UPSC SSC Quiz
24 August 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: STRIKING
A) Funny
B) Violent
C) Hateful
D) Attractive
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✅ D) Attractive
PYQ · SSC Multitasking 2014
Select the word which means the opposite of 'Contraction'.
A) Interference
B) dilatation
C) Legitimacy
D) Prediction
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✅ B) dilatation
Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Prediction'.
A) Incumbent
B) Contraction
C) prognosis
D) Bench
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✅ C) prognosis
Which of the following best defines 'Bench'?
A) The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
B) A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
C) A statement of what will happen in the future.
D) A reversible reduction in size.
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✅ B) A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
Identify the synonym of 'Preference'.
A) forechoice
B) Legitimacy
C) Prediction
D) Bench
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✅ A) forechoice
Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Incumbent'.
A) A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
B) The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
C) The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
D) An official or authoritative decision, especially one pronounced by a court or judge.
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✅ B) The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Ruling'.
A) The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.
B) An official or authoritative decision, especially one pronounced by a court or judge.
C) An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a
D) The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
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✅ B) An official or authoritative decision, especially one pronounced by a court or judge.
Also in SSC 2023
Select the word which means the opposite of 'Interference'.
A) Incumbent
B) Prediction
C) noninterference
D) Preference
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✅ C) noninterference
Also in SSC Sub. Ins. 2015
Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to 'Legitimacy'.
A) illegitimacy
B) Preference
C) Prediction
D) Ruling
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✅ A) illegitimacy
Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Interpretation'.
A) interpreting
B) Legitimacy
C) Prediction
D) Incumbent
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✅ A) interpreting