{"id":22892,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-thorny-issue-meaning-and-usage-mcq-for-hsc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:33","slug":"a-thorny-issue-meaning-and-usage-mcq-for-hsc","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/a-thorny-issue-meaning-and-usage-mcq-for-hsc\/","title":{"rendered":"A thorny issue Meaning and Usage MCQ for HSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning best matches the idiom <strong>A thorny issue<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>With general agreement<\/li>\n<li>A clear practical example or warning<\/li>\n<li>A difficult and complicated problem<\/li>\n<li>From very near or in close contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3213,3204],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22892","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-hsc-english-grammar","topic-problem-solving","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A thorny issue<\/strong> means <strong>a difficult and complicated problem<\/strong>. The correct answer is this meaning because the expression is used figuratively, not only by its literal words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Land reform remained <em>a thorny issue<\/em> for the committee.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>A thorny issue<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>a difficult and complicated problem<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>A thorny issue<\/em> with the idea of <strong>a difficult and complicated problem<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"With general agreement"},{"right":"no","answer":"A clear practical example or warning"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A difficult and complicated problem"},{"right":"no","answer":"From very near or in close contact"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3203,"title":"Academic Vocabulary","slug":"academic-vocabulary"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"},{"id":3204,"title":"Problem Solving","slug":"problem-solving"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22892","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=22892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22892"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22892"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}