Asked in: SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Graduate Level)
lead up the garden path in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Graduate Level) Idioms & Phrases
Read the sentence below and determine whether the underlined idiom has been used correctly. If it is incorrect, select the appropriate option (A/B/C) to replace it. If it is correct, choose Option D: ‘No correction required.’
The rogue state signed multiple non-proliferation frameworks to disarm the international weapons inspectors, completely leading them up the garden path while secretly moving its uranium enrichment facilities deep underground.Answer & explanation
Answer: D) No correction required
Meaning: lead someone up the garden path = deceive or mislead someone, usually by making them believe something false *(गुमराह करना, धोखे में रखना)*.
The state signed treaties to disarm *(the inspectors' suspicion)* while secretly moving its facilities underground — that is deliberate deception.
The idiom fits exactly, so no correction is needed.
Origin.
Recorded from the early 20th century: being led along a pleasant garden path is a picture of being drawn, unsuspecting, away from where one ought to be.
Why the others are wrong.
#B stealing their thunder = taking the credit or attention someone else expected *(किसी का श्रेय छीन लेना)* — nobody's credit is taken here.
#B dancing to their t
lead up the garden path – questions
Has lead up the garden path been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – lead up the garden path has been asked in SSC exams: SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Graduate Level).