{"id":22645,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-a-snowball-effect\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:28","slug":"identify-the-meaning-of-a-snowball-effect","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-a-snowball-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the Meaning of A snowball effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the correct meaning of the expression <strong>A snowball effect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A short-lived interest<\/li>\n<li>A situation where something grows larger or more serious over time<\/li>\n<li>Very hostile and ready to quarrel<\/li>\n<li>A difficult or awkward situation<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212,3200],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22645","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","topic-time-and-patience","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A snowball effect<\/strong> means <strong>a situation where something grows larger or more serious over time<\/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 snowball effect<\/em> can refer to a situation where something grows larger or more serious over time.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>A snowball effect<\/em> when describing a situation where something grows larger or more serious over time.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>A snowball effect<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ca situation where something grows larger or more serious over time.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A short-lived interest"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A situation where something grows larger or more serious over time"},{"right":"no","answer":"Very hostile and ready to quarrel"},{"right":"no","answer":"A difficult or awkward situation"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"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\/22645","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=22645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22645"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22645"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}