INSTRUCTION: After each of the sentence below, a list of possible interpretation of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
They accused the government of knee-jerk response to issues that affect the masses. This mean that _
A. the government responded quickly to issue affecting the masses B. the government did not respond to issue affecting the masses C. the government respond to issue affecting the masses but without thinking properly D. the government was slow in responding to issue affecting the masses
Correct Answer: C
Explanation
the government responded to issues affecting the masses but without thinking properly. "Knee - jerk reaction/response" is an immediate reaction that does not allow your time to think and consider something carefully.
