Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 1st August 2017 to 20 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 Antonym/synonym, one-word substitutions Questions. Learn and score maximum marks in SSC CGL 2017.
Q1. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
FORSWEAR
(a) SWEAR
(b) OATH
(c) ABUSE
Q2. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
INCLEMENT
(a) RADICAL
(b) MILD
(c) HARSH
(d) TYRANNICAL
Q3. Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.
(a) ANTICEPTIC
(b) ANTECEPTIC
(c) ANTICEPTIQUE
(d) ANTISEPTIC
Directions (4-5): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Q4. Speech delivered without preparation
(a) Rhetoric
(b) Oration
(c) Extempore
(d) Maiden speech
Q5. One who will do any job for anyone for money
(a) Mercenary
(b) Recruit
(c) Hoodlum
(d) Merchant
Directions (6-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q6. A dramatic performance.
(a) mask
(b) mosque
(c) masque
(d) mascot
Q7. Government by one person with absolute power.
(a) autocracy
(b) democracy
(c) meritocracy
(d) republic
Q8. An unmarried woman
(a) maid
(b) Vivian
(c) spinster
(d) matron
Q9. Custom of having more than one wife at the same time.
(a) monotonous
(b) polyglot
(c) polygamy
(d) manifesto
Q10. Words inscribed on the tomb.
(a) epitaph
(b) scribe
(c) dictation
(d) ethos
Q11. Appearing unexpectedly or existing everywhere.
(a) omniscient
(b) ubiquitous
(c) omnipotent
(d) unique
Q12. To denounce in thundering tones.
(a) fulminate
(b) eradicate
(c) devastate
(d) desecrate
Q13. Deviation from the common rule or standard.
(a) analogue
(b) anagram
(c) anathema
(d) anomaly
Q14. Only one of its kind.
(a) unilateral
(b) unitary
(c) unique
(d) uniform
Q15. Something that’s occurs for a very short duration or period.
(a) transient
(b) perplexed
(c) transitional
(d) diabolical
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