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English I · Quiz 1 · 27 Oct 2024 · September 2024 term

Question 27: Consider the following sentence:\ The new building has b…

Question 27

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Consider the following sentence:
The new building has become an expensive white elephant. In this sentence, what does the phrase ‘white elephant’ mean?

  1. A

    Something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose

  2. B

    Something that is quite different

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  • A

    Something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose

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Question 27 of 40 in the IIT Madras BS English I (English 1) Quiz 1 paper sat on 27 Oct 2024, in the September 2024 term (IIT M FOUNDATION AN EXAM QDF2 27 Oct 2024). It carries 1 mark.

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