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SSC CGL English Comprehension Previous Paper 13/08/2022 Shift II

01) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

          Help from relatives _______ him in difficult times.

          a) allowed

          b) supported

          c) passed

          d) approved

02) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

          Dedicated

          a) Dreary

          b) Boring

          c) Tedious

          d) Committed

03) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

          The interviewer asked Gautam, “Can you tell me what your _______ in life are?”

          a) frivolities

          b) trivialities

          c) aspirations

          d) determinations

04) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

          A self-governing country or region

          a) Democracy

          b) Autonomy

          c) Anarchy

          d) Monarchy

05) The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

          The woodcutter felled / some trees / with hardly / many effort at all.

          a) with hardly

          b) The woodcutter felled

          c) many effort at all

          d) some trees

06) Select the option that can be used as one-word substitute for the given group of words.

          A place where coins, medals or tokens are made

          a) Mint

          b) Mill

          c) Workshop

          d) Casting

07) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

          “Is he alright now?” I asked my neighbour’s wife about her husband, Mr. Gulyani.

          a) I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neigbour’s wife, if her husband had become alright then.

          b) I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neighbour’s wife, if her husband is alright now.

          c) I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neighbour’s wife, if your husband will be alright now.

          d) I asked Mrs. Gulyani, my neighbour’s wife, if her husband was alright then.

08) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ in your answer.

          The river appears to have / got its name / from the town nearby.

          a) got its name

          b) from the town nearby

          c) The river appears to have

          d) No error

09) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

          Hope

          a) Chance

          b) Courage

          c) Doubt

          d) Optimism

10) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

          A. While India is home to 75 per cent of the tigers in the world, the Global Tiger Day, as it is also known –sees awareness events organized in the country, as well as in neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal.

          B. Its primary objective is to preserve the natural habitat of the tiger.

          C. International Tiger Day was initiated in 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.

          D. This annual event observed on 29 July, aims to create awareness on tiger conservation.

          a) CDBA

          b) BACD

          c) CABD

          d) DCBA

11) Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.

          To walk on air

          a) To be very rich

          b) To feel very depressed

          c) To be very happy

          d) To be completely free

12) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

          Putrefy

          a) Destroy

          b) Combine

          c) Decompose

          d) Contaminate

13) Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.

          To take a chill pill

          a) To ask a doctor for medication

          b) To drink cold water

          c) To gulp a tablet for a cold

          d) To calm down

14) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

          a) Seize

          b) Sincere

          c) Liesure

          d) Grievance

15) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

          Prompt

          a) Lengthy

          b) Quick

          c) Slow

          d) Gradual

16) Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed select ‘No improvement required’.

          Fierce competition against restaurants has driven up the prices.

          a) among

          b) through

          c) along

          d) No improvement required

17) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

          A. “Excellently well,” said she; “we have everything that we want; I have but one prayer, that we may have a heavy storm of rain to water our plants.”

          B. A man who had two daughters married one to a gardener and the other to a potter.

          C. Off he went to the potter’s home and asked his other daughter how matters were with her.

          D. After a while he paid a visit to the gardener’s home and asked his daughter how she was and how it fared with her.

          a) ACDB

          b) BCDA

          c) BDAC

          d) DCAB

18) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

          The sunrays burned my face.

          a) My face is burned by the sunrays.

          b) My face was burned by the sunrays.

          c) My face has been burned by the sunrays.

          d) My face is being burned by the sunrays.

19) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution required’.

          “Can you give me so many examples of subordinate clauses?”, the teacher asked the class.

          a) some many examples of

          b) No substitution required

          c) some more examples of

          d) some few examples of

20) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

          a) Borrow

          b) Allowance

          c) Terrorism

          d) Alottment

          Comprehension:

          In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

          Communication is a connection between people sharing information with (1) _______ other. It is important in everyday life, (2) _______ work and nearly any time you interact with other (3) _______. Communication issues don’t always happen (4) _____ of your English level. The truth is, you can know how to speak English (5) _____ knowing how to communicate in English.

21) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

          a) every

          b) some

          c) each

          d) one

22) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

          a) from

          b) while

          c) at

          d) on

23) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

          a) creatures

          b) ones

          c) animals

          d) people

24) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

          a) about

          b) because

          c) since

          d) beside

25) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

          a) devoid

          b) minus

          c) lacking

          d) without

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