SSC CPO Tier 1 (23 June 2024)

Question 1:

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

A state governed by old people

• Autocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Gerontocracy

• Democracy

Question 2:

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

Repetition of an initial sound in two or more words of a line

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Rhythm

Question 3:

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

A plantation of grapes

• Vineyard

• Nursery

• Orchard

• Grove

Question 4:

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

A song sung at a burial

• Hymn

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Dirge

Question 5:

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

A period of ten years

• Century

• Millennium

• Decade

• Fortnight

Question 6:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

Tide someone over

• Ask someone for financial assistance

• Complete a voyage successfully

• Give temporary help, usually financial

• Get a boat ready to cross a river or water body

Question 7:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

To get the ball rolling

• To keep working until late

• To match an opponent

• To play a ball game well

• To begin a process

Question 8:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

A fair weather friend

• a friend turned into an enemy

• a dependable friend

• an unreliable friend

• a jealous friend

Question 9:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

On the spur of the moment

• waiting nervously for something

• being extremely careful

• deciding after a lot of thinking

• acting impulsively without thinking

Question 10:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

Eye-wash

• An inspiration

• A consideration

• An operation

• A deception