UPSC SSC Quiz — 28 August 2026 | 10 MCQ

Q1 / 10 PYQ · SSC Steno. 2016

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word: Inflammable

A) excitable

B) non-flammable

C) combustible

D) flammable

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✅ B) non-flammable PYQ · SSC Steno. 2016

Q2 / 10

'Evidence' can best be described as -

A) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"

B) Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm; unprotected or helpless.

C) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

D) The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity.

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✅ C) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

Q3 / 10

'Preference' can best be described as -

A) Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm; unprotected or helpless.

B) The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region

C) An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human)

D) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"

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✅ D) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"

Q4 / 10

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Frontier'.

A) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from

B) An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human)

C) The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region

D) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"

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✅ C) The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region

Q5 / 10

Which word has a meaning similar to 'Prediction'?

A) prognosis

B) Degradation

C) Vulnerable

D) Frontier

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✅ A) prognosis

Q6 / 10

Choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning to 'Vulnerable'.

A) Census

B) Degradation

C) exposed to

D) Preference

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✅ C) exposed to

Q7 / 10

Which of the following is opposite in meaning to 'Legitimacy'?

A) Prediction

B) illegitimacy

C) Ubiquity

D) Census

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✅ B) illegitimacy

Q8 / 10

The word 'Census' means -

A) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"

B) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from

C) An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human)

D) A statement of what will happen in the future.

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✅ C) An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human)

Q9 / 10

Which word has a meaning similar to 'Ubiquity'?

A) omnipresence

B) Legitimacy

C) Frontier

D) Degradation

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✅ A) omnipresence

Q10 / 10

Choose the correct meaning of the word 'Degradation'.

A) The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region

B) The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for"

C) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from

D) The state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or

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✅ C) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from