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As we all know, Logical Reasoning is
an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL
Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc.
In order to help you practise and improve your reasoning ability, we provide you
this Logical Reasoning Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
Directions (Q.Nos. 1-5) In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase. Choose the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase, that is your answer.
1. To wrangle over an ass’s shadow
(a) To do something funny
(b) To quarrel over the
possession of an ass
(c) To waste time on
pretty things
(d) To quarrel over
trifles
2. To fly off the handle
(a) To dislocate
(b) To be indifferent
(c) To lose one’s temper
(d) To be airborne
3. To bring one’s eggs to a bad market
(a) To fail in one’s plans
because one goes to the wrong people for help
(b) To bring one’s
commodities to a market where there is no demand for them
(c) To show one’s talent
before audience which is incapable of appreciating them
(d) To face a humiliating
situation
4. To smell a rat
(a) To see hidden meaning
(b) To smell bad odour
(c) To misunderstand
(d) To suspect a trick or
deceit
5. To rise like a phoenix
(a) To resemble a
Phoenician
(b) To get up with a start
(c) To rise with a new
life
(d) To start afresh from a
low position
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Answers:
1(d) 2(c) 3(a) 4(d) 5(d)