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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 we’ll
soon let you know the correct answers!

Directions (Q. Nos. 1-5) In the questions out of the
four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given
words/sentence.

1.  A collection
of poems

(a) Oncology               (b)
Pedology               (c) Pathology               (d) Anthology

2.  One who
studies mankind

(a) Pathologist            (b)
Philanthropist           (c)
Anthropologist       (d) Physicist

3.  An opinion
contrary to popular belief

(a) Hearsay                   
(b) Heresy                     
(b) Paradox                  (d)
Orthodoxy

4.  An act or
notion to look back in the past

(a) Retrogressive             (b) Primitive         (c) Retrospective          (d) Postnatal

5.  Medicine to
counteract the effect of a poison

(a) Anti-venom       (b) Anti-septic       (c) Emetic          (d) Anti-dote

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Answers

1(d)   2(c)   3(b)   
4(c)    5(d)