{"id":22683,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-idioms-test-with-balance-the-books\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:30","slug":"ssc-idioms-test-with-balance-the-books","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-idioms-test-with-balance-the-books\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Idioms Test with Balance the books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>Balance the books<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Wait patiently for the right opportunity<\/li>\n<li>Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses<\/li>\n<li>Being the person who suffers or is affected by something<\/li>\n<li>Using all one&#8217;s strength, effort, or resources<\/li>\n<li>Misunderstanding each other while working toward different aims<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3202,3212,3150],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22683","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-communication","topic-exam-preparation","topic-work-and-effort","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Balance the books<\/strong> means <strong>make financial records correct or make income equal expenses<\/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>Balance the books<\/em> can refer to a situation involving make financial records correct or make income equal expenses.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Balance the books<\/em> when describing a situation involving make financial records correct or make income equal expenses.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Balance the books<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cmake financial records correct or make income equal expenses.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Wait patiently for the right opportunity"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Make financial records correct or make income equal expenses"},{"right":"no","answer":"Being the person who suffers or is affected by something"},{"right":"no","answer":"Using all one's strength, effort, or resources"},{"right":"no","answer":"Misunderstanding each other while working toward different aims"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3203,"title":"Academic Vocabulary","slug":"academic-vocabulary"},{"id":3202,"title":"Communication","slug":"communication"},{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3150,"title":"Work and Effort","slug":"work-and-effort"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22683","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=22683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22683"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22683"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}