Meaning: The ability to recover quickly from difficulties
Hindi: लचीलापन, सहनशीलता
Synonyms: toughness, adaptability, flexibility, hardiness
Antonyms: fragility, weakness
Asked in: SSC Steno 2026 T-1 · SSC MTS 2025 · SSC CPO 2023 T-1 · SSC Selection Post Ph-9 2021 GL
resilience in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC MTS 2025 Spelling
Choose the correctly spelt word from the given options.
Answer & explanation
Answer: D) Resilience
Correct Answer: Option 4 — Resilience
"Resilience" is the correctly spelled word, meaning the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or hardships.
Why the other options are wrong:
Option 1 ( Ressilience ): Incorrect — double 's' is wrong.
Option 2 ( Resillience ): Incorrect — double 'l' and wrong vowel combination before ' nce .'
Option 3 ( Resilence ): Incorrect — missing ' i ' before ' ence ' (correct: ' ience '). - SSC MTS 2025 Spelling
There are four underlined words in the sentence given below. One of them is misspelt. Choose the option with the misspelt word.
According to the report, economic resillience in the region has improved thanks to targeted reforms, investments, and market diversification.Answer & explanation
Answer: A) resillience
Correct Answer: Option 1 — resillience
" Resillience " is misspelled. The correct spelling is "resilience" (with a single 'l'). It means the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.
Why the other options are correct:
Option 2 (targeted): Correctly spelled — past tense/adjective of 'target.'
Option 3 (investments): Correctly spelled — plural of 'investment.'
Option 4 (diversification): Correctly spelled — the act of diversifying. - SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Spelling
Which part of the following sentence contains a spelling error?
The entrepreneur (1) faced numerous vicissitudes (2) during the venture's early stages but showed remarkable resillience (3) and adaptability (4).Answer & explanation
Answer: C) (3)
Rule: *resilience* comes from Latin *resilire*, to leap back — one l, then -ience.
*resilient, resilience* — the same pattern as *silent, silence*.
The error.
Part (3) prints resillience; the correct form is resilience *(लचीलापन, सहनशीलता)* — the power to recover quickly from difficulty.
Why the others are fine.
• Part (1) entrepreneur *(उद्यमी)* — the French spelling e-n-t-r-e-p-r-e-n-e-u-r is correct.
• Part (2) vicissitudes *(उतार-चढ़ाव)* — single c, then double s; correct, though the candidate marked it.
• Part (4) adaptability *(अनुकूलन क्षमता)* — correctly spelt.
Word help.
venture = a risky business undertaking *(जोखिम भरा उद्यम)*.
*Vicissitudes looks wrong but is right; resilience ha - SSC CPO 2023 T-1 Spelling
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word from the underlined words in the following sentence.
Communities must build their resileince, including adopting appropriate technologies while making the most of traditional knowledge, and diversifying their livelihoods to cope with current and future climate stress.Answer & explanation
Answer: A) resileince
The incorrectly spelled word from the underlined words in the given sentence is: "resileince"
The correct spelling is "resilience."
Resilience: The ability to recover quickly from difficulties or setbacks; the capacity to adapt or bounce back in the face of adversity or challenges.
Diversifying: The process of introducing variety or diversity into something; in the context of the sentence, it refers to expanding or broadening the range of livelihood options or sources of income to reduce dependency on a single source.
Appropriate: Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, circumstance, or situation; conforming to what is deemed proper, acceptable, or suitable in a given context.
Liveliho
Examples
- “Her resilience helped her overcome many setbacks.”
resilience – questions
What is the meaning of resilience in Hindi?
resilience means “लचीलापन, सहनशीलता” in Hindi. In English: The ability to recover quickly from difficulties
What are the synonyms of resilience?
Synonyms of resilience: toughness, adaptability, flexibility, hardiness.
What is the opposite of resilience?
Antonyms of resilience: fragility, weakness.
Has resilience been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – resilience has been asked 4 times in SSC exams: SSC Steno 2026 T-1, SSC MTS 2025, SSC CPO 2023 T-1, SSC Selection Post Ph-9 2021 GL.