UPSC SSC Quiz
14 July 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: SLEUTH
A) Investigator
B) Jury
C) Convict
D) Traveller
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✅ A) Investigator
PYQ · SSC 2023
Select the word which means the opposite of 'Contradiction'.
A) Insight
B) Vibrant
C) Imperative
D) tautology
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✅ D) tautology
'Leverage' can best be described as -
A) (grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the
B) A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection
C) Pulsing with energy or activity.
D) A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
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✅ D) A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
'Intervention' can best be described as -
A) The act of contradicting.
B) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
C) The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account
D) Inborn or natural; existing in an organism from birth rather than being learned.
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✅ B) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
The word 'Insight' means -
A) The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account
B) A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection
C) A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
D) Pulsing with energy or activity.
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✅ B) A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection
Which word has a meaning similar to 'Accountability'?
A) Innate
B) Intervention
C) accountableness
D) Coexistence
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✅ C) accountableness
Which of the following is opposite in meaning to 'Imperative'?
A) Vibrant
B) Accountability
C) Coexistence
D) functional
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✅ D) functional
Which word has a meaning similar to 'Vibrant'?
A) Leverage
B) Insight
C) Coexistence
D) dazzling
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✅ D) dazzling
Also in SSC CGL 2012
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Innate'.
A) Leverage
B) Insight
C) congenital
D) Contradiction
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✅ C) congenital
Which of the following best defines 'Coexistence'?
A) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
B) The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial
C) The act of contradicting.
D) Inborn or natural; existing in an organism from birth rather than being learned.
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✅ B) The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial