which expresses the meaning of the phrase/idiom appropriately. Sri Lanka team proved underdog in the world cup.

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Reluctant
inactive
weak
powerful

MBM Admission Test 2012 (16th Batch)

Choose the meaning that best substitutes the following phrases. "Have a go"

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take a walk
make an attempt
Go on leave
ride for happiness

Evening MBA-DU(26th Batch)

Find out the best replacement- Bangladesh has maintained a stable growth rate over the last few years

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equilibrium rate of growth.
flexible growth rate
growing growth rate
constant growth rate
stringent growth rate

MBM Admission Test-2010 (14th Batch)

Find out the option, which expresses the meaning of the phrase/idiom appropriately. I cannot believe him as he makes much.

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speak loudly
Speak high
vociferous
tell a lie

MBM Admission Test 2011 (15th Batch)

Choose the word that best substitutes the following phrases. To chew the end

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To cut the end
to be annoyed
to think deeply
start something new

MBM Admission Test 2012 (16th Batch)

Choose the meaning that best substitutes the following phrases. "A green horn"

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A soft hearted man
An envious lady
A trainee
An inexperienced man

MBM Admission Test 2012 (16th Batch)

Choose the meaning that best substitutes the following phrases. "To pull strings"

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To exert hidden influence
To tease someone
To start something
To speed up

MBM Admission Test 2011 (15th Batch)

Choose the word that best substitutes the following phrases. Fall flat

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lose confidence
To fall in love
fail to win appreciation
lose consciousness

MBM Admission Test 2011 (15th Batch)

Choose the word that best substitutes the following phrases. Within a stone’s throw

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Very far-off
within a certain radius
within a definite circumference
at a short distance

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