IPMAT Indore 2026 · Verbal Ability · Question 22

IPMAT Indore 2026 previous year question on Idioms and Phrases, with the answer and a step-by-step solution.

Idioms and PhrasesVocabularyMultiple choiceMedium

Complete the following sentence by choosing the most appropriate word/phrase from the options given below.

When the young man’s father had a heart attack, the whole family panicked; he was the only one who _________ and immediately sent for an ambulance.

  1. A

    kept his head

  2. B

    got reasonable

  3. C

    got his cool

  4. D

    remained woke

Pick an option, then check.
Answer & solution

Answer: Option A

What the sentence needs. Everyone else panicked; he alone stayed calm and acted.

The idiom. Keep one’s head = to remain calm in a crisis. It contrasts exactly with the family’s panic.

Why the others fail:

got reasonable — not idiomatic; be reasonable exists, but “got reasonable” is wrong register and wrong sense.

got his cool — a mangling of two real idioms, keep one’s cool and lose one’s cool. “Got his cool” is not English.

remained woke — woke means socially aware; it has nothing to do with composure in an emergency.

Answer: Option 1 — kept his head

Shortcut. Note the semicolon: it sets up a direct contrast with “panicked”, so the blank must mean stayed calm. Option (c) is the classic near-miss — the idiom is keep your cool, never get it.

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