SSC CPO 2024 PYQ — Question 12

SSC CPO - 29 June 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q12

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word from the given options.

The new government allowed all the corrupt ministers to feel the sufficiency of money by banning the specific currency.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Dearth.

Sufficiency refers to the state or fact of being adequate and sufficient. Dearth is the correct antonym as it means not enough of something. 

Other options mean:

Indeficiency means the state or quality of not being deficient.

Plenty means enough.

Enough means as much as we need or want.