SSC-CPO 2021 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1

Comprehension

Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Why does homework have to be done daily?

Why are we doing homework daily?

Why do we have to do homework daily?

Why did we do homework daily?

Why should we do homework daily?

Question 2

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence. Veena informed me that there would be an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock that day.

Veena said to me, "There was an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock today."

Veena said to me, "There is an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock that day."

Veena said to me, "There will be an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock today."

Veena said to me, "There will be an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock that day."

Question 3

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence. I asked him where he had lost the pen I had brought for him the previous day.

I said to him, "Where do you lose the pen I had brought for him yesterday?"

I said to him, "Where he had lost the pen I brought for him yesterday?"

I said to him, "Where have you lost the pen I brought for you the previous day?"

I said to him, "Where have you lost the pen I brought for you yesterday?"

Question 4

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. The children here are encouraging to have examined all the aspects before forming an opinion on any matter.

are encouraged to have examining

No substitution required

are encouraging to examine

are encouraged to examine

Question 5

Comprehension

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. But on the day when my story begins, it was a winter evening, icy-cold and misty. B. Sometimes when the weather was clear, I could see ships anchored a little way out from the shore. C. These were prison ships, full of convicts and their guards. D. We lived on the edge of the marshes, near the sea.

DACB

DBCA

CABD

CADB

Question 6

Comprehension

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. His father had already bought the train tickets.

The train tickets had already been bought by his father.

The train tickets have already bought his father.

The train tickets were already bought by his father.

The train tickets are already being bought his father.

Question 7

Comprehension

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. It burst from the inside of the earth and tumbled over the edge. B. A stream of lava began to rush from the crater of the volcano. C. It travelled slowly across the valley destroying everything that came in its way. D. Then it rolled down the side of the volcano in a heavy stream, 20 feet thick and 200 feet wide.

ACDB

BADC

BCAD

ABCD

Question 8

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. Branch of science that studies structure, classification and genetics of plants

geology

botany

zoology

biology

Question 9

Comprehension

Select the correct active form of the given sentence. A statement had already been issued to the press on the lockdown by the authorities.

The authorities had already issued a statement to the press on the lockdown.

The authorities have already issued a statement to the press on the lockdown.

A statement had already issued the authorities to the press on the lockdown.

The authorities are already issuing a statement to the press on the lockdown.

Question 10

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. Unless she doesn't study French carefully, she cannot get the highest marks in the class.

No substitution required

Unless she is not studying

If she studies

Unless she studies

Question 11

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Hold your horses

Be responsible

Be patient

Be inferior

Be indifferent

Question 12

Comprehension

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The data which she presented was the most latest one on the matter under discussion.

which she presented

was the most latest one

on the matter

under discussion

Question 13

Comprehension

Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Many Indians have been brought back from foreign countries by the government.

The government had brought back many Indians from foreign countries.

The government is bringing back many Indians from foreign countries.

The government has brought back many Indians from foreign countries.

The government has been bringing back many Indians from foreign countries.

Question 14

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. Play being recognised as an important factor in improving mental and physical health of children.

Play is recognised

Play is recognising

Recognition of play being

No substitution required

Question 15

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. A doctor who attends to bone problems

pathologist

paediatrician

orthopaedist

cardiologist

Question 16

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence. Cornelius said to Pauline, "This house has been far too large for me since the death of my wife."

Cornelius said to Pauline that this house has been far too large for me since the death of my wife.

Cornelius told Pauline that that house had been far too large for him since the death of his wife.

Cornelius told Pauline that that house had been far too large for me since the death of my wife.

Cornelius asked Pauline if that house has been far too large for him since the death of his wife.

Question 17

Comprehension

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. When they reached the great city, they were frightened by the size of it and by the crowds in the streets. B. However, they visited every street, stopping wherever they saw a crowd. C. They were afraid they would not even recognise him, for they had not seen him for fifteen years. D. They felt their son would be somewhere among those people. E. But they did not know how to find him. F. They hoped for a chance meeting.

ADECBF

ACDEBF

ACEBDF

ADBCEF

Question 18

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. A person skilled in cutting, dressing, and laying stone in buildings.

architect

carpenter

artisan

mason

Question 19

Comprehension

Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. The doctor left three different medicines with instructions for giving them. B. Back in the room, I wrote the boy's temperature down. C. He seemed to know all about influenza. D. He also said there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia. E. He said there was nothing to worry if the fever didn't go above one hundred and four degrees. F. I also made a note of the time to give the various medicines.

ADCBEF

ACEDBF

AEDBCF

ACDBEF

Question 20

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The clown was so funny ____ everybody burst out laughing.

because

that

but

when

Question 21

Comprehension

Select the wrongly spelt word. attrect

attain

attrect

attempt

attend

Question 22

Comprehension

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. I am indebted to my friends for the large sum of money what they gave me during my days of need.

what they gave me

during my days of need

indebted to my friends

for the large sum

Question 23

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. Nobody should expect to become successful without hard work.

No substitution required

should expect to becoming

should be expect becoming

should expecting to become

Question 24

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence. Albert said to Tim, "I'm not sure your father would consider it a good idea to have me on the board of his company."

Albert said to Tim that he was not sure his father would consider it a good idea to have me on the board of his company.

Albert said to Tim that I'm not sure your father would consider it a good idea to have me on the board of his company.

Albert said to Tim that he is not sure your father will consider it a good idea to have him on the board of his company.

Albert said to Tim that he was not sure his father would consider it a good idea to have him on the board of his company.

Question 25

Comprehension

Select the wrongly spelt word. clocke

caravan

clocke

carriage

camera

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