{"id":22762,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-few-and-far-between\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:33","slug":"english-grammar-quiz-few-and-far-between","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/english-grammar-quiz-few-and-far-between\/","title":{"rendered":"English Grammar Quiz: Few and far between"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which explanation is closest to <strong>Few and far between<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>An unfairly high price<\/li>\n<li>Hear about something secret or private<\/li>\n<li>Rare and not happening often<\/li>\n<li>Be very helpful or effective<\/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-22762","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Few and far between<\/strong> means <strong>rare and not happening often<\/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>Few and far between<\/em> can refer to a situation involving rare and not happening often.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Few and far between<\/em> when describing a situation involving rare and not happening often.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Few and far between<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201crare and not happening often.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"An unfairly high price"},{"right":"no","answer":"Hear about something secret or private"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Rare and not happening often"},{"right":"no","answer":"Be very helpful or effective"}],"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\/22762","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=22762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22762"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22762"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}