SSC CGL 2025 Tier-II · Paper-I, 19 January 2026 · English Language and Comprehension · Question 9 of 150

We transcribed this text from the pictures of a candidate's response sheet for this paper; the answer is the key SSC marked with a green tick on that sheet. Solution last reviewed 11 September 2026.

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Select the wrongly spelt word out of the four alternatives.

(a)Impetuous
(b)Impetunent
(c)Implication
(d)Imperial

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Impetunent is not an English word; no standard dictionary lists it.

The remaining three are standard: impetuous (acting hastily, without thought), implication (something suggested without being said) and imperial (of an empire or emperor).

The question asks for the wrongly spelt word, and the non-word is option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Impetuous — Impetuous is correct: i-m-p-e-t-u-o-u-s, with the -uous ending of virtuous and sumptuous. It means acting quickly without thinking.
(c)
Implication — Implication is correct: i-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n, the noun linked to imply. It means something suggested without being stated.
(d)
Imperial — Imperial is correct: i-m-p-e-r-i-a-l, meaning relating to an empire or an emperor.

Concept

All four words begin imp-, so the start cannot help; the endings decide.

-uous: impetuous, virtuous, sumptuous
-ation: implication, application
-ial: imperial, material

Impetunent fits no English pattern. It looks closest to impertinent (rude), which has an r after impe- and an i where the misspelling has a u.

The paper does not say which word Impetunent stands for, and the question does not need it: it asks only which of the four is misspelt.

Key facts

Impetuous: acting or done quickly without thought (an impetuous decision).
Impertinent: rude, not showing proper respect.
Imperial: relating to an empire or an emperor.

Study next

Adjectives ending -uous: strenuous, tumultuous, contemptuousThe -ent and -ant endings: pertinent, relevant, descendantCommonly misspelt words: supersede, privilege, grotesque

Common traps

Marking impetuous as wrong because the -uous ending looks odd.
Hunting for the intended word instead of simply spotting the non-word.

The same frame, four words with the same first letter and one misspelt, appears at 10 Sep 2024, 16:00, English Q.15, where Verifibility is the error and Voluptuous, another -uous word, is correct.

This paper asks for the correctly spelt word instead at 19 Jan 2026, 11:00 AM, English Q.16, keyed Grotesque.

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