Dear PaGaLGuY readers, English Comprehension and English Language skills form an integral part of a number of competitive examinations, such as the SSC CGL, SSC CHSL exams, Banking Entrance exams, UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination, MBA entrance exams, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. Given the importance of this section, we bring you this English Language Quiz to help you practise and improve. This quiz has questions from actual SSC examinations held during the last few years.

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In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning from the given word.

1. Contaminate

(a) Purify         (b) Glorify          (c) Gratify         (d) Simplify

2. Adorn

(a) Rob          (b) Spoil              (c) Snatch        (d) Possess

3. Excitement

(a) Disturbance                 (b) Boredom                                                                       (c) Calmness                     (d) Incitement

4. Incoherent

(a) Disorganised    (b) Unequal        (c) Detached       (d) Intelligible

5. Notice

(a) Forget              (b) Avoid            (c) Overlook         (d) Ignore

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