2015 · Q105
Passage:
PASSAGE-IV After lunch, I felt at a loose end and roamed about the little flat. It suited us well enough when mother was with me, but now I was by myself it was too large and I’d moved the dining room table into my bedroom. That was now the only room I used ; it had all the furniture I needed; a brass bedstead, a dressing table, some cane chairs whose seats had more or less caved in, a wardrobe with a tarnished mirror. The rest of the flat was never used, so I didn’t trouble to look after it.
“After lunch I felt at a loose end” means
EnglishReading Comprehension
- Ahe had nothing specific to d
- Bhad a rope with a loose end
- Chad much work to do
- Dhad a feeling of anxiety
Explanation
‘At a loose end’ is the idiom for having nothing specific or particular to do. It has nothing to do with a rope, with having much work, or with anxiety. Hence the answer is (a).