{"id":1838,"date":"2016-12-31T04:18:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T22:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/pros-and-cons-means-____\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:14","slug":"pros-and-cons-means-____","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/pros-and-cons-means-____\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the phrase <strong>pros and cons<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>advantage only<\/li>\n<li>disadvantage only<\/li>\n<li>strongly<\/li>\n<li>merits and demerits<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3186],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2494,2495,1894],"class_list":["post-1838","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-advantages-and-disadvantages","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-6","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>merits and demerits<\/strong> is correct because <strong>pros and cons<\/strong> means the advantages and disadvantages of something.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>Before buying a car, we discussed the pros and cons.<\/em> <em>The teacher asked us to list the pros and cons of online classes.<\/em><\/p><p>The phrase includes both positive and negative points, not only one side.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"advantage only"},{"right":"no","answer":"disadvantage only"},{"right":"no","answer":"strongly"},{"right":"yes","answer":"merits and demerits"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3186,"title":"Advantages and Disadvantages","slug":"advantages-and-disadvantages"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/1838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}