{"id":22670,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-issue-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:29","slug":"at-issue-usage-and-meaning-quiz","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/at-issue-usage-and-meaning-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"At issue Usage and Meaning Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the best interpretation of <strong>At issue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>A difficult or awkward situation<\/li>\n<li>Unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer<\/li>\n<li>The main point being discussed or disputed<\/li>\n<li>Using all one&#8217;s strength, effort, or resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212,3204],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22670","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>At issue<\/strong> means <strong>the main point being discussed or disputed<\/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>At issue<\/em> can refer to the main point being discussed or disputed.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>At issue<\/em> when describing the main point being discussed or disputed.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>At issue<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cthe main point being discussed or disputed.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"A difficult or awkward situation"},{"right":"no","answer":"Unable to deal with a difficult situation any longer"},{"right":"yes","answer":"The main point being discussed or disputed"},{"right":"no","answer":"Using all one's strength, effort, or resources"}],"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":3204,"title":"Problem Solving","slug":"problem-solving"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22670","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=22670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22670"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22670"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}