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English Miscellaneous Quiz For SSC CGL And SSC CPO Exam 2018

Direction (1-2): In the following question, 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. Budget travel by train from one side of the country (A)/ to the another takes about four days and may involve (B)/ switching trains depending on the chosen routes.(C)/ No Error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Q2. For maximum flexibility and ease and to (A)/ tour America in an adventurous way, (B)/ hiring a car is a best option.(C)/ No Error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Direction (3-4): In the following question, 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. If the servers _________ when delivering orders, they will find themselves with a bunch of angry customers.
 peruse
 dawdle
 spearhead
 impound

Q4. Head coach Tom Higgins is _______ on his team and will go with the same 40 men he used last week.
 standing corrected
 steaming mad
 standing pat
 striking oil

Directions (5-6): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Q5. CORNUCOPIA
 Abundance
 Undersupply
 Misconduct
 Prolixity

Q6. SPECKLE
 Cleanse
 Halt
 Mumble
 Mottle

Directions (7-8): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

Q7. SKIRT
 Circumvent
 Dodge
 Confront
 Gabble

Q8. REBUT
 Approve
 Quash
 Defame
 Cease

Directions (9-10): There are four different words out of which one is correctly spelled. Find the correctly spelled word.

Q9.
 apihelion
 apheleion
 aphelion
 aphileon

Q10.
 dessication
 desiccation
 desicattion
 dessiccation

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.

This rule of always trying to do things as well as one can do them has an important bearing upon the problem of ambition. No man or woman should be without ambition, which is the inspiration of activity. But if one allows ambition to drive one to attempt things which are beyond one’s own personal capacity, then unhappiness will result. If one imagines that one can do everything better than other people, then envy and jealousy, those twin monsters, will come to sadden one’s days. But if one concentrates one’s attention upon developing one’s own special capacities, the things one is best at, then one does not worry over much if other people are more successful.

Q11. Which one of the following alternatives brings out the meaning of ‘to have a bearing upon’ clearly?
 to have an effect on
 to carry the weight on oneself
 to put up with
 to decrease friction

Q12. Which one of the following statements is correct?
 There is a close relationship between ambition and activity.
 Ambition and activity belong to two different areas.
 Ambition is useless.
 Activity is responsible for ambition.

Q13. The statement ‘if one allows ambition to drive one to attempt things which are beyond one’s own personal capacity, then unhappiness will result, means that:
 One must always try to do less than one’s capacity.
 One must always try to do more than one’s capacity.
 Ambition must be consistent with one’s capacity.
 There should be no ambition at all.

Q14. Which one of the following statements best reflects the underlying tone of the passage?
 One must do everything as well as one can.
 One must try to be better than others.
 One must continuously worry about others.
 One must try beyond one’s capacity to get results.

Q15. Which one of the following statements can be assumed to be true?
 It is good to imagine oneself better than others.
 One should not imagine oneself always to be better than others.
 All persons have equal capacity.
 One should have more ambition than others.










SOLUTIONS

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