Foreign Phrases General Knowledge MCQs - 9

Foreign Phrases General Knowledge MCQs - 9

1. Faux Pas means
(a) A line person
(b) Luck
(c) Wisdom
(d) False and incorrect step ✓

2. Mean employed by legislative assembly to delay or prevent action or measure to which they are opposed is called
(a) Filibustering ✓
(b) Amicus Curiae
(c) Ai-Valorem
(d) Fouse Fas

3. An agreement building in honour but not enforceable is called
(a) Void agreement
(b) Legal agreement
(c) Gentleman’s agreement ✓
(d) Enforceable agreement

4. A policy toward a nation by increasing diplomatic, commercial and cultural contact with an intention of reducing tension is called
(a) Tate-atete
(b) Detente ✓
(c) Dine Die
(d) Ex-post facto

5. A term first used in France for inhabitants holding position between peasants and land owning nobility and later for middle class is known as
(a) Amicus curiae
(b) Ad-interim
(c) Bourgeoisie ✓
(d) Sine Cura

6. Small state between two larger ones regarding as reducing friction is known as
(a) Amicus State
(b) Buffer state ✓
(c) Alumni State
(d) Sine die state

7. A term used for hanging or other types of execution in punishment of presumed criminal offences carried out by a self appointed commission or mob without the processof law is called
(a) Bantion
(b) Lynching ✓
(c) Adverses
(d) Aver

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