{"id":22954,"date":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hsc-english-quiz-on-close-ranks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:24:36","slug":"hsc-english-quiz-on-close-ranks","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/hsc-english-quiz-on-close-ranks\/","title":{"rendered":"HSC English Quiz on Close ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose the correct meaning of <strong>Close ranks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Making a careful or serious effort to do something<\/li>\n<li>To make something very clear and noticeable<\/li>\n<li>A constant threat or danger hanging over someone<\/li>\n<li>To obey or be controlled by someone else<\/li>\n<li>To unite in support or defense of a group<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3203,3210,3213,3206],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-22954","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-academic-vocabulary","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-hsc-english-grammar","topic-success-and-failure","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Close ranks<\/strong> means <strong>to unite in support or defense of a group<\/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>After the criticism, the players decided to <em>close ranks<\/em>.<\/li><li>In an HSC essay, <em>Close ranks<\/em> can express this meaning: <strong>to unite in support or defense of a group<\/strong>.<\/li><li>When this expression appears in a passage, connect <em>Close ranks<\/em> with the idea of <strong>to unite in support or defense of a group<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Making a careful or serious effort to do something"},{"right":"no","answer":"To make something very clear and noticeable"},{"right":"no","answer":"A constant threat or danger hanging over someone"},{"right":"no","answer":"To obey or be controlled by someone else"},{"right":"yes","answer":"To unite in support or defense of a group"}],"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":3206,"title":"Success and Failure","slug":"success-and-failure"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22954","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=22954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22954"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22954"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}