Question

Instructions for question. Match the items in column I with those in column II. Choose the correct answer combination given below.

• A. 1-7, 2-6, 3-8, 4-5
• B. 1-7, 2-5, 3-8, 4-6
• C. 1-8, 2-6, 3-5, 4-7
• D. 1-5, 2-7, 3-6, 4-8

Hint:

These are all fixed English idioms; recall each complete phrase rather than guessing the meaning.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Instead of recalling all four idioms first, you can work backward from the answer choices and test just one pair at a time to save effort.

1. Option A (1-7, 2-6, 3-8, 4-5): this pairs "As bitter as" with "an eel," but bitterness is a taste, and an eel is about being slippery, not bitter. This pair is wrong, so option A is out.
2. Option B (1-7, 2-5, 3-8, 4-6): check "As deaf as a post," a well known idiom for someone who will not listen. Check "As bitter as gall," gall is literally a bitter fluid, so this fits too. "As unpredictable as the weather" and "As slippery as an eel" also read naturally. All four hold up.
3. Option C (1-8, 2-6, 3-5, 4-7): this pairs "As deaf as" with "the weather," which is not an idiom anyone uses, so option C is out.
4. Option D (1-5, 2-7, 3-6, 4-8): this pairs "As deaf as" with "gall," again not a real idiom, so option D is out.

Only option B survives every check, and each of its four pairs is a genuine, commonly used English idiom.

Let's summarize:

• as deaf as a post (1-7)
• as bitter as gall (2-5)
• as unpredictable as the weather (3-8)
• as slippery as an eel (4-6)

So option 2 is the answer.