SSC CGL 2023 English Comprehension — 25 July — Shift 2

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Gentle

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. My friend Meera and her mother is visiting me this weekend.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. Several times I have visited the narrow, dirty streets where the poor live, and I grow hot and indignant to think that good people should be content to live in fine houses and become strong and beautiful, while others are condemned to live in hideous, sunless tenements and grow ugly, withered and cringing. B. Dear little creatures, they crouch in my heart and haunt me with a constant sense of pain. C. The children who crowd these grimy alleys, half-clad and underfed, shrink away from your outstretched hand as if from a blow. D. In the country one sees only nature’s fair works, and one’s soul is not saddened by the cruel struggle for mere existence that goes on in the crowded city.

Identify from the given options the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word according to its meaning in the following sentence. The confectioner dusted a fine layer of sugar on the muffin.

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Anti-party activities / improved my relations /with an opposition.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Compulsory

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. At cross purposes

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. The Department of Educational Policy is committed to the study of educational policy, analyse, and evaluate educational programmes, to identify trends, understand outcomes and guide policy and practice, towards finding solutions to current problems in educational governance and management.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Never changing and therefore boring.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The painting was not made by you.

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. All the horses, except one, always / behaved in a rough manner when / Robert come to clean the stable.

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’. I’ve got a lot of homeworks this weekend.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. He was praised by his father.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. He was riding his bike on a bumpy surface.

Select the correct idiom that can substitute the italicised group of words in the given sentence. You must not participate in the marathon this year without any training. It is an unreal hope on your part!

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. Many species of bamboo flower once in several years and then die. B. The stem itself is hollow and is connected to a network of rhizomes, which spreads out beneath the surface of the soil. C. Roots grow out of this network of rhizomes and help the plants to absorb and distribute food and water from the soil. D. The bamboo is a variety of grass, with a woody, many-jointed stem.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The commanders entered by force into terrorists’ camp.

Sentences with spelling errors are given. Select the sentence with NO error.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Yesterday, I ate only a __________ of apples for my dinner.

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