{"id":22607,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-clean-slate-figurative-meaning-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","slug":"a-clean-slate-figurative-meaning-practice","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-clean-slate-figurative-meaning-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"A clean slate Figurative Meaning Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For SSC English, identify the meaning of <strong>A clean slate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A rule, law, or plan that is no longer effective<\/li>\n<li>A fresh start without past mistakes being counted<\/li>\n<li>A fair situation where everyone has the same chance<\/li>\n<li>A habit of feeling angry or easily offended because of past unfairness<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3205,3212,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22607","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-exam-preparation","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A clean slate<\/strong> means <strong>a fresh start without past mistakes being counted<\/strong>. This answer is correct because the expression has a fixed figurative meaning in English. In an SSC idiom question, students should match the whole phrase with its accepted meaning rather than translate each word separately.<\/p><ul><li><strong>Classroom example:<\/strong> <em>A clean slate<\/em> can refer to a fresh start without past mistakes being counted.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>A clean slate<\/em> when describing a fresh start without past mistakes being counted.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>A clean slate<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ca fresh start without past mistakes being counted.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A rule, law, or plan that is no longer effective"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A fresh start without past mistakes being counted"},{"right":"no","answer":"A fair situation where everyone has the same chance"},{"right":"no","answer":"A habit of feeling angry or easily offended because of past unfairness"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3205,"title":"Behavior and Character","slug":"behavior-and-character"},{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3200,"title":"Time and Patience","slug":"time-and-patience"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22607","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22607"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22607"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}