{"id":22728,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-phrase-come-to-the-point-for-ssc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","slug":"learn-the-phrase-come-to-the-point-for-ssc","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/learn-the-phrase-come-to-the-point-for-ssc\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Phrase Come to the point for SSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>Come to the point<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Create excitement, surprise, or public discussion<\/li>\n<li>Change financial records dishonestly<\/li>\n<li>A very small amount compared with what is needed<\/li>\n<li>Speak directly about the main matter<\/li>\n<li>Make great progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3209,3212],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22728","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-decision-making","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Come to the point<\/strong> means <strong>speak directly about the main matter<\/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>Come to the point<\/em> can refer to a situation involving speak directly about the main matter.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Come to the point<\/em> when describing a situation involving speak directly about the main matter.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Come to the point<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cspeak directly about the main matter.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Create excitement, surprise, or public discussion"},{"right":"no","answer":"Change financial records dishonestly"},{"right":"no","answer":"A very small amount compared with what is needed"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Speak directly about the main matter"},{"right":"no","answer":"Make great progress"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3209,"title":"Decision Making","slug":"decision-making"},{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22728","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=22728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22728"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22728"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}