People do not often rely on men who allow their exalted position to go to their head. This means that people…

Analyze the question

The sentence says people do not often rely on men "who allow their exalted position to go to their head." We need the option that best interprets this.

Explain the concept

• Exalted position means a high or lofty rank.
• To go to one's head is an idiom meaning to become conceited, arrogant, or overly proud because of success, power, or praise.

So the sentence is not criticising people for having a high position. It criticises those who let that position make them proud.

Solution

• A. are highly placed: This is wrong. Being highly placed is only the "exalted position". The problem is what the person does with it.
• B. are conceited because of their position: This is correct. "Go to their head" means they become conceited or arrogant.
• C. are rude because of their position: Rudeness can be a result of conceit, but the idiom specifically means being puffed up with pride. Rudeness is too narrow and is not the direct meaning.
• D. do not do their work: Nothing in the sentence says this.

Answer: B

Tip: For idiom questions, find the idiom, work out its figurative meaning, and then eliminate options that only describe the literal part of the sentence (here, "highly placed"). Remember that "go to one's head" = become conceited.