English Quiz For SSC Exams

Direction:In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.

1. Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool
A. Imbecility    
B. Senility
C. Dotage    
D. Superannuation

2. That which cannot be corrected
A. Unintelligible    
B. Indelible
C. Illegible    
D. Incorrigible

3.  The study of ancient societies
A. Anthropology    
B. Archaeology
C. History    
D. Ethnology

4. Detailed plan of journey
A. Travelogue    
B. Travelkit
C. Schedule    
D. Itinerary

5. A person of good understanding knowledge and reasoning power
A. Expert    
B. Intellectual
C. Snob    
D. Literate

6. A person who insists on something
A. Disciplinarian    
B. Stickler
C. Instantaneous    
D. Boaster

7. To issue a thunderous verbal attack
A. Languish    
B. Animate
C. Fulminate    
D. Invigorate

8. To take secretly in small quantities
A. Robbery    
B. Pilferage
C. Theft    
D. Defalcation

9. State in which the few govern the many
A. Monarchy    
B. Oligarchy
C. Plutocracy    
D. Autocracy

10.To accustom oneself to a foreign climate
A. Adapt    
B. Adopt
C. Accustom    
D. Acclimatise

ANSWER KEY:
1.(c)
2.(d)
3.(b)
4.(d)
5.(b)
6.(b)
7.(c)
8.(b)
9.(b)
10.(d)