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31 July 2026 · 10 questions · Q1 is a real PYQ · click "Show Answer" to reveal

Q1 / 10 PYQ · SSC CGL 2015

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

A) Boorishness
B) Aggressiveness
C) Attractiveness
D) Manliness
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✅ D) Manliness PYQ · SSC CGL 2015
Q2 / 10

'Resilience' can best be described as -

A) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
B) That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess
C) An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection
D) With one side lower or smaller than the other; heavily unbalanced or unequal.
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✅ A) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
Q3 / 10

Identify the antonym of 'Inflation'.

A) Lopsided
B) deflation
C) Proponent
D) Imprisonment
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✅ B) deflation
Q4 / 10

Select the word which means the opposite of 'Surplus'.

A) Resilience
B) lack
C) Proponent
D) Lopsided
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✅ B) lack
Q5 / 10

Which of the following best defines 'Dissonance'?

A) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
B) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
C) That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess
D) The state of being volatile
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✅ A) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
Q6 / 10

The word 'Volatility' means -

A) The state of being volatile
B) A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
C) An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection
D) With one side lower or smaller than the other; heavily unbalanced or unequal.
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✅ A) The state of being volatile
Q7 / 10

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

A) Parlance
B) Inflation
C) to one side
D) Volatility
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✅ C) to one side
Q8 / 10

Identify the antonym of 'Proponent'.

A) opponent
B) Imprisonment
C) Lopsided
D) Volatility
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✅ A) opponent
Q9 / 10

Select the word which is closest in meaning to 'Parlance'.

A) Surplus
B) Imprisonment
C) jargon
D) Inflation
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✅ C) jargon
Q10 / 10

Which word has a meaning similar to 'Imprisonment'?

A) Dissonance
B) Resilience
C) Parlance
D) jaildom
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✅ D) jaildom
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