{"id":22642,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-a-safe-pair-of-hands\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:28","slug":"english-grammar-quiz-a-safe-pair-of-hands","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-a-safe-pair-of-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"English Grammar Quiz: A safe pair of hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which explanation is closest to <strong>A safe pair of hands<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A question that is debatable or no longer important<\/li>\n<li>Something that has both good and bad effects<\/li>\n<li>A reliable person who can be trusted with responsibility<\/li>\n<li>Not knowing what to do or having nothing useful to do<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3205,3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22642","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A safe pair of hands<\/strong> means <strong>a reliable person who can be trusted with responsibility<\/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 safe pair of hands<\/em> can refer to a reliable person who can be trusted with responsibility.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>A safe pair of hands<\/em> when describing a reliable person who can be trusted with responsibility.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>A safe pair of hands<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ca reliable person who can be trusted with responsibility.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A question that is debatable or no longer important"},{"right":"no","answer":"Something that has both good and bad effects"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A reliable person who can be trusted with responsibility"},{"right":"no","answer":"Not knowing what to do or having nothing useful to do"}],"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"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22642","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=22642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22642"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22642"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}