1)

Directions: Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
To give one’s authority to another

SSC CPO 2021

A)

shirk

B)

delegate

C)

usurp

D)

supervise

2)

Directions: Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A speech expressing one’s thoughts aloud to oneself

SSC CPO 2021

A)

harangue

B)

soliloquy

C)

hyperbole

D)

sacrilege

3)

Directions: Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
One who rides horses in races

SSC CPO 2021

A)

jockey

B)

porter

C)

sprinter

D)

flamboyant

4)

Directions: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
Don’t lose sight of your goal lest you should fail.

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A)

such that you should

B)

No substitution

C)

lest you shouldn’t

D)

that should

5)

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
Introductory section of a literary work

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A)

dialogue

B)

epilogue

C)

monologue

D)

prologue

6)

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A person who shows people their seats

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A)

cameraman

B)

guard

C)

watchman

D)

usher

7)

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A fictitious name used by an author

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A)

homonym

B)

namesake

C)

pseudonym

D)

alibi

8)

Directions: Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A statement open to more than one interpretation

SSC CPO 2021

A)

apparent

B)

absurd

C)

ambiguous

D)

axiom

9)

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
People who work together at the same place

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A)

agents

B)

rivals

C)

friends

D)

colleagues

10)

Directions: Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
One who studies God and religion

SSC CPO 2021

A)

theorist

B)

theologian

C)

atheist

D)

theist