SSC CGL 2018 English Comprehension — 4 June — Shift 1
25 questions · 15 with a verified answer
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Q1
Select the synonym of the given word. COERCE
(1)cajole
(2)pressurize
(3)enchant
(4)leave
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Q2Para jumblesReferences a figure/table not reproduced here
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks. B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in Phillipines where it was stranded a day earlier. C. "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." D. "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..
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.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. At daggers drawn Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/ Courtesy : SSC Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/
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)the production was held up Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/ Courtesy : SSC Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/
(2)due to labour strike
(3)We had to decline
(4)in case that
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Q9
Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/hersef from school
Q10
Select the wrongly spelt word.
Q11
Select the wrongly spelt word.
Q12
Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. A person, animal or plant much below the usual height
(1)witch
(2)dwarf
(3)wizard
(4)creature Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/ Courtesy : SSC Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/
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Q13Para jumblesReferences a figure/table not reproduced here
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. The cafe'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. B. None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up close and personal with the reptiles. C. Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes. D. This cafe, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the faint-hearted.
In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. Cyclone Idai killed at least 157 people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique although it tore across Southern Africa.
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)demanded higher wages
(2)has demanded higher wages
(3)No improvement
(4)have been demanding higher wages Comprehension: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street signs - with prizes on offer for (1)______ who spot the most errors. It's running (2)______ two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (3)______ to keep their eyes peeled for (4)______ in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/ Courtesy : SSC Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/ (5)______ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital. SubQuestion No : 16
Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.
(1)likely
(2)alike
(3)similarly
(4)same Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/ Courtesy : SSC Downloaded From : http://sscportal.in/ Comprehension: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street signs - with prizes on offer for (1)______ who spot the most errors. It's running (2)______ two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (3)______ to keep their eyes peeled for (4)______ in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a (5)______ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital. SubQuestion No : 19