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As we all know, Verbal Aptitude is an
important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL
Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc.
In order to help you practise and improve your verbal ability, we provide you
this English Quiz.

Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!

Directions 1 to 5: each of the following
questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one that can be substituted
for the given words/sentence as your answer.

1. An extreme fear of being in a small
confined place(a) Hydrophobia

(b) Paraphernalia

(c) Claustrophobia

(d) Progeria

2.  An
inscription on a tomb

(a) Epitaph      

(b) Crypt

(c) Obituary     

(d) Legacy

3.  Allowance
due to a wife from her husband on separation

(a) Patrimony

(b) Antimony

(c) Parsimony   

(d) Alimony

4.  Practice
of employing spies in war

(a) Esplanade      

(b) Espionage

(c) Espadrille

(d) Estrangement

5.  A
fixed territory in which authority can be exercised

(a) Jurisdiction

(b) Judiciary

(c) Jurisprudence

(d) Juristic

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Answers

1(c)   2(a)   3(d)   
4(b)    5(a)