Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
30	31	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Back to Main Page

Multiple Choice Questions

Opposition leaders have criticized the government for failing to rein in rising fuel prices which ha...........

English Language and Interpesonal Skills (HCS) Idiom & Phrases

Directions: Identify the words that are similar in meaning to the phrase in bold. If none of option conveys the correct meaning, mark (E) as your answer. The options do not necessarily need to be grammatically correct.

Opposition leaders have criticized the government for failing to rein in rising fuel prices which have now turned into a political hot potato.

Interesting issue

Justified matter

Court case

Burning topic

None of these

छोटे Courses बड़े Results

Master Idiom & Phrases

Prepare through Micro-courses

Try Now

Explanation:

Correct Answer is (d).
A hot potato refers to any burning topic regarding which people are talking about and which is usually disputed. ‘Burning topic’ refers to something that is very much talked about in the present context. Other options are completely out of context in the given question.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Report error

Submit Error