{"id":11122,"date":"2024-04-15T03:42:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T03:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=11122"},"modified":"2024-04-15T03:42:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T03:42:34","slug":"this-matter-has-been-hanging-fire-for-the-last-many-months-and-must-therefore-be-decided-one-way-or-the-other-a-going-on-slowly-b-hotly-debated-c-stuck-up-d-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/this-matter-has-been-hanging-fire-for-the-last-many-months-and-must-therefore-be-decided-one-way-or-the-other-a-going-on-slowly-b-hotly-debated-c-stuck-up-d-ignored\/","title":{"rendered":"This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months and must therefore be decided one way or the other. 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