SSC CGL PRE ENGLISH 05 August Morning shift

SSC CGL PRE QUESTIONS with Video Solution 

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1. The two men were / quarreling with one another/ claiming the same watch as their own. / No error

2. Everybody knows/ that Bhutan is the most peaceful/ of all other countries of the world. / no error

3. The Higher you climb, the more difficult it ______________ to breath.
     1) became
     2) becomes

     3) has become
     4) is becoming

4.Neha has been crying _____________ morning.
   1) From

   2) of

   3) since
   4) till

Similar meaning

5. Opulent
   1) Fake          2) Gloomy       3) Rich     4) Selfish

6. Morose

1)         Flatter   2) Gloomy   3) Friendly      4) Savvy

Opposite meaning

7. IRK
1) Attack   2) Discourage        3) Irritate          4) Please

8. Grotesque
1) Free   2) Odd   3) Plain   4) Queer

IDIOMS

09.Select the correct option of the idiom/phrase.

To keep the wolf from the door

Options:

 1) Avoid starvation

2)Crack the deal

3)Entry prohibited

 4)Have a pleasant tour

10.Teething problems

Options: 1) Oral problems

 2)Problems at the start of a new project

3)Problems for quite a long time in adjusting in the new place

4)Problem of having good dentist   

11.Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

She did not like to have coffee (nor I did).

 Options:

 1) neither I liked it

2) nor did I

3)nor I like it

4)No improvement





Solution of Part 1, Question Number 1-11 

12. Taj Mahal is (a worth seeing monument) in Agra.

Options:

1) a monument to see its worth

2)a monument worth seeing

3)one of worth seeing monuments

4)No improvement

 13.Select the  alternative which is the  best substitute of the phrase.

 That which can not be corrected

Options:

1)         Impregnable

2)         Immolation

3)         3)Incorrigible

4)         4)Ineligible

14.Select the  alternativewhich is the best substitute of the phrase.

A person who is blamed for the wrong doings of others

Options:

1) Bursar

2) Captor

3) Phlegmatic

 4)Scapegoat

15.Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Options:

1)Conceive

2)Leisure

3)Neice

4)Reign

16.Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Options:

1)Dictionory

2)Irrelevant

3)Perishable

 4)Tangible

17.The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences.

Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of  the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 P-It had been umpteen years since we had seen each other.

 Q-One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on horseback through a dreary stretch of countryside.

 R-This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had been my childhood pal.

 S-At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher.

Options:

1)PQSR

2)PSQR

3)QSRP

4)QRSP

18.

 P-According to various estimates, between 1942 and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with numbers on somedays reaching several thousands.

Q-A common German practice in occupied Poland was to round up random civilians on the streets of Polish cities.

R- For example, on 19^th September 1942 close to 3000 men and women were transported by train to Germany they had been caught in the massive round-ups all over Warsaw the previous two days.

 S-The term,"lapanka" carried a sardonic connotation from the word's earlier use for the children's game known in English as "tag".

Options:

1)SQRP

2)SRPQ

3)QSPR

4)QPRS

19.A sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice.

Out of the four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

An elephant maybe helped even by an ant.

Options:

1)An ant can even help a elephant.

2)An ant may even help a elephant.

 3) Even an ant may help an elephant.

4)Even an ant ought to help an elephant.

20.. Please don't cry he said.

 Options:

1)He begged that I should not cry.

2)He begged me not to cry.

3)He said to please him and not cry.

4)He told me to not to cry.

(21-25) In the following questions ,the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four  and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. The___(21)__of lectures could be enhanced by introducing the lecture with a brief review of the work__(22)___,it should also be indicated how the day's lecture___(23)__ into the course pattern. A lecture should___(24)__be presented in one un broken discourse. Unless exceptionally interesting, a long lecture strains the___(25)__of a concentrated listening, causing intermittent wandering of attention and loss of continuity in thought.

21.Options:

 1)condition

2)effectiveness

3)efficiency

4)interest

22.Options:

1)ascending

2)preceding

3)reciting

4)succeeding

23.Options:

1)adds

2)fits

 3)gets

4)lets

24.Options:

 1)continuously

2)often

3)randomly

4)seldom

25.Options:

1) authority

2) capacity

3) comfortability

 4) reasonability