In the following five questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
Their attempt to get back the stolen necklace proved to be a `underline("wild-goose chase")`.

Options

A. fruitful search
B. timely search
C. useless search
D. wrong decision

Answer

C

Explanation

a wild goose chase: a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable: useless search. Physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase. The best option is useless search