SSC CGL English Questions and Answers Pdf:-The syllabus of the English Section for SSC exams consists of Phrases and Idioms, Fill in the Blanks, One Word Substitution, Error Spotting, Cloze Test, Synonyms-Antonyms, Active-Passive Voice, direct indirect, Reading Comprehension etc One needs to study all the topics thoroughly to get a hold on the English Section. We are providing you with the advanced level English Questions for the SSC exams. This previous years Question Set is very useful to understand the pattern, difficulty level and repeated type of questions in various Staff Selection Exams. Study and practice the solved paper is very beneficial for upcoming SSC, Bank and other Competitive exams.
SSC CGL English Questions and Answers Pdf
Que:-1. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.1.
(1) this
(2) those
(3) that
(4) these
Correct Answer: “2”
Que:-2. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.2.
(1) one
(2) the
(3) an
(4) a
Correct Answer: “4”
Que:-3. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.3
(1) same
(2) similarly
(3) alike
(4) likely
Correct Answer: “3”
Que:-4. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.4
(1) guffaws
(2) blunder
(3) oversight
(4) mistakes
Correct Answer: “4”
Que:-5. Select the most appropriate option for blank No.5
(1) particular
(2) important
(3) signifying
(4) meticulous
Correct Answer: “1”
Que:-6. Select the synonym of the given word.
COERCE
(1) enchant
(2) pressurize
(3) cajole
(4) leave
Correct Answer: “2”
Que:-7. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
We had to decline several orders in case that the production was held up due to labour strike.
(1) in case that
(2) the production was held up
(3) due to labour strike
(4) we had to decline
Correct Answer: “1”
SSC CGL English Questions and Answers
Que:-8. the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
His company has the of producing the best cricket balls in the country.
(1) opinion
(2) brand
(3) reputation
(4) position
Correct Answer: “3”
Que:-9. Select the antonym of the given word.
EXPANSION
(1) inflation
(2) augmentation
(3) extension
(4) compression
Correct Answer: “4”
Que:-10. Select the antonym of the given word.
SCARCE
(1) scanty
(2) few
(3) seldom
(4) plentiful
Correct Answer: “4”
Que:-11. Select the wrongly spelt word.
(1) calander
(2) career
(3) callous
(4) carriage
Correct Answer: “1”
Que:-12. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Around sixty bands in colourful took part in the Notting Hill Carnival.
(1) clothings
(2) costumes
(3) apparels
(4) dressing
Correct Answer: “2”
Que:-13. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A person, animal or plant much below the usual height
(1) wizard
(2) dwarf
(3) creature
(4) witch
Correct Answer: “2”
Que:-14. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
The workers of this textile factory demand higher wages for a long time.
(1) have been demanding higher wages
(2) demanded higher wages
(3) No improvement
(4) has demanded higher wages
Correct Answer: “1”
SSC CGL English Questions and Answer Pdf
Que:-15. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
If you park your car here, the traffic police has fined you.
(1) will fine you
(2) No improvement
(3) fine you
(4) fined you
Correct Answer: “1”
Que:-16. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
- The café’s owner says he’s interested in conservation and hopes customers will realise the animals are worth saving, even though they often have a bad reputation.
- None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up close and personal with the reptiles.
- Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes.
- This café, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the faint-hearted.
(1) DBCA
(2) DCBA
(3) ACDB
(4) ABDC
Correct Answer: “2”
Que:-17. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
- An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks.
- A 4.7-metre-long whale died on Saturday in Philippines where it was stranded a day earlier.
- “It’s very disgusting and heartbreaking,” he said. “We’ve done necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is one of the biggest amounts of plastic we’ve seen.”
- “The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling its stomach,” said Darrell Blatchley, Director of D’ Bone Collector Museum Inc.
(1) ABDC
(2) DABC
(3) BADC
(4) BACD
Correct Answer: “3”
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Que:-18. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To play ducks and drakes
(1) to use recklessly
(2) to change places
(3) to be friendly
(4) to act cleverly
Correct Answer: “1”
SSC CGL English Questions: Reading Comprehension
A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives given below.
Some languages are used by a few people. Others, such as Mandarin Chinese and English, are spoken by millions. Many people speak two or more languages. They may use one language at home with family and friends, and others at school or work. Regional variations of language are known as dialects. The Anglo-Saxons, who conquered Britain at the end of the Roman Empire, spoke a Germanic Language, which later became English. Other Germanic languages include Danish, Dutch, German and Swedish. English also contains French-derived words after it was ruled by French-speaking kings following the Norman conquest.
Que:-1. Mandarin Chinese is spoken by_______people.
(1) little
(2) few
(3) many
(4) big
Correct Answer: “3”
Que:-2. A person who is good at foreign language is known as
(1) Virtuoso
(2) Linguist
(3) Ventriloquist
(4) Scholar
Correct Answer: “2”
Que:-3. are regional variations of language
(1) Chinese
(2) Mandarin Chinese
(3) Home Language
(4) Dialects
Correct Answer: “4”
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Que:-4. English also included French words_________the Norman Conquest
(1) after
(2) prior
(3) before
(4) during
Correct Answer: “1”
Que:-5. ___________is a part of Germanic Language.
(1) Britain
(2) Anglo-Saxons
(3) English
(4) Roman Empire
Correct Answer: “3”
- In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Sometimes the grand ______(1)______ of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes ____(2)_____ the poor in the country by highlighting the growing _____(3)_______ between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing _____(4)______ of politically driven welfare policies and emphasises the need for economic growth to ___(5)________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.
Question 1:
(1)
- a) histories
- b) plots
- c) versions
- d) narratives
Question 2:
(2)
- a) for
- b) which
- c) that
- d) of
Question 3:
(3)
SSC CGL English Questions and Answers Pdf
- a) dissimilarities
- b) discrepancies
- c) disparities
- d) disillusion
Question 4:
(4)
- a) issue
- b) matter
- c) pain
- d) burden
Question 5:
(5)
- a) agitate
- b) alleviate
- c) aggravate
- d) depress
SSC CGL English questions – Solutions (1 to 5)
1) Answer (d)
‘narratives’ best fits the context of the blank as narrative means a story or a tale. The author wants to suggest that the story of neither the left nor the right seems to have any relationship with the ordinary citizens. Hence, option D is the correct choice.
2) Answer (a)
Any program is ‘for the people’. Hence, ‘for’ is the best fit for the given blank. The other words do not make a logical or grammatical sense in the given blank.
3) Answer (c)
The author is trying to convey the growing inequalities between the rich and the poor. Hence, ‘disparities’ is the best fit for the given blank. It means ‘inequalities’. Hence, option C is the correct answer.
4) Answer (d)
Growing ‘issue’ or growing ‘matter’ does not make sense in the given context. Among pain and burden, the latter is a better fit as the author is trying to highlight the negative implications of politically driven schemes. Hence, ‘burden’ is the best fit for the given blank.
5) Answer (b)
The author is trying to highlight the need to solve the problems of the poor. Hence, ‘alleviate’ is the best fit for the given blank as to alleviate means to provide relief.