Asked in: SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Higher Secondary Level)
soliloquies in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Higher Secondary Level) Spelling
Select the correctly spelt word to replace the underlined word in the given sentence.
The play was filled with soliloquis that revealed the hero's inner thoughts.Answer & explanation
Answer: B) Soliloquies
Meaning: soliloquy = a speech in a play in which a character speaks his thoughts aloud, alone on stage *(स्वगत भाषण, एकालाप)*.
From Latin *solus* (alone) + *loqui* (to speak).
Rule — plural of a noun ending in -y.
Consonant + y → change y to i and add -es: *city → cities*.
In *soliloquy* the qu is pronounced *kw*, a consonant sound, so soliloquy → soliloquies.
*(Vowel + y just adds -s: boy → boys.)*
Why the others are wrong.
#B Solliloquys — doubles the l (*soll-*) and keeps *-ys*; the word has one l and the plural is *-ies*.
#B Soliloqueis — swaps the letters of the ending: *-eis* for -ies.
#B Saliloquies — *sal-* for sol-; the root is *solus* (alone), as in *solo* and *solitary*.
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soliloquies – questions
Has soliloquies been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – soliloquies has been asked in SSC exams: SSC Selection Post Ph-14 2026 (Higher Secondary Level).