1) The Prime Minister's casual remarks about the role of ethnicity in unemployment numbers has predictably put the cat among the pigeons on both sides of the political spectrum

A.Put the dog among horses

B.Put the cat among mice

C.Put the cat among pigeons

D.Put the pigeons among cat

E.No Correction Required

2) I decided that there was no why and where for, except my deplorable ignorance of the great facts that underlie our physical existence

A.Why and why fore

B.Why and wherefore

C.Wherefore and why

D.Why fore and why

E.No Correction Required

3) Now and Again, a breeze puffed in but it was more of an annoyance than a help, scattered papers and patience in a hot breath of sweat and exhaust.

A.Now and Once

B.Now and Forever

C.Again and Now

D.Now and then

E.No Correction Required

4) This work is a collection of lives of holy men who founded monasteries in the East and is worth its weight in gold historical sources

A.Worth its gravity gold

B.Worth one's weight in gold

C.Worth its weight in silver

D.Worth its gravity cold

E.No Correction Required

5) If you are the suger of the earth, law abiding guy, like everyone says, Jeffery Byrne was or is, why don't you just turn it into the closest police station?

A.The salt of the earth

B.The sugar of the mill

C.The salt of the mill

D.The salt of the water

E.No Correction Required

Answers :

1) Answer: C

'Put the cat among pigeons' is the right phrase which means 'to be placed in the wrong situation. This makes all the other options incorrect.

2) Answer: B

'Why and wherefore' is the right phrase which means the 'Main cause or reason'. Other phrasals verbs are not correct and also do not have any meaning.

3) Answer: E

'Now and Again' means from time to time; occasionally

Option (D) 'Now and then' which have the same meaning and can be used in place of 'Now and Again' but 'Now and again' is not wrong here. That's why no correction is needed.

'Now and once’ has no sense or meaning

'Now and Forever' means for now and all the time in the future. It doesn’t match the context of the sentence. So, this option is also wrong.

'Again and now' is an incorrect Phrasal verb

4) Answer: B

‘Worth one's weight in gold is the right phrasal verb which means very useful, valuable or important. And the other phrasal verbs don’t make any sense or meaning

5) Answer: A

The right Phrase is the 'the salt of the earth' which means a very good and honest person. The other Phrasal verbs do not have any sense or meaning.