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. Concluding part of a literary work
(a) Epilogue
(b) Bibliography
(c) Soliloquy
(d) Episode
Q2. Animals that can live on land and in water
(a) Anthropoid
(b) Aquatic
(c) Amphibian
(d) Aquarium
Q3. Easily duped or fooled
(a) Insensible
(b) Perceptible
(c) Gullible
(d) Indefensible
Q4. Fear of water
(a) Claustrophobia
(b) Hydrophobia
(c) Insomnia
(d) Obsession
Q5. Handwriting that cannot be read
(a) Ineligible
(b) Decipher
(c) Ugly
(d) Illegible
Directions (6-10): Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.
The Ages of Faith, which are praised by our neo-scholastics, were the times the clergy had all the things their own way. Daily life was full of miracles wrought by saints and wizardry perpetrated by devils and necromancers. Many thousands of witches were burnt at the stake. The sins of men were punished by pestilence, famine, earthquake, flood and fire. And yet, strange to say, they were even more sinful than they are nowadays.
Very little was known scientifically about the world. A few learned men remembered Greek proofs that the earth is round, but most people made fun of the notion that there are antipodes. To suppose that there are human beings at the antipodes was heresy. It was generally held, though modern Catholics took a milder view, that the immense majority of mankind was dammed. Dangers were held to lurk at every turn.
Q6. Many thousands of witches were
(a) buried
(b) encouraged in their work
(c) burnt at the stake
(d) revered and respected
Q7. The sins of men were punished by
(a) sending them to the gallows
(b) beating them to death
(c) disease, death and despair
(d) pestilence, famine, earthquake, flood and fire
Q8. Scientifically, very little was known about
(a) mankind
(b) the plants
(c) the animals
(d) the world
Q9. A few learned men remembered that
(a) the earth is round
(b) the sun rises in the east
(c) the sun sets in the west
(d) human beings inhale oxygen
Q10. Most people, in those days, made fun of the notion that there are
(a) antiholes
(b) antipodes
(c) antibodies
(d) anti-Catholics
Directions (11-15): In the following questions a word/phrase is given and followed by four alternatives. Select the alternative that conveys the same meaning as the word/phrase given.
Q11. Devout
(a) devoted to religious observances
(b) to beg earnestly
(c) pertaining to public discussion or law courts
(d) a picture or other description of a person which exaggerates ludicrously one or more of his distinctive features
Q12. Abet
(a) to use for one’s selfish purpose
(b) to encourage or support
(c) origin
(d) rudely abrupt
Q13. Condole
(a) sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner
(b) despotic
(c) to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
(d) inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon
Q14. Affiliate
(a) some auxiliary person or thing
(b) of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university
(c) to recognize (v.); to admit the genuineness or validity of
(d) plentiful
Q15. Heresy
(a) despotic
(b) historical records
(c) an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view
(d) coward
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