Choose the idiom/idioms that mean:

An easy task

A. Great hand

B. Hobson's choice

C. Child's play

D. A piece of cake

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Read the given sentences carefully. Choose the options that demonstrate correct usage of the underlined idioms:-

(A) The global economy has been in the doldrums ever since armed conflicts began on multiple fronts.

(B) Being up with the lark always leaves me in a foul mood as I am a morning person.

(C) Accessibility to artificial intelligence and large language models has led to the unfortunate practice of students copying lock, stock and barrel from them, rather than doing their own research.

(D) Bureaucrats and politicians who indulge in unethical practices such as corruption do justice to their positions.

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Match the idioms in List-I with their meanings given in List-II

List-I		List-II
A.	At daggers drawn	I.	To go through a dangerous experience
B.	Die is cast	II.	In a state of bitter enmity
C.	Dead as a dodo	III.	An irrevocable step has been taken
D.	To run the gauntlet	IV.	Obsolete

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From the given options, choose the one that rightly explains the following idiom :

to call a spade a spade

(A) to speak rudely

(B) to speak directly

(C) to speak diplomatically

(D) to speak frankly

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From the given options, select the word which correctly explains the expression:

To be a white elephant

(1) Very huge item

(2) Fair investment

(3) Expensive and useless possession

(4) Waste material

Fill in the blanks in the sentences in List-I with the phrases in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Phrases)
(A) There was a ______ as the children fetched their colours.	(I) a flicker of emotion
(B) The company's figures are beginning to offer a______ for the future.	(II) touch of sadness
(C) I didn't detect even a ______ in his cold eyes.	(III) glimmer of hope
(D) There was a ______ in her voice as she told us the tragic news.	(IV) flurry of activity

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Fill in the blank with the correct option to complete the simile:

As brittle as _______