{"id":22616,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-practice-on-the-idiom-a-feather-in-ones-cap\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:27","slug":"ssc-practice-on-the-idiom-a-feather-in-ones-cap","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-practice-on-the-idiom-a-feather-in-ones-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Practice on the Idiom A feather in one&#8217;s cap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which answer best defines <strong>A feather in one&#8217;s cap<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A secret plan or motive<\/li>\n<li>A question that is debatable or no longer important<\/li>\n<li>A person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability<\/li>\n<li>An achievement to be proud of<\/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-22616","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A feather in one's cap<\/strong> means <strong>an achievement to be proud of<\/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 feather in one's cap<\/em> can refer to an achievement to be proud of.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>A feather in one's cap<\/em> when describing an achievement to be proud of.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>A feather in one's cap<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201can achievement to be proud of.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A secret plan or motive"},{"right":"no","answer":"A question that is debatable or no longer important"},{"right":"no","answer":"A person who is unexpectedly successful or has hidden ability"},{"right":"yes","answer":"An achievement to be proud of"}],"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\/22616","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=22616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22616"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22616"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}