SSC-CGL 2025 English
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Question 51
Comprehension
Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Throw one's hat into the ring
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To withdraw from a competitive undertakingB
To make a reckless financial wagerC
To express disapproval of an ongoing contestD
Announce one's candidacy or challengeQuestion 52
Comprehension
Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. This divide risks entrenching existing socioeconomic inequalities further . 2. Digital literacy has become an indispensable competency in the modern knowledge economy. 3. Bridging this gap requires coordinated investment in education and accessible infrastructure. 4. Yet a significant proportion of the global population remains without adequate access to digital tools.
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2-1-4-3B
1-3-2-4C
2-4-1-3D
4-2-1-3Question 53
Comprehension
In the sentence: "The history of cartography is enriched by individuals whose intellectual daring surpassed the mere mapping of terrain..." What is the grammatical role of the clause "whose intellectual daring surpassed the mere mapping of terrain" Read the passage and answer the questions: The history of cartography is enriched by individuals whose intellectual daring surpassed the mere mapping of terrain, embodying a philosophical compulsion to render the unknown knowable. Each cartographer — whether charting the coastlines of the Mediterranean, the interior of sub -Saharan Africa, or the archipelagos of the Pacific — constructed not merely a geographic record but a testament to the symbiosis of imagination and empirical inquiry. "Claudius Ptolemy" and his monumental second -century Geographia codified the ancient world's spatial understanding, yet figures such as "Ibn Battuta" and later "Gerardus Mercator" reconstituted those foundations entirely. Mercator's epochal 1569 projection , though cartographically distorting the relative scale of landmasses, enabled navigators to plot straight-line courses across the globe with unprecedented precision — portraying geography not merely as a record of place but as an instrument of power . Similarly, "Mae Jemison", the first African -American woman in space, extended cartographic ambition beyond the terrestrial, charting new frontiers in the language of orbital science. The discipline of mapmaking transformed dramatically through the latter decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Technologies such as Geographic Information Systems and satellite remote sensing enabled layered, dynamic representations of the Earth, while scholars like "Denis Wood" challenged cartography's claim to objectivity, arguing that every map encodes the ideological assumptions of its maker . Meanwhile, indigenous spatial knowledge systems — long subordinated to Western cartographic conventions — increasingly reclaim their epistemic authority as legitimate and irreplaceable frameworks for understanding place. Thus, the story of cartography resists reduction to a chronicle of technical achievement. It is a dialectic between the human ambition to possess the world through representation and the world's irreducible resistance to complete capture — each map simultaneously a revelation and an act of selective concealment.
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Adverbial clause modifying "surpassed"B
Adjective clause modifying "individuals"C
Noun clause functioning as the subjectD
Participial phrase modifying "history"Question 54
Comprehension
What is the meaning of the word "epochal" in the context: "Mercator's epochal 1569 projection...enabled navigators to plot straight-line courses across the globe..." Read the passage and answer the questions: The history of cartography is enriched by individuals whose intellectual daring surpassed the mere mapping of terrain, embodying a philosophical compulsion to render the unknown knowable. Each cartographer — whether charting the coastlines of the Mediterranean, the interior of sub -Saharan Africa, or the archipelagos of the Pacific — constructed not merely a geographic record but a testament to the symbiosis of imagination and empirical inquiry. "Claudius Ptolemy" and his monumental second -century Geographia codified the ancient world's spatial understanding, yet figures such as "Ibn Battuta" and later "Gerardus Mercator" reconstituted those foundations entirely. Mercator's epochal 1569 projection , though cartographically distorting the relative scale of landmasses, enabled navigators to plot straight-line courses across the globe with unprecedented precision — portraying geography not merely as a record of place but as an instrument of power . Similarly, "Mae Jemison", the first African -American woman in space, extended cartographic ambition beyond the terrestrial, charting new frontiers in the language of orbital science. The discipline of mapmaking transformed dramatically through the latter decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Technologies such as Geographic Information Systems and satellite remote sensing enabled layered, dynamic representations of the Earth, while scholars like "Denis Wood" challenged cartography's claim to objectivity, arguing that every map encodes the ideological assumptions of its maker . Meanwhile, indigenous spatial knowledge systems — long subordinated to Western cartographic conventions — increasingly reclaim their epistemic authority as legitimate and irreplaceable frameworks for understanding place. Thus, the story of cartography resists reduction to a chronicle of technical achievement. It is a dialectic between the human ambition to possess the world through representation and the world's irreducible resistance to complete capture — each map simultaneously a revelation and an act of selective concealment.
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Negligible and easily overlookedB
Technically flawed and unreliableC
Highly significant and historicD
Widely contested and discreditedQuestion 55
Comprehension
What does the word "dialectic" most nearly imply in the phrase: "...a dialectic between the human ambition to possess the world through representation and the world's irreducible resistance to complete capture..."? Read the passage and answer the questions: The history of cartography is enriched by individuals whose intellectual daring surpassed the mere mapping of terrain, embodying a philosophical compulsion to render the unknown knowable. Each cartographer — whether charting the coastlines of the Mediterranean, the interior of sub -Saharan Africa, or the archipelagos of the Pacific — constructed not merely a geographic record but a testament to the symbiosis of imagination and empirical inquiry. "Claudius Ptolemy" and his monumental second -century Geographia codified the ancient world's spatial understanding, yet figures such as "Ibn Battuta" and later "Gerardus Mercator" reconstituted those foundations entirely. Mercator's epochal 1569 projection , though cartographically distorting the relative scale of landmasses, enabled navigators to plot straight-line courses across the globe with unprecedented precision — portraying geography not merely as a record of place but as an instrument of power . Similarly, "Mae Jemison", the first African -American woman in space, extended cartographic ambition beyond the terrestrial, charting new frontiers in the language of orbital science. The discipline of mapmaking transformed dramatically through the latter decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Technologies such as Geographic Information Systems and satellite remote sensing enabled layered, dynamic representations of the Earth, while scholars like "Denis Wood" challenged cartography's claim to objectivity, arguing that every map encodes the ideological assumptions of its maker . Meanwhile, indigenous spatial knowledge systems — long subordinated to Western cartographic conventions — increasingly reclaim their epistemic authority as legitimate and irreplaceable frameworks for understanding place. Thus, the story of cartography resists reduction to a chronicle of technical achievement. It is a dialectic between the human ambition to possess the world through representation and the world's irreducible resistance to complete capture — each map simultaneously a revelation and an act of selective concealment.
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A definitive resolution of opposing viewpointsB
A mathematical formula used in calculationC
A prolonged negotiation between commercial partiesD
A dynamic tension or interplay between opposing forcesQuestion 56
Comprehension
Which of the following most accurately captures the central argument of the passage? Read the passage and answer the questions: The history of cartography is enriched by individuals whose intellectual daring surpassed the mere mapping of terrain, embodying a philosophical compulsion to render the unknown knowable. Each cartographer — whether charting the coastlines of the Mediterranean, the interior of sub -Saharan Africa, or the archipelagos of the Pacific — constructed not merely a geographic record but a testament to the symbiosis of imagination and empirical inquiry. "Claudius Ptolemy" and his monumental second -century Geographia codified the ancient world's spatial understanding, yet figures such as "Ibn Battuta" and later "Gerardus Mercator" reconstituted those foundations entirely. Mercator's epochal 1569 projection , though cartographically distorting the relative scale of landmasses, enabled navigators to plot straight-line courses across the globe with unprecedented precision — portraying geography not merely as a record of place but as an instrument of power . Similarly, "Mae Jemison", the first African -American woman in space, extended cartographic ambition beyond the terrestrial, charting new frontiers in the language of orbital science. The discipline of mapmaking transformed dramatically through the latter decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Technologies such as Geographic Information Systems and satellite remote sensing enabled layered, dynamic representations of the Earth, while scholars like "Denis Wood" challenged cartography's claim to objectivity, arguing that every map encodes the ideological assumptions of its maker . Meanwhile, indigenous spatial knowledge systems — long subordinated to Western cartographic conventions — increasingly reclaim their epistemic authority as legitimate and irreplaceable frameworks for understanding place. Thus, the story of cartography resists reduction to a chronicle of technical achievement. It is a dialectic between the human ambition to possess the world through representation and the world's irreducible resistance to complete capture — each map simultaneously a revelation and an act of selective concealment.
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Cartography has always been an exclusively European intellectual tradition.B
Modern satellite technology has rendered traditional mapmaking obsolete.C
Cartography is a discipline that interweaves technical innovation, ideological assumptions, and philosophical inquiry.D
Indigenous knowledge systems are incompatible with scientific approaches to mapping.Question 57
Comprehension
. Which word could best replace "irreducible" in the phrase "...the world's irreducible resistance to complete capture..." without significantly changing the meaning? Read the passage and answer the questions: The history of cartography is enriched by individuals whose intellectual daring surpassed the mere mapping of terrain, embodying a philosophical compulsion to render the unknown knowable. Each cartographer — whether charting the coastlines of the Mediterranean, the interior of sub -Saharan Africa, or the archipelagos of the Pacific — constructed not merely a geographic record but a testament to the symbiosis of imagination and empirical inquiry. "Claudius Ptolemy" and his monumental second -century Geographia codified the ancient world's spatial understanding, yet figures such as "Ibn Battuta" and later "Gerardus Mercator" reconstituted those foundations entirely. Mercator's epochal 1569 projection , though cartographically distorting the relative scale of landmasses, enabled navigators to plot straight-line courses across the globe with unprecedented precision — portraying geography not merely as a record of place but as an instrument of power . Similarly, "Mae Jemison", the first African -American woman in space, extended cartographic ambition beyond the terrestrial, charting new frontiers in the language of orbital science. The discipline of mapmaking transformed dramatically through the latter decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Technologies such as Geographic Information Systems and satellite remote sensing enabled layered, dynamic representations of the Earth, while scholars like "Denis Wood" challenged cartography's claim to objectivity, arguing that every map encodes the ideological assumptions of its maker . Meanwhile, indigenous spatial knowledge systems — long subordinated to Western cartographic conventions — increasingly reclaim their epistemic authority as legitimate and irreplaceable frameworks for understanding place. Thus, the story of cartography resists reduction to a chronicle of technical achievement. It is a dialectic between the human ambition to possess the world through representation and the world's irreducible resistance to complete capture — each map simultaneously a revelation and an act of selective concealment.
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ManageableB
TemporaryC
InescapableD
NegligibleQuestion 58
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: CONDEMN
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AcquitB
PardonC
DenounceD
EndorseQuestion 59
Comprehension
Choose the correct meaning of idiom: To be in high dudgeon
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To be offended with exaggerated dignityB
To be filled with unbounded enthusiasmC
To be in a state of complete bewildermentD
To be inflated with unwarranted prideQuestion 60
Comprehension
Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph: 1. When the droplets become heavy enough, they fall back to Earth as precipitation. 2. The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water within the Earth and its atmosphere. 3. Water evaporates from oceans, lakes, and rivers due to solar energy, rising as vapour into the atmosphere. 4. This vapour cools and condenses around dust particles to form clouds.
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2, 3, 4, 1B
3, 2, 4, 1C
1, 4, 3, 2D
4, 3, 1, 2Question 61
Comprehension
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The merger was deferred indefinitely (1)/ owing of the failure to reach (2)/ a consensus among the principal (3)/ shareholders of both corporations. (4)
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(1)B
(2)C
(3)D
(4)Question 62
Comprehension
Select the correct option for the Direct Speech conversion of the sentence below. The economist contended that the recession would have been averted had the central bank intervened decisively.
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The economist said, "If the central bank intervenes decisively, the recession will be averted."B
The economist said, "The recession would be averted if the central bank had intervened decisively."C
The economist said, "Had the central bank intervened decisively, the recession would have been averted."D
The economist said, "The recession must have been averted had the central bank intervened."Question 63
Comprehension
Which is the correct spelling for a word meaning 'to erase or wipe out'?
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ExpungeB
ExponngeC
ExpunjeD
ExspungeQuestion 64
Comprehension
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: The legal counsel urged the witness to not reveal the contents of the agreement.
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that the witness should not revealB
to not revealingC
not to revealD
for not revealingQuestion 65
Comprehension
Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The security team discovered a mole within the intelligence agency.
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The mole burrowed silently beneath the garden lawn overnight.B
The chemist calculated the number of moles in the solution.C
Agents worked for months to identify the mole in their network.D
A small mole had disrupted the foundations of the flowerbed.Question 66
Comprehension
Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The inspector's report revealed a ________ violation of safety norms at the construction site.
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blaetantB
blatenntC
blattentD
blatantQuestion 67
Comprehension
Choose the correct one-word substitution for the phrase in italics. "One who publicly professes virtuous principles while privately acting contrary to them."
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CynicB
HypocriteC
AgnosticD
DemagogueQuestion 68
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word: Vindicate
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CorroborateB
UpholdC
ImpugnD
RatifyQuestion 69
Comprehension
Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'The practice of humans eating the flesh of other humans'.
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CannibalismB
NecrophagyC
AnthropologyD
PredationQuestion 70
Comprehension
Select the correct option: She tackled every obstacle __ unflinching resolve and composure.
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atB
inC
onD
withQuestion 71
Comprehension
Change the following from active to passive: When will the committee publish the revised guidelines?
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When the revised guidelines will be published by the committee?B
When have the revised guidelines been published by the committee?C
When will the revised guidelines be published by the committee?D
When are the revised guidelines published by the committee?Question 72
Comprehension
A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. The supervisor said to the intern, "You must submit all pending files by Friday."
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The supervisor said the intern must submit all pending files by Friday.B
The supervisor told the intern that she had to submit all pending files by Friday.C
The supervisor told the intern that she must submit all pending files by Friday.D
The supervisor said that the intern has to submit all pending files by Friday.Question 73
Comprehension
Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The verdict was reported to have been delivered by the judge before the appeal was filed.
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The judge was reported in delivering the verdict before the appeal was filed.B
Reports suggested the judge had delivered the verdict before the appeal was filed.C
The judge delivered the verdict and it was reported before the appeal was filed.D
The verdict had been delivered and reported by the judge upon filing the appeal.Question 74
Comprehension
Which of these is the correct spelling of a logic term for contradictions?
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ParaconsistintB
ParaconsestentC
ParaconsistentD
ParaconssistantQuestion 75
Comprehension
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The majority of the evidence submitted (1)/ to the tribunal have been (2)/ deemed admissible by (3)/ the presiding judge. (4)
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(1)B
(2)C
(3)D
(4)