SSC Quiz | English Language | 28 - 07 - 17

One word substitution

1. Words written on a tomb

(a) Epithet 

(b) Epigraph

(c)Epitaph 

(d) Soliloquy

Ans-c

2. Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space 

(a)Agoraphobia 

(b) Claustrophobia 

(c) Xenophobia 

(d) paranoia

Ans-b

3. Custom of having many wives

(a) Polygyny 

(b) polyandry

(c)Matrimony 

(d)Celibacy

Ans-a

4. Animal living on land and in water

(a) Ambiguous 

(b) Ambivalent

(c) Amorphous 

(d)Amphibian

Ans-d

5. A remedy for all diseases

(a)Misogynist 

(b) Misanthrope

(c)Misogamist 

(d) philanthropist

Ans-a

6. something that is poisonous or unhealthy

(a) Trivial 

(b)Toxic

(c) Torpid 

(d) Tragic

Ans-b

7. Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money

(a)Pickpocket 

(b) Robbery

(c) Fraud 

(d) theft

Ans-c

8. Something capable of being done

(a) feasible 

(b) probable

(c) tenable 

(d) explicable

Ans-a

9. A place where government/public record are kept.

(a)Shelf 

(b)Museum

(c) Callar 

(d)Archive

Ans-d

10. A person with full discretionary powers to act on behalf of a country

(a) Emissary 

(b)Plenipotentiary

(c) Ambassador 

(d) Envoy

Ans-b