English Language Quiz for SSC CGL of 22th March ( Antonyms)

Updated Mon, 22 Mar 2021 10:37 AM IST

Source: English Quiz

Direction ( 1-10)  Select the correct antonym of the given words :

Question 1
: CLANDESTINE 

Option 1: TRUTHFUL

Option 2: FRANK

Option 3: UPRIGHT 

Option 4:  SECRET

Question 2: SORDID


Option 1:  DIRTY

Option 2: BLACK

Option 3:  CORRUPT 

Option 4:  REPUTABLE


Question 3: INSOLENT



Option 1:  SCRUPULOUS

Option 2:  EMOLLIENT 

Option 3:  COURTEOUS

Option 4:  LAZY

Question 4: CAPTIVITY

Option 1:  SLAVERY

Option 2:  PERMISSION

Option 3:  FREEDOM

Option 4:  LIMITATION


Question 5: EVADE


Option 1:  INVADE

Option 2:  ESCAPE

Option 3:  SHUN

Option 4:  CONFRONT


Question 6: INTENGIBLE

Option 1:  ETHEREAL

Option 2:  CONCRETE

Option 3:  INSUBSTANIAL

Option 4:  ABSTRACT


Question 7: RUGGED


Option 1:  HARD

Option 2:  SMOOTH

Option 3:  STURDY

Option 4:  ROUGH


Question 8: PHLEGMATIC


Option 1:  NEFARIOUS

Option 2:  FORTUITOUS

Option 3:  RECURRENT 

Option 4:  ARDENT 


Question 9: COMELY


Option 1:  ATTRACTIVE

Option 2:  REPULSIVE

Option 3:  BEAUTIFUL

Option 4:  WINSOME


Question 10: INCESSANT


Option 1:  ABIDING

Option 2:  INTERMITTENT

Option 3:  PERPETUITY 

Option 4:  IMMANENT



Answers: 
Ans-1 
Frank

Explanation: Clandestine - done secretly or kept secret.

Upright- (of a person) not lying down, and with the back straight rather than bent

Ans 2  Reputable


Explanation: Sordid - not moral or honest.

Reputable - that people consider to be honest; having a good reputation

Ans 3  COURTEOUS


Explanation: Insolent--  marked by casual disrespect

scrupulous--(adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort

emollient-- having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

Ans 4   FREEDOM


Explanation: captivity---forced submission to control by others

Ans 5:  CONFRONT

Explanation: shun means avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

invade means   march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

Ans 6:   CONCRETE


Explanation: ethereal-weak

concrete- strong and inflexible

abstract- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

insubstantial- lacking material form or substance; unreal

Ans 7: STURDY


Explanation: Rugged( adjective)---having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface

sturdy-strong and inflexible


Ans 8:  ARDENT 

 

Explanation:  phlegmatic--(adjective) showing little emotion

ardent ----having or expressing strong emotion

Ans 9: REPULSIVE


Explanation: comely means very pleasing to the eyes

repulsive means causing a feeling of strong deslike


Ans 10:  INTERMITTENT


Explanation: Incessant means never stopping especially in an annoying or unpleasant way

Intermittent-not happening regularly or continuously