SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 17 September 2024, Shift 3 · English Comprehension · Question 14 of 98

Text as printed on a candidate's response sheet for this shift; answer per SSC's tentative key as marked on that sheet. Solution last reviewed 6 September 2026.

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Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Capable of being done

(a)Suitable
(b)Feasible
(c)Useful
(d)Practical

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Feasible comes from French faisable, from faire, to do. The word is built to mean 'able to be done'.

That is the phrase given, word for word: capable of being done.

Option (b) also carries the practical weight the phrase implies — a feasible plan is one that can actually be carried out, not merely one that is a good idea.

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Suitable — Suitable means right for a purpose or occasion. A plan can be entirely suitable and still be impossible to execute, so the word answers 'is it appropriate?', not 'can it be done?'.
(c)
Useful — Useful means serving a purpose or bringing benefit. It grades the value of something that already works and says nothing about whether it can be done at all.
(d)
Practical — Practical means concerned with real action rather than theory, or sensible in ordinary use. The adjective that means 'able to be done' is 'practicable', which the paper does not offer.

Concept

'Capable of being done' is the standard gloss for feasible, and the word is worth splitting from its neighbours.

Feasible asks whether a thing can be done. Practicable asks whether it can be done in practice with the means at hand. Viable asks whether it can survive once started. Practical describes an approach or a person that is realistic and hands-on.

One-word-substitute options are usually drawn from a single broad area, so the separation you make has to be this narrow.

'Practical' is the near miss on this list, because 'a practical plan' and 'a feasible plan' overlap in loose speech. The phrase as written asks only whether the thing can be done, and that is the single job feasible does.

Key facts

Feasible means capable of being done, achieved or carried out.
It descends from French faisable, from faire, to do.
Practicable, not practical, is the adjective for 'able to be done in practice'.
Viable means able to work or survive once started, a later test than feasible.

Study next

Separating feasible, viable, practicable and plausible inside a sentenceOne-word substitutes formed on -ible and -able rootsAdjective pairs where one is about ability and the other about worth: usable and useful

Common traps

Choosing 'practical' because it is the more familiar word.
Reading 'capable' in the phrase as a hint towards a word about persons rather than tasks.
Settling for 'suitable', which answers a different question about fitness for purpose.

SSC turns the same idea negative and asks for the matching word: 'Incapable of being defeated' takes Invincible at 12 Sep 2024, 16:00, English Q.18, and 'That which cannot be conquered' takes Invincible at 12 Sep 2024, 09:00, English Q.18.

The stem used here, 'Select the word which means the same as the group of words given', also appears at 24 Sep 2024, 16:00, English Q.6.

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