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

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

          Pompous

          a) Humble

          b) Flaunting

          c) Boastful

          d) Showy

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

          Close all the windows.

          a) Can you close all the windows?

          b) Let all the windows be closed

          c) Will you close all the windows?

          d) All the windows be closed.

03) Select the most appropriate e synonym of the given word.

          Yield (n)

          a) Plantation

          b) Garden

          c) Orchard

          d) Harvest

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

          The door _______ in the strong wind.

          a) slammed

          b) hooted

          c) sizzled

          d) slapped

05) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

“Read the instructions before you start making the dish,” Deepa’s mother said to her.

          a) Deepa’s mother told to her to read instructions before you start making the dish.

          b) Deepa’s mother told to her to read instructions before you had made the dish.

          c) Deepa’s mother sait her to read instructions before she start making the dish.

          d) Deepa’s mother told her to read instructions before she started making the dish.

06) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

          Be at a loss for words

          a) Not aware of the language

          b) Not Know what to say

          c) Habituated to using difficult words

          d) Lost the urge to speak

07) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

          Lack of required / vitamins and minerals / lead against / several complications / in the human body.

          a) lead against

          b) Lack of required

          c) in the human body

          d) several complications

08) 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. When he reached his town, he went to his house and knocked at the door.

          B. A man went away from his home.

          C. Disappointed, he decided to take it himself.

          D. Ond day he wrote a letter to his family, but could not find any one to take the letter to his town.

          a) DACB

          b) BDCA

          c) ABCD

          d) CBAD

09) The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

          The Dussehra celebrations / in Mysore / this year / are grandest than  / in any other part / of the state.

          a) any other part

          b) are grandest than

          c) The Dussehra celebrations

          d) in Mysore

10) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

          a) Indolence

          b) Inershia

          c) Idleness

          d) Insolence

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

          Widespread

          a) Limited

          b) General

          c) Overall

          d) Famous

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

          Iota

          a) Lot

          b) Bag

          c) Bit

          d) Box

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

          Many of the apples was rotten.

          a) No substitution

          b) was being rotten

          c) is rotten

          d) were rotten

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

          A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft

          a) Choreographer

          b) Chauffeur

          c) Anchor

          d) Astronaut

15) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

          a) Fiery

          b) Scenic

          c) Friend

          d) Neice

16) 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. At length the olive tree’s branches broke with the snow’s weight, at once despoiling it of its beauty and killing the tree.

          B. A shower of snow fell upon them and finding the olive full of foliage, it settled upon its branches.

          C. Finding the fig tree without leaves, the snow fell through the branches to the ground and did not injure it at all.

          D. The olive tree ridiculed the fig tree because, while she was green all the year round, the fig tree changed its leaves with the seasons.

          a) ACBD

          b) ABCD

          c) DBAC

          d) DACB

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

          One who does not take any alcoholic drink

          a) Perfectionist

          b) Teetotaller

          c) Vegetarian

          d) Astrologer

18) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

          Want to curl up and die

          a) Unable to sleep well

          b) Want to die comfortably

          c) Too tired from physical labour

          d) Feel terribly ashamed and sorry

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

          The advance nations face no population problem since they were already settling down to zero growth _______ in population.

          a) scale

          b) degree

          c) rate

          d) frequency

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

          Although the children studied hard, but they could not understand the topic without the help of the teacher.

          a) Although the children had study hard, but they

          b) No substitution

          c) Although the children studied hard, they

          d) Although the children have studied hard, but they

          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.

          Man-made fibre, is fibre whose chemical composition, structure, and properties are significantly modified during the manufacturing process. Man-made fibres (1) _______ spun and woven into a large (2) _______ of consumer and industrial products, (3) _______ garments such as shirts, scarves, and hosiery; home furnishings (4) _______ as upholstery, carpets, and drapes; and (5) _______ parts such as tire cord, flame-proof linings, and drive belts.

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

          a) is

          b) will be

          c) are

          d) be

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

          a) number

          b) figure

          c) extent

          d) total

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

          a) counting

          b) wrapping

          c) showing

          d) including

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

          a) much

          b) more

          c) such

          d) so

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

          a) industrial

          b) industrialised

          c) industry

          d) industrialist

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