UPSC SSC Quiz
11 July 2026 · 10 questions ·
Q1 is a real PYQ · click "Show Answer" to reveal
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word: Hasten
A) Dash
B) Dawdle
C) Hurry
D) Scurry
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✅ B) Dawdle
PYQ · SSC CGL 2012
Which word has a meaning similar to 'Contemporary'?
A) Engagement
B) contemporaneous
C) Disrupt
D) Evidence
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✅ B) contemporaneous
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Disrupt'?
A) Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
B) The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
C) The profession of an advocate
D) To throw into confusion or disorder.
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✅ D) To throw into confusion or disorder.
Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Engagement'.
A) Values
B) Disrupt
C) commitment
D) Contemporary
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✅ C) commitment
Which of the following best defines 'Evidence'?
A) The profession of an advocate
B) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
C) The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
D) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.
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✅ B) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
Identify the antonym of 'Adaptation'.
A) Mandate
B) maladaptation
C) Disrupt
D) Evidence
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✅ B) maladaptation
Select the word which means the opposite of 'Values'.
A) Contemporary
B) Adaptation
C) derogate
D) Engagement
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✅ C) derogate
Also in SSC Sub. Ins. 2014
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Advocacy'?
A) The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
B) To throw into confusion or disorder.
C) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.
D) The profession of an advocate
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✅ D) The profession of an advocate
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Mandate'?
A) The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
B) Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
C) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial
D) Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
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✅ C) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Compassion'.
A) empathy
B) Adaptation
C) Disrupt
D) Values
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✅ A) empathy