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As we all know, Verbal Aptitude is an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. In order to help you practise and improve your verbal ability, we provide you this English Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
Directions (Q.Nos. 1-5)
Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/sentence.
1. Science of the races
of mankind
(a)
Genealogy (b) Epistemology (c) Ethnology (d) Sociology
2. Detaining and
confining someone
(a)
Interruption (b) Interrogation (c) Interment (d) Internment
3. An underhand device
resorted to in order to justify misconduct
(a) Subterfuge (b) Manoeuvre (c) Stratagem (d) Complicity
4. One who criticises
popular beliefs which he thinks is mistaken or unwise
(a) Philistine (b) Iconoclast (c) Imposter (d) Cannibal
5. Impossible to
describe
(a) Miraculous (b) Ineffable (c)
Stupendous (d)
Appalling
Answers
1(c) 2(d)
3(b) 4(b) 5(b)
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