SSC-GD 2021 English-Hindi

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. VISIBLE

A
Secret
B
Apparent
C
Vague
D
Hidden
Question 2
Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A person who knows everything

A
Naive
B
Omniscient
C
Intelligent
D
Omnipresent
Question 3
Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. One who examines a company’s financial records

A
Conductor
B
Author
C
Auditor
D
Instructor
Question 4
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The doctor ______ her to stop eating fried food.

A
advised
B
considered
C
arranged
D
expressed
Question 5
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Play for time

A
To do something in the stipulated time
B
To make excuses or do things to gain time
C
To play something for the sake of old times
D
To play music in the time provided
Question 6
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. I’m sure he will grab the chance to earn some extra money.

A
No substitution required
B
of earns
C
to earned
D
to earns
Question 7
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To breathe one’s last

A
To take a major decision
B
To give final verdict
C
To make a plot
D
To die
Question 8
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. Microwave ovens heat food quickly, anxiously and safely, but do not brown or bake food in the way that conventional ovens do.

A
angrily
B
efficiently
C
beautifully
D
accidently
Question 9
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. You need to get the cholesterol from out of your system.

A
out of your system
B
No substitution required
C
out your system
D
from out off your system
Question 10
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A ______ mind rarely meets a dead end; it continues the search for the answers.

A
Peculiar
B
Weird
C
curious
D
strange
Question 11
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A dialogue is a ______ between two or more people.

A
conversation
B
commission
C
convertible
D
conversion
Question 12
Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Mohan told to / Sagar that he / was looking / very pale.

A
very pale
B
Sagar that he
C
Mohan told to
D
was looking
Question 13
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A
Delivery
B
Stationary
C
Dictionery
D
Voluntary
Question 14
Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Anything that leads to death

A
Scary
B
Serious
C
Fatal
D
Ominous
Question 15
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Vital

A
Critical
B
Trivial
C
Manual
D
Crucial
Question 16
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Precarious

A
Safe
B
Dangerous
C
Uncertain
D
Perilous
Question 17
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word. Threat

A
Suggestion
B
Proof
C
Attention
D
Risk
Question 18
Comprehension

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. She left / hers umbrella / at the office.

A
No error
B
hers umbrella
C
She left
D
at the office
Question 19
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A
Aniversary
B
Felicitate
C
Congratulations
D
Response
Question 20
Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Neither the manager / nor the employees was / aware of the / shortage of raw materials

A
Neither the manager
B
shortage of raw materials
C
nor the employees was
D
aware of the
Question 21
Comprehension

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

A
is
B
appears
C
has appeared
D
appeared
Question 22
Comprehension

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

A
has
B
was
C
will be
D
has been
Question 23
Comprehension

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

A
if
B
but
C
or
D
and
Question 24
Comprehension

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

A
for
B
due to
C
because
D
as
Question 25
Comprehension

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

A
across
B
through
C
along
D
around