Target SSC CGL | 10,000+ Questions | English Questions For SSC CGL : Day 31
Dear aspirants,
This is the new year with new goals, new experiences and lots of exams to be scheduled soon. SSC CGL has recently released the exam dates so now it is time to gear up your preparations and try hard to get success. SSCEGY never fails to deliver something new and fruitful for you all. This time also we are providing you the best study plan as well as a study material. We are here going to prepare your English section for the SSC CGL. In this article, we are providing you the details that how we are going to help you to clear the examination this year. We SSCEGY is going to provide you daily tests for all the subjects. The topic-wise quiz will be done from January till April. This will help you to get a deeper knowledge of all the topics and will prepare you thoroughly.
Directions (1-10): In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letter. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option
Q1. The child is very precocious and not only speaks English but also Spanish and German.
(a) The child is very precocious
(b) and not only speaks English
(c) but also Spanish and German.
(d) No Error
Q2. All writers on the subject of democracy have dwelt with the difficulty against which the aims and ideals of democracy have to contest.
(a) All writers on the subject of
(b) democracy have dwelt with the difficulty against
(c) which the aims and ideals of democracy have to contest.
(d) No Error
Q3. The P.M. said that his party would not repeat the mistakes done by the previous government.
(a) The P.M. said that his party would
(b) not repeat the mistakes
(c) done by the previous government.
(d) No Error
Q4. “Work hard, lest you should fail”, said the father to his son who was taking his M.A. examination that year.
(a) “Work hard, lest you should fail”
(b) said the father to his son who was
(c) taking his M.A. examination that year.
(d) No Error
Q5. He is almost quite competent for the post of Manager, so when given a chance, he can lead the company to its goal.
(a) He is almost quite competent for the post of
(b) Manager, so when given a chance,
(c) he can lead the company to its goal.
(d) No Error
Q6. The imported articles which you sell are enough costly to all the pocket of an ordinary man to buy them
(a) The imported articles which you sell
(b) are enough costly to all the pocket
(c) of an ordinary man to buy them.
(d) No Error
Q7. Seldom or ever have I tried my best to defend my friends, who are after all guilty to some extent.
(a) Seldom or
(b) ever have I tried my best to defend my
(c) friends, who are after all guilty to some extent.
(d) No Error
Q8. Because he has been ill for a month so he does not come to the office
(a) Because he has been ill
(b) for a month so he
(c) does not come to the office.
(d) No Error
Q9. Scarcely had I walked out of my house when I saw my friend coming towards me.
(a) Scarcely had I walked out
(b) of my house when I saw
(c) my friend coming towards me.
(d) No Error
Q10. The smuggler yielded for the temptation and fell into the police trap from which escape was impossible.
(a) The smuggler yielded for the
(b) temptation and fell into the police trap
(c) for which escape was impossible.
(d) No Error
Solutions
S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘not only speaks English’ with ‘speaks not only English’.
S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Replace ‘dwelt with’ by ‘dwelt on’ as the correct preposition used with ‘dwell’ is ‘on’.
Dwell on: to think or talk about something a lot of the time.
S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. Replace ‘done’ by ‘made’ because ‘make a mistake’ is an idiomatic expression.
Some other idiomatic expressions are make a noise, commit a sin/crime, score a goal etc.
i.e. sentence is in the ‘Past Participle form’ and Passive voice’ hence ‘mistakes made by’ will be used.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. No Error
‘Lest’ takes ‘should’ with itself, hence part (A) is error free.
‘The use of article ‘the’ before father is also apt as ‘the’ represents definiteness and particularity of the subject and his case.
And lastly, ‘taking his M.A. examination’ that year is also correct as to appear in the examination is meant for ‘take the examination’.
S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Remove ‘almost’ before ‘quite’ as no adverb is advised to use before ‘quite’.
For e.g. very quite right ×, almost quite right ×.
‘Quite itself being an adverb won’t take any adverb before it.’
S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. There is an error of position of adverb of quantity ‘enough’ as ‘enough’ on being used as an adverb is placed after the word to which it qualifies/quantifies.
Hence, ‘costly enough’ is the right usage.
S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Replace ‘or’ with ‘if’.
‘Seldom if ever’ and ‘seldom or never’ are the correct phrases. Moreover, the sense of the sentence justifies to usage of ‘seldom if ever’ not ‘seldom or never’
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Remove ‘so’ before ‘he’. ‘As’, ‘since’, ‘Because’ are ‘Conjunctions of Reason’ and do not take ‘so’, ‘thus’, ‘therefore’, ‘that’s way’ after them.
S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Here ‘tense’ of the sentence, ‘inversion form of Scarcely i.e. Scarcely + H.V + Subject + Main verb and ‘conjunction pair. i.e. ‘Scarcely… when justify the sentence.
Hence the sentence is error free.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Use ‘to’ in place of ‘for’.
Yield to somebody/something is the correct usage.
Hence preposition ‘to’ will be used in place of ‘for’.