Dear Students, English section of all SSC Exams is very challenging. You need to mug up all the grammar rules, vocabulary and practice a lot of mock tests to score maximum marks. Today, in this English quiz we are providing questions based on Reading Comprehension and One Word Substitutions. Attempt this quiz, learn better and be prepared for the SSC CGL 2017 Exam.
Directions (1-5): Choose the option which is the antonym of the word mentioned in the question.
Q1. Scramble
(a) simplify
(b) organize
(c) cook eggs
Q2. Elite
(a) plebeian
(b) ignoble
(c) boring
(d) gentry
Q3. Ostensible
(a) crooked
(b) apparent
(c) hidden
(d) avian
Q4. Modest
(a) complacent
(b) haughty
(c) jovial
(d) barbaric
Q5. Irrevocable
(a) alterable
(b) ultimate
(c) fixed
(d) moving
Direction (6-15): In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q6. He spent a long time cutting all the waste paper into pieces.
(a) slashing
(b) ripping
(c) shredding
(d) disposing
Q7. We are looking forward to a good winter this year.
(a) encouraging
(b) getting
(c) hoping
(d) predicting
Q8. Rajesh was a hater of learning and knowledge.
(a) misogynist
(b) misologist
(c) misanthropist
(d) bibliophile
Q9. Ravi impressed everyone with his persuasive and fluent speech.
(a) discourse
(b) expression
(c) eloquence
(d) lecture
Q10. The bus has to go back and forth every six hours.
(a) travel
(b) run
(c) cross
(d) shuttle
Q11. A man can be sentenced to death for killing another human being.
(a) Fratricide
(b) regicide
(c) homicide
(d) genocide
Q12. A careful preservation and protection of wildlife is the need of the hour.
(a) Embankment
(b) Promotion
(c) Conservation
(d) Management
Q13. The officer was not willing to take a definite stand on that point.
(a) vague
(b) evasive
(c) ambiguous
(d) complex
Q14. He does unpaid work for the Red Cross.
(a) honorific
(b) honest
(c) honorary
(d) honourable
Q15. The advertisement assured the public that the medicine would give back to the users, their youthful vigour and appearance.
(a) rejuvenate
(b) restore
(c) replenish
(d) render
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