{"id":22660,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/meaning-check-an-old-hand\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","slug":"meaning-check-an-old-hand","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/meaning-check-an-old-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning Check: An old hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pick the correct meaning of the expression <strong>An old hand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Not knowing what to do or having nothing useful to do<\/li>\n<li>A private reason for being involved, often selfish<\/li>\n<li>When one has free time<\/li>\n<li>A person with a lot of experience<\/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-22660","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-behavior-and-character","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>An old hand<\/strong> means <strong>a person with a lot of experience<\/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>An old hand<\/em> can refer to a person with a lot of experience.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>An old hand<\/em> when describing a person with a lot of experience.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>An old hand<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201ca person with a lot of experience.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Not knowing what to do or having nothing useful to do"},{"right":"no","answer":"A private reason for being involved, often selfish"},{"right":"no","answer":"When one has free time"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A person with a lot of experience"}],"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\/22660","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=22660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22660"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22660"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}