UPSC SSC Quiz — 08 July 2026 | 10 MCQ

Q1 / 10 PYQ · SSC Sub. Ins. 2016

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word: Abstain

A) Disgrace

B) Indulge

C) Dismiss

D) Repel

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✅ B) Indulge PYQ · SSC Sub. Ins. 2016

Q2 / 10

The word 'Consolidation' means -

A) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being

B) Severe, stern, or disciplinary measures taken to curb illegal or disruptive activity.

C) To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.

D) An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of

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✅ A) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being

Q3 / 10

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

A) lighten

B) Precedent

C) Advocate

D) Consolidation

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✅ A) lighten

Q4 / 10

The word 'Intractable' means -

A) An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of

B) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting

C) Severe, stern, or disciplinary measures taken to curb illegal or disruptive activity.

D) Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.

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✅ D) Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.

Q5 / 10

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Hypothesis'.

A) Frivolous

B) Crackdown

C) Precedent

D) guess

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✅ D) guess

Q6 / 10

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Stalemate'.

A) Severe, stern, or disciplinary measures taken to curb illegal or disruptive activity.

B) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting

C) To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.

D) An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of

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✅ B) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting

Q7 / 10

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Precedent'.

A) Severe, stern, or disciplinary measures taken to curb illegal or disruptive activity.

B) An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of

C) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being

D) Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.

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✅ B) An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of

Q8 / 10

Identify the synonym of 'Crackdown'.

A) Precedent

B) Stalemate

C) Frivolous

D) getting tough

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✅ D) getting tough

Q9 / 10 Also in SSC CGL 2013

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Advocate'.

A) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting

B) To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.

C) Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.

D) An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of

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✅ C) Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. Also in SSC CGL 2013

Q10 / 10

The word 'Frivolous' means -

A) Severe, stern, or disciplinary measures taken to curb illegal or disruptive activity.

B) Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.

C) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or

D) Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.

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✅ B) Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.