{"id":4154,"date":"2020-06-29T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T11:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4154"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:10","slug":"his-recent-statement-is-an-about-turn","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/his-recent-statement-is-an-about-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of an About-Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>an about-turn<\/strong> mean?<br>His recent statement is <strong>an about-turn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>complete change of opinion<\/li>\n<li>a declaration of war<\/li>\n<li>good announcement<\/li>\n<li>a bold statement<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3138],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894,1896,1895],"class_list":["post-4154","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-change-of-opinion","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8","education_level-hsc","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>complete change of opinion<\/strong> is correct because <strong>an about-turn<\/strong> means a complete change in opinion, plan, or direction.<\/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 mayor made an about-turn on the tax plan after public criticism.<\/em> <em>His apology was an about-turn from his earlier refusal.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase describes a reversal, not the strength or quality of the statement.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"complete change of opinion"},{"right":"no","answer":"a declaration of war"},{"right":"no","answer":"good announcement"},{"right":"no","answer":"a bold statement"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3138,"title":"Change of Opinion","slug":"change-of-opinion"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4154","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=4154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4154"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4154"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}