Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 5th August 2017 to 24 August 2017. You need to practice a lot in order to achieve 40+ marks in the English Section. We are providing quizzes which include sentence improvement, error detection, idioms, one-word substitution, reading comprehension, vocabulary related questions etc. we have also provided study notes on English for SSC CGL 2017 Exam. Practice all these questions, if any doubt, post your queries in the comment section, we will answer surely. Today in this quiz we have included Synonyms, one-word substitutions Questions. Learn and score maximum marks in SSC CGL 2017.
Directions (1-5): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q1. Deeply pitted, as a honeycomb
(a) Culpability
(b) Remorse
(c) Alveolate
Q2. Tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt
(a) Rutted
(b) Exculpatory
(c) Eroded
(d) Bumpy
Q3. A contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady
(a) Lickspittle
(b) Apposite
(c) Spendthrift
(d) Profligate
Q4. Pertaining or appropriate to summer
(a) Sycophantic
(b) Relevant
(c) Estival
(d) Creep
Q5. To celebrate with extravagant public demonstrations
(a) Obsequious
(b) Maffick
(c) Exterminate
(d) Annihilate
Directions (6-10): Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.
Bacteria develop resistance against a drug only when they are exposed to it or when the drug is misused. But now, a team of researchers from India has found whether and how drug resistance can develop against a candidate drug called Augmentin even before the drug is approved for treating patients with drug-resistant TB. Augmentin is currently undergoing clinical trials in patients with drug-resistant TB; it is already being used for common bacterial infections. Besides deciphering the mechanism by which TB bacteria can develop resistance against Augmentin, the researchers have found ways of overcoming this potential resistance mechanism, thereby making Augmentin a potentially powerful drug to treat both multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). The beta-lactam class of antibiotics such as penicillin, ampicillin and amoxicillin is one of the most widely used class of antibacterial drugs. Despite its ability to kill several types of bacteria, the beta-lactam antibiotics have never been used against TB bacteria. This is because TB bacteria are naturally resistant to this class. TB bacteria inherently produce an enzyme called beta-lactamase which breaks down beta-lactam class of antibiotics (through hydrolysis) and makes the drug ineffective against TB disease.
Q6. TB bacteria inherently produce
(a) an antibacterial drug
(b) resistance that makes Augmentin a potentially powerful drug
(c) drug that is misused
(d) an enzyme called beta-lactamase which breaks down beta-lactam class of antibiotics
Q7. A team of researchers from India has found
(a) how to develop drug resistance
(b) whether and how drug resistance can develop against a candidate drug called Augmentin
(c) if bacteria develop resistance against drugs
(d) a mechanism of potential resistance
Q8. The beta-lactam class of antibiotics such as penicillin, ampicillin and amoxicillin is
(a) an antibiotic that makes the drug ineffective against TB disease
(b) one of the most widely used class of antibacterial drugs
(c) mechanism by which TB bacteria can develop resistance against Augmentin
(d) already being used for common bacterial infections
Q9. Bacteria develop resistance against a drug
(a) only when they are exposed to it
(b) because they are naturally resistant
(c) and are being used for common bacterial infection
(d) and produce enzymes
Q10. The beta-lactam antibiotics
(a) are worldwide famous for treating TB
(b) are being used to treat cancer
(c) help fighting against TB bacteria
(d) have never been used against TB bacteria
Directions (11-15): In the following questions a word is given and followed by four alternatives. Select the alternative that conveys the same meaning as the word/phrase given.
Q11. Whizzo
(a) Someone with a strong natural ability or capacity
(b) A policeman
(c) Absolutely first-rate; superb; excellent
(d) A nervous, excited, or distracted state
Q12. Confusticate
(a) To follow the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples
(b) Noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise
(c) a point in time, event, or experience when one has a sudden insight or realization
(d) to confuse or perplex; bewilder
Q13. Cacoepy
(a) Incorrect pronunciation or an instance of this; mispronunciation
(b) An evil spirit; devil; demon
(c) A discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds
(d) A false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something
Q14. Apple-polish
(a) Great care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency
(b) To curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner
(c) Apples stewed to a paste, spiced, sometimes sweetened, and served as a spread or condiment
(d) A superficial appearance or illusion of something
Q15. Peccadillo
(a) To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship
(b) A notable success
(c) A very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault
(d) Knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact
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