English Miscellaneous Quiz For SSC Exams 2019: 24 October

Direction (1-10): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Q1. A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior
(a) Disciplinarian
(b) Ethnology
(c) Stickler
(d) Snob

Q2.One who has little faith in human sincerity and goodness
(a) Cynic
(b) Fatalist
(c) Stoic
(d) Egoist

Q3.Tending to move away from the centre or axis
(a) Omniscient
(b) Centrifugal
(c) Axiomatic
(d) Awry

Q4. In a state of tension or anxiety or suspense
(a) On tenterhooks
(b) Recompense
(c) Dandy
(d) Off balance

Q5.Habitually silent or talking little
(a) Taciturn
(b) Hew
(c) Unequivocal
(d) Servile

Q6.The absence of law and order
(a) Mutiny
(b) Rebellion
(c) Anarchy
(d) Revol

Q7.Study of the evolution of man as an animal
(a) Ethnology
(b) Anthropology
(c) Chronology
(d) Archaeology

Q8.A disease of mind causing an uncontrollable desire to steal
(a) Kleptomania
(b) Claustrophobia
(c) Schizophrenia
(d) Megalomania

Q9.A place where monks live as a secluded community
(a) Cathedral
(b) Diocese
(c) Barbarian
(d) Monastery

Q10.One who is determined to exact full vengeance for wrongs done to him
(a) Virulent
(b) Outriders
(c) Veritable
(d) Vindictive

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)

S2. Ans.(a)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(a)

S5. Ans.(a)

S6. Ans.(c)

S7. Ans.(b)

S8. Ans.(a)

S9. Ans.(d)

S10. Ans.(d)