UPSC SSC Quiz

05 June 2026 · 10 questions · Q1 is a real PYQ · click "Show Answer" to reveal

Q1 / 10 PYQ · SSC 2023

Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word: COMPUNCTION

A) Equipment

B) Repentance

C) Excitement

D) Confusion

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✅ B) Repentance PYQ · SSC 2023

Q2 / 10

Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Efficacy'.

A) efficacity

B) Culpable

C) Hazardous

D) Proximity

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✅ A) efficacity

Q3 / 10

Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to 'Compliance'.

A) Efficacy

B) violation

C) Outlay

D) Clandestine

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✅ B) violation

Q4 / 10

'Outlay' can best be described as -

A) Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or

B) A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.

C) Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

D) Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.

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✅ B) A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.

Q5 / 10

Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Clandestine'.

A) secretive

B) Objective

C) Outlay

D) Implication

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✅ A) secretive

Q6 / 10

What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Implication'?

A) Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

B) Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.

C) Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.

D) The act of implicating.

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✅ D) The act of implicating.

Q7 / 10

The word 'Proximity' means -

A) A material object that physically exists.

B) The act of implicating.

C) Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.

D) An act of complying.

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✅ C) Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.

Q8 / 10

'Hazardous' can best be described as -

A) Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

B) Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.

C) Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or

D) Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.

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✅ D) Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.

Q9 / 10

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Culpable'.

A) Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.

B) Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or

C) A material object that physically exists.

D) A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.

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✅ B) Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or

Q10 / 10

Identify the synonym of 'Objective'.

A) objective case

B) Clandestine

C) Proximity

D) Implication

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✅ A) objective case

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