SSC-CGL 2021 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’. While washing your hands, rub them together for 20 seconds to remove the microbes on them.

the microbes on those

the microbes on they

the microbes on their

No substitution

Question 2

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The invigilator is advising the students not to carry calculators into the examination hall.

The students were advised not to carry calculators into the examination hall.

The students are being advised by the invigilator not to carry calculators into the examination hall.

The students have been advised not to carry calculators into the examination hall by the invigilator.

The students were advised the invigilator not to carry calculators into the examination hall.

Question 3

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Voilence

Exterminated

Wildernesses

Unmanageable

Question 4

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. “Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor.

The doctor said that everything is going to be alright.

The doctor said that everything are going to be alright.

The doctor said that everything was going to be alright.

The doctor said that everything will be alright.

Question 5

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body

Drove

Crowd

Cluster

Throng

Question 6

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Gradual

Gentle

Abrupt

Regular

Slow

Question 7

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. India is formally moving ahead to ______ 21 MIG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighters from Russia along with upgrades of their existing fleets.

advance

accomplish

achieve

procure

Question 8

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Had you / not reached in time, / we will have / lost our lives.

not reached in time

Had you

lost our lives

we will have

Question 9

Comprehension

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. You must avoid riding in a crowded bus / or travelling in a metro / during rush hour / as both are quiet unpleasant experiences.

during rush hour

or travelling in a metro

You must avoid riding in a crowded bus

as both are quiet unpleasant experiences

Question 10

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Bang for the buck

More value for money

Less value for money

A sorrowful heart

Dash against something

Question 11

Comprehension

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. But the eagle, in wrath, gave the beetle a flap of his wing, and straightaway seized upon the hare and devoured him. B. The beetle therefore interceded with the eagle, begging of him not to kill the poor suppliant, and pleaded with him not to kill so small an animal. C. When the eagle flew away, the beetle flew after him, to learn where his nest was. D. A hare, being pursued by an eagle, took himself for refuge to the nest of a beetle, whom he begged to save him.

CBAD

DBAC

DCAB

ACDB

Question 12

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Raise the bar

To grow taller

To win a competition

To raise the price

To set higher goals

Question 13

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A group of three novels or plays, each complete in itself

Triplet

Trivet

Triumvir

Trilogy

Question 14

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Work and domestic ______ made Kajal short-tempered.

weights

gravities

pressures

forces

Question 15

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Regime

Country

Space

Territory

Rule

Question 16

Comprehension

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 we got near, we saw it was the steam rising from hot springs. B. We saw in the distance a great column of smoke. C. We wondered if it came from a chimney or a burning house. D. We thought of taking a bath in the hot water.

ACDB

ABCD

BCAD

BCDA

Question 17

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’. The toy drummer plays the drum if you press the button at the back.

No substitution

will play the drum if you will press

playing the drum if you pressed

played the drum if you are pressing

Question 18

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Generic

Definite

Specific

Precise

Universal

Question 19

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Creature

Specified

Decrease

Pieceful

Question 20

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Seize

Grab

Loosen

Snatch

Catch

Question 21

Comprehension

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

Ans 1. through

with

Question 22

Comprehension

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

between

Ans 1. between 2. after

midst

among

Question 23

Comprehension

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

for

Ans 1. to 2. for 3. of

Question 24

Comprehension

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

then

though

than

Question 25

Comprehension

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

soothe

pacify

appease

calm

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