UPSC SSC Quiz
07 October 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
Identify the synonym of 'Legitimacy'.
A) Preference
B) Individuals
C) legitimateness
D) Threshold
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✅ C) legitimateness
Identify the antonym of 'Threshold'.
A) lintel
B) Individuals
C) Complacent
D) Preference
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✅ A) lintel
Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word: PROFITEERING
A) Diagnosis
B) Confession
C) Vagary
D) Exploitation
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✅ D) Exploitation
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Which of the following best defines 'Complacent'?
A) A statement of what will happen in the future.
B) The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
C) Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
D) Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
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✅ C) Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word: VOLTE-FACE
A) Enactment
B) Normality
C) Cancellation
D) Expansion
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✅ C) Cancellation
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Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Ecological'.
A) Threshold
B) Complacent
C) Prediction
D) ecologically friendly
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✅ D) ecologically friendly
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Preference'?
A) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"
B) A statement of what will happen in the future.
C) The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.
D) Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
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✅ A) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"
Which of the following best defines 'Individuals'?
A) The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
B) Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.
C) A statement of what will happen in the future.
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.
Identify the synonym of 'Prediction'.
A) Threshold
B) Legitimacy
C) Complacent
D) forecast
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✅ D) forecast