Dear Students, At Crackbankexam, we've launched our SSC CGL 2017 Campaign. In order to achieve success in the CGL-17 exam, we've decided to post ENGLISH QUIZ. Today in this post we have provided Idioms Quiz. Every Day, We'll post different topics, these quizzes will help you a lot in your complete preparation for the Exam. We're also providing Vocabulary for SSC exams. At SSC adda, we have also provided English Grammar Rules for SSC CGL 2017.
Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one that can be substituted for the given word/phrase:
Q1. A religious discourse
(a) preach
(b) stanza
(c) sanctorum
(d) sermon
Q2. A place that provides refuge
(a) asylum
(b) sanatorium
(c) shelter
(d) orphanage
Q3. A large dark grey cloud that brings rain or snow
(a) nimbus
(b) blizzard
(c) hail
(d) fog
Q4. One who has a compulsive desire to steal
(a) pilferer
(b) poacher
(c) plagiarist
(d) kleptomaniac
Q5. Official misconduct
(a) malefactor
(b) malfeasance
(c) maltreatment
(d) maladministration
Q6. A person who does not believe in the existence of God
(a) theist
(b) heretic
(c) atheist
(d) fanatic
Q7. Teetotaler means
(a) one who abstains from theft
(b) one who abstains from meat
(c) one who abstains from taking alcohol
(d) one who abstains from taking malice
Q8. Policemen riding on motorcycles as guards of VIP
(a) outriders
(b) servants
(c) commandos
(d) attendants
Q9. A person who tries to deceive people by claiming to be able to do wonderful things
(a) trickster
(b) impostor
(c) malicious
(d) mountebank
Q10. A place for sick people who need long periods for recovery
(a) clinic
(b) hospital
(c) sanatorium
(d) asylum
Q11. A person who eats too much
(a) glutton
(b) reveler
(c) sensualist
(d) omnivore
Q12. Likely to break apart easily
(a) breakable
(b) thin
(c) brittle
(d) harsh
Q13. Government by one person
(a) dictatorship
(b) monarchy
(c) democracy
(d) oligarchy
Q14. A general pardon granted by the government to political offenders
(a) pardon
(b) excuse
(c) honesty
(d) amnesty
Q15. A person who is out to destroy government
(a) anarchist
(b) destroyer
(c) atheist
(d) theist
Solutions
S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. sermon -a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. asylum -the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee.
S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. nimbus-a large grey rain cloud.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Kleptomania or klopemania is the inability to refrain from the urge for stealing items and is usually done for reasons other than personal use or financial gain.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. malfeasance- wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official.
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. atheist-a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.
S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. teetotaller-a person who never drinks alcohol.
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. outriders-a person in a motor vehicle or on horseback who goes in front of or beside a vehicle as an escort or guard.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. trickster-a person who cheats or deceives people.
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. sanatorium-an establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. glutton-an excessively greedy eater.
S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. brittle -hard but liable to break easily.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. dictatorship-government by a dictator.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. amnesty -an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. anarchist -a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy.
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