{"id":22731,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-idioms-test-with-cook-the-books\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:32","slug":"ssc-idioms-test-with-cook-the-books","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/ssc-idioms-test-with-cook-the-books\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Idioms Test with Cook the books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What idea does <strong>Cook the books<\/strong> usually express?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Catch someone while doing something wrong<\/li>\n<li>Make something seem uncertain<\/li>\n<li>Change financial records dishonestly<\/li>\n<li>Speak directly and honestly<\/li>\n<li>Remove someone&#8217;s support or advantage<\/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-22731","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>Cook the books<\/strong> means <strong>change financial records dishonestly<\/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>Cook the books<\/em> can refer to a situation involving change financial records dishonestly.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Cook the books<\/em> when describing a situation involving change financial records dishonestly.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Cook the books<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cchange financial records dishonestly.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Catch someone while doing something wrong"},{"right":"no","answer":"Make something seem uncertain"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Change financial records dishonestly"},{"right":"no","answer":"Speak directly and honestly"},{"right":"no","answer":"Remove someone's support or advantage"}],"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\/22731","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=22731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22731"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22731"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}