UPSC SSC Quiz
25 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: LABYRINTH
A) Wriggling
B) Rotating
C) Meandering
D) Pacing
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✅ C) Meandering
PYQ · SSC CGL 2013
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Breach'?
A) Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level; conserving an ecological balance by
B) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"
C) A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee /
D) A statement of what will happen in the future.
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✅ C) A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee /
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Legitimacy'.
A) legitimateness
B) Sustainable
C) Preference
D) Opposition
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✅ A) legitimateness
Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Preference'.
A) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"
B) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
C) A statement of what will happen in the future.
D) The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
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✅ A) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"
Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to 'Opposition'.
A) apposition
B) Sustainable
C) Constituency
D) Application
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✅ A) apposition
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Sustainable'.
A) defensible
B) Constituency
C) Opposition
D) Prediction
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✅ A) defensible
The word 'Demographics' means -
A) A statement of what will happen in the future.
B) The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
C) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
D) The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
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✅ B) The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
'Constituency' can best be described as -
A) A statement of what will happen in the future.
B) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
C) Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level; conserving an ecological balance by
D) The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
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✅ B) A district represented by one or more elected officials.
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Prediction'.
A) Breach
B) Legitimacy
C) forecast
D) Demographics
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✅ C) forecast
Which of the following best defines 'Application'?
A) A statement of what will happen in the future.
B) The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.
C) The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
D) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
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✅ D) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense