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English Miscellaneous Quiz For SSC CGL And SSC CPO Exam 2018

Directions (1-5): 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. With a view to help the Third World countries, (A)/the I.M.F. and the World Bank keep sending (B)/their experts to different regions of the world (C)/ No Error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Q2. The house owners forget that even so simple (A)/ a matter as cleaning and maintaining (B)/ a lawn affects ecology and should not be neglected (C)/ No Error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Q3. Many a profound thinker believe (A)/ that the march of civilization (B)/ has not coincided with real human progress (C)/ No Error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Q4. Do you think you could lend me (A)/ good pair of gloves (B) / to wear to the wedding (C) / No Error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Q5. He flowed into a rage (A) / at the very (B) / sight of that man (C) / No error (D)
 A
 B
 C
 D

Direction (6-10): Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Q6. His condition has only deteriorated, his life (hangs with threads).
 is hanging on threads
 hangs by a thread
 hangs on a thread
 No Improvement

Q7. I won’t be able to leave for office until they (arrive).
 have arrived
 had arrived
 will have arrived
 No Improvement

Q8. (It is no good to cry) over past failures.
 It is of no good crying
 It is of no good to cry
 It is no good crying
 No Improvement

Q9. Why should we (bothered)?
 bother
 bothering
 to bother
 No improvement

Q10. She (starts walks) without responding.
 start walking
 started walking
 starting walking
 No improvement

Directions: (11-15) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Q11. Involving or showing violence and bloodshed
 inundate
 gory
 sanguine
 imbrue

Q12. To cut off a branch, limb, or twig from the main body of a tree
 dollop
 clop
 lop
 slop

Q13. A tangled mass in something such as hair or wool
 knot
 vortex
 snot
 whorl

Q14. Relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld
 diabolical
 execrable
 elysium
 infernal

Q15. The action of making amends for a wrong one has done
 reparation
 extortion
 reclamation
 retrieval










SOLUTIONS

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