2021 · Q12
Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Ways and means
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- AA technique
- BMethods of achieving something
- CNorms and regulations of doing something
- DImproving one's way of doing
Explanation
'Ways and means' is a fixed phrase for the methods and resources used to achieve something (as in a Ways and Means Committee). Option (b) 'Methods of achieving something' matches exactly. The other options describe techniques or regulations, which miss the phrase. Hence (b), matching the official key.