JAMB English Language 2019 Objective — Question 24

Question 24 of 60 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) English Language 2019 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Since the students were not trained to operate a tractor, the one bought for them by the federal government turned out to be a white elephant.

A. quickly broke down
B. had to be made automatic
C. ran the students into debt
D. was quite uselessCorrect

Explanation

A 'white elephant' idiomatically refers to a costly possession that turns out to be useless or more trouble than it is worth — exactly the sense of the tractor no one was trained to operate — rather than something that merely broke down or caused debt.

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