SSC Quiz | English Knowledge | 20 - 07 - 17

One word substitution

1. That which is out dated or out of use-

(a)Obsolete (b) Absolute

(c) Stable    (d) Ancient

 

Ans-a

2. The state of being unmarried

(a) dilettante (b) celibate

(c) celibacy (d) bigamy 

Ans-c

3. Incapable of being effaced or cancelled-

(a) inexorable (b) indelible

(c) Inexplicable (d) infallible

Ans-b

4. A thing or food which is not fresh

(a) stale (b) ventral

(c) cliché (d) clergy

Ans-a

5. One who speaks on behalf of others

(a)suicide (b) veteran

(c) orator (d) spokesman

Ans-d

6. A government runs by the crowds/mass-

(a)democracy (b) mobocracy 

(c)bureaucracy (d) plutocracy 

Ans-b

7. One who murders of his own father-

(a) Demon (b) parasite

(c) Patricide (d) matricide 

Ans-c

8. One who lives among strangers

(a) alien (b) stoic

(c) rustic (d) recluse

Ans-a

9. A supporter of the cause of women-

(a) extempore (b) feminist

(c) womanish (d) colleague

Ans-b

10. One who is well versed in the science of female ailments- 

(a) cardiologist (b) surgeon

(c) gynaecologist (d) sergeant 

Ans-c