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 Service Examination, etc. Given the importance of this section, we bring you this English Language Quiz to help you practise and improve your English language skills.

This quiz has questions from the actual SSC Combined Higher Secondary (10 + 2) level examinations held during the last few years. Solve this quiz and leave your responses/ answers in the comments section below. We will soon let you know the correct answers!

In the following questions, choose the one word from the four alternatives which is opposite in meaning to the given word:

1.Hasten

(a) Dash                   (b) Dawdle                  (c) Hurry               (d) Scurry

2. Spirited

(a) Animated            (b) Excited                  (c) Lively                (d) Dull

3. Forthright

(a) Blunt                   (b) Tricky                    (c) Candid              (d) Plainspoken

4. Antagonism

(a) Cordiality            (b) Animosity              (c) Hostility            (d)Enmity

5. Vanity

(a) Humanity            (b) Humility                (c) Pretension          (d) Arrogance

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