{"id":22797,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-hard-and-fast\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:35","slug":"correct-meaning-of-hard-and-fast","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/correct-meaning-of-hard-and-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Correct Meaning of Hard and fast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does the idiom <strong>Hard and fast<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Make a process easier or faster<\/li>\n<li>Fixed and not changeable<\/li>\n<li>Stuck in a boring fixed routine<\/li>\n<li>Go to bed<\/li>\n<li>Hear about something secret or private<\/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-22797","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Hard and fast<\/strong> means <strong>fixed and not changeable<\/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>Hard and fast<\/em> can refer to a situation involving fixed and not changeable.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Hard and fast<\/em> when describing a situation involving fixed and not changeable.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Hard and fast<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cfixed and not changeable.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Make a process easier or faster"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Fixed and not changeable"},{"right":"no","answer":"Stuck in a boring fixed routine"},{"right":"no","answer":"Go to bed"},{"right":"no","answer":"Hear about something secret or private"}],"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\/22797","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=22797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22797"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22797"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}