{"id":22902,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/an-object-lesson-meaning-and-usage-mcq-for-hsc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:34","slug":"an-object-lesson-meaning-and-usage-mcq-for-hsc","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/an-object-lesson-meaning-and-usage-mcq-for-hsc\/","title":{"rendered":"An object lesson Meaning and Usage MCQ for HSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which meaning best matches the idiom <strong>An object lesson<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>By any possible means<\/li>\n<li>To be suitable for a need or purpose<\/li>\n<li>Having nothing useful to do or feeling unsettled<\/li>\n<li>A clear practical example or warning<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3212,3213],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22902","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-exam-preparation","topic-hsc-english-grammar","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>An object lesson<\/strong> means <strong>a clear practical example or warning<\/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>The accident was <em>an object lesson<\/em> in road safety.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>An object lesson<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>a clear practical example or warning<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>An object lesson<\/em> with the idea of <strong>a clear practical example or warning<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"By any possible means"},{"right":"no","answer":"To be suitable for a need or purpose"},{"right":"no","answer":"Having nothing useful to do or feeling unsettled"},{"right":"yes","answer":"A clear practical example or warning"}],"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":3212,"title":"Exam Preparation","slug":"exam-preparation"},{"id":3213,"title":"HSC English Grammar","slug":"hsc-english-grammar"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22902","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=22902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22902"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22902"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}