In the following questions a part of a sentence is given in bold, it is then followed by four sentences which try to explain the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold. Choose the alternative from the four given below each question which explains the meaning of the phrase correctly without altering the meaning of the sentence given as question. If none of the sentence explains the meaning of the highlighted phrase, choose option 5 i.e., “None of these” as your answer choice At the start of his presentation, it seemed that he’s out of his mind, but when he finished, we saw that there’s method in his madness.

• After the presentation, we realised that he deliberately chose to be vague and absurd.
• Though his presentation appeared a little absurd in the beginning, we ultimately found out that he had a rational purpose behind it
• There was a stark difference between what he started with and how he concluded his presentation.
• Since he was not completely in his senses, he presented in an awkward manner.