SSC-CGL 2022 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 226

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence. The outcome of the survey was a critical intervention to the questionaire prepared by Suraj and his committee.

questionaire

committee

intervention

outcome

Question 227

Comprehension

Select the correct active form of the given sentence. A terrible disaster was witnessed by our country.

Our country had witnessed a terrible disaster.

Our country is witnessing a terrible disaster.

Our country witnessed a terrible disaster.

Our country witnesses a terrible disaster.

Question 228

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. Fail to notice; ignore; condone (an offence etc.)

Overlong

Overlie

Overly

Overlook

Question 229

Comprehension

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’ as your answer. He knows that / he has no other option / but to work hard.

He knows that

but to work hard

he has no other option

No error

Question 230

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Cudgel one’s brain

Thinking about a debate

To think hard

Not to think

To overthink

Question 231

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’. When I was your age, I was working two jobs to provide for my family.

to providing for

for provide to

on providing

No substitution

Question 232

Comprehension

Select the sentences that contains no spelling errors.

The hippoputamus, also known as ‘river horse’, lives throughout sub Saharan Africa.

The hipopotamus, also known as ‘river horse’, lives throughout sub Saharan Africa.

The hippopotmaus, also known as ‘river horse’, lives throughout sub Saharan Africa.

The hippopotamus, also known as ‘river horse’, lives throughout sub Saharan Africa.

Question 233

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Bulk

Handful

Heavy

Staple

Brunt

Question 234

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. She frankly confessed that she couldn’t __________ to purchase a car then.

spend

afford

stand

tolerate

Question 235

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. The natural environment is in contrast with the 'built environment' which refers to areas that have been fundamentally transformed and influenced by human activity, such as cities, towns, substructures and so on.

Hackneyed

Inimical

Bipartisan

Interested

Question 236

Comprehension

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. The blind man said to me, “Can you help me cross the road?”

The blind man asked me if I could help him cross the road.

The blind man asked me if I will help him cross the road.

The blind man asked me if I could help him crossed the road.

The blind man asked me if I can help him cross the road.

Question 237

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. One has to be persistent in studies if he/she wants to get his/her dream job. Success will remain unattainable if one studies________.

root and branch

the three R’s

in ups and downs

by fits and starts

Question 238

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A room where dead bodies are kept until burial

Sanatorium

Museum

Mortuary

Safari

Question 239

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The important points were narrated in the class by the teacher.

The teacher was narrating important points in the class.

The teacher had narrated the important points in the class.

The teacher narrated the important points in the class.

In the class, the important points were narrated.

Question 240

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. She became frustrated with her poor health and began to lose ________ of her recovery.

weight

idea

money

hope

Question 241

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. She has / a habit of / spending against / her means.

her means

She has

spending against

a habit of

Question 242

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The action of damaging the good reputation of someone

Delegate

Degeneration

Defamation

Defection

Question 243

Comprehension

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. In December 2018 P. caused a landslide that Q. an eruption of the volcano Anak Krakatau R. triggered a tsunami in the Sunda Strait (Indonesia) S. and killed more than 400 people

SQPR

RPQS

QPRS

PRQS

Question 244

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Loyal

Ardent

Fickle

Stupid

Tragic

Question 245

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. The dacoits ravaged the bungalow in the absence of its owner.

Exploded

Demolished

Restored

Sealed

Question 246

Comprehension

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

Ans 1. Sectors

Fields

Sections

Areas

Question 247

Comprehension

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

Substitute

Ans 1. Substitute 2. Reduce

Replenish

Substantiate

Question 248

Comprehension

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

Analysing

Examining

Ans 1. Analysing 2. Examining 3. Considering

Observing

Question 249

Comprehension

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

Formula

Standard

Criteria

Question 250

Comprehension

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

Implement

Deploy

Execute

Employ

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