SSC Quiz | English Language | 26 - 08 - 17

In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark it as your answer.

Q.1. A place for luggage at a railway station.

(A) Orphanage 

(B) Stable

(C) Cloakroom 

(D) Sheath

Q.2. The dwelling place of an animal underground.

(A) Cache 

(B) Cage

(C) Granary 

(D) Burrow

Q.3- 5. In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.

Q.3. Appu was the ____ of the Asian Games held in India in 1982.

(A) Modicum 

(B) Myriad

(C) Mascot 

(D) Kindle

Q.4. After exchanging hot words the Shopkeeper tried to ____ the customer.

(A) Mollify 

(B) Martinet

(C) Moot 

(D) Crucify

Q.5. There are ____ advantages of discipline in schools and colleges.

(A) Mettle 

(B) Perennial

(C) Manifold 

(D) Paragon

Q.6-8. In the questions given below, choose the word most opposite in meaning to the given word and mark your answer.

Q.6. QUARANTINE

(A) Sociable 

(B) Plain

(C) Lament 

(D) Abdicate

Q.7. RETRACT

(A) Affirm 

(B) Dubious

(C) Cancel 

(D) Seclude

Q.8. REPUGNANT

(A) Agreeable 

(B) Forcible

(C) Reliable 

(D) Screened

Q.9-. In the questions given below, choose the word most similar in meaning to the given word and mark your answer.

Q.9. Amass

(A) Nauseating 

(B) Adept

(C) Gather 

(D) Yield

Q.10. Audacity

(A) Cleanse 

(B) Exaltation

(C) Negligence 

(D) Boldness

Answer: 

Q.1.(C)
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Sheath(N)- a close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword.
Stable(Adj)- not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed.
Q.2.(D)
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Granary(N)- a storehouse for threshed grain.
Q.3.(C)
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Kindle(V)-Rouse
Q.4.(A)
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Crucify(V)- criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly.
Q.5.(C)
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Perennial(Adj)-Everlasting
Paragon(N)-Exemplar
Q.6.(A)
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Abdicate(V)-Disown
Q.7.(A)
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Seclude(V)- keep (someone) away from other people.
Q.8.(A)
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Screen(V)- Conceal
Q.9.(C)
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Adept(Adj)-Expert
Nauseating(Adj)- causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting.
Q.10.(D)
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Exaltation(N)-Ecstasy