Subject

English Language And Comprehension

Class

SSCCGL Class 12

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SSCCGL English Language And Comprehension Solved Question Paper 2016

Multiple Choice Questions

51.

Choose the word, which is most similar in meaning to the given words.
Dishevelled

Tidy
Clean
Neat
Neat

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52.

Choose the word, which is most similar in meaning to the given words.
Venerate

Despise
Disobey
Disregard
Disregard

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53.

Choose the word, which is most opposite in meaning to the given words.
Congenial

Accord
Snug
Engaging
Engaging

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54.
Choose the word, which is most opposite in meaning to the given words.
Abjure

Renounce

Relinquish

Abnegate

Abnegate

Abnegate

'Abjure' means to promise to reject a belief or a way of behaving. So, option (d) acquire is correct. All other options mean to reject, deny or given up.

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55.

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Highly skilled

Consummate
Inveterate
Notorious
Notorious

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56.

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words or sentence.
Identification with the feelings of another

Sympathy
Empathy
Apathy
Apathy

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57.

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Insatiable desire for wealth

Selfish
Avarice
Egoist
Egoist

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58.

In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Cut the mustard

To get under expectations
To score average
To perform well
To perform well

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59. In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
A chip off the old block

Reminds them of one's father
To remind one's sin
Reminds them of one's son
Reminds them of one's son

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60. In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To fish in troubled waters