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SSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

CHAPTERWISE

ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION

SET – 1


Hello dear aspirants, in today’s post titled asSSC Previous Year Questions Chapter-wise ONE WORD SUBSTITUTION Set – 1”, I have shared first 50 questions of all SSC exams like – SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD CONSTABLE, CPO SI, SELECTION POSTS etc.

Friends, if you are a serious aspirant of government exams like SSC, UPSSSC, RAILWAYS, BANKING etc., you should be aware of the importance of the previous year questions.




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So don’t worry, I will cover up all the chapters of English section and provide you with all chapters on a regular basis.

Each question, like actual exam, has 4 options in which only one option is correct.

 

The correct option from every question is given in the answer key in the end of the post.

 

So, without any delay, start your preparation.

The questions are as follows –

 

Direction: Find out the correct option that can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

 

1.   A person with a long experience of any occupation

a) veteran                    b) genius

c) seasoned                d) ambidextrous

 

2.  Words that are written on a tomb

a) epithet                     b) epigraph

c) soliloquy                  d) epitaph

 

3.  Something stealthily done

a) devious                    b) nefarious

c) surreptitious            d) villainous

 

4.  Something no longer in use

a) desolate                  b) absolute

c) obsolete                  d) primitive

 

5.  One who is not concerned with right or wrong

a) moral                       b) amoral

c) immoral                   d) immortal

 

6.  A person who opposes war or use of military forces

a) fascist                      b) pacifist

c) narcissist                 d) fatalist

 

7.  Severely abusive writing in journals

a) imaginary                b) speculative

c) scurrilous                 d) sarcastic

 

8.  Call upon God or any other power (like law) for help or protection

a) invocation                b) involution

c) inundation               d) revocation

 

9.  Fear of being enclosed in a small closed area or space

a) agoraphobia            b) claustrophobia

c) xenophobia             d) paranoia

 

10.      One who has become dependent on something or drugs

a) adamant                  b) edict

c) addict                      d) derelict

 

11.      One who know many languages

a) linguist                     b) polyglot

c) translator                 d) phonetician

 

12.      One who doesn’t follow the usual rules of social life

a) bohemian                b) artisan

c) partisan                   d) physician

 

13.      Placing a thing beside another thing

a) impose                    b) repose

c) juxtapose                 d) expose

 

14.      To throw or drop unnecessary goods or fuel from a ship, an aircraft, a spacecraft etc.

a) capsize                    b) enthral

c) volley                       d) jettison

 

15.      Wild and noisy disorder

a) agitation                  b) revolution

c) pandemonium        d) stir      

 

16.      Possessing unlimited powers

a) omniscient               b) omnipotent

c) omnipresent            d) omnicompetent

 

17.      A doctor who is a specialist in skin diseases

a) cardiologist              b) physician

c) dermatologist          d) physicist

 

18.      One who retires from society and lives alone

a) saint                        b) giant

c) plaintiff                     d) recluse

 

19.      The art of making pots, bricks etc. with clay

a) potting                     b) ceramics

c) crockery                  d) dynamics

 

20.      Living at the same time

a) concurrent               b) contemporary

c) coincident                d) concomitant

 

21.      Succession of rulers belonging to one family

a) dynasty                    b) lineage

c) ancestry                  d) progeny

 

22.      To cut something into two pieces

a) severe                     b) sever

c) sewer                       d) sow

 

23.      Flat metal or Porcelain fixed over on a wall as an ornament or memorial

a) tabloid                     b) poster

c) board                       d) plaque

 

24.      Act of deceiving somebody in order to make money

a) fraud                        b) robbery

c) pickpocket               d) theft

 

25.      A short poem or speech addressed to the spectators after the conclusion of a drama

a) prologue                  b) dialogue

c) epilogue                  d) monologue

 

26.      Capable of being understood in either of two or more than two possible ways and so not definite

a) amphibious              b) ambiguous

c) amorphous              d) confusing

 

27.      A person who is unable to pay his debts

a) solvent                     b) banker

c) insolvent                  d) lender

 

28.      Something of the highest quality

a) productive               b) reactive

c) superlative               d) relative

 

29.      A person coming to a foreign land to settle there

a) immigrant                b) emigrant

c) tourist                      d) settler

 

30.      Something that is capable of being done

a) probable                  b) feasible

c) tenable                    d) explicable

 

31.      Give and receive mutually

a) present                    b) reciprocate

c) compromise            d) approve

 

32.      One who can think about the future with imagination and wisdom

a) dreamer                   b) seer

c) idealist                     d) visionary

 

33.      A doctor who treats children

a) paediatrician            b) pedagogue

c) pedestrian               d) paedophile

 

34.      One who studies election trends by means of opinion polls

a) entomologist            b) psephologist

c) demagogue             d) eugenist

 

35.      One who believes in offering equal opportunities to women in all spheres

a) futurist                     b) feminist

c) fatalist                      d) male chauvinist

 

36.      Killing of a child

a) homicide                  b) genocide

c) infanticide                d) suicide

 

37.      The art of good eating

a) gastronomy             b) astronomy

c) gourmet                   d) vegetarianism

 

38.      One who is indifferent to pains or pleasures

a) stoic                         b) stylist

c) cynic                        d) psychic

 

39.      Lasting only for a moment

a) momentous             b) momentary

c) trivial                        d) petty

 

40.      To seize control of a vehicle in order to force it to go to a new destination, or demand something

a) attack                      b) contract

c) hijack                       d) dtour

 

41.      A person who goes to settle in another country

a) immigrant                b) alien

c) citizen                      d) emigrant

 

42.      One who hates mankind

a) philanthropist          b) terrorist

c) misanthrope            d) misogynist

 

43.      Belonging to all parts of the world

a) versatile                   b) universal

c) cosmopolitan           d) secular

 

44.      One who walks on ropes

a) funambulist              b) upholsterer

c) acrobat                    d) aviator

 

45.      The study of the origin and history of words

a) linguistics                b) etymology

c) verbose                   d) anthology

 

46.      A person who breaks into a house in order to steal

a) poacher                   b) bandit

c) intruder                    d) burglar

 

47.      The study of maps is called

a) cartography             b) geography

c) geology                   d) atlas

 

48.      Tough tissues in joints

a) ligaments                 b) endoderm

c) muscles                   d) fibre

 

49.      The first model of a new device

a) prototype                 b) sculpture

c) icon                         d) photograph

 

50.      A building where an audience sits

a) aquarium                 b) gymnasium

c) auditorium               d) stadium

 

   ANSWER KEY

1a 2d 3c 4c 5b 6b 7c 8a 9b 10c
1a11b 2d12a 3c13c 4c14d 5b15c 6b16b 7c17c 8a18d 9b19b 10c20b
1a21a 2d22b 3c23d 4c24a 5b25c 6b26b 7c27c 8a28c 9b29a 10c30b
1a31b 2d32d 3c33a 4c34b 5b35b 6b36c 7c37a 8a38a 9b39b 10c40c
1a41d 2d42c 3c43c 4c44a 5b45b 6b46d 7c47a 8a48a 9b49a 10c50c
                              
                                    
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