{"id":22709,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/choose-the-meaning-of-by-the-same-token\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:31","slug":"choose-the-meaning-of-by-the-same-token","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/choose-the-meaning-of-by-the-same-token\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose the Meaning of By the same token"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In English, what is meant by <strong>By the same token<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>False or insincere sadness<\/li>\n<li>For the same reason<\/li>\n<li>Fail, be defeated, or die<\/li>\n<li>Win or succeed in a contest or argument<\/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-22709","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>By the same token<\/strong> means <strong>for the same reason<\/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>By the same token<\/em> can refer to a situation involving for the same reason.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>By the same token<\/em> when describing a situation involving for the same reason.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>By the same token<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cfor the same reason.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"False or insincere sadness"},{"right":"yes","answer":"For the same reason"},{"right":"no","answer":"Fail, be defeated, or die"},{"right":"no","answer":"Win or succeed in a contest or argument"}],"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\/22709","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=22709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22709"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22709"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}