SSC-CGL 2020 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 76

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Persist

Remain

Cease

Insist

Continue

Question 77

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. Having two opposing feelings at the same time

Equivalent

Coinciding

Contemporary

Ambivalent

Question 78

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. We came back because we had ran out of money.

No improvement

we have ran

we had run

we run

Question 79

Comprehension

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' Those who are late they will not be allowed inside the classroom.

Those who are late

they will not be allowed

inside the classroom

No error

Question 80

Comprehension

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. "What a rare ﬂower!" she said.

She exclaimed what a rare ﬂower it is.

She exclaimed that it was a very rare ﬂower.

She asked if it was a rare ﬂower.

She told that what a rare ﬂower it was.

Question 81

Comprehension

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The farmer is ploughing the ﬁelds.

The ﬁelds have been ploughed by the farmer.

The ﬁelds are being ploughed by the farmer.

The ﬁelds were ploughed by the farmer.

The ﬁelds are ploughed by the farmer.

Question 82

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 1.

Ans 1. afforded

offered

extended

ordered

Question 83

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 2.

Ans 1. at 2. for

after

Question 84

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 3.

tackling

struggling

Ans 1. tackling 2. struggling 3. seeking

coping

Question 85

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 4.

make

were making

was making

Question 86

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 5.

take out

take in

take away

take back

Question 87

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Chicken-hearted

Cowardly

Generous

Miserly

Selﬁsh

Question 88

Comprehension

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. The mountain range was covered with snow. B. Napoleon had to cross the Alps in winter. C. Napoleon replied that the word 'impossible' did not exist for him. D. So, someone told Napoleon that the task was impossible.

DBCA

BADC

ADBC

BDCA

Question 89

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Preferred

Adored

Favoured

Feared

Compared

Question 90

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Ovation

Creation

Applause

Preparation

Censure

Question 91

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in the blank. She ______ how the magician had performed the rope trick.

puzzled

bewildered

suspected

wondered

Question 92

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. When it started raining, I ran to the nearer house for shelter.

the nearest house

a near house

the near house

No improvement

Question 93

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTL Y spelt word.

Abandon

Acquaintence

Alliance

Acquisition

Question 94

Comprehension

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. Much of this war had taken place along the Western Front. B. Both sides had dug in deep and each lost many men over little ground. C. This front was a line of trenches across which the two sides faced each other. D. Andre Maginot had fought a war with the French against the Germans.

BCDA

ACDB

DACB

DBCA

Question 95

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. By and by

Suddenly

Gradually

On the whole

By any means

Question 96

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Glee

Bliss

Joy

Fun

Woe

Question 97

Comprehension

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' Everyone except she have travelled by air.

travelled by air

she have

No error

Everyone except

Question 98

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in the blank. The roof of the old building ______ during the storm.

collapsed

scratched

destroyed

demolished

Question 99

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. A group of ships

ﬂeet

squad

colony

swarm

Question 100

Comprehension

Select the wrongly spelt word.

Piece

Fierce

Sieze

Grief

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