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CUET English 2022 PYQs20 July Shift 1. Free, no login required.

Vocabulary

past year questions, CUET English 2022 20 July Shift 1

Idioms

past year questions, Vocabulary, CUET English 2022 20 July Shift 1

Medium

From the given options, choose the correct meaning of the idiom given in bold in the sentence :

His promotion is on the cards.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

'On the cards' means likely to happen or expected in the near future. Among the options, 'due' best captures the sense of something being expected/forthcoming.

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List - IList - II
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Match the underlined and highlighted segments in List-I with the corresponding idioms in List-II:

List-IList-II
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Choose the correct idiom to complete the following sentence given below:

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C. his hands in his pockets

D. made a mountain out of a molehill

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