Target SSC CGL | 10,000+ Questions | English Questions For SSC CGL : Day 21
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Directions (1-2): Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
Q1. The video (is been) probed and an inquiry is ordered to examine the conduct of the policemen.
(a) is
(b) should
(c) No improvement
(d) is being
Q2. People want to minimize (depend) on the government and chose to migrate immediately after they didn’t find work in their villages.
(a) dependence
(b) depending
(c) dependingly
(d) No improvement
Directions (3-4): Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Q3. Among the agreements the leaders hope to _______ up is a trade deal that has been pending since November 2018, when talks went into a standstill.
(a) tie
(b) encase
(c) hold
(d) wrap
Q4. ________ Child needs care and affection if he is to be brought up as a healthy young man.
(a) the
(b) a
(c) an
(d) no article needed
Directions (5-6): Each of the following questions consists of a word in capital letters followed by four words or groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
Q5. TENUOUS
(a) Robust
(b) Insubstantial
(c) Grim
(d) Popular
Q6. WREST
(a) Seize
(b) Instill
(c) Wedge
(d) Composed
Q7. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Which boy teased you?
(a) Which were the boy you teased by.
(b) To which boy was you teased.
(c) By which boy were you teased.
(d) None of these.
Q8. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Rahul says “I worked last night in the factory.”
(a) Rahul says that he worked the previous night in the factory.
(b) Rahul said that I worked last night in the factory.
(c) Rahul says that he worked last night in the factory.
(d) Rahul said that he worked the previous night in the factory.
Directions (9-10): In the following questions, the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
Q9. 1. Continuing reports from doctors
P. How people live and what they eat.
Q. Who are measuring the incidence of heart attacks.
R. Disclose the pattern linking.
S. All over the world.
6. With the number of heart attacks they have.
(a) QSRP
(b) PSRQ
(c) RQPS
(d) SPRQ
Q10. 1. The factor that beset India’s growth is population explosion
P. Sometimes religion also has a role to play in this.
Q. So many factors contribute to the rise in population.
R. There has been a phenomenal growth in population over the last century.
S. They are people’s ignorance and early marriages.
6. Therefore, if we do not control birth, India’s growth in every other facet of life will be offset by the steep increase in population.
(a) PRQS
(b) QRSP
(c) RQSP
(d) RPQS
Solutions
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. Here sentence is in passive form. So its correct usage is “is being”.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. “Depend” is a verb but here we need noun so, dependence is the correct usage here.
S3. Ans. (d)
S4. Ans. (b)
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Tenuous: very slender or fine.
Insubstantial: lacking strength and solidity.
Therefore, Insubstantial is the correct synonym.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Wrest: forcibly pull (something) from a person’s grasp.
Seize: take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
So the synonym of the word is Seize.
S7. Ans. (c)
S8. Ans. (c)
S9. Ans.(a)
S10. Ans.(c)