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

• Bureaucracy

• Gerontocracy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

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

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

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

• Orchard

• Grove

• Nursery

• Vineyard

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

• Sonnet

• Dirge

• Hymn

• Ballad

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

• Fortnight

• Century

• Millennium

• Decade

Question 6:

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

Tide someone over

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

• Complete a voyage successfully

• Ask someone for financial assistance

• Give temporary help, usually financial

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 begin a process

• To play a ball game well

• To match an opponent

• To keep working until late

Question 8:

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

A fair weather friend

• an unreliable friend

• a jealous friend

• a friend turned into an enemy

• a dependable 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

• being extremely careful

• deciding after a lot of thinking

• waiting nervously for something

• 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 operation

• An inspiration

• A consideration

• A deception