{"id":22789,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-go-through-the-motions\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:34","slug":"identify-the-meaning-of-go-through-the-motions","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-go-through-the-motions\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the Meaning of Go through the motions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning matches the phrase <strong>Go through the motions<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Become more accepted or successful<\/li>\n<li>Do something without real interest or effort<\/li>\n<li>Try any possible solution when hope is low<\/li>\n<li>Have a complaint to discuss<\/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-22789","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Go through the motions<\/strong> means <strong>do something without real interest or effort<\/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>Go through the motions<\/em> can refer to a situation involving do something without real interest or effort.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Go through the motions<\/em> when describing a situation involving do something without real interest or effort.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Go through the motions<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cdo something without real interest or effort.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Become more accepted or successful"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Do something without real interest or effort"},{"right":"no","answer":"Try any possible solution when hope is low"},{"right":"no","answer":"Have a complaint to discuss"}],"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\/22789","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=22789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22789"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22789"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}