{"id":22813,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-hold-the-fort\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:35","slug":"identify-the-meaning-of-hold-the-fort","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/identify-the-meaning-of-hold-the-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the Meaning of Hold the fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the correct meaning of <strong>Hold the fort<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Dishonestly or without sincere intention<\/li>\n<li>Be responsible while someone else is away<\/li>\n<li>Stopped gradually or completely<\/li>\n<li>Very quickly<\/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-22813","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-exam-preparation","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Hold the fort<\/strong> means <strong>be responsible while someone else is away<\/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>Hold the fort<\/em> can refer to a situation involving be responsible while someone else is away.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>Hold the fort<\/em> when describing a situation involving be responsible while someone else is away.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>Hold the fort<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cbe responsible while someone else is away.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Dishonestly or without sincere intention"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Be responsible while someone else is away"},{"right":"no","answer":"Stopped gradually or completely"},{"right":"no","answer":"Very quickly"}],"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\/22813","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=22813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22813"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22813"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}