SSC-CGL 2025 English
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 401
Comprehension
Select the correct option: By the time the investigation wraps up, the committee _____ its preliminary findings.
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had submittedB
submitsC
will submitD
will have submittedQuestion 402
Comprehension
Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The pilgrims walked through the cathedral's ambulatory in reverent silence.
A
The gothic ambulatory was lined with stained glass windows.B
The hospital's ambulatory unit was expanded to serve outpatients.C
The abbot led the procession along the ambulatory each morning.D
The arched ambulatory encircled the entire eastern apse.Question 403
Comprehension
A sentence is provided in direct speech. Choose the option that most accurately represents it in indirect speech. He said, "I was preparing for the examination throughout the night."
A
He said he was preparing for the examination throughout the night.B
He said he had prepared for the examination throughout the night.C
He said he had been preparing for the examination throughout the night.D
He said he prepared for the examination throughout the night.Question 404
Comprehension
Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Know which way the wind blows
A
To navigate using natural landmarksB
To sense how events or opinion are trending before actingC
To adjust sails in a stormD
To misread a situation entirelyQuestion 405
Comprehension
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: She is one of those researchers who has always maintained meticulous records.
A
had always maintainedB
have always been maintainingC
have always maintainedD
has ever maintainedQuestion 406
Comprehension
A sentence is provided in indirect speech. Choose the option that most accurately represents it in direct speech. She mentioned that her organisation would launch the project the next week.
A
She mentioned, "My organisation is launching the project next week."B
She said, "The project shall be launched next week."C
She mentioned, "My organisation would be launching the project next week."D
She mentioned, "My organisation will launch the project next week."Question 407
Comprehension
Choose the correct spelling for a word meaning 'someone who questions everything'.
A
SkepticB
SkeptickC
ScepticD
SkeptikQuestion 408
Comprehension
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The degree to which the policy drew public opposition (1)/ signals not only institutional failure (2)/ but also that civil society has (3)/ grown increasingly assertive in its demands. (4)
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(1)B
(2)C
(3)D
(4)Question 409
Comprehension
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form: Scarcely had the ambassador delivered his address when the delegates _____ in applause.
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had risenB
roseC
had roseD
were risenQuestion 410
Comprehension
Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The veteran critic dismissed the young artist's interpretation as _______ and unworthy of serious discussion.
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preposturousB
preposteruosC
preposterousD
prepostrousQuestion 411
Comprehension
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: She is sleeping when the power went out.
A
was sleeping when the power wentB
had been sleepingC
is sleptD
has sleptQuestion 412
Comprehension
Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful passage: 1. Transitioning to clean energy is indispensable for the long-term health of the planet. 2. Wind and solar technologies represent the most viable alternatives to conventional fossil fuels. 3. Public and private investment in renewable infrastructure must be significantly scaled up. 4. Without robust energy storage systems, the reliability of these alternatives cannot be guaranteed.
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2-3-1-4B
1-2-4-3C
3-1-2-4D
4-1-3-2Question 413
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: ASPERITY
A
GentlenessB
HarshnessC
PatienceD
WarmthQuestion 414
Comprehension
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: No sooner the verdict was delivered (1)/ than the defence counsel (2)/ filed an application (3)/ for an immediate stay. (4)/
A
(1)B
(2)C
(3)D
(4)Question 415
Comprehension
Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'The practice of substituting an inoffensive word for one considered too direct or unpleasant'.
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EpithetB
HyperboleC
EuphemismD
SoliloquyQuestion 416
Comprehension
Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. Cultivating creative thinking is therefore essential to driving meaningful progress. 2. Creativity is frequently mistaken for a natural gift rather than an acquired competence. 3. In reality, it is a capacity that can be deliberately practised and refined over time. 4. At its core, it draws on imagination, analytical reasoning, and the ability to solve complex problems.
A
2-4-1-3B
3-4-2-1C
2-1-3-4D
2-3-4-1Question 417
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Pernicious
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LethalB
MalignantC
InnocuousD
ToxicQuestion 418
Comprehension
Change the following from active to passive: They should be reviewing the departmental expenditure reports this month.
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The departmental expenditure reports should have been reviewed by them this month.B
The departmental expenditure reports are being reviewed by them this month.C
The departmental expenditure reports should be being reviewed by them this month.D
The departmental expenditure reports should be reviewed by them this month.Question 419
Comprehension
What should come in the place of blank number [1]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arra ngement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.
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extinguishesB
evacuatesC
reifiesD
dissimulatesQuestion 420
Comprehension
What should come in the place of blank number [2]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arra ngement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.
A
conditionalityB
algorithmic agencyC
asymbolic opacityD
aesthetic refusalQuestion 421
Comprehension
What should come in the place of blank number [3]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arrangement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this expo sure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.
A
abolitionB
destitutionC
restitutionD
reconciliationQuestion 422
Comprehension
What should come in the place of blank number [4]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arra ngement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.
A
deferredB
restitutiveC
imminentD
incalculableQuestion 423
Comprehension
. What should come in the place of blank number [5]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageabl e. Governance, therefore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body be comes, in this arrangement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.
A
spectral coherenceB
fugitive formC
passive unityD
ontic recurrenceQuestion 424
Comprehension
Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The contract was found to have been breached in spite of repeated notices.
A
It was found that someone breached the contract.B
Authorities found the contract had been breached.C
Authorities found that the contract was being breached.D
It had been found that the contract was breached.Question 425
Comprehension
Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'One who habitually expects the worst outcome in any situation.'
A
FatalistB
PessimistC
NihilistD
Stoic