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  1. 3851SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    'Practising severe self - discipline and abstention, typically for religious reasons'.

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    Correct option: B — Austere

    Austere - Practising severe self-discipline and abstention, typically for religious reasons. Hedonistic - engaged in the pursuit of pleasure. Debauched - indulging in sensual pleasures to a degree considered immoral or harmful. Sybaritic - fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure.

  2. 3852SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    ‘A sudden, violent outburst of emotion or activity.’

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    Correct option: B — Apoplexy

    Apoplexy - a sudden, violent outburst of emotion or activity. Frenzy - wild excitement or uncontrolled activity. Tempest - a violent storm. Maelstrom - a powerful whirlpool or turbulent situation.

  3. 3853SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the Bold/Underlined segment in the given sentence.

    Choose the correct meaning of the word: Nihilism

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    Correct option: C — the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.

    Nihilism- the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.

  4. 3854SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    'A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute'.

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    Correct option: C — Feud

    Feud - a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute. Consensus - general agreement. Amity - a friendly relationship. Concord - agreement or harmony between people or groups.

  5. 3855SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    'A specialist in the study of insects'.

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    Correct option: C — Entomologist

    Entomologist - a specialist in the study of insects. Zoologist - a scientist who studies animals. Ornithologist - a scientist who studies birds. Botanist - a scientist who studies plants.

  6. 3856SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the Bold/Underlined segment in the given sentence.

    'A person who talks too much about trivial matters.'

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    Correct option: A — Loquacious

    Testament Loquacious - a person talks excessively, often about unimportant things. Taciturn - means reserved or silent by nature. Reticent - refers to someone unwilling to speak or express their thoughts freely. Pithy - means concise and meaningful in speech or writing.

  7. 3857SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    'A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good in life.'

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    Correct option: C — Hedonist

    Hedonist - a person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important goal in life. Stoic - someone who endures pain or hardship without showing feelings. Cynic - a person who believes people are motivated purely by self-interest. Epicure - a person with refined taste in food and drink.

  8. 3858SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    'A general pardon for offences, especially political ones, against a state'.

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    Correct option: B — Amnesty

    Amnesty - an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. Absolution - a formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment. Reprieve - a cancellation or postponement of a punishment. Exoneration - the action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.

  9. 3859SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    ‘Fear of being touched.’

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    Correct option: B — Haphephobia

    Haphephobia - an extreme or irrational fear of being touched. Atychiphobia - fear of failure. Gamophobia - fear of marriage or commitment. Thanatophobia - fear of death or dying.

  10. 3860SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words

    ‘Friendly and welcoming to strangers or foreigners’.

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    Correct option: B — Xenodochial

    Xenodochial - friendly and kind to strangers or foreigners. Misoneistic - having a hatred or fear of change or innovation. Misanthropic - disliking or distrusting humankind in general. Xylotomous - capable of cutting or boring into wood (used for certain insects).

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