{"id":22773,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-gain-ground\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:34","slug":"correct-meaning-of-gain-ground","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-gain-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Correct Meaning of Gain ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative meaning of <strong>Gain ground<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Most importantly<\/li>\n<li>Become more accepted or successful<\/li>\n<li>Rare and not happening often<\/li>\n<li>For a future time of need<\/li>\n<li>From one place or person to another without success<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3212,3206,3150],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22773","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","topic-success-and-failure","topic-work-and-effort","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Gain ground<\/strong> means <strong>become more accepted or successful<\/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>Gain ground<\/em> can refer to a situation involving become more accepted or successful.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Gain ground<\/em> when describing a situation involving become more accepted or successful.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Gain ground<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cbecome more accepted or successful.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Most importantly"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Become more accepted or successful"},{"right":"no","answer":"Rare and not happening often"},{"right":"no","answer":"For a future time of need"},{"right":"no","answer":"From one place or person to another without success"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"},{"id":3150,"title":"Work and Effort","slug":"work-and-effort"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22773","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=22773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22773"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22773"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}