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Spelling Questions with Answers

Picking the correctly spelled word, or the misspelled one, from near-identical options. This page pools every spelling question on the site — 124 of them, from 29 exams, weighted towards Banking, Defence, SSC — so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

0% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 80% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
124
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
99/25/0
Negative marking
None
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Spelling questions with solutions

6 from the 124-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Pick the correctly spelled word from the options below.

    • A. Recieve
    • B. Receeve
    • C. Receive ✓
    • D. Receve

    Solution. The correct spelling is "Receive", following the "i before e except after c" rule.

  2. 2. Choose the option below that shows the word spelled without any error.

    • A. Recieve
    • B. Receeve
    • C. Receve
    • D. Receive ✓

    Solution. The correct spelling is "Receive".

  3. 3. Which word is spelled correctly?

    • A. Beaurocracy
    • B. Bureaucracy ✓
    • C. Bureacracy
    • D. Beurocracy

    Solution. Bureaucracy is the correct spelling.

  4. 4. Pick the word that is spelled correctly.

    • A. Reccession
    • B. Recession ✓
    • C. Recesion
    • D. Recessoin

    Solution. The correct spelling is "Recession".

  5. 5. Choose the correctly spelled word.

    • A. Priviledge
    • B. Privilege ✓
    • C. Priviledg
    • D. Previlege

    Solution. The correct spelling is "Privilege", with no "d" before the final "ge".

  6. 6. Which option correctly spells the word meaning a special right or advantage?

    • A. Privilege ✓
    • B. Privelege
    • C. Priviledge
    • D. Privillage

    Solution. “Privilege” is the correct spelling.

Exams that set Spelling

6 categories, led by Banking, Defence, SSC.

Also set by NABARD Grade A, Navy SSR, NCHM JEE, NDA, NIACL AO, RBI Assistant, RBI Grade B, SBI Clerk, SBI PO, SEBI Grade A, SIDBI Grade A & B, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC CPO, SSC MTS, SSC Selection Post, Territorial Army. Browse all exams.

Spelling: frequently asked questions

How many spelling questions are there?

124, from the 29 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 80% are graded easy and 0% hard, which makes spelling one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask spelling questions?

29 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (12), Defence (7), SSC (5). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is spelling hard?

0% of these 124 questions are graded hard and 80% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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