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English Previous Years Questions For SSC CGL And SSC CPO Exam 2018

Directions (1-2): In the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Q1. Scientists intended (A)/ to reintroduce and conserve grey wolves (B)/ in their original habitats. (C)/ No error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Q2. Can you imagine (A)/ that she has thirty (B)/ five pair of shoes. (C)/ No Error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Directions (3-4): In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Q3. Virat Kohli __________ another feather to his cap by his wonderful performance in the T20 World Cup.
 abducted
 created
 added
 captured

Q4. If Neha persists in telling lies to me I shall sue her _____ slander.
 of
 on
 for
 to

Directions (5-6): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Q5. TREPIDATION
 distasteful
 exaggerate
 nervousness
 ephemeral

Q6. WASTREL
 disingenuous
 spendthrift
 diligent
 dubious

Directions (7-8): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Q7. CALLOW
 secretive
 immoral
 belated
 sophisticated

Q8. EULOGISTIC
 annoying
 rigidity
 rationality
 critical

Directions (9-10): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Q9. Cry in the wilderness
 Rebuke
 Confused and lost
 Aggravate the situation
 Unpopular opinion

Q10. At variance with
 In one time
 In opposite
 In any way
 Sometimes

Directions (11-15): 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 and click the button corresponding to it.

The two dominant features of our age are the science and democracy. They have come to stay. We cannot ask educated people to accept the deliverances of faith without rational evidence. Whatever we are called upon to accept must be justified and supported by reason. Otherwise our religious beliefs will be reduced to wishful thinking. Modern man must learn to live with a religion which commends itself to his intellectual conscience, to the spirit of science. Besides, religion should be the sustaining faith of democracy which insists on the intellectual and spiritual development of every human being irrespective of his caste, creed, community or race. Any religion which divides man from man or supports privileges, exploitation, wars cannot commend itself to us today.

Q11. In the passage it is said that democracy
 Should aim at intellectual development
 Should strengthen religion
 Should work for spiritual development of every human being
 Both (A) and (C)

Q12. Which of the following is correct?
 A good religion support wars if necessary
 A good religion grants a number of privileges to people
 A good religion divides man from man
 A good religion supports democratic system

Q13. The writer of the passage stresses the importance of
 Religion
 Science
 Science and democracy
 Democracy

Q14. The writer says that
 Educated people are likely to accept faith not supported by reason
 People should have unquestionable faith in religion
 Faith and reason are two separate entities
 Faith without rational evidence may not be acceptable to the educated people

Q15. What, according to the writer, is the role of religion in the present age?
 To promote rational thinking
 To inculcate scientific spirit in man
 To strengthen faith in democracy
 To develop faith in God











SOLUTIONS

1.D
2.C
3.C
4.C
5.C
6.B
7.D
8.D
9.D
10.B
11.D
12.D
13.C
14.D
15.B