Asked in: SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Higher Secondary Level) · SSC Steno 2026 T-1
scale in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Higher Secondary Level) Homonyms & Homophones
Choose the option that contains the homonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.
The scientist explained that the scale of the recent volcanic eruption was larger than anything recorded in the last century.Answer & explanation
Answer: B) When drawing the floor plan, the architect used a scale of one inch to four feet.
Rule: a homonym *(समरूपी शब्द)* is a word with the same spelling and sound but a different meaning. Find the option where *scale* does not mean what it means in the given sentence.
*Example: the scales of a fish / a weighing scale.*
The underlined word.
*the* scale *of the recent volcanic eruption* — scale = size or extent *(पैमाना, विस्तार)*.
The homonym.
*a* scale *of one inch to four feet* — scale = the ratio between a drawing or map and the real object *(मानचित्र/नक्शे का अनुपात)*.
Same word, different meaning — the only one in the set.
Why the others are wrong.
#B global scale of the plastic pollution crisis = the wide extent of the crisis *(विस्तार)* — same sense as the eruption.
#B - SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Homonyms & Homophones
Select the most appropriate homonym.
She used a scale to measure.Answer & explanation
Answer: B) Ruler
Meaning: scale here = a ruler, a strip marked in units for measuring length *(पैमाना, स्केल)*.
"Used a scale to measure" describes a hand-held measuring tool.
In Indian English *a scale* is the everyday word for a ruler, and that is the sense keyed here.
Why the others are wrong.
• size *(आकार, स्तर)* — *scale* means extent only in phrases like "on a large scale"; you cannot "use a size" to measure.
• climb *(चढ़ना)* — the verb *scale*, as in "scale a wall"; here *a scale* follows an article, so it is a noun.
• balance *(तराज़ू)* — a weighing scale is a real sense, and it also measures, but it is normally *scales* or *weighing scale*; the single *a scale* used "to measure" points to the rule
scale – questions
Has scale been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – scale has been asked 2 times in SSC exams: SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Higher Secondary Level), SSC Steno 2026 T-1.