Important English Questions For SSC CPO

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Q1. SHIMMERING
(a) Gloomy
(b) Glimmering
(c) Refreshing
(d) Ripening

Q2. MELODIOUS
(a) Harmonious
(b) Tuneless
(c) Odious
(d) Mellifluous

Q3. FIENDISH
(a) Diabolical
(b) Devilish
(c) Reimbursement
(d) Friendly

Q4. SUBSEQUENT
(a) Eventual
(b) Succeeding
(c) Prior
(d) Comparative

Q5. SOBRIETY
(a) Modernization
(b) Drunkenness
(c) Despicable
(d) Stupidity

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, groups four words are given. In each group, one word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word.

Q6.
(a) Prioratise
(b) Picturize
(c) Visualize
(d) Individuality

Q7.
(a) Mendacious
(b) Obnoxcious
(c) Pernicious
(d) Ferocious

Q8.
(a) Rapport
(b) Support
(c) Repport
(d) Purport

Q9.
(a) Audacious
(b) Auspicious
(c) Caprisious
(d) Credulous

Q10.
(a) Neurosurgeon
(b) Homoeopath
(c) Bureaucrat
(d) Veteinary

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences

Q11. One who journeys from place to place
(a) Quack
(b) Cannibal
(c) Itinerant
(d) Courier

Q12. Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God.
(a) Atheism
(b) Pantheism
(c) Scepticism
(d) Animism

Q13. A wall built to prevent the sea or a river from the flooding an area.
(a) Dam
(b) Mound
(c) Dyke
(d) Embankment

Q14. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter.
(a) Pun
(b) Alliteration
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Epithet

Q15. A situation that stops an activity from progressing.
(a) Bypass
(b) Breach
(c) Bottleneck
(d) Blockhead

SOLUTIONS

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C