SSC-CGL 2019 English
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 426
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(2)
A
sparklingB
rainingC
wettingD
sprinklingQuestion 427
Comprehension
In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. There is many modes of travel to go to Agra but I prefer road travel.
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to go toB
prefer road travel.C
There is many modesD
Agra but IQuestion 428
Comprehension
Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Incapable of being read
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unseenB
vagueC
illegibleD
eligibleQuestion 429
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(4)
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aboveB
overC
nearD
behindQuestion 430
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(5)
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tankB
pondC
tapD
springQuestion 431
Comprehension
Select the correctly spelt word.
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luxuryB
luxryC
lugzuryD
luxeryQuestion 432
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Following detailed deliberations, the meeting has been _______ till next week
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reviewedB
cancelledC
proposedD
adjournedQuestion 433
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. It is hard to conceive of a more______ route than the one that this determined traveler chose to follow.
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provokingB
dauntingC
stimulatingD
dashingQuestion 434
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame paralleled the ______ growth of Hollywood movies in the first decades of the century.
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sluggishB
progressingC
delayedD
explosiveQuestion 435
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. OBSTACLE
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AccessoryB
ClearanceC
BenefitD
BarrierQuestion 436
Comprehension
In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. The cost of fruits and vegetables have risen abnormally this month.
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this monthB
have risenC
abnormallyD
The cost ofQuestion 437
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word . ENDEAVOUR
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AttemptB
SuccessC
ResultD
AchievementQuestion 438
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(1)
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eatersB
collectorsC
makersD
dispersersQuestion 439
Comprehension
Select the correctly spelt word.
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centimentB
serenityC
taelantD
claeverQuestion 440
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. We now have an ex-Minister in the running from our constituency for the post of Member of Parliament.
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jogging everydayB
teaching yogaC
giving speechesD
contesting the seatQuestion 441
Comprehension
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. Its value is linked to what it is being used for. B. Such questions often baffle you. C. How emotional should one get about money and its value? D. Money on its own has no value, until you have some use for it.
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DBACB
ACDBC
CABDD
CBDAQuestion 442
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(3)
A
saplingsB
speciesC
elephantsD
seedsQuestion 443
Comprehension
In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. Cows are amongst the gentlest of animals; none shows more passionate tenderness towards their young ones.
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the gentlest of animalsB
Cows are amongstC
none shows moreD
towards their youngQuestion 444
Comprehension
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The artist played the violin.
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The violin had been played by the artist.B
The violin is being played by the artistC
The violin will be played by the artist.D
The violin was played by the artistQuestion 445
Comprehension
Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Too unimportant to consider
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nothingB
diminutiveC
trivialD
noticeableQuestion 446
Comprehension
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari and it involves several steps. B. There are two distinctive styles of Kalamkari in India. C. They are the Sri Kalahasti style and the Machlipatnam style. D. Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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DABCB
ACBDC
DCBAD
CBDAQuestion 447
Comprehension
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrases. That which can be drawn into a thin wire
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flexibleB
ductileC
brittleD
smoothQuestion 448
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(4)
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allB
certainC
noD
everyQuestion 449
Comprehension
Select the correctly spelt word
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fortiethB
fourtiethC
fourtyethD
fortythQuestion 450
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(2)
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engineersB
conservationC
seedsD
elephants