Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 5th August 2017 to 24th 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 one-word substitutions Questions. Learn and score maximum marks in SSC CGL 2017.
Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one that can be substituted for the given words/phrase.
Q1. That which lasts forever or is never-ending
(a) cessation
(b) terminable
(c) eternal
(d) limited
Q2. A speech without any previous preparation
(a) extempore
(b) deliberately
(c) rehearsed
(d) premeditated
Q3. Illicit partner of a married man or woman
(a) foe
(b) abscond
(c) hate
(d) paramour
Q4. Beyond all powers of destruction of time
(a) imperishable
(b) destructible
(c) intermittent
(d) transient
Q5. Lasting only for a very short time
(a) transient
(b) enduring
(c) enticing
(d) lasting
Q6. Which can be destroyed quickly
(a) endurance
(b) continuation
(c) permanent
(d) perishable
Q7. One who round the world
(a) circumnavigate
(b) assist
(c) permit
(d) land
Q8. A person who is very fond of sensuous enjoyment
(a) flat
(b) hedonist
(c) underdeveloped
(d) acetic
Q9. A person with refined taste in food and wine
(a) puritan
(b) ascetic
(c) novice
(d) epicure
Q10. The large-scale departure of people
(a) entrance
(b) arrival
(c) standing
(d) exodus
Q11. Disease that spreads by contact
(a) contagious
(b) lupine
(c) antiseptic
(d) endemic
Q12. Disease that spreads by means of germs carried in the atmosphere
(a) hygienic
(b) limited
(c) harmless
(d) infectious
Q13. Disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time
(a) epidemic
(b) gush
(c) explosion
(d) healing
Q14. In a state of apparent inactivity but capable of being easily called into action
(a) active
(b) involved
(c) animated
(d) dormant
Q15. A period of inactivity in which some living organisms pass the winter (like frogs)
(a) hibernation
(b) hustle
(c) diligence
(d) ambitious
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