{"id":22612,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/meaning-check-a-dark-horse\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","slug":"meaning-check-a-dark-horse","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/meaning-check-a-dark-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning Check: A dark horse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which explanation is closest to <strong>A dark horse<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A brief success that does not last<\/li>\n<li>A fresh start without past mistakes being counted<\/li>\n<li>A goal or action that is too difficult or too ambitious<\/li>\n<li>A person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22612","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A dark horse<\/strong> means <strong>a person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability<\/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 dark horse<\/em> can refer to a person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>A dark horse<\/em> when describing a person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>A dark horse<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ca person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A brief success that does not last"},{"right":"no","answer":"A fresh start without past mistakes being counted"},{"right":"no","answer":"A goal or action that is too difficult or too ambitious"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22612","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=22612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22612"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22612"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}