{"id":4150,"date":"2020-06-29T10:54:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T10:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4150"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:10","slug":"their-attempt-to-get-back-the-stolen-necklace-becomes-a-wild-goose-chase","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/their-attempt-to-get-back-the-stolen-necklace-becomes-a-wild-goose-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Wild Goose Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>wild goose chase<\/strong> mean?<br>Their attempt to get back the stolen necklace became a <strong>wild goose chase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>timely action<\/li>\n<li>useless search<\/li>\n<li>delayed action<\/li>\n<li>wise decision<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3142],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-4150","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-search-and-effort","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>useless search<\/strong> is correct because <strong>wild goose chase<\/strong> means a useless or hopeless search for something difficult or impossible to find.<\/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>Looking for the lost key in the wrong building was a wild goose chase.<\/em> <em>The false clue sent the detectives on a wild goose chase.<\/em><\/p><p>The sentence describes an unsuccessful search, not a useful, timely, or wise action.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"timely action"},{"right":"yes","answer":"useless search"},{"right":"no","answer":"delayed action"},{"right":"no","answer":"wise decision"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3142,"title":"Search and Effort","slug":"search-and-effort"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4150","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4150"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4150"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}