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English Synonyms Quiz For SSC CGL/CHSL

Direction (1-15) Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Q1. BARGE
(a) Shove
(b) Shout
(c) Interpret
(d) Plead

Q2. PROFITEERING
(a) Confession
(b) Vagary
(c) Diagnosis
(d) Exploitation

Q3. VOLTE-FACE
(a) Cancellation
(b) Enactment
(c) Normality
(d) Expansion

Q4. OBVERSE
(a) Inhibition
(b) Abatement
(c) Counterpart
(d) Stronghold

Q5. CRIMP
(a) Inspect
(b) Wrinkle
(c) Overlook
(d) Upgrade

Q6. UPTIGHT
(a) Antsy
(b) Relaxed
(c) Adroit
(d) Animated

Q7. PROSPECTIVE
(a) Secured
(b) Equality
(c) Intended
(d) Thrifty

Q8. DECREE
(a) Crime
(b) Command
(c) Title
(d) Award

Q9. GLOAMING
(a) Daybreak
(b) Sundown
(c) Dawn
(d) Forenoon

Q10. ORDAIN
(a) Dictate
(b) Violate
(c) Infringe
(d) Cede

Q11. IRE
(a) Cunning
(b) Fury
(c) Quirk
(d) Joyous

Q12. LABILE
(a) Equilibrium
(b) Variable
(c) Stable
(d) Scarce

Q13. FORTITUDE
(a) Prudence
(b) Allow
(c) Courage
(d) Indifferent

Q14. REPAST
(a) Futurity
(b) Feast
(c) Expound
(d) Scrimp

Q15. SCRAWL
(a) Inspect
(b) Scribble
(c) Deny
(d) Comfort











 SOLUTIONS

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

English Miscellaneous Quiz For SSC CGL/CHSL

Direction (1-2): 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 letters. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the option of No Error.

Q1. The compulsions on the Election Commission(A)/ of India to stretch the exercise into a (B)/ painful long-drawn process are unclear.(C)/ No Error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q2. Five years down the line, (A)/ Indian renewable industry (B)/is in a state of disarray.
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Direction (3-4): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Q3. The nations of the world, after the first world war, realized the _________ necessity for a world peace organization.
(a) preceding
(b) incidental
(c) conventional
(d) pressing

Q4. The management agreed to increase salaries by 10 percent but then ________ and transferred the activists.
(a) scored
(b) reneged
(c) rotted
(d) emerged

Direction (5-6): Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Q5. India is (fourth largest) contributor of uniformed personnel to UN peacekeeping.
(a) a fourth largest
(b) the fourth larger
(c) the fourth largest
(d) No Improvement

Q6. Hailing from different backgrounds, our fallen heroes were united (on their efforts) to help the organization attain its most important objective.
(a) in its efforts
(b) in their efforts
(c) on its efforts
(d) No Improvement

Direction (7-8): Choose among the following that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Q7. VENAL
(a) Scrupulous
(b) Vocational
(c) Daunting
(d) Iniquitous

Q8. CHOPPY
(a) Erratic
(b) Steady
(c) Precious
(d) Expected

Direction (9-10): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Q9. ADVERSE
(a) Calumnious
(b) Inimical
(c) Propitious
(d) Baleful

Q10. DEMARCATION
(a) Confusion
(b) Distinction
(c) Isolation
(d) Derivation

Direction (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.

In May 1966, the World Health Organization was authorized to initiate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox could actually be eradicated but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field.

The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isolate patients with active smallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each smallpox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated. Today smallpox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

Q11. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
(a) The World Health Organization
(b) The Eradication of Smallpox
(c) Smallpox Vaccinations
(d) Infectious Diseases

Q12. What was the goal of the campaign against smallpox?
(a) To decrease the spread of smallpox worldwide
(b) To eliminate smallpox worldwide in ten years
(c) To provide mass vaccinations against smallpox worldwide
(d) To initiate worldwide projects for smallpox, malaria and yellow fever at the same time

Q13. According to the paragraph what was the strategy used to eliminate the spread of small pox?
(a) Vaccination of the entire village
(b) Treatment of individual victims
(c) Isolation of victims and mass vaccinations
(d) Extensive reporting of outbreaks

Q14. Eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, ___________
(a) Smallpox was no longer a threat to humanity
(b) No cases were reported in the field
(c) Organization members changed the strategy
(d) More number of people had been victimized from smallpox

Q15. It can be inferred that—
(a) No new cases of smallpox have been reported this year
(b) Malaria and yellow fever have been eliminated
(c) Smallpox victims no longer die when they contract the disease
(d) Smallpox is not transmitted from one person to another












SOLUTIONS

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

English One Word Substitution Quiz For SSC CGL/CHSL

Q1. Fear of thunder and lightning
(a) Globophobia
(b) Taphophobia
(c) Astraphobia
(d) Ombrophobia

Q2. The person to whom one is engaged
(a) Byre
(b) Betrothed
(c) Boor
(d) Biped

Q3. The infirmity of old age
(a) Surly
(b) Naissance
(c) Ubiety
(d) Caducity

Q4. An unfilled space
(a) Frigorific
(b) Lacuna
(c) Pother
(d) Contour

Q5. Able or ready to do anything
(a) Panurgic
(b) Sepsis
(c) Gage
(d) Hallux

Q6. Having the same source or origin
(a) Gibe
(b) Polemic
(c) Cognate
(d) Dais

Q7. Religious insanity
(a) Sophomania
(b) Epomania
(c) Sebastomania
(d) Timbromania

Q8. A bad-tempered person
(a) Splenetic
(b) Gust
(c) Goose
(d) Choppy

Q9. A temporary prohibition of an activity
(a) Disruption
(b) Moratorium
(c) Prescient
(d) Scrawl

Q10. Economize
(a) Scrimp
(b) Trousseau
(c) Soprano
(d) Truss

Q11. Examine thoroughly and in great depth
(a) Raiment
(b) Tout
(c) Plumb
(d) Canto

Q12. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering or performing
(a) Parry
(b) Ravel
(c) Repast
(d) Waive

Q13. Fear of food or eating
(a) Sitophobia
(b) Sciaphobia
(c) Pupaphobia
(d) Sophophobia

Q14. Group of bats
(a) Sedge
(b) Clan
(c) Colony
(d) Brace

Q15. A female donkey is called
(a) Empress
(b) Doe
(c) Sow
(d) Jennet












SOLUTIONS

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

English Vocabulary Quiz For SSC CGL/CHSL

Direction (1-4): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Q1. FEALTY
(a) Perfidy
(b) Estrangement
(c) Allegiance
(d) Accusation

Q2. PUTATIVE
(a) Improbable
(b) Accepted
(c) Rough
(d) Tangible

Q3. TOTEMIC
(a) Threat
(b) Obsession
(c) Rotted
(d) Emblem

Q4. ROSTER
(a) Truant
(b) Crispy
(c) Schedule
(d) Remedy

Direction (5-8): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Q5. RAUCOUS
(a) Grating
(b) Dulcet
(c) Restrained
(d) Dexter

Q6. FLURRY
(a) Quiet
(b) Deluge
(c) Ruffle
(d) Healthy

Q7. QUELL
(a) Curb
(b) Thrash
(c) Stifle
(d) Prompt

Q8. INFUSE
(a) Leaven
(b) Saturate
(c) Divest
(d) Steep

Directions (9-12): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence in the question.

Q9. A person without a home, job or property
(a) Derelict
(b) Hoary
(c) Coy
(d) Prattle

Q10. Excessive publicity
(a) Pinion
(b) Hype
(c) Maraud
(d) Subaltern

Q11. A place in a large institution for the care of those who are ill
(a) Menagerie
(b) Scullery
(c) Sheath
(d) Infirmary

Q12. Flat metal or porcelain plate fined on a wall as an ornament or memorial
(a) Tabloid
(b) Plaque
(c) Seer
(d) Dovecot

Direction (13-15): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Q13.
(a) Sobriety
(b) Emend
(c) Scurilous
(d) Ephemeral

Q14.
(a) Proprieter
(b) Primeval
(c) Precursor
(d) Practitioner

Q15.
(a) Janitor
(b) Ordinarily
(c) Insobreity
(d) Psychometric













SOLUTIONS

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

English Idioms and Phrases Quiz For SSC CGL/CHSL

Direction (1-15): Four alternatives are given for the Idioms/Phrase printed in bold. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase.

Q1. Dress down
(a) to apply bandage on wound
(b) to give a wise advice
(c) to scold someone
(d) to copy someone else

Q2. Cut short
(a) run away
(b) praise
(c) interrupt
(d) slice into small pieces

Q3. Vexed question
(a) controversial
(b) surprising
(c) regulatory
(d) anonymity

Q4. Stick one’s neck out
(a) to take a risk
(b) to give a shock
(c) to move strangely
(d) to give a favor

Q5. Bear the palm
(a) to bear pain
(b) to win
(c) to lose the game
(d) to control anger

Q6. Wait on hand and foot
(a) do everything for someone
(b) too lazy to move your hand and foot
(c) to fall between two great difficulties
(d) to set something in disorder

Q7. To set at naught
(a) to start a project
(b) to disregard
(c) to admire
(d) to be agree

Q8. In the black
(a) financially solvent
(b) in extreme difficulty
(c) in the absence of money
(d) to be in the dark

Q9. Touch-and-go
(a) too gloomy
(b) very uncertain
(c) happiness for a short time
(d) a wasted day

Q10. Out at the elbows
(a) lacking money
(b) lacking intelligence
(c) talented
(d) to go to the woods

Q11. Airs and Graces
(a) good from bad
(b) a pretentious manner
(c) lose control
(d) free oneself from

Q12. A shot in the arm
(a) a boost or act of encouragement
(b) to criticize or punish severely
(c) to reply in a harsh way
(d) to destroy something completely

Q13. Spot on
(a) to take one’s revenge
(b) accurately
(c) playing bad
(d) full of error

Q14. Cut of one’s jib
(a) personal appearance
(b) the salary paid to someone in his job
(c) to be dismissed from a job
(d) out of order

Q15. In the air
(a) to give up
(b) prevalent
(c) to fight over something
(d) to leave everything on one’s fate












SOLUTIONS

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

English Miscellaneous Quiz For SSC CGL/CHSL

Direction (1-2): 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. The reporter (A)/ was unable (B) /to illicit information from the police. (C) / No error. (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Q2. To the whale, its (A)/tail is the sole (B)/mean of propulsion. (C)/No error (D)
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Direction (3-4): Each of the following sentences has a black space and four words are given below it. Select the word you consider most appropriate for the blank space.

Q3. This is the time that you need to _________ all your strength.
(a) muster
(b) build
(c) capture
(d) show

Q4. As a rule, I tend to avoid ___________ topics of conversation which might lead to arguments.
(a) contentious
(b) colloquial
(c) tractable
(d) obliging

Direction (5-6): Out of the four alternatives, choose that best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Q5. Hoodwink
(a) Confront
(b) Defraud
(c) Daunt
(d) Stare

Q6. Scram
(a) Cluster
(b) Array
(c) Convene
(d) Scoot

Direction (7-8): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Q7. Chuckle
(a) Snicker
(b) Guffaw
(c) Lament
(d) Chortle

Q8. Scowl
(a) Glower
(b) Glunch
(c) Grimace
(d) Grin

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

Q9. Scope out
(a) To admit defeat
(b) To make a preliminary inspection
(c) To accompany someone safely to their home
(d) To unexpectedly upset or confuse someone

Q10. A man of mark
(a) An eminent person
(b) A literary person
(c) A common man
(d) A knowledgeable man

Direction (11-15): Read the given passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Culture is defined as a people’s way of life. It entails how they dress, how they speak, the type of food they eat, the manner in which they worship, and their art among many other things. Indian culture, therefore, is the Indians’ way of life. Because of the population diversity, there is immense variety in Indian culture. The Indian culture is a blend of various cultures belonging to diverse religions, castes; regions follow their own tradition and culture. Indian Culture is one of the oldest cultures in the world. India had an urban civilization even during the Bronze age. The Indus Valley Civilization (Harappan Civilization) dates back to 3300 BC – 1300 BC. Distinct cultures different from each other co-exist together in a single country. Thus, in India, there is unity amidst vast cultural diversity. The way people live in India is reflected in its culture. India is a land of unity in diversity where people of different sects, caste and religion live together. India is also called the land of unity in diversity as different groups of people co-operate with each other to live in a single society. Unity in diversity has also become the strength of India.

Q11. Why there is a unity amidst cultural diversity in India?
(a) The way people live in India is reflected in its culture
(b) Indian Culture is one of the oldest cultures in the world
(c) India had an urban civilization
(d) Distinct cultures different from each other co-exist together in a single country

Q12. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about unity in diversity?
(a) Unity in diversity has also become the strength of India
(b) India used to be a land of unity in diversity
(c) Indians have moved on from unity in diversity thing
(d) Unity in diversity is a unique feature of India

Q13. Culture entails _____________
(a) A luxury experience in life
(b) How people dress, speak, what they eat, how they worship, and their art among many other things
(c) To date back to 3300 BC – 1300 BC
(d) Different groups of people co-operate with each other

Q14. What is another name for Harappan Civilization?
(a) Mohenjodaro Civilization
(b) Indus Valley Civilization
(c) Nalanda Civilization
(d) Mayan Civilization

Q15. What is the reason behind immense variety in Indian culture?
(a) It is Indian’s way of life
(b) India is oldest culture in the word
(c) Because of the population diversity
(d) Indians like to follow different cultures














SOLUTIONS

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

SSC CGL English Sentence Rearrangement Quiz

Direction (1-15): The questions below consist of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Q1. There was no need to
P-set a watch, for we had nothing
Q-to fear from anybody or
R-anything in that vast untenanted plain
(a) RQP
(b) RPQ
(c) QRP
(d) PQR

Q2. This idea, however startling it may at
P-first appear, is quite in accordance, as
Q-before stated, with the analogy of changes
R-now going on in certain regions of the globe
(a) RQP
(b) PQR
(c) RPQ
(d) QRP

Q3. Our only enemies were
P-heat, thirst, and flies, but far
Q-from man or beast than that awful trinity
R-rather would I have faced any danger
(a) PQR
(b) RQP
(c) PRQ
(d) RPQ

Q4. Thus, I stand on a
P-hill and watch a laborer
Q-upon the distant railway
R-striking with his sledge
(a) PQR
(b) PRQ
(d) RQP
(d) RPQ

Q5. Then there came faint rays of primrose
P-light that changed presently to golden
Q-bars, through which the dawn
R-glided out across the desert
(a) RQP
(b) PQR
(c) RPQ
(d) QRP

Q6. It seemed to them far easier to conceive
P-that the water had gone down, than
Q-that solid land had risen
R-upward into its present position
(a) PQR
(b) RQP
(c) RPQ
(d) QRP

Q7. We drank a little and flung
P-soon were all asleep
Q-sand, thoroughly tired out, and
R-ourselves down on the
(a) RPQ
(b) QRP
(c) QPR
(d) RQP

Q8. Aqueous rocks of equal
P-exhibit in like manner a stratification nearly undisturbed
Q-over the lake-district of North America, and
R-antiquity extend for hundreds of miles
(a) RQP
(b) RPQ
(c) QRP
(d) QPR

Q9. Now I just have to keep my
P-place and not let that scrawny
Q-guy with gelled
R-hair edge in front of me
(a) QRP
(b) PQR
(c) RPQ
(d) PRQ

Q10. The idea of a standard time
P-lives that we often take it for
Q-zone has become so integral to our
R-granted and assume it to be a part of natural phenomena
(a) RQP
(b) PQR
(c) QRP
(d) QPR

Q11. Evidently it was too
P-of a deadly-looking cobra or
Q-two we saw no reptiles
R-dry for game, and with the exception
(a) QRP
(b) QPR
(c) PRQ
(d) RPQ

Q12. Some of these
P-height of more than
Q-2000 feet above the sea
R-rocks rise to the
(a) QRP
(b) RPQ
(c) QPR
(d) PRQ

Q13. It had been three o’clock in the afternoon
P-find our bearers
Q-before we woke, to
R-preparing to return
(a) QPR
(b) PRQ
(c) PQR
(d) RQP

Q14. Now the first and most
P-strata of marine origin occur above the
Q-simple appearance is where
R-level of the sea in horizontal position
(a) PRQ
(b) QPR
(c) PQR
(d) RQP

Q15. I’ve taken out my
P-and stay poised and vigilant
Q-ear buds so I can
R-listen for announcements
(a) RPQ
(b) QRP
(c) PRQ
(d) QPR












SOLUTIONS

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

English Spelling Correction Quiz For SSC CGL

Directions (1-15): There are four different words out of which one is correctly spelled. Find the correctly spelled word.

Q1.
(a) Idiosyncrasy
(b) Idiosyncracy
(c) Idioisyncrasy
(d) Ideosyncrasy

Q2.
(a) Pavvilion
(b) Pavellion
(c) Pavillion
(d) Pavilion

Q3.
(a) Humorresque
(b) Humoresque
(c) Humoresquie
(d) Humuoresque

Q4.
(a) Eloqeuence
(b) Eloquence
(c) Eloquencie
(d) Eloquaence

Q5.
(a) Survillance
(b) Surveilance
(c) Surrveillance
(d) Surveillance

Q6.
(a) Senescent
(b) Sennescent
(c) Senecent
(d) Senesent

Q7.
(a) Sepulchral
(b) Sepalchrle
(c) Sepalchral
(d) Sepulchrle

Q8.
(a) Elucubriate
(b) Elucubrate
(c) Elucibrate
(d) Elucibriate

Q9.
(a) Alitration
(b) Alliteration
(c) Allitration
(d) Aliteration

Q10.
(a) Receding
(b) Receeding
(c) Reeceding
(d) Recedeing

Q11.
(a) Repantance
(b) Repantence
(c) Repentence
(d) Repentance

Q12.
(a) Succadaneum
(b) Succedaneum
(c) Succedanium
(d) Succadeneum

Q13.
(a) Inqueitude
(b) Inqueutude
(c) Inquietude
(d) Inquieteud

Q14.
(a) Railerry
(b) Railery
(c) Raillary
(d) Raillery

Q15.
(a) Mulibriety
(b) Muliebrity
(c) Mulibrity
(d) Muliebrety












SOLUTIONS

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

English Sentence Completion Quiz For SSC CGL

Direction (1-15): In the following question, sentences are given with blanks to be filed in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Q1. That charming girl was the _____ of all eyes.
(a) target
(b) cynosure
(c) aim
(d) star

Q2. True health and true success go together for they are inseparably _____ in the thought realm.
(a) interspersed
(b) bound up
(c) intertwined
(d) internecine

Q3. Though he was theoretically a friend of peasants, his voting record in the past _____ that impression.
(a) implied
(b) created
(c) confirmed
(d) lied

Q4. The child was so spoiled by his parents that he pouted and became _____ when he did not receive all their attention.
(a) discreet
(b) suspicious
(c) sullen
(d) tranquil

Q5. We were amazed that a man who had been till now the most _____ of public speakers could, in a single speech, electrify an audience and bring them cheering to their feet.
(a) enthralling
(b) accomplished
(c) prosaic
(d) masterful

Q6. The great advantage of early rising is the good _________ , it gives us in our day’s work.
(a) kick
(b) solo
(c) feeling
(d) humour

Q7. The best friend a man has in this world may _________ against him and become his enemy.
(a) fight
(b) appear
(c) change
(d) turn

Q8. No one can say that hospitality is a __________ which the natives of this land do not have.
(a) practice
(b) process
(c) tradition
(d) virtue

Q9. In a country where the landlord has a permanent property in the soil it will be worth his ________ to improve that property.
(a) asset
(b) while
(c) trial
(d) effect

Q10. The new textile policy lays great emphasis on stabilising cotton prices to __________ the interest of cotton growers.
(a) improve
(b) raise
(c) protect
(d) channelize

Q11. The man felt _____ when he got to know that he had been cheated.
(a) worried
(b) horrified
(c) humiliated
(d) disgraceful

Q12. The chairman _____ the company’s funds, so he was dismissed.
(a) pirated
(b) misplaced
(c) misappropriated
(d) enticed

Q13. Rohit yelled _____ her and she hastily retreated.
(a) towards
(b) to
(c) on
(d) at

Q14. He stood _____ Avantika, but could not utter a single word for quite some time.
(a) to
(b) for
(c) before
(d) towards

Q15. We are all accountable _____ team leader for our work on this project.
(a) of
(b) with
(c) for
(d) to












SOLUTIONS

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

English Idioms and Phrases Quiz For SSC CGL

Direction(1-5): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Q1. A hill of beans
(a) Pivotal part
(b) A correct account
(c) A thing of little value
(d) A source of amusement

Q2. To die in shoes
(a) To be murdered
(b) To be excessively excited
(c) To suicide
(d) To die because of illness

Q3. Plain as pike staff
(a) Dull
(b) Very obvious
(c) Lifeless
(d) Mysterious

Q4. Run down
(a) Criticize
(b) Cheerful
(c) Compromise
(d) To be defeated

Q5. Brain sauce
(a) Foolish
(b) Wisdom
(c) Mentally ill
(d) To hit someone on head

Q6. Settle a score
(a) Within a short time
(b) Take revenge
(c) Inadequate comfort
(d) Pay attention

Q7. In the dock
(a) On trial in court
(b) Remain popular
(c) Become fixed
(d) To stimulate

Q8. To the fore
(a) Indulge in pleasant memories
(b) To prevent
(c) Bring to completion
(d) In a leading position

Q9. Pull a fast one
(a) To find an easier method to solve others’ problems
(b) To deceive or trick someone
(c) To make a decision in a hurry
(d) To not follow what everyone else is doing

Q10. Squares off
(a) To walk casually through something or some place
(b) To get ready for an argument or a fight
(c) To not do something immediately
(d) To win honor

Q11. Not give a toss
(a) To not care about something
(b) An expression or gesture of approval
(c) Not to fall for someone’s trap
(d) Not to think about one’s own past failure

Q12. Look over one’s shoulder
(a) Watch for danger or threats to oneself
(b) To ignore a person’s request
(c) To be obsessed with one’s own semblance
(d) To take attention or credit away from someone else

Q13. Hand over fist
(a) To be dexterous
(b) To do something that prevents an activity from continuing
(c) To announce your intention of entering a competition
(d) At a very fast pace

Q14. Running sore
(a) A source of wealth
(b) A constant source of trouble
(c) To participate in a big venture
(d) To buy things in a hurry

Q15. Gall and wormwood
(a) Useful
(b) Hateful
(c) Useless
(d) Hard to digest













SOLUTIONS

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

English Sentence Completion Quiz For SSC CGL

Q1. Homoeopathic treatment, they say, cuts __________ the need for operation and risk from surgery.
(a) off
(b) out
(c) down
(d) away

Q2. When he cleared UPSC Exam, he ________________ of all his hard work.
(a) skated on thin ice
(b) reaped the harvest
(c) took a back seat
(d) took a nosedive

Q3. I did not want to _________ the fact that she was unemployed.
(a) bring over
(b) bring on
(c) bring off
(d) bring up

Q4. Western countries ___________ wars in the Middle East for thousands of years.
(a) have been waging
(b) should wage
(c) are about to
(d) are waging

Q5. Food was packed, and they _______, a merry, delighted party.
(a) went off
(b) start off
(c) set off
(d) cut off

Q6. The authorities would not __________to the strikers’ demands.
(a) accept
(b) accede
(c) access
(d) accession

Q7. Her working as a public defender was not due to her passion for the job but solely as ________
(a) bells and whistles
(b) a means to an end
(c) a way the wind blows
(d) to blow a gasket

Q8. You didn’t do your homework, _________?
(a) did you
(b) has you
(c) haven’t you
(d) did they

Q9. The climate is not conductive __________ good health.
(a) with
(b) from
(c) in
(d) to

Q10. Had you told me earlier I __________ the meeting.
(a) had attended
(b) have attended
(c) attended
(d) would have attended

Q11. We will have to atone __________ our misdeeds.
(a) at
(b) on
(c) for
(d) with

Q12. Students of St. Xavier’s _______________ all the prizes.
(a) bear of
(b) bore away
(c) bore on
(d) bear on

Q13. His critics found in his _______________ statements some hidden designs.
(a) converse
(b) pervert
(c) covert
(d) contrived

Q14. She feared that she __________.
(a) will fail
(b) may fail
(c) might have fail
(d) would fail

Q15. By __________ united struggle, we may achieve success.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) None of the above












SOLUTIONS

1.A
2.B
3.D
4.A
5.C
6.B
7.B
8.A
9.D
10.D

English Cloze Test Quiz For SSC CGL

Direction (1-5): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of alternative given.

Our National leaders are still trapped in the slogans and cliches of the freedom struggle. Day in and day out, they extol the (i)__________ of nationalism, patriotism and service to the motherland and (ii)_________on the treat sacrifices made by our leaders in the cause of India’s freedom. Mercifully, we still have (iii)__________ of freedom fighters among us, whose number (iv)___________keeps increasing despite the country having won freedom half a century back. Politicians are (v)__________ to be down-to-earth people, with their finger on the pulse of the masses.

Q1. Day in and day out, they extol the __________ of nationalism, patriotism and service to the motherland
(a) standards
(b) targets
(c) ideals
(d) goals

Q2. and _________on the treat sacrifices made by our leaders in the cause of India’s freedom.
(a) enlarge
(b) dwell
(c) sit
(d) expatiate

Q3. Mercifully, we still have __________ of freedom fighters among us,
(a) majority
(b) flock
(c) tribes
(d) hordes

Q4. whose number ___________keeps increasing despite the country having won freedom half a century back.
(a) steadily
(b) fleetingly
(c) normally
(d) sporadically

Q5. Politicians are ___________ to be down-to-earth people, with their finger on the pulse of the masses.
(a) recommended
(b) supposed
(c) observed
(d) expressed

Direction (6-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of alternative given.

How old is the Earth? This is a (vi)_____ to which we may never have the exact (vii)_____. Man has (viii)_____ about the age of the Earth since (ix)_____ times, and there were all kinds of myths and (x)_____ that seemed to have the answer.

Q6. This is a ________ to which
(a) question
(b) confusion
(c) fact
(d) point

Q7. we may never have the exact ________
(a) logic
(b) answer
(c) deduction
(d) reason

Q8. Man has _________ about the age of the Earth
(a) been lost
(b) think
(c) asked
(d) wondered

Q9. since ________ times, and there were all kinds of myths
(a) bygone
(b) olden
(c) ancient
(d) antiquated

Q10. myths and ________ that seemed to have the answer.
(a) legends
(b) fables
(c) prologues
(d) epilogues

Direction (11-15): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of alternative given.

The fact is that democracy is the only (xi) __________ system that can preserve the Indian entity, constitute its whole beyond the sum of the various fragments that go into its making and (xii) __________ its invaluable genius of stumbling along (xiii) __________ a humane order. If democracy in India is done (xiv) __________ with, India itself will (xv) __________ in the morass of the various particularities that constitute it.

Q11. The fact is that democracy is the only __________ system that can preserve the Indian entity,
(a) viable
(b) violable
(c) variable
(d) voluble

Q12. various fragments that go into its making and __________ its invaluable genius of
(a) suggest
(b) promote
(c) inscribe
(d) incite

Q13. stumbling along ___________ a humane order.
(a) with
(b) towards
(c) besides
(d) for

Q14. If democracy in India is done __________ with,
(a) off
(b) up
(c) away
(d) out

Q15. India itself will __________ in the morass of the various particularities that constitute it.
(a) sunk
(b) sink
(c) sank
(d) swim












SOLUTIONS

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

English Sentence Improvement Quiz For SSC CGL

Directions (1-15): Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Q1. Hallowed international institutions such as the World Bank (is facing) the heat today for not conforming to the prescriptions of certain powerful members.
(a) has been facing
(b) faces
(c) are facing
(d) No Improvement

Q2. An impression exists today that attempts are being (made to effect) changes in the existing system.
(a) made effect
(b) made affect
(c) made to effective
(d) No Improvement

Q3. Malavikagnimitra (told) the story of King Agnimitra who falls in love with the picture of an exiled servant named Malavika.
(a) narrated
(b) tells
(c) said
(d) No Improvement

Q4. Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and (resisted) linguistic strictures.
(a) had been resisting
(b) had resisted
(c) resisting
(d) No Improvement

Q5. Hitler personally designed the Nazi party banner, (appropriating) the swastika symbol and placing it in a white circle on a red background.
(a) appropriated
(b) was appropriating
(c) appropriates
(d) No Improvement

Q6. The Civil Disobedience Movement was (one of a most significant movements) launched by Mahatma Gandhi in the course of India’s freedom struggle.
(a) one of the most significant movement
(b) one of the most significant movements
(c) one of most significant movements
(d) No Improvement

Q7. Kalidasa was acclaimed as ‘Indian Shakespeare’ who (has penned) his masterpieces of plays, poems, epics, etc. in Sanskrit.
(a) penned
(b) had penned
(c) has been penned
(d) No Improvement

Q8. (Both the rich along with) the poor are responsible for a great many vices with which our society as well as country is inflicted.
(a) Both the rich as well as
(b) Both the rich and
(c) Both the rich together with
(d) No Improvement

Q9. (Not only will she go) to the pictures but she will also meet some of her common friends in the evening.
(a) Not only she will go
(b) Not only she is going
(c) Not only she will be going
(d) No Improvement

Q10. Our leaders should not (let the criminals activities to grow) in our country.
(a) let the criminal activities to be growing
(b) let the criminal activities to be grown
(c) let the criminal activities grow
(d) No Improvement

Q11. It is high time he (starts to look) into his own flaws before speaking ill of others.
(a) started to look
(b) starts looking
(c) started looking
(d) No Improvement

Q12. Ankit ought not (to tell) me your secret, but he did.
(a) to be telling
(b) tell
(c) to have told
(d) No improvement

Q13. I did not wait for him because he (went out) before I arrived.
(a) has gone out
(b) had gone out
(c) had been out
(d) No improvement

Q14. She decided to go there, though her husband cautioned her (on) it.
(a) against
(b) for
(c) about
(d) No improvement

Q15. Despite his father’s financial assistance he was always (hard on).
(a) hard in
(b) hard up
(c) hard out
(d) No improvement












SOLUTIONS

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

Synonyms Quiz For SSC CGL 2018-19

Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
Q1. PURGE
(a) Evacuate
(b) Pressurize
(c) Thrust
(d) Float

Q2. BARMY
(a) Waggish
(b) Sensible
(c) Gladly
(d) Repairing

Q3. RUBBLE
(a) Regularity
(b) Defy
(c) Remains
(d) Intensity

Q4. BOLSTER
(a) Mock
(b) Support
(c) Quirk
(d) Coherent

Q5. EXTIRPATE
(a) Root out
(b) Superficial
(c) Applicable
(d) Reverie

Q6. DAFT
(a) Brittle
(b) Inane
(c) Flexible
(d) Hale

Q7. QUISLING
(a) Patriot
(b) Turncoat
(c) Predilection
(d) Native

Q8. TRADUCE
(a) Malign
(b) Glorify
(c) Relevant
(d) Pertinent

Q9. RANKLE
(a) Quiet
(b) Lapse
(c) Bother
(d) Infinite

Q10. GINGERLY
(a) Cautiously
(b) Timidly
(c) Freeze
(d) Graceful

Q11. GOSSAMER
(a) Attentive
(b) Flimsy
(c) Shrewd
(d) Splendid

Q12. TITILLATE
(a) Stimulate
(b) Sluggish
(c) Dismal
(d) Dolorous

Q13. SUBSUME
(a) Exclude
(b) Ratify
(c) Include
(d) Satisfy

Q14. IMPINGE
(a) Strike
(b) Comparison
(c) Developed
(d) Repulse

Q15. SALACIOUS
(a) Revered
(b) Obscene
(c) Applauding
(d) Influencing













SOLUTIONS

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

English One Word Substitution Quiz SSC CGL

Directions (1-10): Out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence in the question.

Q1. An emolument over and above fixed salary
(a) Stowaway
(b) Perquisite
(c) Destitute
(d) Bottleneck

Q2. A person without a home, job or property
(a) Derelict
(b) Hoary
(c) Coy
(d) Prattle

Q3. Excessive publicity
(a) Pinion
(b) Hype
(c) Maraud
(d) Subaltern

Q4. To officially take private property to seize
(a) Sinecure
(b) Mercenary
(c) Monopoly
(d) Confiscate

Q5. A person who manages the financial affairs of a college or school
(a) Byre
(b) Bunting
(c) Bullion
(d) Bursar

Q6.  Act of mercy killing
(a) Suicide
(b) Euthanasia
(c) Immolation
(d) Asphyxiation

Q7. A Person who is slow in learning
(a) Drover
(b) Dunce
(c) Dower
(d) Drey

Q8. Costing Nothing
(a) Heretic
(b) Hippy
(c) Gratis
(d) Hangar

Q9. Loop of rope
(a) Repine
(b) Rankle
(c) Noose
(d) Flay

Q10. A branch of medical science that deal with nose and its disease
(a) Phrenology
(b) Cheiloscopy
(c) Osteoarthritis
(d) Pulmonology












SOLUTIONS

1.B
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.D
6.B
7.B
8.C
9.C
10.A

Spelling Correction Quiz For SSC CGL 2018

Directions (1-15): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Q1.
(a) Dissamble
(b) Sycophant
(c) Inveigh
(d) Reprobate

Q2.
(a) Sobriety
(b) Emend
(c) Scurilous
(d) Ephemeral

Q3.
(a) Utilitarian
(b) Vitrolic
(c) Wily
(d) Tirade

Q4.
(a) Prurient
(b) Zephyr
(c) Palliate
(d) Vicisitude

Q5.
(a) Accurate
(b) Business
(c) Sedentery
(d) Jewellery

Q6.
(a) Anasthetic
(b) Obliterate
(c) Concurrence
(d) Blithesome

Q7.
(a) Proprieter
(b) Primeval
(c) Precursor
(d) Practitioner

Q8.
(a) Accountancy
(b) Accummulate
(c) Acquaintance
(d) Affectionate

Q9.
(a) Battalian
(b) Sufficient
(c) Tremendous
(d) Vaccination

Q10.
(a) Essential
(b) Anihilation
(c) Emission
(d) Erroneous

Q11.
(a) Architecture
(b) Appropriate
(c) Appreciation
(d) Arithmatic

Q12.
(a) Equillibrium
(b) Auxiliary
(c) Battalion
(d) Differentiate

Q13.
(a) Fractous
(b) Hauteur
(c) Expatiate
(d) Psychotic

Q14.
(a) Moratorium
(b) Temperize
(c) Agrarian
(d) Genre

Q15.
(a) Fugucious
(b) Milieu
(c) Psyche
(d) Fettle












SOLUTIONS

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

One Word Substitution Quiz For SSC Exams 2018-19

Directions: (1-15) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q1. Serious effects followed by sudden event
(a) Reverberation
(b) Abatement
(c) Sissy
(d) Prescient

Q2. Excessive desire to stay in bed
(a) Melomania
(b) Clinomania
(c) Dinomania
(d) Melanomania

Q3. To make atonement for one’s sins
(a) Expiate
(b) Renounce
(c) Remonstrate
(d) Recant

Q4. Severely abusive writing in journals
(a) Scurrilous
(b) Occidental
(c) Panjandrum
(d) Spoonerism

Q5. A jocular person who is full of amusing anecdotes
(a) Wag
(b) Hedonist
(c) Dyke
(d) Xeroxing

Q6. Not to be considered serious
(a) Draper
(b) Derisory
(c) Harridan
(d) Heifer

Q7. Country under the protection of a more powerful country
(a) Protectorate
(b) Scrimmage
(c) Scurry
(d) Hireling

Q8. Unreasonable enthusiasm for the glorification of one’s country
(a) Communism
(b) Imperialism
(c) Patriarchal
(d) Chauvinism

Q9. A loud talk or speech
(a) Harangue
(b) Magniloquence
(c) Erudition
(d) Malevolence

Q10. Moring prayer in the church
(a) Epilogue
(b) Matins
(c) Vesper
(d) Elegy

Q11. Difficult to handle
(a) Intestate
(b) Intractable
(c) Interdict
(d) Indignation

Q12. Someone who acts as an assistant
(a) Rampart
(b) Aide
(c) Tarry
(d) Noob

Q13. Examine thoroughly and in great depth
(a) Raiment
(b) Tout
(c) Plumb
(d) Canto

Q14. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering or performing
(a) Parry
(b) Ravel
(c) Surly
(d) Waive

Q15. A person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill
(a) Bier
(b) Muggle
(c) Cabby
(d) Deism












SOLUTIONS

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

Idioms & Phrases Quiz For SSC Exams 2018-19

Directions (1-10): In the following question, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Q1. Touch and go
(a) To waste
(b) Dangerous and Uncertain
(c) Conduct Secretly
(d) Pleasant and Certain

Q2. Be hand and foot
(a) In all possible ways; by all means
(b) To be lazy to move your hands and foots
(c) To fall between two great difficulties
(d) In disorder

Q3. Pore over
(a) Go through
(b) Reach to the lowest level
(c) To refund old dues
(d) Cheerful

Q4. In awe of
(a) Have no clear idea
(b) Respect
(c) In a precarious/dangerous position
(d) To take advantage of

Q5. Cast a shadow on
(a) Without delay
(b) In disagreement
(c) Spoil or let down
(d) In essence

Q6. Come to naught
(a) Be unsuccessful
(b) To win
(c) To very great extent
(d) To be doubtful

Q7. By implication
(a) Obliquely
(b) Do one’s share of work
(c) To go unnoticed
(d) Precisely what the law says.

Q8. In the face of
(a) All at once
(b) Regardless of
(c) At a time
(d) To dislike someone

Q9. Drive to the wall
(a) Developing
(b) Moderately
(c) Come to exist
(d) Irritate/annoy

Q10. Far and wide
(a) Not frequent
(b) Nowhere
(c) To get disappeared
(d) Over a large area














SOLUTIONS

1.B
2.A
3.A
4.B
5.C
6.A
7.A
8.B
9.D
10.D

English Miscellaneous Quiz For SSC Exams 2018-19

Directions (1-5): Improve the bracketed part of the sentences.

Q1. Obviously he isn’t (cut up) to be a good teacher.
(a) cut out
(b) cut in
(c) cut for
(d) No improvement

Q2. Power got with money is the most (craved for) today.
(a) sought after
(b) wished for
(c) welcomed for
(d) No improvement

Q3. The brown shirt (wants washing).
(a) has to wash
(b) is in need of a wash
(c) requires a wash
(d) No improvement

Q4. You are asked to copy this letter (word by word).
(a) word for word
(b) word with word
(c) word to word
(d) No improvement

Q5. The weak man is a slave to his (sensuous) pleasures.
(a) sensory
(b) sensual
(c) secondary
(d) No improvement

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, groups four words are given. In each group, one word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word is wrongly spelt. Find the misspelt word.

Q6.
(a) Prioratise
(b) Picturesque
(c) Visualize
(d) Individuality

Q7. 
(a) Mendacious
(b) Obnoxcious
(c) Pernicious
(d) Ferocious

Q8.
(a) Rapport
(b) Support
(c) Repport
(d) Purport

 Q9.
(a) Audacious
(b) Auspicious
(c) Caprisious
(d) Credulous

Q10. 
(a) Neurosurgeon
(b) Homoeopath
(c) Bureaucrat
(d) Veteinary

 Directions (11-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences

Q11. One who journeys from place to place 
(a) Quack
(b) Cannibal
(c) Itinerant
(d) Courier

Q12. Belief that God is in everything and that everything is God. 
(a) Atheism
(b) Pantheism
(c) Scepticism
(d) Animism

Q13.  A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
(a) Dam
(b) Mound
(c) Channel
(d) Embankment

Q14. Commencement of adjacent words with the same letter.
(a) Pun
(b) Alliteration
(c) Oxymoron
(d) Epithet

Q15. A situation that stops an activity from progressing. 
(a) Bypass
(b) Breach
(c) Bottleneck
(d) Blockhead












SOLUTIONS

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