NDA (I) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 11 of 150

Correct — A, 'confident of success.' The idiom comes from 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch' — assuming or relying on success before it is certain — so being confident of success ahead of time is exactly what option (a) captures.

• (b)greedily accumulating wealth — The idiom is about premature confidence, not about hoarding money.
• (c)being careful about spending money — That describes thrift; 'counting your chickens' is about assuming success too early, not budgeting.
• (d)getting scared because of danger — There is no element of fear in the idiom — it warns against overconfidence.

'Counting your chickens' is short for the proverb 'don't count your chickens before they hatch' — a caution against being sure of success before it actually happens.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the meaning of 'don't count your chickens before they hatch'.

  • (a)save for the future
  • (b)don't assume success before it happens
  • (c)always work in a team
  • (d)count things carefully

  Answer(b) don't assume success before it happens — the same caution against premature confidence.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Choose the meaning of the idiom 'to jump the gun'.

  • (a)to act too soon
  • (b)to win a race
  • (c)to fire a weapon
  • (d)to give up

  Answer(a) to act too soon — like counting chickens, it warns against being premature.