FMS Quiz
This quiz was based on a few vocab questions asked by FMS last year.All the entrance exams post CAT are vocab centric and hence a student preparing for these has to work on vocab.
As we go ahead in our quizzes I would be emphasizing on exam specific vocab based questions.A very high possibility that these questions could be difficult but then this is all part of the entrance exam game :).
So don't loose hope and prepare even harder.
All the best !!!!
Answers
This quiz was based on a few phrases tested in FMS in 2009.
- The lawyer assured the client that the opposing party’s arguments will carry no weight at all, and will get easily demolished.This sentence is an example of the meaning of the idiom the walls of Jericho;can you guess the meaning of this idiom? [the bible says the holy city of Jericho was a fortified city. But there is no trace of such wall from the land. This phrase means something that will prove to be false with further argument or debate like the walls of Jericho.] : 2
- Though Surekha was a beautiful woman she did not attract men because she was keen on books and learning.This sentence is an example of the meaning of the idiom blue stockings.Can you guess the meaning of the idiom?[women with strong literary interest (after the blue stocking society a nickname for predominantly female literary club in the 18th century)] : 1
- The manager gave vent to his rage when he heard that none of the sales targets that he had set were achieved by his team.This sentence is an example of the meaning of the idiom air turn blue.Can you guess the meaning of the idiom? [get annoyed] : 2
- Ramesh always got into trouble and it was Stuti’s job to bail him out every time.This sentence is an example of the meaning of the idiom pulled the chestnuts out of fire.Can you guess the meaning of the idiom? [to help someone in trouble]:2
- Rohan could not believe that Reena had cheated him, so innocent was her demeanour.This sentence is an example of the meaning of the idiom whited sepulchre.Can you guess the meaning of the idiom? [ a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous]:2
- brown study
- champagne socialist
- cleaning the augean stables
- the black hole of Calcutta
- grey emminence
- grey dollar
- black country
- yellow journalism
- green party
- green fingers
- purple prose
Dear Mam,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the list of phrases. Request you to pls help me with the meaning of "grey Dollar" & "Black country"..Thanks.
Dear Harit,
ReplyDeleteHere are the meanings of the two phrases :
grey dollar : the money which all old people as a group have available to spend
black country : the industrial area in the west Midlands of England
DEAR MA'AM,
ReplyDeleteTHANKS FOR A LIST OF PHRASES..WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "PURPLE PROSE" AND "CLEANING THE AUGEAN STABLES"
Purple prose means a piece of writing that sounds harsh or complicated because the writer may have tried too hard to make the style interesting
ReplyDeleteCleaning the Augean stables is derived from Greek mythology and means : a place occupied with great filth or corruption
mam,
ReplyDeletethanx for giving the paper pattern of other exams(FMS,SNAP ETC.) in ur site.
hey mam could yopu plz help me out more with the G.K part of SNAP...as to hw do i go abt nd start wid wat??thnx
ReplyDeleteThanx Madam ,
ReplyDeleteCan u plz tell me from were i should prepare for phrases
Again thanx for the list of phrases. i am very serious adout FMS exam. Can u tell me which book i must go through specially for English.
Can u tell me what i must write as a answer to que given by FMS. Que is "Discuss your careeer goal and stat in adout 150 word how being at FMS can help to achieve these.
thanx a lot ma'am.i wish to know d meaning of all the practice idioms.from where would i b ale 2 learn more of these idioms??
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