UPSC SSC Quiz
26 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: DECREE
A) Title
B) Award
C) Command
D) Crime
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✅ C) Command
PYQ · SSC 2023
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Satire'?
A) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an
B) Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
C) An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a
D) Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
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✅ A) A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an
Which word has a meaning similar to 'Invitation'?
A) Interpretation
B) Satire
C) invitement
D) Efficacy
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✅ C) invitement
'Evidence' can best be described as -
A) A decipherment; a decoding.
B) The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
C) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
D) Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
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✅ C) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Interpretation'.
A) Compassion
B) Decipher
C) interpreting
D) Satire
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✅ C) interpreting
Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Decipher'.
A) An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a
B) A decipherment; a decoding.
C) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
D) Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
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✅ B) A decipherment; a decoding.
Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Efficacy'.
A) Interpretation
B) Compassion
C) efficacity
D) Evidence
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✅ C) efficacity
The word 'Compassion' means -
A) Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
B) Act of treating with disdain.
C) Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
D) A decipherment; a decoding.
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✅ A) Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.
The word 'Derision' means -
A) The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
B) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
C) Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
D) Act of treating with disdain.
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✅ D) Act of treating with disdain.
Also in SSC CGL 2010
Which of the following is opposite in meaning to 'Threshold'?
A) Satire
B) Invitation
C) lintel
D) Efficacy
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✅ C) lintel