{"id":22830,"date":"2026-06-21T18:20:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-principle-meaning-quiz-for-ssc-english\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:20:36","slug":"in-principle-meaning-quiz-for-ssc-english","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/in-principle-meaning-quiz-for-ssc-english\/","title":{"rendered":"In principle Meaning Quiz for SSC English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Select the option that best explains <strong>In principle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Being discussed or doubted<\/li>\n<li>Nobody knows; it is uncertain<\/li>\n<li>Have no limits<\/li>\n<li>In serious difficulty<\/li>\n<li>In general idea, though not always in detail<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3209,3212,3211],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1895],"class_list":["post-22830","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-decision-making","topic-exam-preparation","topic-formal-expression","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>In principle<\/strong> means <strong>in general idea, though not always in detail<\/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>In principle<\/em> can refer to a situation involving in general idea, though not always in detail.<\/li><li><strong>Story example:<\/strong> A writer may use <em>In principle<\/em> when describing a situation involving in general idea, though not always in detail.<\/li><li><strong>Exam example:<\/strong> When a sentence contains <em>In principle<\/em>, choose the meaning \u201cin general idea, though not always in detail.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Being discussed or doubted"},{"right":"no","answer":"Nobody knows; it is uncertain"},{"right":"no","answer":"Have no limits"},{"right":"no","answer":"In serious difficulty"},{"right":"yes","answer":"In general idea, though not always in detail"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3209,"title":"Decision Making","slug":"decision-making"},{"id":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3211,"title":"Formal Expression","slug":"formal-expression"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22830","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=22830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22830"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22830"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}