SSC CHSL 2017 One Word Substitution with explanation

17-January-2017
Q.41.based on random choice or personal whim
Options:
1) auxiliary
2) arbitrary
3) allegory
4) ambulatory
Correct Answer: arbitrary
Explanation: – Random – बिना सोचे समझे, अव्यवस्थित, disorderly. Whim – भावना, sense, सनक . Auxiliary – सहायक, subsidiary. Arbitrary – मनमाना, एकपक्षीय, unreasonable .
Allegory – रूपक, metaphor. Ambulatory – दवाख़ाना, dispensary.
EX – Although the rule was arbitrary and ridiculous, Sumit was punished for breaking it.

SSC CHSL 2017 One Word Substitution 18-January-2017
Q . 42.Deserving reward or praise
Options:
1) meritorious
2) honourable
3) virtuous
4) noble
Correct Answer: meritorious
Explanation: – Meritorious – प्रशांसा के योग्य, सराहनीय, commendable, praiseworthy. Honorable – प्रतिष्ठित, prestigious.
Virtuous – धार्मिक, holy, righteous, sacred, pious.
Ex – He wrote a meritorious article about his visit to the museum.

18-January-2017
Q. 43. You bet
Options:
1) Contradicting someone
2) Certainly
3) Gamble
4) Letting others lead
Correct Answer: Certainly
Explanation: – You bet – of course, निस्संदेह रूप से. Contradict – विरोध करना, resist, gainsay.
Letting others lead – दूसरों को आगे बढ़ाना.
Ex- Am I going to join the party? You bet!

19-January-2017
Q.44. To allay the sorrow or grief
Options:
1) to lament
2) to console
3) distress
4) solace
Correct Answer: to console
Explanation: – allay – शांत करना, soothe, calm. Lament – विलाप करना, deplore, moan. Distress – विपत्ति, calamity, disaster.
Difference between console and solace – solace is to comfort or cheer, while console is to comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
Ex – The distressed man found solace in music. परेशान व्यक्ति को संगीत में सांत्वना मिली.
I tried to console him when his pet dog died.

17-January-2017
45.to slap with one’s hand or a flat object
Options:
1) to spank
2) to clobber
3) to whip
4) to flog
Correct Answer: to spank
Explanation: – Spank – झापड़ कसना. Clobber – पीटना, beat. Whip – कोड़ा. Flog – चाबुक से मारना.
Ex – Good parents sometimes have to spank their children, to teach them good things.

18-January-2017
Q.46. Involving or showing violence and bloodshed
Options:
1) inundate
2) gory
3) sanguine
4) imbrue
Correct Answer: gory
Explanation : – inundate – बाढ़ लाना, सैलाब करना, deluge. Gory – रक्त से भरा हुआ, bloody. Sanguine – आशावादी, optimistic, रक्तवर्ण, red. Imbrue – रंग करना, paint.
Ex – I still remember that gory fight.

18-January-2017
47.The recently dead person in question
Options:
1) obliviate
2) deceased
3) euthanized
4) reposed
Correct Answer: deceased
Explanation: – deceased – मृतक. Euthanize – put (an animal) to death humanely. Repose – विश्राम करना, recreate, rest.

18-January-2017
48.To cut off a branch, limb, or twig from the main body of a tree
Options:
1) dollop
2) clop
3) lop
4) slop
Correct Answer: lop
Explanation: – dollop – बड़ा टूकड़ा. Clop – धम . Lop – शाखा काटना. Slop – डबरा , मैला, sewage

19-January-2017
Q.49. to teach a person to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
Options:
1) to drill
2) to instill
3) to indoctrinate
4) to convince
Correct Answer: to indoctrinate
Explanation: -uncritically – गैर-आलोचनात्मक, without criticism or consideration of whether something is right or wrong. Drill – छेद करना, punch. Instill – चित्त पर प्रबाव डालना, inculcate, ingrain. Indoctrinate – शिक्षा देना, discipline, nourish, pupilise.Convince – यकीन दिलाना.
They have religious thoughts because they’ve been indoctrinated all their lives.

19-January-2017
Q.50.to portray in words; describe
Options:
1) to evince
2) to divulge
3) to depict
4) to manifest
Correct Answer: to depict
Explanation: – portray – depict in a work of art or literature. Evince – व्यक्त करना unfold, reveal.
Divulge – प्रकट करना, make clean breast of. Depict – शब्दों में वर्णन करना, depicture.
Manifest- clarify, illuminate, elucidate.
Ex – The advertisements depict smoking as glamorous and fashionable.

19-January-2017
Q. 51. To impose something unwelcome on
Options:
1) to subject
2) to extort
3) to levy
4) to inflict
Correct Answer: to inflict
Explanation: – impose – थोपना. Subject – वश में करना,quell, subdue. Extort – बलपूर्वक लेना. Levy – कर लगाना.
Inflict – impose something unwelcome on., press, force.
Ex -Alcohol and tobacco inflict great harm on individual health.

SSC CHSL 2017 One Word Substitution 20-January-2017
Q. 52.To have as belonging to one; own.
Options:
1) to dominate
2) to possess
3) to abandon
4) to hog
Correct Answer: to possess
Explanation: – dominate – प्रभुत्व रखना, administer. Possess – अधिकार में रखना, gain. Abandon -छोड़ देना, waive.
Hog – नोचना.

20-January-2017
Q. 53. The action of making amends for a wrong one has done.
Options:
1) reparation
2) extortion
3) reclamation
4) retrieval
Correct Answer: reparation
Explanation: – Amends – सुधरना, improve. Reparation – प्रायश्चित, atonement. Extortion – जबरन वसूली.
Reclamation –सुधार, improvement, reform, correction. Retrieval – पुनःप्राप्ति, reflow.
Ex- Lata tried to make reparation for the hurt feelings she had caused to her parents.

20-January-2017
Q. 54. A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment
Options:
1) snarl
2) maze
3) daze
4) paradox
Correct Answer: daze
Explanation: – stunned -हैरानी भरा. Bewilderment – ताज्जुब, घबराहट, flurry . Snarl – चिड़चिड़ाहट.
Maze – उलझन . Daze – स्तब्ध, amazement, astonishment. Paradox –विरोधाभासी.
Ex-He was just staring at me in a complete daze

20-January-2017
Q.55.To delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing them.
Options:
1) to perturb
2) to impede
3) to irk
4) to faze
Correct Answer: to impede
Explanation: – obstruct – बाधा डालना. Perturb – घबड़ा देना, stun. Impede – बाधा डालना, interrupt, hamper.
Irk – सताना, annoy, pester. Faze – हतोत्साह करना.
Ex – Short supply of raw material may impede the manufacturing work.
20-January-2017
Q. 56.wide in range or effect.
Options:
1) sweeping
2) exaggerate
3) exclusive
4) superficial
Correct Answer: sweeping
Explanation: – sweeping – व्यापक, Comprehensive. Exaggerate – बढ़ाकर कहना, overstate.
Exclusive- विशिष्ट, specific, distinct. Superficial – अगंभीर.
Ex -The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.

20-January-2017
57.to treat with cruelty or violence
Options:
1) wrong
2) abuse
3) pervert
4) fault
Correct Answer: abuse
Explanation: – Abuse – बुरा बर्ताव करना. Pervert – गुमराह करना, distort, spoil.
21-January-2017
Q.58.To kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
Options:
1) to smite
2) to extirpate
3) to lynch
4) to smother
Correct Answer: to smother
Explanation:- smite -हराना, defeat, frustrate. Extirpate –उखाड़ना, supplant, exterminate.
Lynch – वध करना, mangle, kill. Smother – गला घोंटना, choke.
EX – I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow.
21-January-2017
Q. 59. To break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay
Options:
1) to disintegrate
2) disharmony
3) to disinherit
4) to denigrate
Correct Answer: to disintegrate
Explanation: – disintegrate – टुकड़े टुकड़े करना. Disharmony – बेसुरापन. Disinherit -पैतृक सम्पत्ति से वंचित करना.
Denigrate- बदनाम करना, backbite, defame.
Ex – The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth’s atmosphere.
21-January-2017
Q. 60. To cause a process or action to begin
Options:
1) to initiate
2) to impel
3) to imitate
4) to conscript
Correct Answer: to initiate
Explanation: – initiate – आरंभ करना, start, begin. Impel – उत्तेजित करना, incite, agitate, rouse.
Imitate – नक़ल उतारना, mimic. Conscript – अनिवार्य भर्ती करना.
Ex- Anyone has the right to initiate legislation in Parliament by means of a private bill.

SSC CHSL 2017 One Word Substitution 22-January-2017
61.to use for the first time
Options:
1) paten
2) smitten
3) begotten
4) christen
Correct Answer: christen
Explanation: – paten – a plate, typically made of gold or silver. Smitten -पीटा गया. Begotten -उत्पन्न करना, generate.
Christen – पहली बार इस्तेमाल करना, नामकरण करना.

22-January-2017
62.to expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly
Options:
1) to irrupt
2) to puke
3) to spew
4) to spritz
Correct Answer: to spew
Explanation: – expel – बाहर निकालना. Irrupt – फटना, explode. Puke – vomit. Spew – वेगपूर्वक निकलना .
Spritz – spray.

22-January-2017
Q.63. To imply or suggest an idea in addition to the literal meaning
Options:
1) to nub
2) to connote
3) to malign
4) to purport
Correct Answer: to connote
Explanation: – imply – अर्थ निकालना, decipher. Nub – सारांश , gist. Connote -अतिरिक्त मतलाब रखना.
Malign – नुक़सान पहुंचानेवाला, evil in nature or effect. Purport – दावा करना,pretend, claim.
Some grammatical rules of English connote much pragmatic information.

22-January-2017
Q.64. To resolve a sentence into its component parts and describe their syntactic roles
Options:
1) to dissect
2) to anatomize
3) to parse
4) to synthesize
Correct Answer: to parse
Explanation: – resolve – विभक्त करना, parcel, factorize. syntactic – वाक्य-रचना के नियमों के अनुसार
Dissect – काटना, reap, chop, dissect. Anatomize – चीर-फाड़ करना. Parse – वाक्‍य-खंड करना या उसकी व्‍याख्‍या करना.
Synthesize – समन्वय करना

22-January-2017
Q.65. Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger
Options:
1) volatile
2) wild
3) reckless
4) giddy
Correct Answer: giddy
Explanation: – sensation – भावना, सनसनी, excitement, stimulation. whirling –चक्करदार.
Volatile -liable to change rapidly. Reckless-लापरवाह, rash, impetuous. Giddy – चक्कर लाने वाला.
Despite the huge losses, he was giddy with victory.

22-January-2017
Q.66.A person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted
Options:
1) fugitive
2) vagrant
3) pariah
4) tramp
Correct Answer: pariah
Explanation: -fugitive – भगोड़ा, deserter. Vagrant – आवारा,strolling, nomad. Pariah – समाज-च्युत, castaway,
Tramp – vagrant, vagabond, homeless person.
The traditional outcast or pariah becomes the hero in this new age.

SSC CHSL 2017 One Word Substitution 23-January-2017
Q.67. To pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.
Options:
1) to loot
2) to filch
3) to rip off
4) to plunder
Correct Answer: to filch
Explanation: – pilfer – steal (things of little value). Loot –लूटना, plunder. Filch – pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value). Rip off – fraud, झांसा,swindle.
He filched some notes from his wallet.

23-January-2017
Q.68.An achievement or something desired fail to be attained by someone
Options:
1) to elude
2) to eschew
3) to shirk
4) to devoid
Correct Answer: to elude
Explanation: – elude – fail to obtain it. Eschew – त्याग करना, sacrifice. Shirk – बचना, evade, be unwilling to do (something difficult). Devoid – वंचित, deprived.
Ex – He eluded the police for 10 years.

24-January-2017
Q.69.A person involved in a lawsuit.
Options:
1) pseudo
2) litigant
3) suspect
4) appellant
Correct Answer: litigant
Explanation: – lawsuit – मुकदमा. Pseudo – मिथ्या, fallacious, spurious. Litigant – मुक़दमेबाज़. Suspect –संदिग्ध.
Appellant – अपील करनेवाला.He spoke in court on behalf of litigants

23-January-2017
Q.70.Either of two parallels of latitude on the earth, one 23°27′ north of the equator and the other 23°27′ south of the equator
Options:
1) tropic
2) torrid
3) arctic
4) frigid
Correct Answer: tropic

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