Target SSC CGL | 10,000+ Questions | English Questions For SSC CGL : Day 23
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Directions (1-2): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word
Q1. RANKLE
(a) Quiet
(b) Lapse
(c) Bother
(d) Infinite
Q2. RUBBLE
(a) Regularity
(b) Defy
(c) Remains
(d) Intensity
Directions (3-4): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Q3. The thin end of the wedge
(a) In strict vigilance
(b) Start of harmful development
(c) Be aware of the trick
(d) Not a worthy possession
Q4. Cut of one’s jib
(a) One’s general appearance
(b) To save some money
(c) To be dismissed from a job
(d) Out of order
Directions (5-7): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the best substitute of the phrase.
Q5. One who is new to a profession
(a) Nuance
(b) Pun
(c) Tyro
(d) Vandal
Q6. Speaking with a stammer or lisp
(a) Melliloquent
(b) Delinquent
(c) Fatiloquent
(d) Stuttering
Q7. Excessive desire to work
(a) Ergomania
(b) Idolomania
(c) Islomania
(d) Ethnomania
Q8. In the following question four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.
(a) Pertinacious
(b) Demarcation
(c) Temperament
(d) Sureptitious
Q9. In the following question four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.
(a) Treachery
(b) Refrendum
(c) Suppression
(d) Resemblance
Q10. In the following question four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Find the incorrectly spelt word.
(a) Acquaintence
(b) Appeasement
(c) Abnormality
(d) Accentuate
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Rankle: of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment.
Hence Rankle and Bother are synonyms to each other.
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Rubble: waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
Hence Rubble and Remains are synonyms to each other.
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(a)
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option ‘C’ is the correct substitution.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option ‘D’ is the correct substitution.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option ‘A’ is the correct substitution.
S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. ‘Surreptitious’ is the correct spelling.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Referendum’ is the correct spelling.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. ‘Acquaintance’ is the correct spelling.