Previous Year Questions : SSC CHSL
English section is an integral part of SSC Exams.This is also a section that is feared by most of the candidates.Though the sheer number of concepts and rules may seem intimidating at first, with discipline and the right approach, it is not difficult to master these concepts and their application to questions. SSC CPO Exam is to be held from the month of June where English Language Section holds 50 questions containing 5 questions from each topic according to new SSC CPO Pattern . Also SSC CHSL Exam has already started from 4 March and will be held until 28 March 2018 and the provided English questions are important for the same as well.
You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Useful Antonyms Questions. To make you learn vocabulary effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself flawlessly. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.
Directions (1-15): In the following questions,out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it
Q1. DEMENTED
(a) Sensible
(b) Attract
(c) Authentic
(d) Extract
Sol. Demented: behaving irrationally due to anger distress or excitement
Sensible: done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence.
Q2. RUEFULLY
(a) Meagre
(b) Evident
(c) Cheerfully
(d) Insignificant
Sol. Ruefully: causing sorrow or pity, pitiable, deplorable.
Cheerfully: noticeably happy or optimistic.
Q3. PROMINENT
(a) Obscure
(b) Obdurate
(c) Obligatory
(d) Objection
Sol. Prominent: important, famous
Obscure: not known about or uncertain.
Obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion
Q4. RELINQUISH
(a) Cruelty
(b) Retain
(c) Vulnerable
(d) Explicit
Sol. Relinquish: voluntarily cease to keep or claim, give up.
Retain: continue to have something.
Explicit: stated clearly and in detail.
Q5. ERUDITE
(a) Literate
(b) Illiterate
(c) Chivalrous
(d) Gloomy
Sol. Erudite: having or showing great knowledge or learning
Q6. EFFICACIOUS
(a) Ineffective
(b) Descent
(c) Profound
(d) Prompt
Sol. Efficacious: successful in producing a desired or intended result, effective
Q7. FORLORN
(a) Unsociable
(b) Joyful
(c) Docile
(d) Smooth
Sol. Forlorn: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
Q8. TREMULOUS
(a) Extravagant
(b) Steady
(c) Quell
(d) Embark
Sol. Tremulous: shaking or quivering slightly
Steady: firmly fixed or not shaking or moving
Q9. RECLINE
(a) Erect
(b) Original
(c) Superfluous
(d) Corrupt
Sol. Recline: lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported
Q10. MERETRICIOUS
(a) Firm
(b) Simple
(c) Docile
(d) Duplicate
Sol. Meretricious: apparently attractive but having no real value; gaudy, tawdry
Q11. POUNCE
(a) Ambush
(b) Bushwhack
(c) Guard
(d) Isolated
Sol. Pounce: wait in hiding to attack/ notice and take swift advantage of a mistake or sign of weakness
Q12. PROWESS
(a) Mastery
(b) Inability
(c) Expertise
(d) Avoid
Sol. Prowess: Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field
Q13. PLETHORA
(a) Plenty
(b) Silly
(c) Lack
(d) Overflow
Sol. Plethora: Excess
Q14. ATTICISM
(a) Imbalance
(b) Elegance
(c) Apostate
(d) Outlaw
Sol. Atticism: Grandeur
Q15. RESTORATIVE
(a) Curative
(b) Injurious
(c) Populist
(d) Contention
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