SSC-GD 2021 English-Hindi

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 876
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Scour

A
Mark
B
Dirty
C
Scrub
D
Spot
Question 877
Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Strong deep dislike

A
Telepathy
B
Sympathy
C
Antipathy
D
Empathy
Question 878
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Clumsy

A
Awkward
B
Graceful
C
Wilful
D
Stubborn
Question 879
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Mark up

A
Put a clear label
B
Deliberately smear
C
Accidentally stain
D
Increase the price
Question 880
Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Group of people moving together in a company for security, especially for crossing deserts

A
Cortege
B
Cabal
C
Choir
D
Caravan
Question 881
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The children requested that they might be ______ to stay up late.

A
approved
B
admitted
C
sentenced
D
permitted
Question 882
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Worked like a dream

A
Worked in a lazy mood
B
A plan succeeded perfectly
C
Worked without a plan
D
A plan failed miserably
Question 883
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. Have you saw / my iPad / anywhere?

A
Have you saw
B
anywhere
C
No error
D
my iPad
Question 884
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Arouse

A
Alert
B
Cease
C
Provoke
D
Thrill
Question 885
Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The burning of / fossil fuels is / causing pollution / in recent time.

A
causing pollution
B
in recent time
C
fossil fuels is
D
The burning of
Question 886
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. The collection and affection of rainwater is of vital importance.

A
caution
B
utilization
C
resolution
D
construction
Question 887
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’. As the boys missed the bus, they couldn’t able to reach the school on time.

A
couldn’t
B
No substitution required
C
was not able to
D
can’t able to
Question 888
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’. Let’s go out for dinner tonight, shall we ?

A
should we
B
No substitution required
C
won’t we
D
shan’t we
Question 889
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Dense

A
Thick
B
Soft
C
Fast
D
Low
Question 890
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A
Commerrcially
B
Possibility
C
Incidentally
D
Purify
Question 891
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A
Specialist
B
Explorashun
C
Increment
D
Ridiculous
Question 892
Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Sidharth made earnest attempts / to change / for better, / but nothing happened.

A
to change
B
for better
C
Sidharth made earnest attempts
D
but nothing happened
Question 893
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Sita was ______ to find out what had happened at the neighbour’s place that morning.

A
eccentric
B
curious
C
odd
D
peculiar
Question 894
Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A kind of decision on which one cannot go back

A
Irrevocable
B
Alterable
C
Absolute
D
Flexible
Question 895
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Although the population of villages in England was rising at a ______ pace, that of the cities was increasing by leaps.

A
equal
B
fast
C
uniform
D
slow
Question 896
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

A
begun
B
began
C
begin
D
beginning
Question 897
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

A
dim
B
din
C
dish
D
dip
Question 898
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

A
ashamed
B
embarrass
C
disgraced
D
humiliate
Question 899
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

A
if
B
although
C
because
D
why
Question 900
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

A
from
B
for
C
of
D
off