NDA2019General AbilityEnglishActual
Choose the most appropriate meanings from among the options A dark horse
Options
- Aa black coloured horse
- Ba person who wins a race or competition although no one expected him to
- Ca person who keeps secrets
- Dan ignorant person
Correct answer
B. a person who wins a race or competition although no one expected him to
Step-by-step solution
A dark horse is someone or any candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds. The idiom can be used in the following sentence You never can tell, some dark horse many come along and win a House of Lords seat. Hence option 2 is the correct answer.