{"id":1307,"date":"2017-08-30T03:46:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T21:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-the-meaning-of-white-elephant\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:15","slug":"what-is-the-meaning-of-white-elephant","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-the-meaning-of-white-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of White Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom or phrase <strong>white elephant<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>a black marketer<\/li>\n<li>a hoarder<\/li>\n<li>a very costly or troublesome possession<\/li>\n<li>an elephant of white color<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3196],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-1307","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-burden-and-cost","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>a very costly or troublesome possession<\/strong> is correct because <strong>white elephant<\/strong> means a possession that is expensive, burdensome, or difficult to maintain.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>The huge unused stadium became a white elephant for the city.<\/em> <em>That old mansion is a white elephant because repairs cost too much.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom is figurative; it does not refer to the color of an animal.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"a black marketer"},{"right":"no","answer":"a hoarder"},{"right":"yes","answer":"a very costly or troublesome possession"},{"right":"no","answer":"an elephant of white color"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3196,"title":"Burden and Cost","slug":"burden-and-cost"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1307"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}