Notable English Vocabulary Quiz For SSC CGL and SSC CPO 2018: 4 August 2018

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Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Q1. Music sung or played at night below a person’s window.

Primo

Serenade

Sonnet

Ode

Solution:

Option B is the correct substitution.

Q2. Part of a church in which bells are hung

Minaret

Chapel

Spire

Belfry

Solution:

Option D is the correct substitution.

Q3. One who despises persons of lower social position

Prim

Snob

Prig

Oxymoron

Solution:

Option B is the correct substitution.

Q4. To slap with a flat object

Swat

Hew

Chop

Gnaw

Solution:

Option A is the correct substitution.

Q5. The art of cutting trees and bushes into ornamental shapes

Horticulture

Bonsai

Pruning

Topiary

Solution:

Option D is the correct substitution.

Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions, an idiomatic expression has been given, followed by four alternatives. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

Q6. For a song

Very costly

Very cheaply

Unhappily

Enthusiastically

Solution:

Option B is the correct meaning.

Q7. Wither on the vine

To be succeed in surviving a difficult period or situation

To admit that you can’t succeed

To fail to overcome the first difficulty encountered

To fail or cease to exist because of no support by any

Solution:

Option D is the correct meaning.

Q8. To be up in arms

To be full with compassion

To be very angry

To struggle against unfavorable circumstances

To be repented

Solution:

Option B is the correct meaning.

Q9. Be in a stew

To express a reaction or opinion very clearly

To develop a fondness for someone or begin to like someone

To express heartfelt gratitude or feel particularly fortunate

To be worried and flummoxed about something

Solution:

Option D is the correct meaning.

Q10. Keep nose to grindstone

To make futile efforts

To be very worried about something

To work hard and or diligently on something

To be in complete control of a company, firm or organization

Solution:

Option C is the correct meaning.

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Q11.

mediteranean

miscellaneous

municipality

missionary

Solution:

Option C is the correct meaning.

Q12.

insurgent

intransigent

indiginous

innuendo

Solution:

Indigenous is the correct spelling.

Q13.

paleontology

pomology

archeaology

genealogy

Solution:

Archaeology is the correct spelling.

Q14.

bouqueut

wreath

virago

rabble

Solution:

Bouquet is the correct spelling.

Q15.

ulterior

theoretical

virmillion

ameliorate

Solution:

Vermilion is the correct spelling.

Notable English Vocabulary Quiz For SSC CGL and SSC CPO 2018: 4 August 2018

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