Scoring 10 runs in 16 balls was a cake walk for the batsman. In each of the questions given below, a/an idiom/phrase is given in underline which is then followed by four options which then try to decipher its meaning as used in the sentence. Choose the option which gives the meaning of the idiom/phrase most appropriately in context of the given sentence.

Question

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The correct option is (D): Defiency.

Answer

<div>Plentiful</div>

Answer

<div>Scarcity</div>

Answer

<div>Dearth</div>

Answer

<div>Defiency</div>

List-I		List-II
(A)	Alibi	(I)	This for that
(B)	Ex parte	(II)	Other
(C)	Lex loci	(III)	The law of the place
(D)	Quid pro quo	(IV)	From one side only

List-I (Idiom)	List-II (Meaning)
(A) To cool one’s heels	(I) with great difficulty
(B) To bury the hatchet	(IV) to forget the enmity
(C) By the skin of his teeth	(I) with great difficulty
(D) To meet one’s Waterloo	(II) one’s final defeat

List-I (Idioms)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) blow the gaff	(I) feel unable to deal with something
(B) at the end of your tether	(II) feel terribly ashamed and embarrassed
(C) be full of beans	(III) divulge a secret
(D) want to curl up and die	(IV) be full of energy

List-I		List-II
(A)	Win hands down	(I)	To run away
(B)	Learn the hard way	(II)	Conquer easily
(C)	To feel blue	(III)	Learn from bad experiences
(D)	Take to one's heel	(IV)	Miserable

The Correct Option is D

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