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 CGL 2018 is the next golden opportunity.
You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Important English Miscellaneous 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.
Direction (1-2): In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Q1. REBATE
(a) Loss
(b) Refund
(c) Command
(d) Regards
Sol. Rebate: a partial refund to someone who has paid too much for tax, rent or a utility.
Q2. DUD
(a) Failure
(b) Foolishness
(c) Sickness
(d) Stubborn
Sol. Dud: A thing that fails to work properly; worthless.
Directions (3-4): In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Q3. MINION
(a) Master
(b) Quorum
(c) Majority
(d) Host
Sol. Minion: a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.
Q4. LISSOME
(a) Ungainly
(b) Huge
(c) Pungent
(d) Supple
Sol. Lissome: (of a person or their body) thin, supple and graceful
Ungainly: (of a person) awkward, clumsy.
Directions (5-8): Of the four alternatives given under each sentence, find the one that best fits into the blank space.
Q5. The child’s earliest words deal with concrete objects, only later he is able to grapple with ______________
(a) abstractions
(b) maxims
(c) opinions
(d) decisions
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Sol. Abstraction: The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events.
Q6. The manager gave her his ___________ that the complaint would be investigated.
(a) assurance
(b) suggestion
(c) avowal
(d) support
Sol. Assurance: Confidence or certainty in own’s own abilities.
Q7. His ______________ handling resulted in all that destruction and damage.
(a) inept
(b) skillful
(c) sophisticated
(d) uncouth
Sol. Inept: having or showing no skill; clumsy.
Q8. He is very ______ on meeting foreigners and befriending them.
(a) anxious
(b) fond
(c) insistent
(d) keen
Sol. Keen on: to be enthusiastic about something.
Directions (9-12): In each of the following questions, out of the given group of words, choose the mis-spelt one.
Q9.
(a) Deficient
(b) Efficient
(c) Magnificient
(d) Reticent
Q10.
(a) Impression
(b) Competition
(c) Miscelleneous
(d) Reproach
Q11.
(a) Solution
(b) Tuition
(c) Circutous
(d) Fruition
Q12.
(a) Sargeant
(b) Shallot
(c) Shackle
(d) Shellac
Directions (13-15): In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Q13. Ridiculous use of words.
(a) Onomatopoeia
(b) Malapropism
(c) Neologism
(d) Pun
Q14. One who believes that everything is pre-destined.
(a) Pessimist
(b) Fatalist
(c) Palmist
(d) Astrologer
Q15. A verse letter
(a) Epistle
(b) Epitaph
(c) Pantomime
(d) Lay
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