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English One Word Substitution Quiz SSC CGL

Directions (1-10): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence in the question.

Q1. An emolument over and above fixed salary
(a) Stowaway
(b) Perquisite
(c) Destitute
(d) Bottleneck

Q2. A person without a home, job or property
(a) Derelict
(b) Hoary
(c) Coy
(d) Prattle

Q3. Excessive publicity
(a) Pinion
(b) Hype
(c) Maraud
(d) Subaltern

Q4. To officially take private property to seize
(a) Sinecure
(b) Mercenary
(c) Monopoly
(d) Confiscate

Q5. A person who manages the financial affairs of a college or school
(a) Byre
(b) Bunting
(c) Bullion
(d) Bursar

Q6.  Act of mercy killing
(a) Suicide
(b) Euthanasia
(c) Immolation
(d) Asphyxiation

Q7. A Person who is slow in learning
(a) Drover
(b) Dunce
(c) Dower
(d) Drey

Q8. Costing Nothing
(a) Heretic
(b) Hippy
(c) Gratis
(d) Hangar

Q9. Loop of rope
(a) Repine
(b) Rankle
(c) Noose
(d) Flay

Q10. A branch of medical science that deal with nose and its disease
(a) Phrenology
(b) Cheiloscopy
(c) Osteoarthritis
(d) Pulmonology












SOLUTIONS

1.B
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.D
6.B
7.B
8.C
9.C
10.A