Identify the option in which the underlined idiom has been used incorrectly.
Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation
Answer: (C) After the real estate conglomerate filed for bankruptcy, the director decided to go down with the ship, quickly selling off all his corporate shares to protect his personal wealth.
इस प्रश्न में वह वाक्य खोजना है जिसमें idiom का प्रयोग ग़लत हुआ है। Go down with the ship का अर्थ है असफल होते उपक्रम के साथ अंत तक डटे रहना और उसकी विफलता का नुक़सान स्वयं झेलना। जबकि वाक्य C में निदेशक अपने शेयर बेचकर निजी संपत्ति बचा लेता है, जो इस अर्थ के बिल्कुल विपरीत है; अतः C ग़लत प्रयोग है।
A में strain every nerve (पूरा ज़ोर लगा देना), B में raise the stakes (दाँव या जोखिम बढ़ाना) और D में an eye for an eye (बराबर का बदला) संदर्भ के अनुरूप सही हैं।
The question asks for the incorrectly used idiom. Go down with the ship means to stay with a failing enterprise to the end and share its failure. In C the director sells off his shares to protect his personal wealth, which is the opposite of this meaning; hence C is the incorrect use.
In A, strain every nerve (to make the utmost effort), in B, raise the stakes (to increase the risk or what is at issue) and in D, an eye for an eye (equal retaliation) are all used correctly.
Source: SSC CGL 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 · Shift Shift-III। Solution: Prashant Sir, Vocab Sanjeevani।Source: SSC CGL 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 · Shift Shift-III. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Vocab Sanjeevani.