{"id":22648,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/meaning-check-a-tall-order\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:28","slug":"meaning-check-a-tall-order","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/meaning-check-a-tall-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning Check: A tall order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the correct meaning of <strong>A tall order<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>An unpleasant fact that is difficult to accept<\/li>\n<li>A general improvement that benefits everyone<\/li>\n<li>A decisive test that proves the real quality of something<\/li>\n<li>A difficult task or demand<\/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-22648","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A tall order<\/strong> means <strong>a difficult task or demand<\/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 tall order<\/em> can refer to a difficult task or demand.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>A tall order<\/em> when describing a difficult task or demand.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>A tall order<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ca difficult task or demand.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"An unpleasant fact that is difficult to accept"},{"right":"no","answer":"A general improvement that benefits everyone"},{"right":"no","answer":"A decisive test that proves the real quality of something"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A difficult task or demand"}],"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\/22648","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=22648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22648"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22648"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}