UPSC SSC Quiz
28 June 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: BEQUEATH
A) Scold
B) Surround
C) Give
D) Disclose
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✅ C) Give
PYQ · SSC CGL 2012
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Logistics'?
A) A granary; a store of grain.
B) A logistic function or graph of a logistic curve.
C) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
D) A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
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✅ B) A logistic function or graph of a logistic curve.
What is the most appropriate meaning of 'Prophylactic'?
A) Abundant in growth or detail.
B) The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from
C) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
D) Talkative; chatty.
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✅ C) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
Also in SSC CGL 2010
Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Prediction'.
A) Intervention
B) Loquacious
C) prognosis
D) Logistics
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✅ C) prognosis
Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Luxuriant'.
A) Talkative; chatty.
B) A granary; a store of grain.
C) A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
D) Abundant in growth or detail.
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✅ D) Abundant in growth or detail.
Also in SSC CGL 2010
Which of the following best defines 'Aberration'?
A) Abundant in growth or detail.
B) A statement of what will happen in the future.
C) A granary; a store of grain.
D) The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from
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✅ D) The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from
Also in SSC CGL 2013
Identify the synonym of 'Garner'.
A) Intervention
B) Aberration
C) reap
D) Logistics
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✅ C) reap
Which word has a meaning similar to 'Loquacious'?
A) talkative
B) Fanatic
C) Garner
D) Logistics
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✅ A) talkative
Also in SSC CGL 2011
The word 'Intervention' means -
A) A granary; a store of grain.
B) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
C) The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from
D) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
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✅ B) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
The word 'Fanatic' means -
A) A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
B) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
C) The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
D) A granary; a store of grain.
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✅ A) A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.