English Miscellaneous Quiz For SSC Exams 2019: 4 October

Directions (1-3): Each of the following sentences has a black space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank space.

Q1. If everyone ___________ we can get the kitchen painted by noon.
(a) blow up
(b) chips in
(c) cut in
(d) go over

Q2. I ___________ the job because I was afraid of change.
(a) passed up
(b) put down
(c) passed away
(d) passed out

Q3. The man was ___________ in financial disputes with several people.
(a) occluded
(b) recuperated
(c) mired
(d) swashbuckling

Direction (4-7): In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Q4. Fear of dust
(a) Amaxophobia
(b) Amathophobia
(c) Agateophobia
(d) Ambulophobia

Q5. Craze for stamp collecting
(a) Teutomania
(b) Tomomania
(c) Tulipomania
(d) Timbromania

Q6. Mania for making purchases
(a) Onomamania
(b) Onomatomania
(c) Oniomania
(d) Opiomania

Q7. Fear of voids
(a) Ochophobia
(b) Kenophobia
(c) Topophobia
(d) Cacophobia

Direction (8-10): In the following questions, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Q8. Cast the first stone
(a) Deeply involved
(b) To be the first to find fault
(c) To start an event with success stories
(d) To start a fight

Q9. All moonshine
(a) Glowing object
(b) Far from reality
(c) Celestial
(d) Prosperous life

Q10. Up for grabs
(a) To live in pleasure
(b) In a particular surrounding
(c) To be prepared to answer all the questions
(d) In total chaos

                                                             Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Chip in: help
Cut in: interrupt
Go over: review

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. Pass up: decline
Put down: insult.
Pass away: die
Pass out: faint

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Mire: an unpleasant situation that is difficult to escape.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Amaxophobia: fear of riding in a car.
Amathophobia: Fear of dust.
Agateophobia: fear of insanity.
Ambulophobia: fear of walking.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Tomomania: irrational predilection for performing surgery
Teutomania: obsession with Teutonic or German things.
Tulipomania: obsession with tulips.
Timbromania: craze for stamp collecting.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Onomamania: mania for names.
Onomatomania: irresistible desire to repeat certain words.
Oniomania: mania for making purchases.
Opiomania: craving for opium.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Ochophobia: fear of vehicles.
Kenophobia: fear of voids.
Topophobia: fear of certain places or situations, such as stage fright.
Cacophobia: fear of ugliness.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Cast the first stone: to make the first criticism; to be the first to attack.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. All moonshine: total lies, not real.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Up for grabs: in total chaos.