UPSC SSC Quiz
04 September 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: AMELIORATE
A) Improve
B) Motivate
C) Agree
D) Degrade
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✅ A) Improve
PYQ · SSC Sub. Ins. 2013
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Geopolitical'?
A) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
B) To defeat decisively.
C) The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.
D) Of, or relating to geopolitics.
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✅ D) Of, or relating to geopolitics.
Identify the synonym of 'Legitimacy'.
A) Eschew
B) Salutary
C) Quash
D) legitimateness
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✅ D) legitimateness
Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Eschew'.
A) Of, or relating to geopolitics.
B) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
C) To defeat decisively.
D) Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
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✅ B) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
Which of the following best defines 'Quash'?
A) The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account
B) To defeat decisively.
C) Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state
D) The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.
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✅ B) To defeat decisively.
The word 'Sedition' means -
A) Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
B) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
C) An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
D) Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state
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✅ D) Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state
Which word has a meaning similar to 'Accountability'?
A) Sedition
B) accountableness
C) Ecological
D) Salutary
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✅ B) accountableness
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Salutary'.
A) Sanction
B) Accountability
C) Quash
D) healful
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✅ D) healful
'Ecological' can best be described as -
A) An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
B) Of, or relating to geopolitics.
C) Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state
D) Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
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✅ D) Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
Which of the following best defines 'Sanction'?
A) To defeat decisively.
B) The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account
C) An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
D) The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.
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✅ C) An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.