Previous Year Questions : SSC CHSL
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 target by SSC Aspirants.
You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Important Synonyms Questions With Solutions. 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.
Directions (1-15): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Q1. IMPERIOUS
(a) poor
(b) humble
(c) domineering
(d) urgent
Q2. DIGRESSIVE
(a) rigid
(b) indirect
(c) punctual
(d) expert
Sol. Digress: leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing; not directing
Q3. EPITOME
(a) exemplar
(b) extension
(c) ruddy
(d) lively
Sol. Epitome: a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
Q4. SPURIOUS
(a) credible
(b) gloomy
(c) fake
(d) dumb
Sol. Spurious: not being what it purports to be; false.
Q5. TREPIDATION
(a) disastrous
(b) exaggerate
(c) nervousness
(d) ephemeral
Sol. Trepidation: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
Q6. ABLAZE
(a) cool
(b) furious
(c) restore
(d) prolong
Sol. Ablaze: filled with anger or another strong emotion.
Q7. CHIVALROUS
(a) heroic
(b) abhorrent
(c) doleful
(d) rude
Sol. Chivalrous: (of a man or his behavior) courteous and gallant.
Q8. CONCOCTED
(a) certain
(b) sensitive
(c) pathetic
(d) contrive
Sol. Concocted: create or devise (a story or plan).
Q9. GAMBOL
(a) brittle
(b) frisk
(c) shallow
(d) work
Sol. Gambol: run or jump about playfully.
Q10. JANGLE
(a) quite
(b) flatter
(c) clash
(d) spongy
Sol. Jangle: a ringing metallic sound.
Q11. SPRIGHTLY
(a) sulky
(b) blithe
(c) benevolent
(d) depressed
Sol. Sprightly: lively; full of energy.
Q12. PLENTEOUS
(a) paucity
(b) innocuous
(c) injurious
(d) profuse
Sol. Plenteous: plentiful.
Directions (13-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Q13. FLOUNDER
(a) triumph
(b) struggle
(c) starved
(d) reverence
Sol. Flounder: struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion.
Q14. DAINTY
(a) coarse
(b) insipid
(c) restore
(d) elegant
Sol. Dainty: delicately small and pretty.
Q15. PETULANT
(a) grouchy
(b) cordial
(c) gregarious
(d) delegate
Sol. Petulant: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
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