put the cart before the horse meaning in Hindi

put the cart before the horse in SSC previous-year questions

1. SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Idioms & Phrases

   Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
   To put the cart before the horse

   ATo do things in the wrong orderBTo be very efficientCTo do things quicklyDTo drive an animal cart
   Answer & explanation

   Answer: A) To do things in the wrong order

   Meaning: to put the cart before the horse = to do things in the wrong order; to put the result before its cause *(उलटा काम करना, गलत क्रम में काम करना)*.
   A horse pulls a cart, so the horse must go in front — put the cart first and nothing moves.
   Example: *Buying furniture before you have found a house is putting the cart before the horse.*
   Origin.
   The image goes back to classical Latin and appears in English from the 16th century; the reversed cart-and-horse became the standard picture of a muddled sequence.
   Why the others are wrong.
   • to be very efficient *(बहुत कुशल होना)* — the idiom for this is *to run like clockwork*; the cart-before-horse arrangement is the least efficient possible.
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put the cart before the horse – questions

Has put the cart before the horse been asked in SSC exams?

Yes – put the cart before the horse has been asked in SSC exams: SSC Steno 2026 T-1.

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