SSC-CGL 2022 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 151

Comprehension

Fill in the blank with the correct collocation. Motorists committing this infraction are ________ fined.

wholly

hardly

slowly

heavily

Question 152

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Fair and square

Honestly

Fair-skinned

Being vague

Good looking

Question 153

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. I used to swim across the river when I was young.

will swim across

was swimming across

could swim across

can swim across

Question 154

Comprehension

Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion. I have never played any game of side this track during the season.

I have never played any game off side this track during the season.

I have never played any game of side this track during the season.

I have never played any game off side this track during the season.

Question 155

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. We decided to ___________ as we were missing him a lot.

give a visit

take a visit

bring in a visit

pay him a visit

Question 156

Comprehension

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Latika said to him, “I got a hefty discount on this television.”

Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on that television.

Latika told him that she is getting a hefty discount on that television.

Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.

Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on this television.

Question 157

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. One who mediates in a deal or complex situation

Equaliser

Solicitor

Pacifier

Negotiator

Question 158

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Ambition

Intent

Anxiety

Object

Laziness

Question 159

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the word ‘stagnant’ from the following sentence. Reeta was motionless after knowing that her brother had become mentally unstable after seeing the fatal accident on Tuesday night.

Motionless

Fatal

Unstable

Accident

Question 160

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Last before year, Shirley got very good grades.

The last year before

Before last year

The year before last

Before year last

Question 161

Comprehension

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The new owners hired a lot of new servers.

A lot of new servers were hired by the new owners.

A lot of new servers are being hired by the new owners.

A lot of new servers are hired by the new owners.

A lot of new servers had been hired by the new owners.

Question 162

Comprehension

Select the sentences that contains no spelling errors.

I heard raucouos laughter from the next room.

I heard raocous laughter from the next room.

I heard raucus laughter from the next room.

I heard raucous laughter from the next room.

Question 163

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the bracketed word to fill in the blank. There is a huge generation __________ (void) between Arun and his grandparents.

traditions

gap

memory

experience

Question 164

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. The perils of smoking tobacco can never be ignored.

Delights

Benefits

Hazards

Humiliations

Question 165

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. I am been working here for the past ten years.

have been working here

is been working here

was been working here

had been working here

Question 166

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Seeing my messy room, my mother taught me to keep everything in order. Now my room is ________.

on demand

of no avail

spick and span

high and dry

Question 167

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. There is a whole world / out there that / is invisible from / the naked eye.

the naked eye

is invisible from

There is a whole world

out there that

Question 168

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Had they not cleared the exam?

Is the exam not been cleared by them?

Have the exam not been cleared by them?

Was the exam not been cleared by them?

Had the exam not been cleared by them?

Question 169

Comprehension

The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph. P. In Tokyo, they built an expressway linking the international airport in Haneda to the centre, and widened some of the city’s major arteries. Q. These infrastructure improvements helped to bring about the Japanese economic miracle over the next couple of decades. R. Tokyo 2020 was supposed to be a great economic stimulus, replicating the achievements of Tokyo 1964. S. It was thanks to hosting that Olympics that Japan invested in infrastructure such as the famous Shinkansen bullet train .

RSPQ

QPRS

SRQP

S. It was thanks to hosting that Olympics that Japan invested in infrastructure such as the famous Shinkansen bullet train .

Question 170

Comprehension

In the given sentence the underlined word may have been incorrectly spelt. Identify the option that rectifies the spelling. If there is no error in spelling, select ‘No error’. Getting a compliment from her husband was a rare occurrance in Rashmila’s life.

occurrence

ocurrance

No error

ocurrancce

Question 171

Comprehension

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

Ans 1. becomes

became

become

becoming

Question 172

Comprehension

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

scared

Ans 1. scared 2. prone

liable

resistance

Question 173

Comprehension

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

collateral

intervention

Ans 1. collateral 2. intervention 3. convention

physical

Question 174

Comprehension

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

more important

most eager

most crucial

Question 175

Comprehension

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

ambiguity

sneak

wanderlust

purpose

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