UPSC SSC Quiz
02 August 2026 · 10 questions ·
Q1 is a real PYQ · click "Show Answer" to reveal
Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word: COMPUNCTION
A) Equipment
B) Repentance
C) Confusion
D) Excitement
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✅ B) Repentance
PYQ · SSC 2023
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Resentment'.
A) Breach
B) Implementation
C) bitterness
D) Adherence
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✅ C) bitterness
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Cynic'?
A) A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
B) The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and
C) A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
D) Bitter indignation or deep-seated ill will caused by being treated unfairly.
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✅ A) A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
Which of the following best defines 'Venerate'?
A) A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee /
B) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
C) To treat with great respect and deference.
D) The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and
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✅ C) To treat with great respect and deference.
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Adherence'?
A) A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a
B) A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
C) A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee /
D) A close physical union of two objects.
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✅ D) A close physical union of two objects.
'Intervention' can best be described as -
A) A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
B) A close physical union of two objects.
C) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
D) A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a
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✅ C) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Parlance'.
A) jargon
B) Venerate
C) Implementation
D) Intervention
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✅ A) jargon
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Breach'.
A) Intervention
B) Parlance
C) fissure
D) Individuals
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✅ C) fissure
The word 'Implementation' means -
A) A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee /
B) The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and
C) A close physical union of two objects.
D) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
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✅ B) The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and
Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Individuals'.
A) A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
B) The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and
C) A certain way of speaking, of using words, especially when it comes to those with a
D) A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
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✅ D) A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.