MCQ
Hindi Idioms and Proverbs MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 9 Hindi Idioms and Proverbs questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1A Class IV teacher writes the sentence यह बच्चा अपनी माँ की आँखों का तारा है on the board. Which figurative meaning of the idiom आँखों का तारा should the teacher elicit from the children?
The idiom आँखों का तारा is figurative and means a person who is extremely dear and beloved. In the example sentence the child is the most loved one for the mother. Primary teachers help children move from the literal picture of an eye and a star to the figurative meaning of deep affection.
Q2What is the central meaning of the well-known Hindi proverb अब पछताए होत क्या जब चिड़िया चुग गई खेत as taught in primary Hindi readers?
This proverb teaches that regret has no use after the right moment for action has passed. The image is of a bird that has already eaten the standing grain; now the farmer's regret cannot bring it back. Primary teachers use it to remind children to act on time, whether for homework, packing the school bag or revising lessons.
Q3Read the following two statements about distinguishing literal and figurative meaning in primary Hindi classes. Statement A: The literal meaning of a word group is the dictionary sense of each word, added together. Statement B: An idiom keeps the same fixed figurative meaning even though its literal words may sound very different from that meaning. Which option is correct?
Statement A is a clear definition of literal meaning, where each word keeps its dictionary sense. Statement B accurately describes idioms, which carry a fixed figurative meaning even when the words look unrelated to that meaning. Both statements are correct, so the right option is the one that accepts both.
Q4Match the Hindi idioms in List I with their figurative meanings in List II as taught at the primary level. List I: a) आँखों का तारा b) हाथ-पैर मारना c) पेट में चूहे कूदना d) कान भरना. List II: 1) to feel very hungry 2) to instigate someone against another by complaints 3) one who is very dear 4) to make hard efforts to achieve something.
आँखों का तारा means a person who is very dear, like the apple of one's eye. हाथ-पैर मारना means to make hard efforts. पेट में चूहे कूदना is a vivid way to say one is very hungry. कान भरना means to instigate someone against another through complaints. So the right pairing is a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2.
Q5Consider the following four Hindi expressions used at the primary level. 1) नाक में दम करना 2) सूरज पूर्व से उगता है 3) आँखों का तारा 4) हाथ-पैर मारना. How many of these are figurative idioms (मुहावरे) and not simple literal sentences?
Items 1, 3 and 4 are figurative idioms with a meaning beyond the literal words: harassing repeatedly, very dear, and making hard efforts. Item 2 is a simple literal sentence about the sun rising in the east; it has no fixed figurative meaning beyond its words. So three of the four expressions are idioms.
You've seen 5 of 9 sample questions
Unlimited practice on Hindi Idioms and Proverbs comes with the RAS Test Series + Practice pack or Gate Pass.
More questions
6A primary teacher plans a four-step lesson for introducing one new Hindi idiom to Class V children. The steps are listed in random order: i) Pose the idiom inside a short story or picture context. ii) Show the literal words and the surface image. iii) Discuss the figurative meaning with examples from school and home life. iv) Ask children to use the idiom in their own simple sentence. Which arrangement is the most appropriate teaching sequence?
7Consider the following statements about Hindi idioms (मुहावरे) at the primary level. 1) An idiom is a fixed phrase whose figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning of its words. 2) An idiom is always understood word by word in its literal sense. 3) नाक में दम करना and आँखों का तारा are examples of common Hindi idioms with figurative meanings. Which combination is correct?
8What is the figurative meaning of the well-known Hindi idiom नाक में दम करना as taught in primary Hindi readers?
9What is the figurative meaning of the well-known Hindi idiom हाथ-पैर मारना as used in primary Hindi readers?