SSC-CGL 2023 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error. Neetu have been / waiting for me / since 10 o’clock / in the morning.

Neetu have been

in the morning

since 10 o’clock

waiting for me

Question 2

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. Her dog can climb under the fence.

Over

Sink

Behind

Beneath

Question 3

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence. The village beggars, no longer ill at ease in the gathering of gliterring dignitaries, sat in their assigned rows and joked with vegetarian Brahmin apprentices.

assigned

apprentices

beggars

gliterring

Question 4

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The company's board of directors will announce the financial results at the annual meeting tomorrow.

The financial results will have been announced by the company's board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

The financial results are being announced by the company's board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

The company's board of directors announced the financial results at the annual meeting tomorrow.

The financial results will be announced by the company's board of directors at the annual meeting tomorrow.

Question 5

Comprehension

Select the grammatically correct sentence.

The participants of the competition are waiting for their turn curiously.

The participants of the competition has been waiting for their turn curiously.

A participants of the competition is waiting for their turn curiously.

The participants of the competition is waiting for their turn curiously.

Question 6

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence. Henry is so servile that other people take advantage of him.

Arrogant

Sheepish

Bickering

Cunning

Question 7

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A thing fit to eat.

Eligible

Digestible

Curable

Edible

Question 8

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Lily-livered

Brave

Comical

Not brave

Naughty

Question 9

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Zealous

Enthusiastic

Detached

Apathetic

Indifferent

Question 10

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. She had an ability to persuade others.

halt

suppress

outrage

impress

Question 11

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. We must remember that what we teach our children is what we inculcate in them.

endanger

inspire

instil

import

Question 12

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. He won’t receive any better choice than this from anywhere.

Any better choice won’t be received by him than this from anywhere.

Any better choice wouldn’t have received by him than this from anywhere.

Any better choice shouldn’t be received by him than this from anywhere.

Any better choice won’t have been be received by him than this from anywhere.

Question 13

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Feeble

Unheedful

Strong

Weak

Baneful

Question 14

Comprehension

Select the correct spelling of the underline word. They denied having any associasion with the terrorists.

asociation

asocciation

assosiation

association

Question 15

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Pooja tried to explain the problem, but soon she tied herself up in knots.

Be forced to explain your actions and (probably) punished

Become very confused when you are trying to explain something

Make no progress in an argument or discussion

Won’t modify an opinion or agree to even small changes that another person wants

Question 16

Comprehension

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. In Bihar and Central India, in particular, every district had smelters that used local deposits of ore to produce iron which was widely used for the manufacture of implements and tools of daily use. B. The smelting was done by men while women worked on the bellows, pumping air that kept the charcoal burning. C. But iron smelting in India was extremely common till the end of the nineteenth century. D. Production of Wootz steel required a highly specialised technique of refining iron.

ACDB

DCAB

BCDA

CBDA

Question 17

Comprehension

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. He repeated the experiment, increasing the amount until he had weighed up to a thousand pounds. B. During the spring of 1717, the iron foundries in a remote district were often visited by a thin, middle-aged man with a notebook. C. Three cauldrons were next prepared under his directions. D. He would weigh out two pounds of iron, have them heated till they were red-hot and then weigh them again.

BDAC

ABDC

BCAD

CABD

Question 18

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. She is _________ a peacock in the blue satin saree.

very beautiful as

so beautiful as

as beautiful as

beautiful like

Question 19

Comprehension

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A.The top band is made of saffron, which symbolises power and courage. B.The constituent assembly adopted our national flag, Tiranga, which means tricolour, on 22 July 1947. C.As a symbol of nationalism and freedom, it is fashioned from khadi, which is domestically spun Indian cotton. D.It features three horizontal stripes that are all the same width.

CBAD

CBDA

BCDA

BDCA

Question 20

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank. The hunter dogs followed the hyena’s ________.

sense

scent

cense

cents

Question 21

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

Ans 1. considering

to consider

considered

consider

Question 22

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

witness

Ans 1. witness 2. known

awareness

aware

Question 23

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

Since

From

Ans 1. Since 2. From 3. As per

For

Question 24

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

As a result

As a reaction

Causing

Question 25

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

break into

breaks to

break from

breaks into

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