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F SSC CGL Tier I Exam
F SSC CHSL Tier-I Exam
F SSC Sub Inspector Exam
F SSC Multi-Tasking Exam
F SSC Stenographer Exam
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CONTENTS
Synonyms
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Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
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Sentence Improvement
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Spelling Test
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Idioms/Phrases
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Reading Comprehension
English Supplement
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111-120
PRACTICE SETS
Practice Set-1
PS-1-3
Practice Set-2
PS-4-6
Practice Set-3
PS-7-9
Practice Set-4
PS-10-12
Practice Set-5
PS-13-15
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6–10) : In the following questions, out of the
four alternatives
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(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
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Debacle
(a) Decline
(c) Discomfiture
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Prophylactic
(a) Antagonistic
(c) Preventive
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Flimsy
(a) Funny
(c) Weak
(b) Downfall
(d) Degeneration
(b) Belittle
(d) Besiege
(b) Toxic
(d) Purgative
(b) Satisfy
(d) Cheat
(b) Irrational
(d) Partisan
DIRECTIONS (Qs
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(SSC CGL 1st Sit
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Loquacious
(a) Talkative
(c) Content
(b) Slow
(d) Unclear
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Inclement
(a) Selfish
(c) Unfavourable
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Accrue
(a) Accumulate
(c) Grow
(b) Accusative
(d) Aggressive
(b) Active
(d) Inactive
(b) Unselfish
(d) Specific
(b) Accommodate
(d) Suffice
DIRECTIONS (Qs
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(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
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Barren
(a) Good
(c) Unproductive
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Intrepid
(a) Hesitant
(c) Extrovert
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Perspicuous
(a) Relevant
(c) Brief
(b) Wholesome
(d) Profitable
(b) Glory
(d) Familiarity
(b) Fearless
(d) Rash
(b) Productive
(d) Carefree
(b) Precise
(d) Clear
DIRECTIONS (Qs
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(SSC CGL 1st Sit
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Nexus
(a) Connection
(c) Deficit
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Hyperbole
(a) Expansion
(c) Decoration
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(b) Garden
(d) Bird
(b) Affectation
(d) Affection
(b) Wise
(d) Practical
(b) Fact
(d) Hypothesis
(b) Energetic
(d) Slow
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Loud
True
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(d)
Authentic
Real
(b)
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Significant
Ordinary
(b)
(d)
Astute
Arrogant
(b) formal
(d) outdated
(b) illusive
(d) assertive
(b) gently
(d) quickly
(b) needs
(d) eccentricities
DIRECTIONS (Qs
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Venal
(a) Corrupt
(c) Legible
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Invoice
(a) Word
(c) Statement
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54-55) : out of the four alternatives, choose
the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word
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Wily
(a) Angry
(c) Stupid
(b) Wise
(d) Cunning
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(b) Casual
(d) Formal
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
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Vociferous
(a) Violent
(c) Secret
Fictional
(a) Genuine
(c) Fanciful
Trivial
(a) Crucial
(c) Vital
Impudent
(a) Vigilant
(c) Insolent
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31-35): In the following questions, out of
the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the given word as your answer
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Gaol
(a) Destination
(c) Jail
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Pragmatic
(a) Intelligent
(c) Religious
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Vivacious
(a) Poisonous
(c) Tricky
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(b) Commencement
(d) Development
(b) Patience
(d) Relevance
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Errand
(a) Energy
(c) Mistake
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Nonchalant
(a) Imaginary
(c) Neutral
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(d)
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
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the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer sheet
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(b) Threateningly
(d) Hideously
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68–70): Out of the four alternatives, choose
the one which best expresses the meaning of the given
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Garrulous
(a) Talkative
(c) Cocative
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Labyrinth
(a) Meandering
(c) Pacing
(b) Sedative
(d) Positive
(b) Decoration
(d) Colourful
(b) Rotating
(d) Wriggling
DIRECTIONS (Qs
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Stern
(a) Lenient
(c) Stem
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(b) Mansion
(d) Palace
(b) Young
(d) Strict
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Condone
(a) Forgive
(c) Forget
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Allure
(a) Extol
(c) Entice
(b) Support
(d) Defend
(b) To neglect
(d) To differ
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the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word
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(b) Excite
(d) Elicit
(b) Throw
(d) Obstacle
DIRECTIONS (Qs
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four alternative, choose the one which best expresses the meaning
of the given word
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65-67) : In the following questions, out of
the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the given word
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(SSC Multitasking 2013)
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Hurdle
(a) Suspicion
(c) Opposition
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Preamble :
(a) Definition
(b) Mediation
(c) Conclusion
(d) Introduction
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(a) Assemble
(b) Describe
(c) Narrate
(d) Prescribe
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Tribulation
(a) palpitation
(b) suffering
(c) weakness
(d) stimulation
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(a) rompway
(b) staircase
(c) parapet
(d) scaffold
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(d) enter
(b) liberal
(d) broad
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98-101) : In questions below, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning
of the given word
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Pawn
(a) Scrounge
(c) Pledge
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Feeble
(a) Playful
(c) Small
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out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses
the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet
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Devout
(a) Solemn
(c) Dedicated
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Effigy
(a) Dummy
(c) Reflection
(b) guess
(d) bias
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(b) Scattered
(d) Irrelevant
(SSC CGL 1st
(b) fantastic
(d) authenticity
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93-97) : In questions below out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning
of the given word
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Vocation
(a) virtue
(c) break up
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Merge
(a) blend
(c) mixture
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alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning
of the given word
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(b) deference
(d) fearful
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Scorn
(a) concise
(c) bias
Catastrophe
(a) tragedy
(c) violence
Abjure
(a) renounce
(c) pronounce
Assess
(a) overload
(c) permit
Elastic
(a) free
(c) flexible
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(a) Sympathetic
(c) Humane
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Eternal
(a) Time being
(c) Temporary
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Revel
(a) Reveal
(c) Make Merry
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Forsake
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(c) Abuse
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Gullible
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(d) spit
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Credulous
(a) Funny
(b)
(c) Innoccent (d)
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Peruse
(a) Follow
(c) Reduce
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Conscript
(a) draftee
(c) encircle
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grow over a period of time
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The word Barren (Adjective) means: not good enough
for plants to grow on it; infertile unproductive
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The word Intrepid (Adjective) means : very brave not
afraid of danger or difficulties fearless
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The word Perspicuous (Adjective) means precise clear
and accurate
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The word Mammoth (Adjective) means : extremely large;
huge
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The word Eulogy (Noun) means : speech or piece of
writing praising somebody/something very much :
praise
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The word Annexure (Noun) means : attachment;
appendix
The word Errand (Noun) means : a job that you do for
somebody; task
The word Bequeath (Verb) means : pass something
on to someone else; give
The word Nonchalant (Adjective)
means : careless; indifferent; behaving in a calm and
relaxed way; casual
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The word Gaol (Noun) means : a place for the
confinement of accused person; put someone in jail
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The word Pragmatic (Adjective)
means : practical, busy; realistic; solving problems in
a practical and sensible way rather than by having
fixed ideas or theories
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The word Vivacious (Adjective) means : having a lively,
attractive personality; energetic
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(d) The word Luxuriant (Adjective) means : growing
thickly and strongly; rich in something that is pleasant
or beautiful; abundant
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Hence, the words cantankerous and quarrelsome are
synonymous
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(c) The word Derision (Noun) means : rodicule; mockery;
a strong feeling that somebody/something is
ridiculous and not worth considering seriously
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Hence, the words trite and commonplace are
synonymous
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Hence, the words debacle and downfall are
synonymous
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Hence the words banish and ostracise are
synonymous
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Hence, the words prophylactic and preventive are
synonymous
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Hence, the words coddle and satisfy are synonymous
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Hence, the words flimsy and weak are synonymous
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Option (a) is the right synonym while others
have different meanings
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Option (c) spiteful is the correct synonym
as it means-having or showing a desire to harm, anger
or defeat someone
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(a) The word Genial (Adjective) means : friendly and
cheerful; affable; cordial
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The word Abnormal (Adjective) means: unusual,
irregular ; unnatural ; different from what is usual
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Venal leaders should be denied vote
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The word Conjurer (Noun) means: a person who
performs magic tricks ; magician
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The word Invoice (Noun) means: list of goods that have
been sold ; bill ; statement
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The word Ameliorate (Verb) means: to make something
better; improve
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(d) 'Wily' means 'cunning' which also means skillful or
clever
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(c) 'Audacity' best expresses the meaning of 'temerity'
which also means 'arrogance' or the quality of being
confident
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(c) Advocate means to argue for or support a cause
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(d) Preamble is a statement made at the beginning of
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(a) Collate refers to, arranging in the correct order
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meandering that means, to have a lot of curves on a
path
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(c) The word Citadel (Noun) means : a castle on high
ground where people could go when the city was being
attacked, fortress
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(d) The word Stern (Adjective) means : strict; harsh
serious and difficult
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(c) The word Aberration (Noun) means : deviation;
unusual action
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(a) Condone and forgive are similar in meaning
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(b) Analogy denotes comparison
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(c) Allure and entice both denote provoking someone to
do something through (often false or exaggerated)
promises or persuasion
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(d) Parsimony means the quality of being very unwilling
to sperial money
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(b) Barbaric means uncivilised
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(a) Deter means to hinder
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Persist means continue in an opinion or
course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
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(c) Petition means a formal written request, typically one
signed by many people, appealing to authority in
respect of a particular cause
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(c) Proposition means a plan or scheme proposed
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Its synonym should be : ordinary
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Insolent the correct synonym means–to show a rude
and arrogant attitude
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The meaning of word pompous (Adjective) is : self
Important
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The meaning of Indiscriminate (adj
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The meaning of Literal (adj
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): complicated, elaborate
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The meaning of Expeditiously (adverb) : actively,
intently
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The meaning of idiosyncrasies (noun) : oddity, way of
doing something in an unusual way “Eccentricities”
word best expresses the meaning of given word
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Periodic means happening regularly over a period of
time
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(d) ‘Limpid’ means perfectly clear
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Therefore, blend is the correct synonym of
Merge
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(c) ‘Gourmet’ means a connoisseur of good food
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Therefore,
‘Gastronome’ is the synonym of ‘Gourmet’
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(c) Board means daily meals that you pay for when you
are paying to stay at a hotel
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(d) Peruse means examine or consider with attention and
in detail
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poison and spit do not correspond to the given word
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(a) Conscription, or drafting is the compulsory enlistment
of people in a national service
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(d) Profligate means wasting money material foolishly
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(d) Forswear means to give up something option (d)
forsave is correct
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(d) Credulous- Having Or Showing Too Great A readiness
to believe things
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authenticity is the correct meaning of verisimilitude
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(b) Conjecture means an opinion or guess formed on the
basis of incomplete information
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(c) Pawn as a noun means something given as security
for loan; a pleage or gaurantee
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Genius refers to an intelligent
person who possesses exceptional skill in a particular
area
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‘weak’ is the correct synony in of ‘Feeble
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(a) ‘Chastise’ means to rebuke or scold severely
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Therefore, ‘upbraid’ is the synonym of ‘chastise
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(d) ‘Vocation’ means the work in which a person is
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the word opposite in meaning to the given word
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Ameliorate
(a) Improve
(c) Soften
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Devious
(a) Straight
(c) Simple
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11-15) : In the following questions, out of the
four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the
given word
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2011)
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Infirmity
(a) Employment
(c) Strength
(b) Welcome
(d) Conformity
(b) Indisposition
(d) Weakness
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Meticulous
(a) Forgetful
(c) Careless
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16-20) : Choose the word opposite in meaning
to the given word
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2011)
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Disorderly
(a) Chaotic
(b) Organized
(c) Adjusted
(d) Arranged
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Glossy
(a) Dull
(b) Shining
(c) Weary
(d) Tired
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21-22) : Choose the word opposite in meaning
to the given word as your answer
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2012)
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Amalgamate
(a) Separate
(b) Combine
(c) Assimilate
(d) Integrate
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Influx
(a) Reflex
(b) Deflection
(c) Effluent
(d) Exodus
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Resourcefulness
(a) Scarcity
(b) Stupidity
(c) Incompetence
(d) Bankruptcy
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Antiquated
(a) Renewed
(b) Unique
(c) Modern
(d) Renovated
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Fastidious
(a) Ugly
(b) Shabby
(c) Shallow
(d) Discourteous
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Hasten
(a) Dash
(b) Dawdle
(c) Hurry
(d) Scurry
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Forthright
(a) Blunt
(b) Tricky
(c) Candid
(d) Plainspoken
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Vanity
(a) Humanity
(b) Humility
(c) Pretension
(d) Arrogance
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Pernicious :
(a) Prolonged
(b) Ruinous
(c) Ruthless
(d) Beneficial
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Cordial
(a) Fast
(b) Heartfelt
(c) Friendly
(d) Hostile
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Venial
(a) Minor
(b) Pardonable
(c) Unpardonable
(d) Clean
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49-51) : Choose the work opposite in meaning
to the given
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Accolade :
(a) Permeate
(b) Blame
(c) Reticent
(d) Decorate
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36-40) : In the following questions choose
the word opposite in meaning to the given word
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Impertinent
(a) Insolent
(b) Impudent
(c) Cheeky
(d) Courteous
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Appreciation
(a) Aspersions
(b) Admiration
(c) Commendation
(d) Compliment
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26-30) : Choose the word opposite in meaning
to the given word
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Conspicuous
(a) Blatant
(b) Definite
(c) Obvious
(d) Obsure
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Niggard
(a) Avaricious
(b) Extravagant
(c) Generous
(d) Miserly
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69-70) : Choose the word opposite in meaning
to the given word
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55-57) : In these questions choose the word
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Indolent
(a) Solvent
(c) Malovolent
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Brutal
(a) Adamant
(c) Fearless
(b) Diligent
(d) Brilliant
(b) Disorganized
(d) Carefree
(b) Humane
(d) Criminal
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(b) Vague
(d) Idealistic
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(b) Transparent
(d) Blunt
Predilection
(a) Predicament
(c) Aversion
Pompous
(a) Uppish
(c) Meek
Serene
(a) Calm
(c) Ruffled
(b) Afterthought
(d) Postponement
(b) Humble
(d) Grandiose
(b) Angry
(d) Bitter
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(b) Accidentally
(d) Deliberately
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the word opposite in meaning to the given word
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(b) Profuse
(d) Noble
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(b) Triple
(d) Double
(b) Normalization
(d) Consternation
Safe
(a) Rash
(c) Beneficial
Redundant
(a) Repentant
(c) Singular
Fair
(a) Untrue
(c) Coarse
Boisterous
(a) Serenity
(c) Cheerful
Substantial
(a) Flimsy
(c) Actual
(b) Insecure
(d) Harsh
(b) Surplus
(d) Required
(b) Unjust
(d) Harsh
(b) Calm
(d) Courageous
(b) Hefty
(d) Excess
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
(SSC CHSL 2014)
m
o
...
2013)
64
...
Abusive
(a) Laudatory
(c) Effusive
66
...
Unitary
(a) Single
(c) Multiple
68
...
71-73) : Choose the word opposite in meaning
to the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
Lunacy
(a) Sanity
(c) Sensibility
62
...
Inadvertently
(a) Secretly
(c) Completely
s
(b) Inactive
(d) Domestic
(b) Colourful
(d) Dull
re
p
70
...
58-60) : Choose the word opposite in meaning
to the given word
...
Fabricate
(a) Unearth
(c) Demolish
59
...
Pragmatic
(a) Indefinite
(c) Optimistic
(SSC CHSL 2013)
69
...
w
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
Dwindle
(a) Decrease
(c) Shrink
56
...
Tranquility
(a) Disturbance
(c) Serenity
11
a
Antonyms
m
rs
u
o
y
(b) Break
(d) Resume
(b) Bliss
(d) Pride
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
(SSC CGL 1 Sit
...
Tremulous
(a) Steady
(c) Young
91
...
Disconsolate
(a) Joyous
(c) Unprejudiced
DIRECTONS (Qs
...
(SSC CHSL 2015)
101
...
Guilty
(a) Honest
(c) Sorry
103
...
Appoint
(a) Reward
(c) Disunite
(b) Ordinary
(d) Droll
(b) Innocent
(d) Dubious
(b) Felicitation
(d) Encouragement
(b) Yield
(d) Dismiss
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
(b) Obese
(d) Healthy
(SSC CHSL 2015)
(b) Stormy
(d) Moving
105
...
Demand
(a) Supply
(c) Request
107
...
Notorious
(a) Prominent
(c) Honourable
109
...
110-111) : In the following question, out of
the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in
meaning to the given word
...
93-95): In Question, choose the word opposite
in meaning to the given word
...
2015)
st
93
...
Placid
(a) Dull
(c) Urgent
95
...
96-100) : In questions below, choose the
word opposite in meaning to the given word
...
2015)
110
...
2016)
(b) Permission
(d) Limitation
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(b) Gay
(d) Forlorn
(b) Clever
(d) Careful
...
Gloomy
(a) Heavy
(c) Sad
Start
(a) Continue
(c) Begin
Elation
(a) Animation
(c) Depression
(b) Glorify
(d) Augment
s
(SSC Multitasking 2014)
87
...
87-89) : Choose the word opposite in meaning
to the given word
...
w
(b) Enthusiast
(d) Master
b
86
...
(b) Permanent
(d) Temporary
Unscrupulous
(a) Single - minded
(c) Dedicated
97
...
Enlarge
(a) Amplify
(c) Condense
99
...
Vacillate
(a) Injure
(c) Decide
o
84
...
(b) Disturb
(d) Unevenness
b
83
...
Antonyms
a
12
m
rs
u
o
y
(SSC Steno
...
Formal
(a) Heedful
(c) Pitiable
(b) Plain
(d) Informal
(SSC Steno
...
Inflammable
(a) combustible
(c) flammable
123
...
Attachment
(a) attraction
(c) detachment
125
...
Obscure
(a) hidden
(c) concealed
(b) non-flammable
(d) excitable
(b) unhurried
(d) cautious
(b) rejection
(d) aversion
(b) common
(d) a measure
(b) obvious
(d) zealous
m
o
DIRECTIONS : In the following Five Questions
...
DIRECTIONS : In Question no
...
...
w
(b) Shun
(d) Discard
b
(SSC Sub
...
2016)
112
...
Unapproachable
(a) Withdrawn
(c) Accessible
114
...
Misanthropist
(a) Zealot
(c) Pragmatist
116
...
(b) Utter
(d) Detailed
o
Mild
Tyrannical
b
(b)
(d)
118
...
Nasty
(a) Unpleasant
(c) Ugly
120
...
Abrupt
(a) Spongy
(c) Sudden
h
111
...
10
...
12
...
14
...
(a)
22
...
(d)
24
...
(d)
26
...
(d)
28
...
20
...
c
s
7
...
(a)
s
6
...
(c)
The word Synthetic (Adjective) means : artificial; manmade
...
The word Liberty (Noun) means : freedom to live as
you choose without too many restrictions from
government or authority
...
The word Disorderly (Adjective) means : showing lack
of control untidy deranged
...
The word Elevation (Noun) means to increase in the
level of something
...
The word Glossy (Adjective) means shining, smooth
and shiny
...
The word Appropriate (Adjective) means : suitable
acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances
...
The word Impeccable (Adjective) means : without
mistakes or fault; perfect
...
The word Amalgamate (Verb) means : merge; to put
two or more things together so that they form one;
assimilate
...
The word Zenith (Noun) means : the highest point;
peak; the time when something is strongest and most
successful
...
The word Influx (Noun) means : the fact of a lot of
people, money or things arriving somewhere
...
The word Orderly (Adjective) means : arranged or
organised in a neat, careful and logical way; tidy;
behaving well
...
The word Amenable (Adjective) means : responsible;
responsive; easy to control; willing
...
Thye word Conspicuous (Adjective) means : eminent,
easy to see or notice; obvious
...
The word Reproof (Noun) means : condemnation;
blame, rebuke; disapproval
...
re
p
5
...
(d)
rd
4
...
(b)
o
...
15
...
(b) The word Florid (Adjective) means : rosy; gaudy;
ornated; red; having too much decoration or detail
...
Hence, the words florid and pale are antonymous
...
Hence, the words verity and falsehood are antonymous
...
The word vagueness (Noun) means : no clarity in a
person’s mind
...
(c) The word Fervent (Adjective) means : having or
showing very strong and sincere feelings about
something; ardent
...
Hence, the words fervent and dispassionate are
antonymous
...
Hence, the words meandering and straight are
antonymous
...
Hence, the words jettison and accept are antonymous
...
Hence, the words ameliorate and worsen are antonyms
...
(a) The word Devious (Adjective) means : behaving in a
dishonest way: a route that is not straight
...
(b) The word Evanescent (Adjective) means: disappearing
quickly from sight or memory
...
(a) The word Accord (Noun) means : a formal agreement
between two organisations, countries etc
...
Its antonym should be strength (Noun) which means :
the quality of being physically strong, brave
...
Its antonym should be impractical
...
Careless in option (c) is the correct antonomy
...
o
HINTS & SOLUTIONS
b
h
a
14
m
rs
u
o
y
40
...
(c)
42
...
(c)
51
...
(d)
53
...
(c)
55
...
(a)
57
...
(c)
59
...
(d)
61
...
(a)
63
...
(c)
65
...
(b)
67
...
(a)
50
...
c
s
38
...
(d)
46
...
48
...
re
p
36
...
(b)
45
...
w
34
...
(b)
o
32
...
) : Sad, affecting
...
“Comic” is opposite to given word
...
Discourteous is rude and not considering other people's
feelings
...
Pernicious means highly injurious or destructive
...
Ambiguous means - not expressed or understood
clearly
...
g
...
Accolade means, an expression of praise, therefore
the correct antonym is blame
...
The word Hostile (Adjective) means : very unfriendly
or aggressive
...
The word Rational (Adjective) means : reasonable
...
The word Dwindle (Verb) means : to become gradually
less or smaller; decrease; diminish
...
The word Dormant (Adjective) means inactive
...
The word Tranquility (Noun) means : peace, serenity
...
Fabricate means construct something artificial or untrue
while demolish means destroy completely which is just
opposite
...
Pragmatic means concerned with practical matters while
'idealistic' means that very good things can be achieved,
often when this does not seem likely to others
...
The word Debacle (Noun) means : a situation that is a
complete failure and causes embarrassment
...
The word Laudatory (Adjective) means : expressing
praise or admiration
...
The word Unitary (Adjective) means : single : forming
one unit
...
(b)
44
...
(d)
The word Niggard (Adjective) means : mean; miserly;
unwilling to be generous with money
...
The word Exotic (Adjective) means : from or in another
country
...
The word Hasten (Verb) means : hurry; to say or do
something without delay
...
The word Spirited (Adjective) means : lively; gay;
vigorous; enthusiastic
...
The word Forthright (Adjective) means : frank; direct
and honest in manner and speech; candid
...
The word Antagonism (Noun) means : hostility;
feelings of hatred and opposition; animosity; enmity
...
Ex
...
You are cordially invited to the celebration
...
The word Humility (Noun) means : the
quality of being humble
...
It’s antonym should be : Crude
...
It’s antonym should be : courteous
...
Its antonym should be : Dissemble
...
g
...
It’s antonym should be : Aspersions, e
...
The meaning of word Supple (Adjective) is : Flexible
...
The meaning of Resourcefulness (adj
...
The meaning of Incompetence (noun) : Lack of ability
...
The meaning of Evolve (verb) : adj
...
The meaning of stop (noun) : end, halt
...
The meaning of Antiquated (adj
...
The meaning of Modern (adj
...
“Modern” is opposite to given word
...
(c)
15
a
Antonyms
m
rs
u
o
y
87
...
(b)
89
...
(a)
91
...
(a)
93
...
(b)
95
...
(d)
...
(c)
s
84
...
(a)
82
...
(d)
rd
(b)
(c)
(b)
(c)
(b)
(b)
o
...
(c)
b
73
...
(b)
72
...
(b)
96
...
Therefore, Unscrupulous is
the antonym of Conscientious
...
(d) Tranquil means free from disturbance
...
98
...
Therefore, enlarge is the
antonym of condense
...
(a) Obsequious means obedient or attentive to an excessive
or servile degree whereas domineering means trying to
control the behaviour of others
...
(c) Vacillate means to be indecisive whereas decide means
come or bring to a resolution
...
101
...
Whereas ‘Ordinary’ refers to things with distinctive
features
...
102
...
Whereas, ‘innocent’ means not guilty of a
crime or offence
...
103
...
Whereas, ‘Exculpation’
means to clear of guilt or blame
...
104
...
Whereas, ‘Dismiss’ means to end the employment or
service of someone or something
...
105
...
Whereas legal means relating to the law
...
106
...
Whereas
‘Supply’ means to make something needed available
to someone
...
107
...
Whereas ‘ascent’ means the act of climbing or moving
upwards
...
108
...
‘Honourable’ means someone honest and fair,
or deserving praise and respect
...
109
...
110
...
(b) Contemplative means serious and quiet thought for a
period of time
112
...
(c) 114
...
(d) 116
...
(d) 118
...
(d) 120
...
(b)
122
...
(d) 124
...
(a) 126
...
The word Purification (Noun) means : making
something pure by removing substances that are dirty
...
The opposite of 'insipid' is 'tasty'
...
The opposite of 'relinquish' is 'continue'
...
Indolent means lazy; legend refers to use a lot of effort
...
humane means gentle, benevolent, civilised; brutal is
cruel and violent
...
Aversion is the correct antonym
...
The opposite of 'serene' is 'ruffled'
...
Its opposite is insecure
...
Its opposite is singular
...
Its opposite is unjust
...
Its opposite
is calm
...
Equilibrium means balance
...
Immortal means death-defying or endless
...
Focus means the main or central point
...
Veteran means experienced
...
Superfluous means unnecessary
...
Gloomy means sad and dark
...
Start means to begin
...
Elation means extreme happiness
...
Tremulous means unsteady; hence, steady is the
opposite
...
Disconsolate means sad beyond comforting; incapable
of being consoled; hence, Joyous is the opposite
...
Placid means calm and peaceful, with little movement
or activity while stormy means characterized by violent
emotions or behaviour
...
h
68
...
76
...
78
...
80
...
w
b
rd
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are
suggested for each question
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Our alternatives are suggested for each question
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) fill
(b) filled
(c) filling
(d) to be filled
It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you
______ it
...
(a) in
(b) to
(c) into
(d) on
The _____ of our civilization from an agricultural society to
today's complex industrial world was accompanied by war
...
2011)
The housewife _______ the cakes burning, and ran to switch
off the oven
...
(a) In the event of
(b) Due to
(c) According to
(d) In reference to
_______ you leave now, you will be late
...
(a) poachers
(b) rangers
(c) soldiers
(d) villagers
If you had followed the rules, you _______ disqualified
...
2
...
4
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are suggested for each question
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
The court ________ cognizance of the criminal's words
...
________ wins this civil war there will be little rejoicing at
the victory
...
As he got older his belief in these principles did not
________
...
Everyone in this world is accountable to God ________ his
actions
...
Your father used to be the principal of this college______?
(a) did he ?
(b) does he ?
(c) didn't he ?
(d) doesn't he ?
11
...
13
...
15
...
16-20) : Sentences are given with blanks to
be filled in with a given with blanks to be filled in with an
appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the correct alternative out of the four
...
2011)
16
...
(a) take
(b) taking
(c) to take
(d) took
17
...
(a) every one agreeing
(b) that every one agrees
(c) every one to agree
(d) that every one to agree
18
...
(a) Reserving
(b) Destroying
(c) Preserving
(d) Maintaining
19
...
(a) will not be drowned
(b) would not be drowned
(c) will not have drowned
(d) would not have drowned
20
...
c
s
s
re
p
3
b
R
h
a
m
rs
u
o
y
PT E
A
CH
m
rs
u
o
y
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
o
...
46-50) : In the following questions sentences
are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the
correct alternative
...
47
...
49
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
(a) motif
(b) patch
(c) layout
(d) schematic
Who is the person you ________ at the cinema last night?
(a) were recognising (b) recognised
(c) have recognised (d) had recognised
As you sow ________ shall you reap
...
(a) for
(b) of
(c) on
(d) about
It took him a long time ________ the candidate’s application
...
2012)
41
...
(a) critical
(b) conventional
(c) suitable
(d) convenient
42
...
(a) from
(b) with
(c) for
(d) at
43
...
(a) insured
(b) ensured
(c) assumed
(d) assured
44
...
I'm a very careful driver
...
The ___________ chosen for construction of the building
is in the heart of the city
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are
suggested for each question
...
s
re
p
novel
answer
think
guess
time
ago
time
Mars
division
centre
begin
work
o
PASSAGE (Q
...
31–40)
The Solar System has been a complicated wonder for the
astronomers
...
Man has wondered (192) the age of the Earth (193) ancient
times
...
But man could not begin to (196) about the question scientifically
until about 400 years (197)
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) problem
(b) question
(c) matter
(d) query
32
...
(a) since
(b) during
(c) around
(d) from
34
...
31-40) : In the following passage some of the
words have been left out
...
Then fill in the blanks with the help
of the alternatives given
...
21–30)
Almost every full moon night, the officials in Andaman and
Nicobar Islands take part in a cautious ritual
...
The islanders come 158 hesitantly only after the
officials 159 dumbed the coconuts brought 160 them onto the
beach and begin 161 away from their small island
...
The officials maintain that they do
164 want to interfere with the way of life of the tribals
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
(a) approach
(b) depart
(c) present
(d) absent
22
...
(a) forward
(b) backward
(c) sides
(d) upward
24
...
(a) by
(b) to
(c) in
(d) for
26
...
(a) leave
(b) muster
(c) come
(d) present
28
...
(a) no
(b) neither
(c) not
(d) nor
30
...
(a)
(c)
36
...
(a)
(c)
38
...
(a)
(c)
40
...
21–30) : Some of the words have been left
out
...
Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives
given
...
a
18
m
rs
u
o
y
67
...
69
...
(SSC CHSL 2012)
Let us quickly __________
...
(a) such comfortable
(b) as comfortable as
(c) comfortable enough
(d) so comfortable that
I don’t suppose that Pramod will be elected __________
how hard he struggles as he is not completely supported by
the committee
...
(a) in
(b) to
(c) for
(d) of
Can you please __________ my web site just before I
publish it ?
(a) find out
(b) go through
(c) set out
(d) look up
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
First read the passage over and try
to understand what it is about
...
Growing urbanization and literacy, especially female education,
will no doubt change the plight of women in India
...
Are we
72 to wait until this happens
while more and more girls meet their
73 end? Not if we lay
calim to an India that is 74 and aspires to attain superpower
status
...
The attitude of the police force will become
78 if
there is a big stick poised to hit them
...
In an insensible
society, fear is the only key
...
Ins
...
72
...
(SSC Sub
...
2012)
He will dispense ______ your services
...
(a) a work
(b) some works
(c) a piece of work
(d) many works
66
...
c
s
61
...
66-70) : Sentences are given with blanks to
be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the correct alternative out
of the four:
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are
suggested for each question
...
re
p
60
...
rd
59
...
o
...
b
57
...
2012)
______________ pollution control measures are expensive,
many industries hesitate to adopt them
...
(a) healthy
(b) easy
(c) possible
(d) common
______________ his being innocent of the crime, the judge
sentenced him to one year imprisonment
...
(a) deceased
(b) diseased
(c) decrepit
(d) defeated
Although there is _________ gunfire, there is no stiff
resistance to the revolutionary army
...
56-60) : In the following questions sentences
are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the
correct alternative out of the four
...
I _________ lunch one hour ago
...
He thought that my car _________ for sale
...
He tried to prevent me_______doing my duty
...
To the dismay of the student body, the class president was
____________ berated by the principal at the school
assembly
...
I would apologize if I ________ you
...
He seems to be ______ for that
profession
...
(a) stridently
(b) harshly
(c) confidently
(d) quickly
If you were found guilty of exceeding the speed limit, you
______ to pay a fine
...
2012)
63
...
51-55) : In the following questions, sentences
are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the
correct alternative out of the four as your answer
...
19
a
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
m
rs
u
o
y
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
97
...
99
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives
are suggested for each question
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
Google is one of the most popular search engines, it is
________ by the internet users
...
Raj was tired of Puja’s ________ approach, so he asked her
to make her final decision by that evening
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) about
(b) by
(c) of
(d) with
He was not a man _________ intelligence
...
(a) having been over
(b) having completed
(c) having been completed
(d) on being finished
Our monthly expenditure _________ by five hundred
rupees when we decided to buy milk from the milkman
...
(a) At first sight
(b) At first looking
(c) At first observation
(d) On first sight
...
Childhood should be the time for 81 from
primary selfishness to sharing, for learning to
82
with
deprivation and disappointment and learning to 83 failure,
since breaking a toy and forgetting a homework assignment
are
84
serious than breaking a marriage or forgetting to
prepare for career advancement
...
They lack resources for developing
a sense of
88
...
And children
89
be poor to be underprivileged
...
(SSC CHSL 2012)
81
...
(a) cope up
(b) adjust
(c) fight
(d) cope
83
...
(a) far better
(b) far less
(c) far worse
(d) far more
85
...
(a) undernourished
(b) uncoordinated
(c) uncooperative
(d) underprivileged
87
...
(a) gratitude
(b) responsibility
(c) concern
(d) friends hip
89
...
(a) over confident
(d) over cautious
(c) over enthusiastic
(d) over indulged
PASSAGE - II
of goods, conducted by an
Auctions are public
91
...
He encourages buyers to
93
higher
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passages carefully and fill up the blanks with suitable
words out of the four alternatives given
...
rd
79
...
w
78
...
This is called ‘knocking down’ the goods, for when the
bidding ends the auctioneer
95 a small hammer on a table
in front of him
...
(a) sale
(b) marketing
(c) promotion
(d) viewing
92
...
(a) bid
(b) buy
(c) get
(d) bargain
94
...
(a) bangs
(b) thrashes
(c) smashes
(d) hits
b
77
...
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
o
75
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
h
73
...
I could hardly recognize him ________ I saw him
...
106-110) : In these questions sentences are
given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the correct
alternative out of the four
...
114
...
120
...
156-160) : In the following questions,
sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate
word(s)
...
Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer
...
Ins
...
There are not solitary, free-living creatures ; every form of
life is ______ other forms
...
I'll take ______now as I have another's appointment some
where else
...
A garden knife is ______used for right pruning
...
Serious threat to our ecology and environment can be
______ with organic cultivation
...
118
...
c
s
112
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) fined
(b) free
(c) costly
(d) cheap
If you have roses growing in your garden, you can make a
lovely __________ of flowers at home
...
(a) Principles, Principal
(b) Principals, Principal
(c) Principal, Principle
(d) Principle, Principals
With the changing times, most of the students have become
business-like they are __________ and want to take only
those courses which they find rewarding
...
John's at __________ institute studying French
...
They're building __________ school at the end of our
street
...
Do they live in __________ United Kingdom or
somewhere else?
(a) a, the, an
(b) the, a, an
(c) an, a, the
(d) the, an, a
s
111
...
2013)
Mr
...
(a) for
(b) since
(c) after
(d) before
We attended a ________ discourse
...
(a) luxurious
(b) luxury
(c) luxuriant
(d) luxuriously
Satyajitray’s films ________ all barriers of caste, creed and
religion
...
(a) transcend
(b) transcends
(c) trancend
(d) transend
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are suggested for each question
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four
alternatives are suggested for each question
...
rd
110
...
w
109
...
o
107
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) of
(b) down
(c) in
(d) to
Many premier educational institutions come forward to have
a _______ with flourshing industries
...
(a) into
(b) off
(c) by
(d) in
They reached the railway station before the train
__________
...
(a) come of
(b) come upon
(c) come out of
(d) come through
b
103
...
It is difficult to
_______ only one puppy for animal shelter
...
School days are considered to be the best years of your life
...
I began, to think
of those past enjoyable days and of my future also
...
Being ________, the judge gave a favourable verdict
...
w
b
rd
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are
suggested for each question
...
(SSC CGL 2014)
146
...
(a) impudence
(b) prudence
(c) modesty
(d) elemency
147
...
(a) faint
(b) feeble
(c) fragile
(d) faltering
148
...
(a) retrieve
(b) retrace
(c) retract
(d) retreat
149
...
(a) up
(b) out
(c) over
(d) for
150
...
(a) attunes
(b) argues
(c) augurs
(d) answers
m
o
One fine morning a 141 man knocked at the doors of the home for
the aged run by nuns
...
He assured the nun of sending some money every month
144 she was an orphan
...
(SSC CHSL 2013)
141
...
(a) moved
(b) shifted
(c) changed
(d) transferred
143
...
(a) because
(b) and
(c) though
(d) if
145
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each question out of the
fouralternatives and fill in the blanks
...
The new government took __________ last year
...
Mohan’s career has taken some __________ twists and
turns
...
The bus __________ fifty passengers fell __________ the
river
...
It is raining __________
...
(a) heavily
(b) fast
(c) soundly
(d) strongly
135
...
(a) for
(b) at
(c) s o
(d) with
136
...
(a) accomplished
(b) conducive
(c) fluctuating
(d) cooperative
137
...
(a) upon
(b) from
(c) on
(d) over
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are suggested for each question
...
138
...
(a) at
(b) from
(c) of
(d) over
139
...
(a) are
(b) were
(c) is
(d) have
140
...
(a) over
(b) out
(c) across
(d) off
b
(SSC CHSL 2013)
126
...
(a) prejudices
(b) ideas
(c) interests
(d) safeguards
127
...
(a) just as
(b) as a
(c) like a
(d) as well as of a
128
...
The deceased left _______ children
...
The statue _________ a global symbol of freedom
(a) stands against
(b) stands to
(c) stands for
(d) stands as
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives
are suggested for each question
...
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
a
125
...
(a) in
(b) of
(c) at
(d) with
m
rs
u
o
y
22
m
rs
u
o
y
23
wasn't it
(d) isn't it
m
o
(c)
Delhi 171 the capital of India
...
There 173 many historical buildings
...
We visited
Delhi last year 175 our cousins
...
Agra 177 one of them
...
The Red Fort of Delhi and the Hawa Mahal of Jaipur were
179 famous for their Mughal 180 Rajasthani architecture
respectively
...
(a) was
(b) are
(c) is
(d) were
172
...
(a) has
(b) were
(c) is
(d) are
...
171-180) : In the following passage some of
the words have been left out
...
s
aren't it
re
p
(a)
rd
(SSC Multitasking 2014)
161
...
w
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives
are suggested for each questions
...
b
(SSC CHSL 2014)
156
...
A group of agitators ____ the mob to break down the ViceChancellor's door
...
Turn the lights ______ before you go to bed
...
There is no ______ evidence to support your assertion
...
Throw a stone ______ the fierce dog
...
156-160) : Some parts of the sentences given
with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the correct
alternative out of the four
...
Ins
...
China is a big country, in area it is bigger than any other
country _________ Russia
...
The masks worn by the men helped them _______their
identity
...
On the ______ occasion of Laxmi Puja the Mathurs bought
a new car
...
Precautions are to be taken with any one who seems ______
...
The treasure was hidden ______ a big shore
...
The book ultimately reached the person _____________
it belonged
...
Besides being reputed, he is famous for his ____________
...
There was a queue of people in the rain, patiently waiting to
get _____________ the coach
...
I _____________ a terriable dream last night
...
Mr
...
(a) about
(b) off
(c) through
(d) over
167
...
(a) hold up
(b) hold over
(c) hold back
(d) hold in
168
...
(a) were disrupted
(b) had been disrupted
(c) are disrupted
(d) have disrupted
169
...
(a) to be held
(b) been held
(c) being held
(d) be held
170
...
20, so get to the station ___________
that
...
151-155) : In questions below, sentences are
given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s)
...
Choose the
correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by blackening
the appropriate oval [ ] in the Answer Sheet
...
186-190): In Question given below sentences
given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the
correct alternative out of the four
...
187
...
189
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) came
(b) happened
(c) arrived
(d) occurred
The smell of the Sea called ___________ memories of her
childhood
...
(a) under his sleeves (b) upon his sleeves
(c) up his sleeve
(d) in his sleeves
The appearance of the city _______ day by day
...
(a) turned noisy
(b) turned violent
(c) became abusive
(d) fizzled out
(SSC CHSL 2015)
196
...
She failed to ___________ to her name
...
As the doctor ___________ into the room, the nurse handed
him the temperature chart of the patient
...
The economic ___________ has affected our sales
tremendously
...
200-203) : Sentences are given with blanks
to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the correct alternative
out of the four
...
This house _________ ten rooms
(a) consisted with
(b) consist of
(c) consists of
(d) consists by
m
o
185
...
196-199) : Sentences are given with blanks
to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the correct alternative
out of the four
...
c
s
184
...
Ins
...
There were so many _______ points in his speech that the
audience _______ to get the message
...
The little boy ran _______ fast that he was _______ for
breath
...
He was so _______ at his job that he was asked to give a
_______ to the visitors
...
She was so _______ that she was _______ by all
...
The _______ of the ‘chief’ was _______ upon him
...
re
p
182
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) follow
(b) complete
(c) direct
(d) pursue
Making pies and cakes _____ Mrs
...
(a) are
(b) were (c) is
(d) has
The deserted garden was infested ________ weeds
...
(a) walking on foot
(b) by foot
(c) with foot
(d) on foot
After your long illness I am happy to see you
...
w
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are suggested for each questton
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are suggested for each question
...
b
visited
visits
on
with
are
was
was
were
would
can
very
more
because
and
o
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
o
visit
visiting
for
of
is
were
are
is
will
could
much
too
either
or
b
174
...
(a)
(c)
176
...
(a)
(c)
178
...
(a)
(c)
180
...
w
b
rd
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives
are suggested for each question
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The starving man _____ able to walk
...
The new railway counter at Dwarka should _____ all
travellers
...
It is reported that they have seen 224 galaxies, stars
taking 225 and 226 , and 'black holes'
...
(SSC CHSL 2015)
219
...
(a) heaver
(b) heavy
(c) heavier
(d) heavenly
221
...
(a) astronomers
(b) astronomy
(c) Stunned
(d) astrologers
223
...
(a) shine
(b) stunning
(c) stunned
(d) stun
225
...
(a) die
(b) died
(c) dyeing
(d) dying
227
...
(a) why
(b) where
(c) how
(d) what
...
219-228) : In the following passage some of
the words have been left out
...
s
re
p
In civilised life is a rule 209 violence, against taking 210 into
our hands
...
But when 214
comes into their midst 215 refuses to observe the current rules,
and 216 the simple rule that might is right, the law abiding
members 217 society do not know what to do, and look on in
218 bewildered confusion
...
(a) after
(b) at
(c) against
(d) upon
210
...
(a) most
(b) none
(c) many
(d) every
212
...
209-218) : In the following passage some of
the words have been left out, Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each question out of the four
alternative and fill in the blanks
...
Researchers believe the programme may be 199 in the future
and 200 into mobile phones to enable it to analyses digital images
of the hand captured in the camera on a mobile phone
...
Ins
...
(a) has been
(b) are
(c) have
(d) has
205
...
(a) of
(b) before
(c) at
(d) by
207
...
(a) formulated
(b) featured
(c) loaded
(d) fixed
not expecting
not accepting
no one
none
who
where
following
follows
of
in
helping
helpless
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and fill in the blanks
...
(a)
(c)
214
...
(a)
(c)
216
...
(a)
(c)
218
...
Have you even _____ the wolf cry ?
(a) heard
(b) heard of
(c) hear out
(d) hear
202
...
Mrs
...
(a) irritate
(b) irate
(c) irritable
(d) irritation
25
a
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
rd
m
o
The Red Indians __(i)__ for the arrival of the bison
...
The Red Indians __(ii)__ to survive the cold, bitter winter
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and fill in the blanks :
s
re
p
I will always __(i)__ the trip I made to the zoo in 1988
...
w
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passage carefully and
choose the correct answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and fill in the blanks :
b
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
It is __________ university of excellence
...
They have not had much time for social activities and I have
not __________
...
Food was packed, and they__________, a merry, delighted
party
...
237-240) : The sentences given with blanks
are to be filled with an appropriate word(s)
...
For each question, choose the
correct alternative
...
2016)
234
...
(a) deteriorate
(b) deteriorating
(c) severely deteriorated
(d) deterioratingly
235
...
(a) in
(b) under (c) at
(d) inside
236
...
(a) tempered
(b) tampered
(c) erupted
(d) triggered
that I __(ii)__ measles from one of my friends
...
Before he met us at the zoo he had gone to
visit his cousin who was __(iv)__ from measles
...
Peter was __(v)__ of a sore throat, a bad cold and high fever
...
By the next day
...
My doctor __(vii)__ me to stay at home for the next
two weeks
...
I spent the
time reading story-books
...
When I get bored
...
Who also had
to spend two weeks at borne, for a chat
...
When we __(ix)__ to school, we
had to work twice as hard to __(x)__ with out classmates
...
(SSC Stenographer 2016)
240
...
(ii)
(a) caught
(b) catching
(c) catch
(d) will catch
242
...
(iv)
(a) removed
(b) recovering
(c) recover
(d) revealed
244
...
(vi)
(a) expose
(b) exposable
(c) exposed
(d) exposing
246
...
(viii)
(a) listen
(b) listened
(c) listening
(d) looking
248
...
(x)
(a) catch up
(b) catch
(c) caught up
(d) catching up
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives
are suggested for each question
...
h
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The director congratulated Mr
...
(a) on
(b) for
(c) at
(d) about
232
...
(a) delight
(b) delights
(c) delighted
(d) delighting
233
...
(a) unnecessary
(b) obligatory
(c) preliminary
(d) silent
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
a
DIRECTONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives
are suggested for each question
...
m
rs
u
o
y
26
m
rs
u
o
y
27
o
...
270 -279) : In question you have the following
two passage in inwhich some of the words have been left out
...
Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given
...
(SSC Stenographer 2016)
PASSAGE - I
The Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004, also 270 as the SumatraAndaman earthquale, was an undersea earthquake that 271 on
the morning of 26 December 2004
...
15 on the
Richter scale, which makes it one of the most 273 earthquakes
even recorded
...
5) in 1969
...
It lasted 277 to ten minutes,
when most earthquakes last no more than a few seconds
...
m
o
(SSC Stenographer 2016)
265
...
(a) complied to
(b) complied with
(c) complied on
(d) complied for
266
...
(a) took away
(b) got up
(c) left up
(d) kept up
267
...
(a) who
(b) whom
(c) which
(d) that
268
...
(a) for
(b) to
(c) of
(d) in
269
...
(a) as
(b) than
(c) that
(d) still
...
265-269) : Sentences are given with blanks
to be filled in with an appropriate word(s)
...
Choose the correct alternative
out of the four and indicate it by blackenging the appropriate
aval in the Answer Sheet
...
We all have __________ the widowed girl
...
They organized an event last month in __________ with
another company
...
260-261) : In the following Five Questions
...
Four alternatives are suggested for each
question
...
(a) connection
(b) regulation
(c) competition
(d) collaboration
262
...
(a) offered
(b) thought
(c) refused
(d) denied
263
...
The lady __________ to be a close relative of ours
...
the young boy, __(iii)__ to look out for the herd's
arrival
...
One night, while he __(v)__ , the ground shook __(vi)__
and his bag of arrows fell off from its book on the wall
...
Shouting excitedly, he ran to the other wigwams
and woke everyone up
...
The next
morning, all to hunt down the beasts to the the warriors __(x)__
to hunt down the beasts which were grazing near the river
...
(i)
(a) were waited
(b) are waited
(c) were waiting
(d) is waiting
251
...
(iii)
(a) was chose
(b) was chosen
(c) was choose
(d) is choose
253
...
(v)
(a) was sleep
(b) were slept
(c) is sleep
(d) was sleeping
255
...
(vii)
(a) rushed out
(b) rushed in
(c) rushing out
(d) rust out
257
...
(ix)
(a) sent their
(b) send their
(c) send them
(d) sent them
259
...
Ins
...
His profession is teaching but his –––––––– is photography
...
He quarrelled with his boss, –––––––– of the consequences
...
As the driver swerved violently at the turning, the wheel
came off, as it was already –––––––– ,
(a) loss
(b) lose
(c) lost
(d) loose
293
...
(a) compliment
(b) complimentary
(c) complement
(d) component
294
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Four alternatives are suggested for each question
...
s
re
p
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
o
...
Nos
...
He wanted to make people 282 well
...
With boundless love and 284 for his 285, Plato wrote
all the teachings of Socrates
...
They have been 288 into many 289
...
(a) teacher
(b) preacher
(c) speaker
(d) announced
281
...
(a) speak
(b) think
(c) act
(d) play
283
...
(a)
(c)
285
...
(a)
(c)
287
...
(a)
(c)
289
...
(a)
(c)
271
...
(a)
(c)
273
...
(a)
(c)
275
...
(a)
(c)
277
...
(a)
(c)
279
...
15
...
17
...
19
...
21
...
31
...
41
...
43
...
45
...
47
...
49
...
51
...
57
...
59
...
61
...
65
...
67
...
103
...
105
...
107
...
109
...
111
...
113
...
121
...
123
...
125
...
127
...
(c) Unless the conjunction is correctly used here for saying
that if something does not happen, something else will
happen
...
(a) correct use of zero infinitive
(b) I assume that every one agress is correct use
...
(d) Correct use of conditional
(a) Head in the phrasal verb here means to begin
...
(c) 23
...
(b)
25
...
(b) 28
...
(c)
30
...
(c) 33
...
(c)
35
...
(d) 38
...
(a)
40
...
(c) Sorry for the correct prepositional use
(d) He assured was means made sure is correct use
...
(a) Motif means a pattern or design
...
(c) correct use of preposition
(b) correct use of to infinitive
(d) 52
...
(d) 54
...
(d)
(c) Because
(a) Healthy
(a) Inspite of
(c) Decrepit
(d) Sporadic
(d) dispens with is the correct phrasal verb
(c) 63
...
(a)
(a) correct use of tense
(b) Huddle : come close in a group
(b) Right use of as - as comparison
...
11
...
s
(b)
(a)
(b)
(c) No matter is used to say that the truth of a statement
is not changed or affected by the way a situation is
thought about or described
...
(b) 71
...
(b) 73
...
(b)
(d) 76
...
(c) 78
...
(b)
(a) 81
...
(d) 83
...
(b)
(c) 86
...
(a) 88
...
(c)
(d) 91
...
(d) 93
...
(b)
(a) 96
...
(c) 98
...
(a)
(a)
(a) Utilize means to use something, especially for a
practical purpose
(b) Dilly–dally means to take too long to do something,
go somewhere or make a decision
...
Adopt means to take some-body's child into your
family
...
(a) Slip into = to go in earlier situation
...
(a) Come of = to be the result of something
...
Use the present perfect or the past
perfect in the other clause
...
(a) 115
...
(b)
117
...
(b) 120
...
(b) Take your leave = to say good bye
...
(d) Deal with = to be about something
...
(a) The word 'prejudice' will fill in the blank because here
it means something or opinion which is not based on
reason or experience and hence it seems to get
conflicted with original thoughts
...
8
...
69
...
75
...
85
...
95
...
101
...
o
...
was it ? – is the correct question tag
Must have a dentist filling is the correct use of tense
...
Idiom take cognizance of something means: to
understand or consider something to take notice of
something
...
Correct use of preposition used to we use didnot' in
the tag question
...
2
...
4
...
o
HINTS & SOLUTIONS
b
h
a
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
m
rs
u
o
y
Fill in the Blanks & Cloze Test
152
...
(b)
154
...
(d)
156
...
(d)
m
o
151
...
c
s
150
...
(c)
re
p
148
...
(b)
o
...
132
...
134
...
136
...
138
...
140
...
146
...
(d)
o
129
...
(b) Turn the lights off before you go to bed
...
(d) There is no factual evidence to support your assertion
...
(a) Throw a stone at the fierce dog
...
161
...
(c) The book ultimately reached the person to whom it
belonged
...
(c) Besides being reputed, he is famous for his humility
...
(c) There was a queue of people in the rain, patiently
waiting to get onto the coach
...
The preposition on
does not have this sense of movement, and it tells you
only about location
...
(a) I had a terrible dream last night
...
166
...
Ahamad went through a very tough time, when he
incurred a loss in his business
...
(c) The lawyer advised the convict not to hold back
anything
...
(a) Hospital services across the capital were disrupted for
three hours due to the strike
...
(d) The school Annual Sports Day is postponed and it
would now be held on the 14th of next month
...
170
...
171
...
(The sentence is in present
tense)
...
(b) People from all parts of the country comes to Delhi
...
(d) There are many historical buildings
...
(a) People visit the Rajghat, Shantivan and Vijaygath
...
(d) We visited Delhi last year with our cousins
...
(b) There are many other historical cities
...
(c) Agra is one of them
...
(a) We will visit Agra and Jaipur next time
...
(b) The Red Fort of Delhi and Hawa Mahal of Jaipur were
very famous
...
(d) for their Mughal and Rajasthani architecture
respectively
...
(d) Pursue means carry out or participate in an activity; be
involved in or go in search of or hunt for something
...
182
...
183
...
184
...
My
car won't work so I have to travel on foot
...
He went there
on foot
...
(a) Up and about means no longer in bed (after sleep or an
illness)
...
(a) Arrive means to reach a destination by movement or
b
128
...
The word 'averted' will fill in the blank
...
The word 'behind' will fill in the blank
...
The phrase 'stands as' will fill in the blank because it
means to signify
...
(d) 143
...
(a)
145
...
'Impudence' means 'not to show the proper respect'
...
The correct word that will fit the blank is 'feeble'
...
Hence, the word suits the meaning of
the sentence
...
'Retrieve' means to 'get or bring back'
...
The correct word that will fit the blank is 'over'
...
Hence the preposition 'over' will
suit the meaning of the sentence
...
'Augurs' means 'something that will proceed well'
...
China is a big country
...
[except means other than,
accept means consent, expect means to anticipate and
access means entrance]
...
Conceal means hide
...
Precautions are to be taken with anyone who seems
infectious
...
Contagious and diseased is not used
in this context because they refers to already having
infection]
...
When something
is hidden "off the shore," it just means that it's hidden
somewhere near it
...
(Incited means encourage
or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour)
...
c
s
s
re
p
204
...
(c)
214
...
(c)
o
...
198
...
200
...
202
...
(b)
196
...
(b)
219
...
220
...
221
...
(a) Since ‘astronomers’ are the experts who study the stars
and planets using scientific equipments such as
telescopes
...
(d) 224
...
(c) 226
...
(a)
228
...
(d) 230
...
(a) correct prepositional use
232
...
(c) initial discussions
234
...
235
...
(d) Mudslides do not erupt
...
(a) correct use of article
238
...
239
...
(c) 241
...
(d)
243
...
(c) 245
...
(d) 247
...
(b)
249
...
(c) 251
...
(b)
253
...
(a) 255
...
(a) 257
...
(d)
259
...
(d) 261
...
(d)
263
...
(c) 265
...
(b) 267
...
(a)
269
...
(c) 271
...
(d)
273
...
(d) 275
...
(d) 277
...
(d)
279
...
(d) 281
...
(a)
283
...
(d) 285
...
(d) 287
...
(d)
289
...
(d) 291
...
(d)
293
...
(b)
b
189
...
(c)
31
a
187
...
The phrase call up here denotes having and bringing
to mind a memory of something; bringing back
knowledge from memory
...
The phrase day by day means gradually and
progressively; "his health is weakening day by day
...
192
...
(a) 194
...
(a)
The phrase means to reach the necessary stated
standard
‘Keep up’ means move or progress at the same rate
...
Consists of comprises of
Have you heard is correct use
...
Since ‘irritable’ means showing a tendency to be easily
annoyed
...
(c) 206
...
(b)
208
...
(d) 211
...
(b)
213
...
(a) 216
...
(a)
218
...
w
b
PT E
A
CH
h
a
32
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Spotting Errors
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of a
sentence has an error and more the appropriate letter (a, b, c)
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(c)/ No error (d)
After knowing truth, (a)/ they took the right decision (b)/ in
the matter
...
(c)/ No error (d)
He who has suffered most (a)/ for the cause, (b)/ let him
speak
...
(c)/ No error (d)
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
2
...
4
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of a sentence has an
error
...
If there is no error,
your answer is (d)
...
2010)
6
...
(c)/ No error (d)
...
Nine tenths (a)/ of the pillar (b)/ have rotted away
...
8
...
(c)/ No error (d)
...
Our efforts are (a)/ aimed to bring about (b)/ a reconciliation
...
10
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which
part of a sentence has an error
...
If there is no error your answer is (d) i
...
No error
...
2011)
11
...
(c) / No error
...
The vaccine (a)/ when hit the Indian market (b) / is dogged
by controversy
...
(d)
13
...
(c) / No error
...
Do you know that it was (a) / who has done (b) / this piece of
beautiful work? (c) / No error
...
The company has ordered (a) / some (b) / new equipments
...
(d)
16
...
We are going to launch this three crores project/
/
(a)
(b)
within the next few months Noerror
/
(c)
(d)
18
...
The lawyer asked if it was worth to take
/
/
(a)
(b)
the matter to court No error
/
(c)
(d)
20
...
21-25) : In question some parts of the
sentences have errors and some have none
...
If a sentence is free from error, then
your rows in answer is (d), i
...
, no error
...
2012)
21
...
c
s
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part
of a sentence has an error
...
Your answer is (d) i
...
, No error
...
My elder brother / is six / foot high
...
Without no proof of your guilt / the only course open to me /
(a)
(b)
/ is to dismiss the case
...
As we see it, / she appears to be unreasonable /
(a)
(b)
anxious about pleasing her husband
...
The scissor is / lying on / the table
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find
out which part of a sentence has an error
...
37
...
36-40) : In the following questions some parts
of the sentences have errors and some have none
...
o
...
2012)
34
...
The accused refused to answer to the policeman
(a)
(b)
on duty
...
(c)
(d)
38
...
(b)
(c)
(d)
(a)
39
...
No error
...
Because of the severe snow storm and the road blocks,
(a)
the air force dropped food and
(b)
medical supplies close to the city
...
(c)
(d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part
of a sentence has an error
...
41
...
43
...
45
...
Ins
...
/
(c)
No Error
(d)
Much water / has flown / under this bridge / No error
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The law should specifically / provide a clause /
(a)
(b)
to protect animals from poachers / No error
(c)
(d)
What kind / of a man / are you? / No error
...
/ No error
(c)
(d)
m
o
No error
...
c
s
s
32
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(c) / No error (d)
Where (a)/ have I (b)/ to deposit fees ? (c)/ No error (d)
By the time she had finished her work (a)/ I had nearly given
up (b)/ all hope of arriving at the party in time
...
(c) No error (d)
He was (a)/ not in a position to state (b)/ the speed the ship
travelled
...
31-35) : In the following questions, some
parts of the sentences have errors and some have none
...
The number of that
part is the answer
...
e
...
rd
26
...
/ No error
...
The N
...
C
...
/ No error
...
He did not succeed / to get the job
(a)
(b)
though he tried his level best / No error
...
Many of the famous / advertising offices /
(a)
(b)
are located at Madison Avenue
...
(c)
(d)
30
...
/ No error
...
(b)
(c)
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
33
a
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m
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u
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y
h
49
...
(a )
( b)
( c)
(d)
50
...
No Error
/
(c)
(d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part
of a sentence has an error corresponding to the appropriate
letter (a, b, c)
...
57
...
she was eight years old
...
(d)
( c)
51
...
/ No Error
...
52-56) : In question some parts of the
sentences have errors and some are correct
...
If a sentece is free form error, blacken
the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer
...
2013)
52
...
The teahcer, as well as the students
/
(a)
have gone on an excursion
/
(b)
to Ooty during their summer vacation No Error
...
60
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
No error
...
No error
...
No error
...
if not better than Ramesh
...
No error
...
62-66) : In these questions some parts of the
sentences have errors and some are correct
...
If a sentence is free from error, your
answer is (d)
...
2013)
62
...
(c)/ No
error (d)
63
...
(c)/ No error (d)
64
...
(c)/ No
error (d)
m
o
saw a large number of dead warriors
...
(d)
( c)
My sister asked me that how long
/
/
(a)
(b)
...
s
Riding across the battle field / the famous Bhishm /
(a )
( b)
re
p
all the household chores
...
/ No Error
...
rd
Her mother does not approve of / her to go to the party /
(a )
( b)
The cruel lady made her step - daughter to do
/
/
(a)
(b)
o
...
with the news about the earthquake
...
(d)
( c)
47
...
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of a sentence
has an error
...
46
...
Sit
...
No error
(d)
Greatly to our surprise We find the ringleader
(a)
(b)
was lame No error
(c)
(d)
82
...
84
...
86
...
(c) / No error
...
(c) / No error
...
(c) / No error
...
(c) / No error
...
(c) / No
error
...
87-96) : In the following questions, some
parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct
...
If a sentence is free
from error, mark (d) in your Answer
...
I and him / are / very good friends
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
88
...
/ No error
...
72-76) : In the following questions, some
parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct
...
If a sentence is free from error, mark
(d) as your Answer
...
82-86) : In questions, some parts of the
sentences have errors and some are correct
...
If a sentence is free from error, mark
(d) in your Answer
...
c
s
Grapes cannot gathered from thistles
...
/
/
(a) /
(d)
(b)
(c)
(SSC Sub
...
2013)
77
...
(c)/ No error (d)
78
...
(c)/ No error (d)
79
...
(c)/ No error (d)
80
...
(c)/ No
error (d)
81
...
(c) / No error (d)
s
No error
...
/
(d)
(c)
(SSC CGL 1st
re
p
the building adjacent with his house
(b)
71
...
No error
...
w
70
...
77-81) : In the following questions, some
parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct
...
The number of that
part is the answer
...
i
...
, No error
...
/
/
/
(a)
(b)
(c)
69
...
No error
...
o
75
...
2013)
for a better future in Microsoft
...
/
/
(d)
(c)
They have played a game last week
(a)
(b)
(c)
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find
out which part of a sentence has an error
...
e
...
74
...
Neither of the teams (a)/ are sensible enough (b)/ to do this
task
...
We have been knowing (a)/ each other (b)/ since we were
children
...
35
a
Spotting Errors
m
rs
u
o
y
what a bad shape our library is in
/
(b)
I would have done something, to arrest the deterioration
...
He has been enhanced in position
/
/
(a)
(b)
as a result of his diligence and integrity
...
It is I who is responsible for the delay
...
There is only one cure to the evils which newly
/
/
(a)
(b)
acquired freedom produces
and that cure is freedom
...
/
No error
(d)
He flew over extensively the Pacific last winter
...
112-116) : In questions below, some parts of
the sentences have errors and some are correct
...
If a sentence is free from error,
mark blacken the oval corresponding to (d) as your Answer
...
113
...
(c)
No error
...
(d)
m
o
106
...
c
s
105
...
s
104
...
rd
102
...
w
101
...
o
99
...
(SSC Stenographer 2013)
I met/him/for weeks before
...
(a) (b)
(c)
(d)
I shall wait for you/till you will/finish your lunch
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The price of car/have been reduced/recently
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The teacher has / not yet entered / into the classroom
...
(d)
Vijay is / very cleverer / than Ram
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
No sooner did / the police arrive / when the robbers ran
(a)
(b)
(c)
away
...
No error
...
/ No error
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
There was great excitement / on planet of Mars this week, /
(a)
(b)
wasn't there ? / No error
...
107-111): Some parts of the sentences have
errors and some are correct
...
If
a sentence is free from error, (d) in the Answer Sheet
...
97-106) : In Question, some parts of the
sentences have errors and none
...
If there is no error, (d) in your Answer Sheet
...
She placed / the offering / to God in the altar
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
90
...
/ No error
...
The newspapers they admit that / advertising sometimes /
(a)
(b)
influences their editorial policy
...
(c)
(d)
92
...
/ No error
...
I saw him / coming out of the hotel / on 10 o’clock
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
94
...
S
...
/
(a)
(b)
(c)
No error
...
He knows / that your muscles / are not same as his
...
(d)
96
...
/ No error
...
Spotting Errors
a
36
m
rs
u
o
y
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part
of a sentence has an error
...
The college library is
(a)
o
o
b
114
...
w
b
rd
not only equipped with
(b)
(SSC Multitasking 2014)
123
...
(d)
No error
...
125
...
(d)
I worked as medical representative for eight months
117
...
119
...
No error
/
(c)
(d)
120
...
No error
...
It's not proper
/
(a)
to talk loudly over the telephone
/
/
(b)
(c)
No error
...
I have known her since three years now
...
/
/ (c) / (d)
(a)
(b)
129
...
126
...
No error
...
(d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part
of a sentence has an error
...
Many passer-bys stopped at the place of accident
...
/
/
(b)
(c)
No error
...
They blamed their teachers of their poor performance
/
/
(a)
(b)
in the Board examination
...
/
(c)
(d)
m
o
Men are wanted
116
...
c
s
to go for a picnic
...
/
(c)
(d)
No error
...
(c)
When the weather is pleasant it is nice
/ (b) /
(a)
s
122
...
(c)
The lovers walked
115
...
/ No error
(c)
(d)
144
...
/ No error
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
145
...
/ No error
(c)
(d)
146
...
/ No error
(c)
(d)
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part
of a sentence has an error
...
(SSC CHSL 2015)
147
...
One must / obey one's / teachers / No error
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
149
...
Everyone were happy / to hear /
(a)
(b)
...
142-146) : In questions below, some part of
the sentences have errors and some are correct
...
If a sentance is free from error,
mark (d) in your Answer Sheet
...
Ins
...
(a)
(b)
about to take their place
...
2015)
137
...
(a) No error
(b) two in the bush
(c) is worth
(d) A bird in the tree
138
...
(a) while on a journey (b) to take heavy luggages
(c) It is not advisable (d) No error
139
...
w
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of
a sentence has an error
...
b
(SSC CGL 2015)
132
...
(a) I shall look forward
(b) to being with you
(c) sometime next month
(d) No error
133
...
(a) I really do regret not to learn to play the violin
...
(d) No error
134
...
(a) The government granted
(b) relief payments of `5,000 each
(c) to those who injured in the fire accident
...
By May next year I have been working in this college for
twenty years
...
(d) No error
136
...
(a) Everyone of us should realize that
(b) any act of negligence will cause
(c) a great harm to our country's security
(d) No error
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of a sentence has an error If a sentence is
free from error, mark option (d) as No error
...
No error
...
He can be a basketball player since he is tall like a mule
...
Who do you think I met?
(a) Who
(b) I met ?
(c) No error
(d) Do you think
b
Read the instructions with care lest you may
131
...
One (a) / should keep (b) / his word
...
If you turn the corner, (a) / you will found a house (b) / built
of stone
...
His appearance bears (a) / a striking resemblance (b) / to
your cousin
...
Make what you write / and say more /
(a)
(b)
h
a
Spotting Errors
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
164-166) : In the following questions, one
part of the sentence may have an error
...
If the sentence is free from error, mark
"No error" option
...
2016)
164
...
The severe cyclonic storm (a)/ has left behind (b)/ a trial of
misery (c)/ No Error (d)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
166
...
167-176) : In the following Ten Questions,
some parts of the sentence shave errors and some are correct
...
If a sentence is
free from error, mark "No error" in your Answer
...
She has been complaining about headache from morning
...
The children left the playground one after one
...
I knew the town well so I was able to advice him where to
go
...
(b) No error
(c) I knew the town well
(d) sol was able
m
o
DIRECTONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of
the sentence has an error
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The doctor says that (a)/the patient will recover (b)/in few
days (c)/No Error (d)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
162
...
The mother (a)/yearns for (b)/her only child (c)/No Error (d)
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d
...
2016)
155
...
(c) / No
Error (D)
...
I remember him as (a) / someone who was a lot nicer (b) /
than circumstances warranted
...
Several days passed before (a) / Jeff worked over enough
(b) / courage to return to the house
...
161-163) : In the following questions, one
part of the sentence may have an error
...
If the sentence is free from error, mark
"No error" option
...
155-157): In the following questions, one
part of the sentence may have an error
...
If the sentence is free from error, mark
“No error” as option
...
Scientist now hope that cloning can successfully be
conducted in human beings in the near future
...
(b) can successfully be conducted in
(c) Scientists now hope that cloning
(d) No Error
152
...
(a) When one takes great risks
(b) No Error
(c) they must be prepared
(d) for great losses
...
What delicious flavour these mangoes have!
(a) have!
(b) What delicious
(c) flavour these mangoes (d) No Error
154
...
(a) because of the heavy rain
(b) No Error
(c) They had to
(d) put of the garden party
rd
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of a sentence
has an error
...
o
...
He stated that he prefers tea than coffee
...
w
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find out which part of a sentence has an error
...
rd
m
o
...
Ins
...
Three years have elapsed since I had gone to visit my aunt
in the city
...
He needs not have shouted at me that way
...
I reached two hours before he had came
...
The car that he is using these days is belonging to his
employer
...
He assured me that he will return in an hour
...
He runs more faster than I
...
The fight for liberation brings out the best and a noblest
quality in mankind
...
The baby was clinging with her mother in fear
...
Not much people realize his sincerity
...
The government must provide facilities for the upbringing
of women
...
You will not succeed unless you don't work hard
...
14
...
16
...
18
...
20
...
22
...
24
...
36
...
38
...
40
...
42
...
45
...
47
...
49
...
51
...
53
...
55
...
57
...
59
...
61
...
34
...
c
s
10
...
32
...
s
9
...
(a) Here, The scissors are should be used
...
c
...
Hence, is
going to Delhi should be used
...
(c) Here, are located at the Madison Avenue should be
used
...
(c) Here, a hindrance …………… should be
used
...
The high price is a major hindrance to potent buyers
...
(a) Here, By the time she finished her work (Simple Past)
……… should be used
...
(c) Here, the speed the ship sailed/travelled at ………
should be used
...
(b) flowed
(d) 44
...
(b) The sentence is in past simple
...
should be used
...
Hence,
plural verb i
...
are subject to strong winds
...
(b) Here, Raju is (so/very) good should be used
...
(b) Hardly means almost no: almost not
...
Hardly conveys negative sense
...
30
...
28
...
o
...
5
...
25
...
27
...
3
...
For more than two
things, none should be used
...
(b) It is time/It is high time is followed by the clause in
simple past that shows present time
...
(c) Replace let him speak by should be allowed to speak
...
In this situation, we
use 'the' before them
...
The Judge in him should
be used
...
Here, the word pillar is singular, hence, has rotted
away should be used
...
(b) The word aim takes preposition 'at'
...
(c) Chemical balance and amount of moisture
...
Hence, owing to ever-growing demand
...
(c) Here simple past (Passive) i
...
was dogged by
controversy should be used
...
The word hardly
(Adverb) means : almost not; almost none
...
(b) Here, the antecedent of Relative Pronoun ‘who’ is ‘I’
and hence who have done should be used as 'I' agrees
with 'have'
...
Its plural is not equipments
...
(a) Here, A great many students should be used
...
singular Noun i
...
, this threecrore project should be used
...
(b) Here, Gerund i
...
If it was worth taking should be used
...
e
...
(b) Here, look like should be used
...
(c) Here foot tall should be used
...
(b) Here, she appears to be unreasonably should be used
...
o
HINTS & SOLUTIONS
b
h
a
Spotting Errors
m
rs
u
o
y
82
...
84
...
86
...
88
...
90
...
110
...
112
...
114
...
116
...
118
...
120
...
108
...
c
s
80
...
102
...
s
79
...
re
p
78
...
rd
72
...
74
...
76
...
94
...
w
70
...
93
...
92
...
68
...
' should be followed by 'than
...
'
(c) here due to the sense of comparison it should be 'the
same
...
(d) 98
...
(b) 100
...
(b)
(c) 103
...
(b) 105
...
(b)
(a) Part '(a)' of the statement is wrong
...
The Past perfect tense suits here and it denotes the sentence to be in Active voice
...
The word 'enhanced'
given here is wrong
...
Correct application of word
enriches the meaning of the sentence
...
The correct form of
sentence is 'It is I am who should be responsible for
the delay'
...
The preposition 'of'
is missing in that part
...
(b) Part '(b)' of the sentence is wrong
...
(a) In 1906 an earthquake destroyed much of San
Francisco
...
(a) His parents don't approve of his business
...
Doesn't, on the other
hand, is used when speaking in the third person
singular only ("he," "she," and "it")
...
(b) The lovers walked beside each other in silence
...
(c) Men are wanted for the army, the navy and the air
force
...
(d) No error
...
[Poetry is an Uncountable Noun or Mass
Noun; which means a noun that cannot be used freely
with numbers or the indefinite article, and which
therefore takes no plural form
...
(a) The correct sentence should be- 'An interesting book
' A tale of two cities' was written by Alexander Dumas
...
o
66
...
b
63
...
65
...
Hence, even a singular subject agrees with a
plural verb
...
(a) It is not proper to use ‘to’ after advise (Verb)
...
Hence,
is sensible enough should be used
...
Hence, we known/we have known should be used here
...
is the correct passessive
...
Ex: We bought
the house with a view to retiring there
...
(b) 'has come' is the correct option because the verb will
agree with the first subject
...
(b) Grapes cannot be the subject of the sentence; hence it
should be 'Grapes cannot be gathered
...
(b) Here, indefinite article i
...
about a plane crash should
be used
...
(b) With a View to should be followed by gerund i
...
suveying
...
Hence
...
e
...
should be used
...
should be
used
...
Hence, at her
should be used here
...
(b) 'a' should be replaced with 'the'
...
(b) Delete 'all' before 'left'
...
(a) Add 'the' before 'more'
...
(a) if pronouns of different persons are to be used together
in a sentence to provide good and normal sense then
the serial order should be second, third and first so
here it should "He and I are very good friends
...
(c) 'God' is a universal noun so it should be preceded by
'the'
...
Spotting Errors
a
42
m
rs
u
o
y
h
get something better If I were you I'd accept the money
they're offering
...
Luggage means suitcases, trunks, etc, containing
personal belongings for a journey; baggage
...
Just outside my house is a playground for school boys
and girls
...
Mule means the offspring of a donkey and a horse
(strictly, a male donkey and a female horse) which is
not tall
...
'
The team is
Everyone was
and eat their meat
the strange noise
meat
Replace ‘begin’ with began’
o
o
b
138
...
w
b
rd
139
...
absorbing and engrossing
can be successfully conducted in
he must be prepared
put off the garden party
Job of
Worked over should be replaced with gathered
On his words
...
(a) 168
...
(d) 173
...
(c) 178
...
174
...
(a)
(a)
(b)
170
...
180
...
143
...
145
...
147
...
149
...
151
...
153
...
155
...
157
...
159
...
161
...
163
...
165
...
171
...
181
...
c
s
141
...
(c)
re
p
121
...
[Poors is no word
...
]
122
...
123
...
'passer-bys' is an incorrect word
...
i
...
, "by" can indicate
action and/or time, and that cannot be plural
...
(c) The batsman completed his century in minimum number
of balls
...
(c) The accident was fatal as the truck had a head on
collision with a van
...
126
...
Here pronoun that
should be used instead of he is one
...
127
...
(b) I have known her for three years now
...
129
...
The
sentence is present participle and have is used instead
of had because the action is completed before 'now'
the present
...
(b) They blamed their teachers for their poor performance
in the Board examination
...
131
...
(b) This part of the sentence should be 'to be with you
...
(a) I really do regret not having learnt to play the violin…
...
134
...
(b) 'I shall have been working in this college' is the right
construction
...
(d) No error
137
...
w
b
PT E
A
CH
h
a
44
rd
(SSC CGL 1st
1
...
3
...
5
...
2010)
Obviously he isn't cut up to be a good teacher
...
(a) sought after
(b) wished for
(c) welcomed for
(d) No improvement
The brown shirt wants washing
...
(a) word for word
(b) word with word
(c) word to word
(d) No improvement
The weak man is a slave to his sensuous pleasures
...
6-10) : In the following questions, a part of
the sentence is printed in bold
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
To get into the building I'll disguise as a reproter
...
He denied that he had not forged my signature
(a) would not forge
(b) had forged
(c) did not forge
(d) No improvement
8
...
(a) I played well
(b) I play well
(c) I am playing well (d) No improvement
9
...
(a) out
(b) off
(c) away
(d) No improvement
10
...
(a) develops
(b) induces
(c) produces
(d) No improvement
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Alternatives as given at (a), (b) and (c) below, which may be a
better option
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
He has for good left India
...
(b) He has left India for good
...
(d) No improvement
12
...
(a) We are informed that the murderer has credibly given
himself up
...
(c) We are informed that credibly the murderer has given
up himself,
(d) No improvement
13
...
(a) one of the most intelligent students of the school
(b) one of the intelligent most students of the school
(c) one of the intelligent most student of the school
(d) No improvement
14
...
(a) the name of which
(b) which name
(c) of which name
(d) No improvement
15
...
(a) He won a medal and a scholarship both
...
(c) He won both a medal and a scholarship
...
16-20) : In question, a sentence is given, a
part of which may need improvement
...
In case no
improvement is needed your answer is (d)
...
2011)
16
...
c
s
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the bold part
at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed, your
answer is (d)
...
w
rd
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
His life is hanging with a thread
...
After twenty years of exile, the prisoner was in the end of
his tether
...
Grandfather is often so tired that he drops in his armchair
...
The court was forced to respect the profundity of the
learned judge’s knowledge
...
He has lost his nearly all many pets
...
36-40) : In the following questions a part of
the sentence is underlined
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
31-35) : In the following questions, a part of
the sentence is printed in bold
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
...
2012)
26
...
(a) through
(b) over
(c) by
(d) No improvement
27
...
(a) protective
(b) prophetic
(c) prospective
(d) No improvement
28
...
(a) much
(b) very
(c) too
(d) No improvement
29
...
(a) have done
(b) had been
(d) are doing
(d) No improvement
30
...
(a) through
(b) away
(c) in
(d) No improvement
s
re
p
25
...
o
23
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the underlined part
at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed your answer
is (d)
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) divide
(b) distract
(c) distort
(d) No improvement
By studyding AIDS has engaged many researchers in the
last decade
...
(a) was highly discussed
(b) was highly commended
(c) is highly appraised
(d) No improvement
No sooner had she realized her blunder than she began to
take corrective measures
...
(a) must be precise and original
(b) must be possess precision and original
(c) must be precision and possess originality
(d) No improvement
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the underliend
part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed, your
answer is (d)
...
He pleased the directors and this completed his report in
good time
...
(b) He completed his report in good time and this pleased
the directors
...
(d) No improvement
18
...
(a) The courtiers all day long used to tell the King how
efficient an administrator he was
...
(c) The courtiers used to tell the King all day long how
efficient an administrator he was
...
Every Saturday I go out for shopping
...
We had a grand party and we enjoyed very much
...
(b) We had a grand party to enjoy very much
...
(d) No improvement
...
w
rd
52
...
2013)
41
...
The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them
...
We are looking forward to see you tomorrow:
(a) looking forward towards seeing
(b) looking forward for seeing
(c) looking forward to seeing
(d) No improvement
44
...
(a) why not had he eaten
(b) why he did not eat
(c) why had he not eaten
(d) No improvement
45
...
(a) who bids the highest
(b) who the highest bids
(c) who would bid the highest
(d) No improvement
46
...
(a) told
(b) tells
(c) was telling
(d) No improvement
47
...
(a) have waited
(b) have been waiting
(c) were waiting
(d) No improvement
53
...
55
...
57
...
59
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
(a) have widened in the last some decades
(b) have widened in the last few decades
...
(d) No improvement
How, is beyond my understanding, the boy could fall into
the ditch
...
(d) No improvement
The pioneer spacecraft went beyond Pluto
...
(b) went across
(c) went after
(d) No improvement
The firm buys frozen seafood in bulk, packs it into smaller
pouches and then they sell them to the local grocery stores
...
(a) are meant
(b) are suggested
(c) are expected
(d) No improvement
Fuji’s invention of supercomputer will be enable to make
Japan supercede America in computer technology
...
(a) Alma Master
(b) Motherland
(c) Place of worship (d) No improvement
She cries all the time
...
...
51-60) : In question, a sentence/part of the
sentence is printed in bold
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the
underlined sentence/part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which
may improve the sentence
...
In
case no improvement is needed your answer is (d)
...
o
39
...
48
...
While crossing the highway, a five year old child was
knocked out by a passing car
...
During his long discourse, he did not touch that point
...
You shall have attended if the court had instructed you to
do so
...
(a) from which
(b) on which
(c) ascent which
(d) No improvement
When the beverage was ready, they drank possibly as much
as they could
...
(a) homage
(b) loyalty
(c) obedience
(d) No improvement
We were with daggers drawn despite attempts to understand
each other
...
a
46
m
rs
u
o
y
72
...
74
...
76
...
78
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) is cooler to
(b) is cooler than of
(c) is cooler than that of
(d) No improvement
The Tsunami victims suffered of cholera
...
(a) I gave
(b) I gave to the
(c) I gave the
(d) No improvement
If he smokes less he might get rid of his cough
...
(b) If he had smoked less he might get rid of his cough
...
(d) No improvement
...
(a) He compensated the loss for me
...
(d) No improvement
...
(a) accountable with
(b) accountable to
(c) accountable against
(d) No improvement
Recently he had insured for a mediclaim policy
...
30 p
...
(a) we have had usually
(b) we have usually
(c) we usually have
(d) No improvement
...
71-80) : In the following questions, a
sentence/part of the sentence is underlined
...
Choose the
correct alternative
...
s
67
...
rd
65
...
w
64
...
o
62
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) I wish I had known what is wrong with my car
(b) I wish I know what is wrong with my car
(c) I wish I knew what was wrong with my car
(d) No improvement
Just before he died, Amar, who is a poet, wrote this poem
...
(a) The flag will be roused on the 15th of August
(b) The flag will be rising on the 15th August
(c) The flag will be raised on the 15th of August
(d) No improvement
If I had the money I would have bought the house
...
It's wet
...
(a) The gaming is more important than the winning of the
prize
(b) The game is more important than winning of the prize
(c) Gaming is more important than winning of the prize
(d) No imporovement
The actor is out of jail, and not exactly a free man, since he
will be under house arrest for an additional 90 days
...
Some players on the team suffer from chronic knee problems
and will not play in the next playoff
...
Sushma has wisdom, charm and she has a good sense of
humour
...
They knocked down ten houses when they built the new
road
...
61-70) : In these questions a sentence/ part
of the sentence is bold
...
Choose the correct alternatives
...
h
(a) Government-issued passports were not up to
international standards
...
Since July 2008, our customers will be able to use the ATM
network of BBY Bank, the bank that was acquired by us
during that year
...
(d) No improvement
47
a
Sentence Improvement
m
rs
u
o
y
Sentence Improvement
89
...
93
...
95
...
97
...
99
...
As Rees was going to town in the High Street a savage dog
attacked him and bit him
...
(a) Something here is pretty
(b) Something is here pretty
(c) Here is something pretty
(d) No improvement
I have dreamt all my life to own a beautiful maroon coloured
car
...
(a) he watched the sun go down
...
(a) just to
(b) about to
(c) immediately to (d) No improvement
He has achieved nothing out of his way worth mentioning
...
(a) to
(b) at
(c) upon
(d) No improvement
Eager to pass his final exams, studying was the students
top priority
...
(b) the student made studying his top priority
...
(d) No improvement
...
91
...
c
s
87
...
91-100) : A sentence/a part of the sentence is
underlined
...
Choose the
correct alternative
...
Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet
...
re
p
85
...
o
...
b
82
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) along
(b) towards
(c) on
(d) No improvement
Twenty kms are not a great distance in these days of fast
moving vehicles
...
(a) I have been adopted
(b) I adopted
(c) I was adapted
(d) No improvement
Hoping not to be disturbed, I sat down in my easy chair to
read the book, I won as a prize
...
(a) to bear upon
(b) to bear with
(c) to bear away
(d) No improvement
The more they earn, more they spend on luxury items
...
(a) to insulting me
(b) of insulting me
(c) for insulting me
(d) No improvement
A little rail-road engine was employed by a station yard for
doing small pieces of work
...
(a) From the viewpoint of aesthetics, the painting did not
appeal to me
(b) The painting had no aesthetic appeal to me
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the underlined
sentence/part of the sentence at (a), (b) and (c) which may
improve the sentence
...
In case no
improvement is needed, your answer is (d)
...
The child tossed in bed burning with fever
...
All nations must first become agricultural strong
...
An orangutan’s intelligence is as superior to that of man
...
123
...
125
...
126-130) : A sentence/a part of the sentence
is underlined
...
Choose the correct
alternative
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) in
(b) over
(c) through
(d) No improvement
She has an ability for Mathematics
...
(a) by
(b) on
(c) for
(d) No improvement
Only high officials have access with the President
...
(a) are as poisonous as this one
(b) is more poisonous as this one
(c) is poisonous than this one
(d) No improvement
...
121-125): A sentence/a part of the sentence
is underlined
...
Choose the correct
alternative
...
s
re
p
111
...
(a) nor he does smile (b) No improvement
(c) neither he does smile (d) nor does he, smile
rd
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
w
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the
underlined part which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed choose
"No Improvement"
...
b
101
...
(a) are going
(b) went
(c) gone
(d) No improvement
102
...
(a) tradition
(b) convention
(c) custom
(d) No improvement
103
...
(a) lacks
(b) is lacking in
(c) needs some
(d) No improvement
104
...
(a) one had done
(b) one had flown away
(c) had done
(d) No improvement
105
...
(a) developed experience
(b) experienced
(c) got experience
(d) No improvement
106
...
(a) digestion of contaminated
(b) injection of contaminated
(c) passage of contaminated
(d) No improvement
107
...
(a) away from the station
(b) a long way from the station
(c) off the station
(d) N o improvement
108
...
(a) at
(b) in
(c) for
(d) No improvement
109
...
(a) said
(b) talked
(c) expressed
(d) No improvement
110
...
Mukherjee knows ten languages, isn't it'?
(a) doesn't Mr
...
2015 )
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given
alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the
sentence
...
In case no improvement
is needed mark your answer as "No improvement"
...
If I will get an opportunity, I shall attend the seminar
...
The others shook their heads and made vague noises of
approval
...
The world is being faced with a crisis
(a) No improvement (b) facing
(c) confronted
(d) in front of
115
...
(a) No improvement (b) insisted on that
(c) insisted that
(d) insisted with
116
...
I took my mother some grapes when she was in hospital
...
We met yesterday, haven't we ?
(a) isn't it ?
(b) No improvement
(c) didn't we ?
(d) hadn't we ?
119
...
(a) played fairly the game (b) No improvement
(c) fairly played the game (d) played a fair game
120
...
(a) suffer
(b) No improvement
(c) prevail
(d) accept
b
100
...
Dev will not go to the wedding reception without being
called
...
146-150) : In questions below, a sentence, a
part of the sentence is underlined
...
to the underlined part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed
your answer is (d)
...
(SSC Sub
...
2014)
146
...
(a) when he come back
(b) on coming back
(c) when he came back
(d) No improvement
147
...
(a) did not write
(b) did not sit for
(c) did not show up for
(d) No improvement
148
...
(a) noisy
(b) irritating
(c) talkative
(d) No improvement
149
...
(a) worships
(b) loves
(c) adores
(d) No improvement
150
...
(a) respectfully
(b) respectably
(c) receptively
(d) No improvement
m
o
136
...
(a) have had a
(b) have had really
(c) have had a really (d) No improvement
(SSC Sub
...
She is very eccentric woman
...
The workers should have been more meticulous
...
The chickens in his farm are fatted up nicely
...
I was angry at myself for making such a big mistake
...
Torture and trauma has made her a mental patient
...
c
s
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
141-145): In questions below, a part of the
sentence is underlined
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet
...
136-140) : A sentence/a part of the sentence
is underlined
...
Choose the correct
alternative
...
re
p
135
...
o
...
b
132
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
Four alternatives are given to the underlined part
which will improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed, "No improvement" is the answer
...
Electricity has modernized the march of modern events
...
The sales boy told the consumer not to touch the products
on display
...
Please make it a point to send the letter at my address
...
Sunil and I helped to sell tickets
...
Any able-bodied man is eligible for the job
...
She found a wooden broken table in the room
...
The truck rumbled to a halt and a man got out and ran
...
The Professor asked the intruder who was he and why was
he in his lecture
...
My uncle goes to office on bicycle or by foot
...
170-174) : In question, a part of the sentence is
underlined
...
Choose the correct
alternative
...
(SSC CHSL 2014)
Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet
...
Sohan is pleased at the news yesterday
...
She did not like the movie, nor I did
...
(b) nor I like it
...
(d) No improvement
172
...
(a) hard
(b) too hard
(c) much hardly
(d) No improvement
m
o
(SSC CHSL 2013)
168
...
(a) into
(b) in
(c) without
(d) No improvement
169
...
(a) except have a slight cold
(b) excepting a slight cold
(c) except for a slight cold
(d) No improvement
...
168 & 169) : In questions, a part of the
sentence is underlined
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
s
(SSC CHSL 2012)
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the bolded part at (a), (b) and
(c) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed your answer is (d)
...
o
...
b
158
...
(SSC Sub
...
2012)
The ship ran over when it crashed into an iceberg
...
(a) contagious
(b) quarrelsome
(c) content
(d) No improvement
Historians feel there is an earnest need for the review of
history text books every five years and a revision of the
same every ten years
...
(a) out
(b) in
(c) down
(d) No improvement
Freedom is a wonderful thing, for Jimmy was eager to
experience it
...
156-160) : In questions, a part of the sentence
is underlined
...
Choose
the correct alternative
...
161
...
(a) well worth the endeavour
(b) worth the endeavour well
(c) the endeavour well worth
(d) No improvement
162
...
(a) for the hitch-hiking
(b) for hitch-hiking
(c) hitch-hiking
(d) No improvement
163
...
(a) the tormentors were charged by the bull
(b) the tormentors were being charged by the bull
(c) the bull charged on its tormentors
(d) No improvement
164
...
(a) intimacy
(b) placidity
(c) stupidity
(d) No improvement
165
...
(a) appeal
(b) beset
(c) confront
(d) No improvement
166
...
(a) will remain safe
(b) are safe
(c) may remain safe
(d) No improvement
167
...
(a) rendition
(b) reincarnation
(c) reminiscent
(d) No improvement
b
(SSC Sub
...
2013)
151
...
(a) is invited
(b) has been invited
(c) were invited
(d) No improvement
...
After the written exam, you will also have an oral exam
...
The regular use of alcohal, only in small quantities, tends to
cause mischief in many ways to various organs of the body
...
If you were the Prime Minister of India what steps would you
have taken to end unemployment?
(a) will you take
(b) will you be taking
(c) would you take
(d) No improvement
155
...
(a) does not understand even
(b) was not even understanding
(c) has even not understood
(d) No improvement
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are
given alternatives to the bold sentence / part of the sentence at
(a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed, your
answer is (d)
...
51
a
Sentence Improvement
o
...
193-197) : In the following Five Questions,
a sentence a part of the sentence is underlined
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
(SSC Sub
...
2016)
193
...
(a) No improvement
(b) Reduce
(c) Cut
(d) Lose
m
o
(SSC Multitasking 2014)
188
...
(a) within that moment
(b) about that moment
(c) at that moment
(d) No improvement
189
...
She works so that she may not fail
...
Looking out of the window the little boy saw a kite entangled
in the branches of the gulmohar tree
...
If you do not mend your behaviour, you will suffer
(a) bend
(b) repair
(c) tend
(d) No improvement
...
188-192) : In questions, a part of the sentence
is underlined
...
Choose
the correct alternative
...
Mark ayour answer in the Answer Sheet
...
183-187) : In the following questions, a part
of the sentence is underlined
...
Choose the correct alternative
...
On receiving his appointment letter, Ravi treated us with a
sumptuous meal
...
Rani has completed her graduation from a reputed university
last year
...
The terrorist as well as his accomplices was killed in the
encounter
...
The Councillor behaves as if he is the Chief Minister
...
Inspite of age he is my senior
...
(b) He is my senior in regard of his age
...
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the underlined
part which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed choose "No
improvement"
...
She is scrutinising hard for the final examination
...
Since she directing the play for quite some time, she knows
the actors really well
...
You can borrow my laptop as long as you promise not to
misuse it
...
This is the late edition of the Shakespearean play which was
originally published in 1603
...
She had realized that she had seen him before
...
Being ill, he came to work,
(a) He came to work and fell ill
(b) Despite coming to work, he was ill
(c) Inspite of being ill, he came to work
(d) No improvement
177
...
(a) deaf are born every
(b) every born are deaf
(c) are born deaf every
(d) No improvement
178
...
(a) wilful
(b) willingly
(c) wilfully
(d) No improvement
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the underlined
part at (a), (b), (c) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed your
answer is (d)
...
One cannot be indifferent to one's health, can't one
(a) can't be ?
(b) can one ?
(c) isn't it ?
(d) No improvement
174
...
(a) was
(b) will
(c) have
(d) No improvement
m
rs
u
o
y
52
205
...
(a) was sink
(b) No Improvement
(c) was sunk
(d) was drown
206
...
(a) Either Kiran or Mala will
(b) No Improvement
(c) Either Kiran or Mala are sure to
(d) Either Kiran nor Mala are sure to
207
...
(a) stood beside the school-house poster
(b) No Improvement
(c) standing beside the school-house poster
(d) stand besides the school house poster
o
o
b
o
...
He never thought so sad as when he had made a blunder
...
The man taken to the hospital by an ambulance
...
I am looking forward to see you soon
...
English in India has acquired distinct identity as a regional
variety and is known as Indian English
...
It is said that Oscar Wilde was most sincere artistically when
he depicts insincere characters
...
A person who wants to go out to work should be given the
possibility to do so
...
Unless he does not leave this house, I will not say anything
...
The politician surprisingly confesed the responsibility for
the accident
...
Indian democracy is a great attention for overseas investors
...
She abandoned the idea of marrying him
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below are given alternatives to the underlined
part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is needed, your
answer is (D)
...
No sane person or government can tolerate terrorists of any
degree or kind
...
Saibal has got an extensive to finish writing his thesis
...
She stood by him under all conditions and undaunted by
anything
(a) through thick and thin
(b) No Improvement
(c) without reserve
(d) without hesitation
201
...
(a) to school later
(b) No Improvement
(c) to school lately
(d) late to school
202
...
(a) manly
(b) No Improvement
(c) menliness
(d) man-like
203
...
(a) very co-operated
(b) No Improvement
(c) very co-operator
(d) very co-operative
204
...
" said John
...
Below are given alternatives to the
underlined part which may improve the sentence
...
In case no improvement is required, choose
"No Improvement" option
...
53
a
194
...
(a) contradicted over
(b) No improvement
(c) contradicted
(d) contradicted with
195
...
(a) did it stop raining than
(b) had it stopped raining than
(c) No improvement
(d) did it stopped raining than
196
...
(a) get accustom to
(b) accustom yourself to
(c) accustomed yourself with
(d) No improvement
197
...
(a) cut up
(b) cut down
(c) No improvement
(d) cut out
m
rs
u
o
y
Sentence Improvement
m
rs
u
o
y
Sentence Improvement
27
...
29
...
31
...
33
...
35
...
37
...
39
...
52
...
54
...
56
...
(a)
(a)
(a)
(c)
(b)
(a)
58
...
(d)
(a)
60
...
(c)
62
...
(b)
(c)
64
...
66
...
68
...
70
...
(d)
(c) No need of double subjects
...
Put down = demolish; destroy a building completely
...
(a) If someone suffers from an unpleasant or difficult
experience or situation, then we use 'suffer from
...
Lately factories are
suffering from a desperate shortage of labours
...
(a) When you are using if to talk about something that is
unlikely to happen or is impossible, use the past tense
in the if-clause, not present
...
71
...
73
...
m
o
21
...
23
...
25
...
would have correct
fully committed to achieving a goal
looking forward for seeing
why he did not eat
who bids the highest
tells
have been waiting
since I last saw him
knock down
touch upon
Here, has widened
...
Widen = to become wider; larger in degree
...
are expected
Enable is a verb
...
Alma mater = the school, college that somebody went to
All the time = very often; frequently
...
Present Perfect Continuous should be used as the work
continued in the past and still continues
...
I wish I were taller
...
Raise = to lift or move something to a higher level
...
Have = had (Past) = had (Past Participle)
sit on
...
20
...
41
...
43
...
45
...
47
...
49
...
51
...
14
...
16
...
rd
6
...
8
...
10
...
12
...
w
5
...
3
...
(a) Phrase ‘cut out’ means : to have the qualities and
abilities needed for something
...
(b) The word Sensual (adjective) means: connected with
your physical feelings; giving pleasure to your
physical senses; especially to sexual pleasures
...
(d) Give yourself up to somebody means : to offer yourself
to be captured
...
(c) The courtiers used to tell the King all day long how
efficient an administrator he was
...
(b) distract the public taste
(c) the study of AIDS
(b) was highly commended
(d)
(a) precise and original
(b) get over sometyhing means to accept an unpleasant
factor situation after dealing with it for a while
...
(b) Hang by a thread/hair means : to be in great danger
...
(d) drop into position in a chair
(d)
(c) nearly all his many pets
(a) Would have had to attend
(a) from which
(a) as much as they possibly could
(b) Alternative should be ‘Loyalty’
(c) at
o
1
...
(b) If you say it's high time that something happened, you
mean that it should already have been done
...
(often + that) It's high time that workers were given
better pay and conditions
...
(d) Habit is personal, custom, or usage: the habit of
shaking hands
...
(a) 'He lacks common sense' is a meaningful sentence
...
104
...
105
...
106
...
107
...
108
...
Ex: The
town of Moradabad is famous for brassware
...
109
...
Ex: They were all talking and laughing together
...
110
...
The
given sentence is in simple present with third person,
so response will be 'doesn't he?'
111
...
" "Nor" can start a sentence
...
m
...
m
...
(a) In the first conditional sentences the structure is: If +
simple present simple future If this thing happens, that
thing will happen
...
If it rains today, you will get wet
...
(a) The second part of the sentence clears the ambiguity
with 'approval
...
114
...
115
...
116
...
117
...
118
...
Ex: They
went to the theatre, didn't they? She studied in New
York, didn't she?
119
...
120
...
Ex: The new clerk had to endure a lot of
unprofessional remarks
...
(a) in
122
...
w
b
rd
m
o
...
(b) The proposition 'to' is complementary with
accountable
...
(a) Recently denotes not long ago and thus usually takes
perfect tense
...
(c) Present tense shows what exits or happening now
...
79
...
Other examples are
'slowly' in 'He ran slowly', 'very' in 'It's very hot', or
'naturally' in 'Naturally, we want you to come
...
(b) Superior always takes preposition 'to'
...
81
...
(a) Twenty kms is
83
...
(a) I had won as a prize
85
...
(b) the more they earn, the more they spend
87
...
(b) was used at
89
...
(b)
91
...
The underlined portion must be rectified to 'you despair of the
success of your undertaking'
...
(d) The statement requires no improvement
...
93
...
It may be rectified as 'here is something
pretty that Vinita can wear to the party
...
(a) The underlined portion requires an improvement
...
So, the sentence will be
as 'I have dreamt all my life of owning a beautiful maroon colored car'
...
(a) The underlined portion in the sentence requires an
improvement
...
So, the sentence will be 'sitting on the
top of the hill he watched the sun go down'
...
(b) The underlined portion of the sentence has to be rectified
...
So, the
sentence will be as 'the office is about to close'
...
(a) The underlined portion of the sentence needs to be
rectified
...
So,
the sentence will be as 'He has achieved nothing out
of the way worth mentioning'
...
(c) 'On' may be replaced with 'upon'
...
99
...
So, the sentence
will be as 'Eager to pass his final exams the student
made studying his top priority'
...
(c) The underlined portion in the sentence may be replaced
with 'unless he is invited'
...
Dev will not go to the wedding reception unless he
is invited'
...
76
...
192
...
198
...
208
...
m
o
(c)
(c)
(b)
(a)
(c)
(d)
(b)
190
...
c
s
158
...
160
...
162
...
165
...
s
156
...
(b)
182
...
184
...
186
...
188
...
(d)
180
...
rd
154
...
(c)
(b) We will replace ‘is’ with ‘were’ because in an unreal
conditional sentence where the events are contrary to
the facts, the we use ‘if ’ clauses with ‘were’ even if the
pronoun is singular
...
(a) treated us to which also means offered us
(c) scrutinising means revising
(b) since she has been directing
(c) so long as will be the exact phrase
(b) latest will be the correct word here
(c) I knew that if the animal was at home at that moment, it
would probably be sound asleep
...
(c) What would you have done if you were attacked by a
bandit? If, will, would and were are used in case of
condition and/or imagination
...
(d) The sen tence is correct and doesn't need any
improvement
...
The idiom ' mend your behaviour' means
to improve your behavior and stop doing things that
cause trouble
...
(c) 195
...
(b)
197
...
(b) 200
...
(d)
202
...
(c) 205
...
(a)
207
...
(c) 210
...
(b)
212
...
(c) 215
...
(a)
217
...
w
(a)
(c)
(b)
(b)
171
...
173
...
175
...
177
...
179
...
(the
sentence is in past tense)
She did not like the movie, nor did I
...
One cannot be indifferent to one's health, can one?
The mother with her children was expected
...
151
...
153
...
(d)
ecentric = unusual, others havea different meaning
precise
are fettening
with
lunatic
He will revise it on coming back
...
She was kept from her assignment because of her
loquacious roommate
...
Epitomises means to personify, typify the traits/
characteristics
...
Gentry is plural in number
...
To use
plural form is not proper
...
Hence, would
you take
...
Here, generality is evident
...
went down
Contentious means causing or likely to cause an
argument
...
urgent
in
and
well worth the endeavour
go hitch-hiking
164
...
167
...
169
...
o
148
...
(d)
broken wooden table
screeched to
who he was and why he was
on bicycle or foot
...
(d)
have had really
revolutionized
told the customer
to
b
(a)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(b)
(a)
(b)
(a)
(a)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(a)
(c)
(b)
(d)
(a)
(a)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(b)
(b)
h
123
...
125
...
128
...
130
...
132
...
134
...
137
...
139
...
141
...
143
...
145
...
147
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
11
...
2011)
A post with little work but high salary
(a) Director
(b) Trustee
(c) Sinecure
(d) Ombudsman
13
...
15
...
16-20) : In questions, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/sentence
...
2011)
16
...
18
...
20
...
21-25) : In questions, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/ sentence
...
2012)
21
...
23
...
One who loves books
(a) Bibliophile
(b) Bibliophagist
(c) Bibliophoebe
(d) Bibliographer
Speaking without preparation
(a) Deliberate
(b) Fluent
(c) Loquacious
(d) Extempore
Special trial of the Head of State by Parliament
(a) Impingement
(b) Infringement
(c) Impeachment
(d) Impediment
Someone able to use both hands with equal skill
(a) Ambivalent
(b) Amphibious
(c) Ambiguous
(d) Ambidextrous
m
o
9
...
...
s
7
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
(a) Flora
(b) Museum
(c) Zoo
(d) Fauna
rd
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
o
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
One Word
Substitution
o
3
...
b
R
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
1
...
32
...
34
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
36
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
42
...
44
...
46
...
Detailed plan of a journey :
(a) Travelogue
(b) tavel kit
(c) Schedule
(d) itinerary
One who cannot be corrected :
(a) Incurable
(b) Incorrigible
(c) Hardened
(d) Invulnerable
A general pardon granted by the Government to political
offenders
...
(a) autism
(b) scepticism
(c) mesmerism
(d) plagiarism
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
48
...
50
...
52
...
2013)
One who is unaffected or indifferent to joy, pain, pleasure
or grief
(a) Tolerant
(b) Resigned
(c) Passive
(d) Stoic
A person who is greatly respected because of wisdom
(a) veracious
(b) vulnerable
(c) venerable
(d) verger
An excessively morbid desire to steal
...
(a) regicide
(b) genocide
(c) homicide
(d) fratricide
m
o
31
...
2012)
A group of three books, films etc
...
2013)
...
31-35): In the following questions, out of
the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted
for the given words/sentence
...
41-47) : In questions, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/sentence
...
re
p
29
...
40
...
w
27
...
b
26
...
2012)
A raised place on which offerings to a God are made
...
26-30) : In questions, out of the four
alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/sentence
...
a
58
m
rs
u
o
y
72
...
74
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
76
...
78
...
80
...
82
...
...
70
...
2013)
An apartment building in which each apartment is owned
separately by the people living in it, but also containing
shared areas
...
(a) trio
(b) tritium
(c) trivet
(d) triumvirate
Operation of the body after death
...
(a) oblique
(b) opaque
(c) optique
(d) opulant
Science regarding principles of classification
...
(a) closophobia
(b) clusterophobia
(c) claustrophobia
(d) liftophobia
s
65
...
rd
63
...
w
62
...
2013)
That which has a double meaning
(a) doubtless
(b) uncertain
(c) controversial
(d) ambiguous
Incapable of making errors
(a) infallible
(b) incorrigible
(c) impervious
(d) inexplicable
Governed by a sense of duty
(a) conscious
(b) sensible
(c) intelligent
(d) conscientious
The depository where state records and documents are
preserved
(a) museum
(b) library
(c) emporium
(d) archive
That which is no longer fashionable or in use
(a) unused
(b) ancient
(c) obsolete
(d) old
b
69
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
House
Apiary
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
To reduce to nothing
(a) Cull
(b) Lull
(c) Null
(d) Annul
57
...
Words inscribed on a tomb
(a) Epilogue
(b) Epitaph
(c) Epitome
(d) Epistle
59
...
A word composed of the first letters of the words in a
phrase
...
A person of obscure position who has gained wealth
...
Murder of a king
(a) homicide
(b)
(c) regicide
(d)
A place where birds are kept
(a) Aviary
(b)
(c) Aquarium
(d)
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
67
...
A person in a vehicle or on horseback escorting another
vehicle
(a) Navigator
(b) Escort
(c) Outrider
(d) Security
A person specially interested in the study of coins and
medals
...
59
a
One Word Substitution
m
rs
u
o
y
One Word Substitution
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
91
...
93
...
95
...
Of one's own free will
(a) obligatory
(b) mandatory
(c) voluntary
(d) compulsory
One who runs away from justice or the law
...
(a) disciplined
(b) different
(c) diligent
(d) dexterous
One who is too careless to plan for the future
...
(a) Physiology
(b) Archaeology
(c) Ethnology
(d) Zoology
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The ceremony of crowning a sovereign
(a) Felicitation
(b) Promotion
(c) Coronation
(d) Installation
101
...
A room where dead bodies are kept until burial
(a) Grave
(b) Cemetery
(c) Mortuary
(d) Pyre
DIRECTION (Qs
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
A person's peculiar habit
(a) Trait
(b) Idiosyncracy
(c) Idiolect
(d) Talent
104
...
One who will do any job for anyone for money
(a) Mercenary
(b) Recruit
(c) Hoodlum
(d) Merchant
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
Action that is likely to make people very angry
(a) Inflationary
(b) Inflammable
(c) Commensurable
(d) Inflammatory
107
...
(a) Sketch
(b) Illustration
(c) Cartoon
(d) Skit
108
...
90-96): In Question, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words / sentences
...
100-102) : Out of the four alternatives, choose
the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences
...
c
s
89
...
s
88
...
An abattoir is _____
...
97
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
w
85
...
A recurrent Compulsive urge to steal
...
(a) Orchestration
(b) Aberration
(c) Misrepresentation
(d) Defamation
A story in which animals or objects speak and give
wholesome moral lesson
...
(a) Dermatology
(b) Endocrinology
(c) Gynaecology
(d) Orthopaedics
A process involving too much official formality
...
(a) Burglar
(b) Intruder
(c) Thief
(d) Vandal
Not suitable for eating
(a) Tasteless
(b) Uneatable
(c) Inedible
(d) Spicy
o
83
...
2015)
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
h
a
60
m
rs
u
o
y
61
h
a
One Word Substitution
123
...
Ins
...
Walking in sleep :
(a) Sleepy-head
(b) Somnolence
(c) Somnambulism
(d) Insomnia
110
...
Showing a dislike of anything improper :
(a) crude
(b) prim
(c) strict
(d) rude
112
...
Artistic, musical or dramatic interpretation :
(a) reparation
(b) report
(c) imitation
(d) rendition
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
(SSC CHSL 2012)
129
...
Something which is imagined to be real but actually does
not exist
...
Someone having many skills:
(a) versatile
(b) projectile
(c) cyclostyle
(d) anglophile
132
...
(a) offer
(b) confiscate
(c) annex
(d) hijack
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
(SSC CHSL 2013)
133
...
A building in which aircraft are housed
(a) Hangar
(b) Granary
(c) Dockyard
(d) Garage
135
...
129 - 132) : Out of the four alternatives choose
the one which can be substituted for the given sentences
...
c
s
(SSC Sub
...
2012)
124
...
Medicine to counteract the effect of a poison
(a) Emetic
(b) Antidote
(c) Anti-venom
(d) Antiseptic
126
...
One who studies mankind
(a) Anthropologist
(b) Physicist
(c) Pathologist
(d) Philanthropist
128
...
re
p
121
...
o
...
(SSC Sub
...
2013)
A person who attends to the diseases of the eye is an
(a) oculist
(b) optimist
(c) obstetrician
(d) optician
The study of worms and insects
(a) taxidermy
(b) entomology
(c) ornithology
(d) paleontology
A person who devotes his/her life for the welfare of others
(a) altruist
(b) hermit
(c) volunteer
(d) martyr
A person who shows off his learning
(a) pedant
(b) educationist
(c) exhibitor
(d) researcher
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
o
(SSC Sub
...
2014)
114
...
One who is always doubting
(a) Sceptic
(b) Deist
(c) Rationalist
(d) Positivist
116
...
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
(a) Mercenary
(b) Liquidator
(c) Venal
(d) Hireling
118
...
114-118) : In questions below, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/sentences
...
109-113): In questions below, out of the
four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for
the given words/sentences
...
149-153) : In the following questions, out of
the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted
for the given words / sentence
...
One who is unable to pay one’s debt
(a) Borrower
(b) Bankrupt
(c) Bank-roll
(d) Extravagant
150
...
Animals which live in water
(a) Barren
(b) Wild
(c) Domestic
(d) Aquatic
152
...
Exclusive possession or control of anything
(a) Mono-mania
(b) Monotheism
(c) Monopoly
(d) Monoism
146
...
148
...
159-163) : In the following Five Questions,
out of the alternatives, choose the one which can substituted for
the given words/sentences indicate it by blackening the
appropriate circle the Answer Sheet
...
Ins
...
The belief that God is in everything, include nature
...
The study of growing garden plants
(a) orchard
(b) horticulture
(c) nomenclature
(d) nursery
161
...
Scientific study of Earthquakes
(a) Geography
(b) Seismology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Atrology
163
...
(SSC CHSL 2015)
Submission to all that happens as inevitable
...
(a) Trickster
(b) Trouble
(c) Tangible
(d) Gullible
Lasting for a very short time
...
(a) Etiquette
(b) Politeness
(c) Formality
(d) Behaviour
(SSC Multitasking 2014)
154
...
A series of lectures or lessons
(a) Catalogue
(b) Panel
(c) Course
(d) Syllabus
156
...
One who possesses many talents
(a) Gifted
(b) Talented
(c) Versatile
(d) Exceptional
158
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
s
Bibliographer
Lexicographer
re
p
Mob
Congregation
rd
Sanctuary
Aquarium
o
...
Art of working with metals
...
A place where birds are kept
(a) Aviary
(b)
(c) Apiary
(d)
143
...
One who compiles a dictionary
(a) Cartographer
(b)
(c) Lapidist
(d)
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
o
136
...
(a) Ballad
(b) Psalm
(c) Sonnet
(d) Carol
137
...
(a) Erroneous
(b) Incorrigible
(c) Unbeatable
(d) Infallible
138
...
(a) Credulous
(b) Credible
(c) Creditable
(d) Credential
139
...
(a) Alimony
(b) Parsimony
(c) Matrimony
(d) Honorarium
140
...
136-140) : In questions, out of the four
alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the
given words/sentence
...
44
...
65
...
67
...
69
...
75
...
77
...
79
...
81
...
83
...
m
o
36
...
38
...
40
...
42
...
...
35
...
s
12
...
15
...
17
...
19
...
21
...
24
...
30
...
62
...
(d) 48
...
(b) A recurrent urge to steal
...
(b) 53
...
(d)
(c) Having or associated with the value zero
...
(b) 59
...
(a) 61
...
(a) If someone or something is infallible, that means they
are incapable of failure or error
...
(d) A collection of historical documents or records
...
(a) Aviary is a building where birds are kept
...
(a) 71
...
(b) 73
...
(c) Extreme or irrational fear of confined places
...
(b) Cluster of flowers on a branch-Inflorescence
...
(b) A highly skilled musician-Virtuoso
...
(a) The group, especially in arts, regarded as being the
most experimental Avant-garde
...
(d) Kleptomania is a compulsion to steal having no relation
to need or the monetary value of the object
...
(d) Defamation is a false accusation of an offence or a
malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or
actions
...
9
...
50
...
54
...
56
...
rd
7
...
49
...
w
5
...
46
...
(c) Deceit used in order to achieve one is goal
...
(b) A person who attacks or criticizes cherished beliefs or
instructions
...
(c) The study of different people
...
(a) Circumstantial is a description of full details or a
particular scene
...
(a) 10
...
(b) Fatal
(a) 14
...
(b) conscience
(a) Parole
(b) Amnesia
(a) Flounder
(a) A person who collects or has a great love of books
...
(c)
(d) Able to use the right and left hands equally well
...
(c) 27
...
(a) 29
...
(b) 32
...
(c) 34
...
(b) canister
(c) Domicile
(a) Irrevocable
(a) Gratuity
(c) Wardrobe
(c)
(b) Incorrigible is a person not able to be changed or
reformed
...
(a) A person who dislikes women
...
2
...
o
HINTS & SOLUTIONS
b
h
a
One Word Substitution
m
rs
u
o
y
One Word Substitution
97
...
101
...
103
...
108
...
110
...
112
...
114
...
...
95
...
re
p
92
...
(c) Voluntary means of your own free will or design; done
by choice; not forced or compelled
...
(d) Dexterous is the one who is skilful in physical
movements; especially of the hands
...
(c) Laudable means worthy of high praise
...
(b) The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric
people and their cultures through their material remains
is called archaeology
...
(a)
99
...
(c)
(a) Snob is a person with an exaggerated respect for high
social position or wealth who seeks to associate with
social superiors and looks down on those regarded as
socially inferior
...
(b) Idiosyncracy is a made of behaviour or way of thought
peculiar to an individual
...
(a) 106
...
(c)
(b) Quthanasia is the painless killing of a person known
as mercy killing
(c) Somnambulism means sleepwalking
...
(b) Prim means feeling or showing disapproval of anything
...
(d) Rendition means a performance or interpretation,
especially of a dramatic role or piece of music
...
o
...
b
89
...
o
87
...
(a) Scepticism means a person inclined to question or
doubt accepted opinions
...
(a) Coffle means a line of slaves / animals fastened or
driven along together
...
(a) A mercenary is a hired professional soldier who fights
for any state or nation without regard to political
principles
...
(a) Fastidious means difficult to please
...
(a) An ophthalmologist or optician
120
...
121
...
122
...
(a) 124
...
(b) 126
...
(a)
128
...
129
...
(a) 131
...
(b) 133
...
(a) 135
...
(c) A sonnet is a short rhyming poem with 14 lines
...
The form remained largely
unknown until it was found and developed by writers
such as Shakespeare
...
137
...
Infallible means exactly
the opposite - incapable of failing
...
(a) A credulous person is one who is willing to believe or
trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate
evidence
...
(a) Alimony is a legal obligation on a person to provide
financial support to his or her spouse before or after
marital separation or divorce
...
(b) Fantasy is the faculty or activity of imagining
impossible or improbable things
...
(b) ‘Metallurgy’ refers to the branch of science which
deals with the properties of metals and their
production
...
(a) An ‘aviary’ is a place where birds are kept
...
(d) ‘Congregation’ refers to a group of people assembled
for religious worship
...
(d) ‘Lexicographer’ is a person who compiles dictionaries
...
(a) Fatalism means acceptance of the belief that all events
are predetermined and inevitable
...
(d) Gullible means someone who can be easily deceived
or duped
147
...
148
...
149
...
(a) Fable is a usually short narrative making an edifying or
cautionary point and often employing as characters
animals that speak and act like humans
...
(c) Red–tapism is the practice of requiring excessive
paperwork and tedious procedures before official
action can be considered or completed; also called redtapery or red-tapist
...
(c) Inedible is something that is not suitable for food or
eating
...
a
64
original or true name
...
157
...
158
...
It is s timepiece
with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting
its accuracy
...
(a) 160
...
(b) 162
...
(a)
o
o
b
o
...
c
s
s
re
p
Microscope
Aquatic
Botany
Monopoly can also mean domination
Mint is a place where money is made, or an unlimited
supply of wealth
...
155
...
156
...
151
...
153
...
m
rs
u
o
y
One Word Substitution
m
rs
u
o
y
h
R
o
o
b
7
o
...
4
...
collaborate
colate
circuiteous
chivelery
severety
superiorty
cummulative
accummulative
benidiction
beneficient
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
In each group, one word is correctly spelt
...
6
...
(a)
(c)
8
...
(a)
(c)
10
...
2010)
parsimonious
peadiatrics
manageable
manoevrable
tunnle
trable
pompuous
presumptuous
illustrious
impetous
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
In each group, one word is correctly
spelt
...
11
...
(a)
(c)
13
...
(a)
(c)
15
...
2011)
accomplice
acrimonous
momentary
comentary
jubilant
tolerant
arraign
degine
embarrasment
denoument
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
In each group, one word is correctly spelt
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
(a)
(c)
17
...
(a)
(c)
19
...
(a)
(c)
qestalt
ampasse
hindrance
insurence
adversery
advisory
rogeu
diluge
malignant
independant
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
imbrolios
recondite
corespondence
assurence
adultary
arbitary
colleague
atege
impertinant
neglegent
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the correctly
spelt word
...
(a)
(c)
22
...
(a)
(c)
24
...
(a)
(c)
pleintive
villain
comissioner
commisioner
aprentice
treatice
suprintendent
superintendent
symetry
symatry
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
26-30): In the following questions, four
words are given in each question, out of which only one word
is correctly spelt
...
26
...
(a)
(c)
28
...
(a)
(c)
30
...
2012)
digrestion
degression
presumtous
presomptous
equilibrium
equilibirium
veterinarian
veterinerian
marytime
meritime
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the correctly spelt word
...
(a)
(c)
32
...
2012)
abracadebri
abrakadabra
aparell
apparel
m
o
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
In each group, one word is correctly spelt
...
1
...
42
...
44
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
pursuasive
persuesive
assendency
ascendancy
anathema
anathemaa
quaint
quiant
effervesent
effervescent
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC Sub
...
2012)
persuasive
persuasieve
ascendency
ascendensy
annathema
anathima
qauint
quaaint
efervescent
efferescent
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the correctly spelt word :
(SSC CHSL 2012)
46
...
(a) Venerable
(b) Vanerable
(c) Veneruble
(d) Venarable
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the correctly spelt word and mark your
answer in the Answer Sheet
...
2013)
48
...
(a) equipped
(b) equpped
(c) eqiuped
(d) equepped
49
...
(a) foreing
(b) foreegn
(c) forigen
(d) foreign
52
...
(a)
(c)
milennium
milleneum
ocassion
occasion
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
54-55): Four words are given in each
question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt
...
54
...
(a)
(c)
conivance
connivance
maintennance
maintenance
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
56-60) : In the following questions, four words
are given
...
Find the correctly spelt word
...
Ins
...
(a) rhythym
(b) rhithim
(c) rhythim
(d) rhythm
57
...
(a) saccarine
(b) sacarine
(c) sachharine
(d) saccharine
59
...
(a) disentry
(b) dysentry
(c) diesentry
(d) dysentery
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the correctly spelt word and mark your
answer in the Answer Sheet
...
62
...
63-68) : In the following questions, there are
four different words out of which one is correctly spelt
...
63
...
41-45) : There are four different words out of
which one is correctly spelt
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
...
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
s
39
...
garulous
garullous
marquee
marquei
puissant
puiscent
disconncerting
discuncerting
exilarate
exsilarate
50
...
(a)
(c)
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
o
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
36-40) : In the following questions four words
are given in each question, out of which only one word is
correctly spelt
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the correctly spelt word
...
(a)
(c)
34
...
(a)
(c)
67
a
Spelling Test
m
rs
u
o
y
72
...
74
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
Resillient
Dubious
Ineffectual
Inefecttual
Massacer
Masacre
Conciance
Conscience
Nirvana
Nirvanna
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC Sub
...
2014)
Persuade
Depplete
iniffectual
inefictual
Massecre
Massacre
Consience
Connscience
Nirvena
Nyrvana
DIRECTIONS : In Question Nos
...
Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer
Sheet
...
77
...
79
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
Mountainer
Mounteener
Happened
Hapened
Sentimantalist
Sentimentalist
Laibertarian
Liebertarian
Emphetic
Emphatick
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC CHSL 2014)
Mountaineer
Mountineer
Happenned
Hapenned
Sentimentelist
Santimentalist
Libertarian
Liberterian
Emphattic
Emphatic
DIRECTIONS : In questions no
...
Find the correct spell word and mark your answer in the Answer
Sheet
...
88
...
90
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
curiosity
curiousity
Intecedent
Antecedent
Symetry
Cemetary
naseating
delibarate
ansestral
ansastral
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC Sub
...
2015)
quriocity
curioucity
Antecedant
Entecedent
Cemetery
Cemetry
maditation
aberrance
encestral
ancestral
DIRECTIONS: In question numbers 92 to 95, four words are
given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly
spelt
...
92
...
94
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
laboratorry
laborratory
humein
humain
Equanamous
Ecuanimous
Pedestrian
Pedistrian
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
(SSC CHSL 2015)
laboratery
laboratory
humaen
humane
Ecuanemous
Equanimous
Padestrian
Pedestrean
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the
correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer sheet
...
97
...
99
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
...
71-75) : In questions below, four words are
given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly
pelt
...
86
...
Millenar
Milliner
Privilage
Privilege
Questionnare
Questionnaire
Ameoba
Ameboa
Annhillate
Annihilet
Commitea
Comittee
re
p
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
84
...
Millinar
Miliner
Privillage
Priviledge
Questionnaire
Questionnair
Amoeba
Amieba
Annihilate
Anihilate
Committee
Committee
o
...
(a)
(c)
(a)
(c)
82
...
69-70): Four words are given in each
question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt
...
81
...
(a)
(c)
65
...
(a)
(c)
67
...
(a)
(c)
69
...
Ins
...
(a)
(c)
109
...
(a)
(c)
111
...
(a)
(c)
...
108-112): In the following Questions, four
words are given in each question, out of which only one word is
correctly spelt
...
s
re
p
105
...
o
...
b
102
...
2015)
(a) DIFFUSSION
(b) DEFFUSION
(c) DIFFUSION
(d) DEFUSION
(a) Circumlocation
(b) Circumlocution
(c) Circmlocution
(d) Circumlocutien
Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt
correctly
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
Choose the correctly spelt word
...
2016)
(a) Reconaissance
(b) Recconaisance
(c) Reconnaissance (d) Reconnaisance
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Find the correctly spelt word and mark your answer in the Answer
Sheet
o
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
106
...
Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button
corresponding to it
...
2016)
(a) ANTICEPTIC
(b) ANTECEPTIC
(c) ANTICEPTIQUE
(d) ANTISEPTIC
107
...
Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button
corresponding to it
...
2016)
(a) Defianse
(b) Defyance
(c) Difiance
(d) Defiance
b
Acquariam
Acquerium
Facsimile
Fasimile
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
100-101): In the following Two Questions,
four words are given each question, out of which only one word
is correctly spelt
...
100
...
(a)
(c)
69
a
Spelling Test
m
rs
u
o
y
Spelling Test
9
...
11
...
13
...
15
...
17
...
19
...
21
...
31
...
37
...
39
...
41
...
51
...
57
...
59
...
61
...
74
...
76
...
78
...
80
...
82
...
84
...
86
...
92
...
100
...
102
...
m
o
8
...
...
s
6
...
72
...
(b) Among the four options 'surroundings' is the correctly
spelt word
...
It means hesitating
...
It means not
producing any significant or desired result
...
It means the act
or an instance of killing a large number of humans
indiscriminately and cruelly
...
Conscience is
an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment that assists
in distinguishing right from wrong
(a) Nirvana is the correctly spelt word
...
It is most commonly
associated with Buddhism
(b) Mountaineer is the correctly spelt word
...
(c) sentimentalist is the correctly spelt word
...
(d) Empathic is the correctly spelt word
...
Milliner is person
who makes or sells women's hats
...
It means a special
right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only
to a particular person or group
...
A
questionnaire is a research instrument consisting of a
series of questions and other prompts for the purpose
of gathering information from respondents
...
It is a type of cell
or organism which has the ability to alter its shape,
primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods
...
It means to
destroy completely
...
It is a group of
person appointed for a specific function by a larger
group and typically consisting of members of that
group
...
(c) 89
...
(d) 91
...
(d) 94
...
(a) 96
...
(d) 99
...
(b) 104
...
(c) 106
...
(d)
(c) 109
...
(d) 111
...
(c)
re
p
5
...
rd
4
...
w
3
...
66
...
68
...
b
2
...
(b) Correct spellings of other words are : circuitous,
chivalry and cavalcade
...
(d) Correct spellings of other words are : cumulative,
commemorative and accumulative
...
(b) Correct spellings of other words are : paraphernalia,
peccadillo and paediatrics
...
(c) Correct spellings of other words are : tussle, tunnel
and treble
...
(b) Correct spellings of other words are : impromptu :
illusory and impetus
...
(a) dysentery (cemetery; momentary; commentary)
...
(b) arraign (malign; assign; design)
...
(d) recondite (imbroglios, impasse, gestalt)
(a) hindrance (correspondence, insurance, assurance)
(c) advisory (adversary, adultery, arbitrary)
(b) colleague (rogue, dialogue, allege)
(a) malignant (impertinent: independent negligent)
...
(d) 23
...
(c) 25
...
(c) 28
...
(b) 30
...
(d) 33
...
(a) 35
...
(c) 43
...
(a) 45
...
(a) 48
...
(d) 50
...
(d) 53
...
(c) 55
...
(b) Indigenous = native ; belonging to a particular place
...
(d) Dysentery = an infection of the bowels that causes
severe diarrhoea with loss of blood
...
(b) 63
...
o
HINTS & SOLUTIONS
b
h
a
70
h
a
m
rs
u
o
y
R
o
o
b
8
o
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
But after the British rule, it faced many changes
...
English as the medium of instruction had a very great
response
...
As the Britishers left we had a complexity of opinions
regarding English
PQRS
(b) QPSR
PQSR
(d) SRPQ
It is easy to criticize the people at the helm, for the slow
progress in every field
...
Then question remains unanswered because our
country cannot show opportunities to the intellectuals
...
This situation of 'Brain-Drain' leads to a variety of
problems
...
Many children take advantage of their parents busy
schedule
...
The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy
nowadays
...
As such, the society is going away from the value
system
...
The man who has achieved much evenness of temper
will be serene, because his mere thoughts are changed
with the strength of action
...
1
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
3
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
R
...
5
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
i
...
, evenness of temper, and
cannot but perform action
...
But he who abstains from action altogether is only an
idler
...
SRQP
(b) RQPS
QRSP
(d) PRSQ
This was an important day for Alattook
...
For the first time he was going to hunt seals alone
...
Then he put on mittens and boots of deerskin to protect
his hands and feet from the cold
...
PQRS
(b) QPRS
PRSQ
(d) QRPS
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
The
rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and
S
...
Read the
sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct
...
6
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
Revolutionary and new fledged ideas have a great
appeal to them
...
They cannot resist the charm of persuasion
...
However if these become violent, the antisocial
elements get encouraged and they put all proper
working out of gear
...
There are about 400 odd bridges connecting the islands
of Venice
...
These small islands are close to one another
...
This is because Venice has no streets
...
c
s
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
The rest
of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S
...
Read the
sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct
...
m
rs
u
o
y
(a)
(c)
10
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
11-16) : In questions, the 1st and the last
sentences/parts of the passage / sentence are numbered 1 and 6
...
These four parts are not given in their
proper order
...
Then find the correct answer
...
(SSC CHSL 2013)
There are a lot of ways to communicate : speaking, singing,
clapping, hooting
...
Even animals communicate with one another
...
Only humans can express their thoughts and feelings
in words because of our superior brain
...
Both humans and animals also communicate through
body language
...
15
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
m
o
S
...
13
...
P
...
R
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
...
6
...
S
...
R
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
w
6
...
But their ways differ from the humans
...
PRSQ
(b) QPRS
PQRS
(d) PSQR
Fires in the Steppes or bushes scared humans earlier
...
It gave them light and warmth and kept away wild
animals
...
They could harden the tips of wooden spears and cook
meat in it
...
QSPR
(b) PQSR
PQRS
(d) QRSP
When the Impressionists
they made them look like
everyday and often putting
people you would see
painted pictures of people
more emphasis on the scene
...
PRQS
(b) SRQP
SPRQ
(d) RPSQ
The goals of our present system
schooling is to prepare
students for the examination system
which will take them to the
of primary and secondary
best technical institutions in the country
SPQR
(b) QPRS
PRQS
(d) PSQR
Egotism is the; most common fault of mankind
...
It is the product of a perfectly natural desire to display
oneself
...
Beyond any shadow of doubt, it is a defect that ought
to be constantly hunted down, and scotched
...
RSPQ
(b) PSRQ
PQRS
(d) QPSR
o
Q
...
S
...
o
P
...
The chief speech on that occasion was given by Edward
Everett, a celebrated orator
...
In November of that year a portion of the battlefield
was dedicated as a final resting place for men of both
armies who died there
...
Lincoln's for 2 minutes;
it was over almost before the crowd realized that it had
begun
...
SQRP
(b) RPQS
PQRS
(d) QPSR
The teacher training agency in England hopes to make
teaching one of the top three professions
...
A series of advertisements are now being screened
showing famous people speaking about teachers they
remember and admire
...
Teacher Unions have welcomed this campaign
...
QRPS
(b) RPSQ
RQSP
(d) QPSR
Some say that failure is like toxic waste
...
Thinking about it pollutes and undermines the attitudes
needed for success
...
It can be used to enrich the soil of your mind
...
SRQP
(b) PQSR
SPQR
(d) QPSR
b
1
...
Parajumbles
a
72
m
rs
u
o
y
26
...
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
These
about the heavenly
experiments by the scientists
with amazing knowledge
will supply us
bodies
...
SRQP
(b)
QPRS
(d)
The President
from Tokyo
where he
had been meeting
came back
other world leaders
...
2016)
25
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
The rest of the sentence / passage is split into four parts
and named P, Q, R and S
...
Read the sentence /passage and find out which of
the four combinations is correct and indicate it by blackening
the appropriate circle [ ] in the Answer Sheet
...
PSQR
(b) QRSP
SRPQ
(d) RQSP
It is those good works
that lead to peak performance
which we do with passion
re
p
22
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
P
...
24
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
S
...
o
...
21-24) : The 1st and the last part of the
sentence are numbered 1 and 6
...
These four parts are not
given in their proper order
...
Then find the correct answer
and indicate it in the Answer Sheet
...
b
20
...
o
19
...
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
our understanding of our purpose
and which come to reflect
in this life
...
I believe that computer is responsible for the dying of
the art of conversation
...
For many, it has become the most important object
both in home and at the workplace
...
Small wonder then, that I have managed to keep this
ubiquitous machine out of my home
...
and cause pimple/acne to break out
...
23
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
1
...
h
DIRECTONS (Qs
...
The rest of the sentence
is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S
...
Read the sentence and find
out which of the four combinations is correct
...
73
a
Parajumbles
m
rs
u
o
y
29
...
SPRQ
(b) RQSP
QPRS
(d) PSQR
o
o
...
c
s
s
re
p
1
...
Q
...
S
...
(a)
(c)
o
Man' s
in the modern
insatiable thirst for knowledge
the wonderful achievements of science
is at the root of
world
...
P
...
R
...
6
...
Parajumbles
a
74
HINTS & SOLUTIONS
1
...
13
...
18
...
(b)
(a)
(d)
(c)
(b)
(d)
2
...
(a) 4
...
(b)
8
...
(c) 10
...
(d)
14
...
(a) 16
...
The correct combination is QPSR
...
6
...
(b)
20
...
22
...
24
...
(c)
(d)
(b)
(b)
(c)
(c)
The correct combination is SRQP
...
The correct combination is QPSR
...
The correct combination is SPRQ
...
(d) 27
...
(a) 29
...
w
b
PT E
A
CH
rd
Idioms/Phrases
1
...
3
...
5
...
(a) a family voyage
(b) lost and confused
(c) in the middle of the ocean
(d) a string of islands
To take to one's heels
(a) to walk slowly
(b)
(c) to march forward
(d)
To bite the dust
(a) eat voraciously
(b)
(c) eat roots
(d)
an inexplicable event
an unpleasant event
deception
foolish proposal
7
...
9
...
have nothing to eat
None of the above
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
11
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the
alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/
Phrase and mark it in the Answer Book
...
11-15): In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase underlined in the
sentence
...
12
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) has no result
(b) works for both sides
(c) has a private agenda (d) fails to arouse interest
The police looked all over for him but drew a blank
...
(a) stood up
(b) was firm
(c) got down
(d) walked fast
His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market
...
(a) ignoring
(b) hiding
(c) forgetting
(d) denying
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative
which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase and mark
it in the Answer-Sheet
...
17
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
(a) made my words or actions ineffective
(b) made me depressed
(c) made me think for the future
(d) made me remember my past
There is no point in discussing the new project with him as
he always pours cold water on any ideas
...
(a) really enjoy
(b) wash her hair
(c) comb her hair
(d) work till late
m
o
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
...
1-5) : In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the meaning of the given Idiom/Phrase
...
m
rs
u
o
y
o
29
...
w
b
rd
31
...
33
...
35
...
Ins
...
(a) like taking the duck to water
(b) like bursting out suddenly
(c) like dropping the duck in the water
(d) like easily and naturally speaking
He made my day by telling me how important I was to him
...
(a) earned
(b) ran away with
(c) squandered
(d) saved
The students of that group have assured their project guide
that they will all work against the clock
...
(a) to release his tension (b) to show his anger
(c) to show his approval (d) to show his displeasure
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative
which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark
it in the Answer Sheet
...
(SSC CHSL 2012)
I could have continued my higher studies if I wanted but,
that’s water under the bridge
...
31-33) : In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the
sentence
...
...
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative which best expresses the
meaning of the idiom / phrase
...
2012)
26
...
(a) waited for a response to
(b) claimed credit for
(c) disassociated themselves from
(d) seemed eager to continue
27
...
(a) took a firm stand
(b) expressed her displeasure
(c) scolded her badly
(d) got irritated
Adolescence is a period of halcyon days
...
(a) was counter productive
(b) had a strong impact
(c) made on stubborn
(d) had little success
He has all his ducks in a row; he is complacent
...
21-25): In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold in
the sentence
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The project is carried over to this year, and we need to keep
the ball rolling
...
The host team bore the palm in the league matches
...
Just keep your wig on
...
(a) Hold on to your wig, so it won’t fall off
(b) Get another hair cut
(c) Calm down
(d) Take off your wig
24
...
(a) by taking loans
(b) an extremely high price
(c) grudgingly
(d) willingly
25
...
(a) admiring people
(b) finding fault
(c) criticizing people
(d) arguing with people
28
...
I jumped out of my skin when the explosion happened
...
(a) trying to trick her
(b) taking her in a car
(c) pulling her a long
(d) forcing her to go with him
h
19
...
Nos
...
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the
Idiom/Phrase
...
2013)
51
...
(a) Do not bring up an old controversial issue
(b) Dogs can raise tempers
(c) Do not allow dogs to stand
(d) Prevent dog mobility
52
...
(a) be born to silver spoon manufacturer
(b) always hold a silver spoon
(c) be born with silver spoon
(d) be born in a rich family
53
...
Children complain about their parents' gifts
...
(a) not to look at a horse's mouth
(b) not to find fault with the gifts received
(c) not to ask for more gift
(d) not to find goodness in the gifts
55
...
(a) walk away with a cake
(b) a difficult achievement
(c) a walkway made with cakes
(d) an easy achievement
m
o
50
...
c
s
49
...
re
p
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
o
...
46-50): In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold the
sentence
...
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose
the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/
Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
2013)
41
...
(a) to speak about spades
(b) to speak in a straightforward manner
(c) to call someone a spade
(d) to speak ill about someone
42
...
(a) accept the punishment (b) listen carefully
(c) ask a lot of questions (d) listen to music
43
...
Why are you jumping down my throat ? I wasn't even in the
house when it happened
...
I am out of my wits and therefore cannot find a way to solve
the problem immediately
...
Hard work pays in the long run
...
(a) special
(b) happy
(c) uncomfortable
(d) proud
The Cauvery water issue led to apple of discord between
the two Governments
...
(a) grown grass all over the lawn
(b) gone on a luxury tour
(c) delayed doing the work
(d) demanded more benefits
The police smelt the rat behind the death of the girl
...
46
...
My parents want me to study science, but I will stick to my
guns and graduate in Economics
...
(a) completely
(b) directly
(c) simply
(d) quickly
The people of this village are the salt of the earth
...
(a) talking straight
(b) talking nonsense
(c) talking tough
(d) talking sense
h
37
...
w
b
DIRECTIONS (61–65): Four alternatives are given to the Idiom/
Phrase underlined in the sentence
...
61
...
63
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) superior
(b) equal
(c) inferior
(d) indifferent
She must be paying through the nose for the face left
...
(a) doing a thing in the wrong way
(b) doing a thing in the right way
(c) committing a great crime
(d) doing things meticulously
67
...
69
...
(SSC Sub
...
2013)
I tried to feel his pulse on the issue, but in vain
...
(a) he will get an offical reprimand from the authority
...
(c) he will tender his resignation to the authority
...
You need to have something up your sleeve if the present
plan does not work
...
(a) exercised authority
(b) rushed through work
(c) got paid very handsomely
(d) created good impression
Despite his initial arrogance he had to eat humble pie
...
71-73) : In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase underlined in the
sentence
...
71
...
(SSC CHSL 2013)
The police cordoned off the area after the explosion
...
(a) stupid and slow-witted
(b) young and inexperienced
(c) drenched-in the rain
...
66
...
c
s
59
...
66-70) : In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold in
the sentence
...
s
58
...
rd
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) To have a good height
(b) To be honest in any business deal
(c) Having no debts
(d) To try to be beautiful
To cry wolf
...
(a) more than seventy years old
(b) less than seventy years old
(c) seventy years old
(d) eighty years old
To have an axe to grind
...
(a) To find one’s root
(b) To return to place of rest
(c) Back to original position
(d) To emphasise
Casting pearls before swine
...
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose
the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/
Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
Idioms/Phrases
a
78
m
rs
u
o
y
84
...
w
b
rd
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose
the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/
Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
88
...
90
...
(SSC Sub
...
2014)
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we
cannot succeed
...
(a) put up a colourful mast
(b) refused to climb down
(c) took over the ship
(d) decided to abandon the ship
We had (had) better batten down the hatches
...
(a) stay in-door
(b) prepare for a difficult situation
(c) go somewhere safe
(d) face the obstacles
It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she
flies off at a tangent
...
(a) get away from
(b) put up with
(c) keep up with
(d) race against
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative which best expresses the
meaning of the Idiom /Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
(SSC CHSL 2014)
You cannot throw dust into my eyes
...
...
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative
which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom\Phrase and mark
it in the Answer Sheet
...
With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for
himself
...
77-81) : In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase
...
(SSC Stenographer 2013)
77
...
To win laurels
(a) to achieve success
(b) to win the hearts of ladies
(c) to win praise
(d) to win a lottery
79
...
To eat the humble pie
(a) feel huniliated
(b) feel abandoned
(c) feel rejected
(d) feel glorified
81
...
(a) about writing letters (b) written in the letter
(c) in every detail
(d) very thoughtfully
A critic's work is to read between the lines
...
(a) take a firm stand
(b) take a light stand
(c) take a heavy stand
(d) take a shaky stand
The convict claimed innocence and stood his ground in
spite of the repeated accusations
...
74 - 76) : In the following questions, four
alternatives are given for the idiom / phrase underlined in the
sentence
...
(SSC Multitasking 2013)
74
...
(a) turned pale
(b) got numbed
(c) turned happy
(d) get motivated
75
...
(a) a felicitous person
(b) a clumsy person
(c) a tactful person
(d) a no-nonsense person
76
...
(a) open
(b) locked
(c) safe
(d) tidy
83
...
Roy keeps_an open house on Saturday evening
parties— you’ll find all kinds of people there
...
79
a
Idioms/Phrases
m
rs
u
o
y
102
...
107
...
109
...
110-114) : In questions below, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the
sentence
...
(SSC Sub
...
2015)
110
...
(a) a secure place
(b) a sweet place
(c) a busy place
(d) a costly place
111
...
(a) To be disappointed
(b) To memories
(c) To be victorious in a game
(d) To earn great prestige
112
...
(a) preparing soup
(b) distributing soup
(c) to be in trouble
(d) drinking soup
m
o
101
...
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) After careful thinking
(b) Confidently
(c) Not knowing what to do
(d) Overjoyed
Then it comes to dancing, he is all–thumbs
...
(a) very late
(b) very early
(c) after sunrise
(d) at midnight
Their attempt to get back the stolen necklace proved to be a
wild goose chase
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
(a) improve
(b) pay debt
(c) confess
(d) compensate
Instead of keeping his promise of helping me with office
work, he just left me high and dry
...
(a) attempt an impossible task
(b) start looking for molehills in mountains
...
(a) dropped the charges
(b) hinted at the consequences
(c) revealed the secret information
(d) spilled the content of the package
His friend turned out to be snake in the grass
...
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative which best expresses the
meaning of the Idiom\Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose
the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/
Phrase and mark it in the Answer sheet
...
(SSC Multitasking 2014)
The son wants to purchase a new car, but his father is
dragging his feet
...
(a) fell down
(b) became anxious
(c) rushed out
(d) fainted
My friend Rahim is fair and square in all his dealings
...
w
97
...
97-99): In the following questions, four
alaternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the
sentence
...
o
96
...
104
...
(a) rushed
(b) were doubtful
(c) refused
(d) went online
b
94
...
(a) long speech
(b) first speech
(c) brief speech
(d) emotional speech
The students were all ears, when the speaker started talking
about the changes in the exam
...
(a) childhood
(b) adolescence
(c) school days
(d) old age
he is cool about working at night
...
Idioms/Phrases
a
80
m
rs
u
o
y
o
...
123-125): In each of the questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase
...
DIRECTON (Qs
...
Choose the
alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/
Phrase
...
2016)
126
...
Smell a rat
(a) Detect bad smell
(b) Suspect a trick or deceit
(c) Misunderstand
(d) See hidden meaning
128
...
129-131) : In each of the questions, four
alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
pull a fast one
(a) as fast as lightning
(c) carry a heavy burden
130
...
To keep in abeyance
(a) In a state of permanence
(b) In a state of emergency
(c) In a state of suspension
(d) In a state of revision
124
...
To break the ice
(a) Made people angry
(b) Made people laugh
(c) Made people excited
(d) Made people relaxed and comfortable
...
2016)
s
re
p
(SSC CHSL 2015)
119
...
To shun evil company
(a) To kick out evil company
(b) To give up evil company
(c) To put off evil company
(d) To let loose evil company
121
...
(a) A total mess
(b) A breakfast for the dogs
...
119-122): Four alternatives are given for
the Idiom/Phrase underlined
...
o
(SSC CHSL 2015)
115
...
To make up one's mind
(a) To remember things clearly
(b) To remember oneself of something
(c) To think creatively
(d) To decide what to do
117
...
International monetary affairs are governed by the gnomes
of Zurich
(a) foreign leaders
(b) big international bankers
(c) guardians of treasure (d) witchcraft of Zurich
122
...
(a) the softer aspects
(b) the impleasant aspects
(c) the pleasanter aspects (d) the gentler aspects
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose
the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom /
Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
h
113
...
(a) turn the tables
(b) put the screw on
(c) fix a limit
(d) aim at the sky
114
...
(a) to do a job perfunctorily
(b) to cut a piece of cloth
(c) to perform an easy task
(d) to perform a difficult task
81
a
Idioms/Phrases
m
rs
u
o
y
o
o
...
Who will believe, your cock and bull story ?
(a) Absurd story
(b) Common story
(c) Ambiguous story
(d) Authentic story
138
...
Sit on the fence
...
The manager is not dismissed, but he is definitely under a
cloud
...
Do not pull a long face
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (QS
...
Choose the alternative which best expresses the
meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
Ins
...
To put his foot down
...
Have a foot in the grave
...
(b) have no interest in life
...
(d) be afraid to nest
134
...
(a) an unpleasant situation
(b) a dilemma
(c) a comfortable position
(d) among thorns
135
...
(a) to decorate the room
(b) to give a grand welcome
(c) to give a warning signal
(d) to buy a gift
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the
Idiom/Phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet
...
To have an axe to grind
...
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To criticize someone
(d) To have a selfish end to serve
h
131
...
16
...
18
...
20
...
22
...
25
...
27
...
47
...
49
...
51
...
53
...
55
...
57
...
59
...
61
...
67
...
69
...
36
...
46
...
c
s
12
...
35
...
7
...
9
...
11
...
33
...
(d) Idiom fell on stony ground means : It a request, a
warning, or advice falls on stony ground, people ignore
it
...
(d) The meaning of as duck takes to water easily and
naturally
...
(b) The meaning of against the clock : in a great hurry to
get something done before a particular time
...
(a)
37
...
(a)
39
...
(b)
(b)
42
...
(c)
44 (c)
45
...
(c) A fish out of water = a person who feels uncomfortable
or awkward
(c) Apple of discord = cause of quarrel
...
(c) Smell the rat = to suspect that somebody is wrong
about a situation
...
(b) To cry wolf means that someone is giving false alarm
...
(d) If you drive something home, that means you are
making something completely clear to someone
...
The movie had
done that
...
(c)
63
...
(a)
65
...
(a) Take somebody to task = to criticize somebody strongly
for something they have done
...
(a) Rule the roost = to be the most powerful member of a
group
...
31
...
30
...
w
3
...
b
2
...
(c) Cold Comfort (Noun) means : the fact that something
that would normally be good does not make you happy
because the whole situation is bad
...
(b) Idiom take to your heels means : to run away from
somebody/something
...
(b) a disappointing result
(a) angrily
(b) to deceive someone
(b) to try everything possible
(d) to be suspicious
(c) Idiom have an axe to grind means : to have private
reasons for being involved in something or for arguing
for a particular cause
...
(b) Idiom put your foot down means : to be very strict in
opposing what somebody wishes to do; to drive faster
...
(d) Idiom Gainsay (verb) means : to disagree; to deny
...
(c) Idiom pour/throw cold water on something means : to
give reasons for not being in favour of something; to
criticize something
(a) Idiom let your hair down means : to relax and enjoy
your-self especially in a lively way
...
(a) Idiom take somebody for a ride means : to cheat or
trick somebody
...
(b)
23
...
(b) Idiom pick holes in something means : to find the
weak points in something such as a plan, suggestion
etc
...
(a) Idiom put her foot down means : to tell someone in a
strong way that they must do something or that they
must stop doing something
...
o
1
...
93
...
95
...
97
...
104
...
106
...
108
...
110
...
116
...
118
...
120
...
122
...
128
...
130
...
132
...
m
o
91
...
...
101
...
100
...
rd
87
...
o
...
b
85
...
(d) The idiom 'pass out' means to become unconscious
and faint
...
(d) The idiom 'fair and square' means completely fair; justly;
within the rules
...
(c) At one's wit's end means at the limits of one's mental
resources
...
I cannot figure it out
...
She was at her wit's end
...
Poor Sam can't play the
piano at all
...
Pamela is all thumbs when
it comes to gardening
...
(b) Wild-goose chase means a worthless hunt or chase; a
futile pursuit
...
Raj was angry because he was sent out on a
wild-goose chase
...
John
came into the kitchen and made a beeline for the cookies
...
(d) Compensate means here make payment to; compensate
(d) Leave somebody high and dry means leave him alone
to do the work
...
(c) The idiom spills the beans means revealing the secret
information
...
(c)
111
...
(c)
113
...
(d)
(a) ‘To put in a nut-shell’ means to state something
very concisely
...
(b) ‘take French leave’ means a period when you are
absent from work without asking for permission
...
(a) ‘A sacred cow’ means a person held to be above
criticism
...
(b) ‘The seamy side of life’ means the most unpleasant or
roughest aspect of life
...
(d)
125
...
(c)
127
...
(d) grease somebody's palm also grease the palm of
somebody- to give someone money to persuade them
to do what you want
...
(a)
133
...
(a)
135
...
(d)
(a)
138
...
(a)
140
...
98
...
74
...
76
...
82
...
(d)
72
...
(c)
(a) turned pale means colourless
(b) a clumsy person means plump
(d) tidy means clean
(b)
78
...
(b)
80
...
The word 'niche'
means 'a specialized area or sector'
...
(c) The meaning of the idiom 'to read between the lines' is
'to understand the inner meaning'
...
(a) The meaning of the idiom 'put my foot down' is 'to take
a firm stand'
...
(d) The idiom 'stood his ground' means 'refuse to yield'
...
(a) The idiom 'with all our might and main' means with
great physical strength; great force
...
Also, to
show one's intention to hold on to those beliefs until
the end
...
In 17th
century nautical battles colours (flags) were struck
(lowered) as a mark of submission
...
If all of a
ship's masts were broken the captain usually had no
alternative but to surrender
...
(b) the idiom 'batten down the hatches' means to prepare
for difficult times
...
(b) the idiom ' go at equal speed' means to go neck-toneck and put up with the teacher
...
(b) Maiden speech means first speech
...
(b) Salad days refers to the time of youth, innocence, and
inexperience
...
(a) The idiom 'dragging his feet' means to deal with
something slowly because you do not really want to
do it
...
h
70
...
7
...
(a) Surely must have found the lost child by now
...
8
...
30 guests can order, coffee and
sandwiches upto 11
...
(a) Hot meals are serving till 10
...
30
...
30 : coffee and
sandwiches are being ordered till 11
...
(c) Hot meals are served till 10
...
30
...
30, coffee and
sandwiches will be ordered upto 11
...
9
...
(a) You are face down, arms are to be outstretched
(b) You should be lying face down, with arms outstretched
...
(d) Let face be down; let arms be stretched out
...
The Greeks expected to win the international trophy
...
(b) The international trophy was expected to be won by
the Greeks
...
(d) It was expected by the Greeks that they would win the
international trophy
...
11-15) : In the following questions, a sentence
has been given in Active / Passive Voice
...
11
...
(a) The dog was took for a walk
...
(c) The dog was taken for a walk by her
...
m
o
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
(a) The secret was disclosed by the agent before it was
evening
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Speeches/Voices
rd
5
...
w
4
...
o
2
...
2010)
They have made a film based on this novel
...
(b) A film have been made based on this novel
(c) A film, based on this novel, has been made
(d) A film has been based and made on this novel
...
(a) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and was operated
on at home by the doctor
...
(c) I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I was operated
at home by the doctor
...
Why did he deprive you of the membership?
(a) Why you were deprived of the membership?
(b) Why were you depreived of his membership by him?
(c) Why was he deprived of his membership?
(d) Why were you deprived of your membership by him?
The news has been bought to us by him
...
Not a word was spoken by the criminal inself-defence
...
(b) The criminal in self-defence spoke no word
(c) The criminal did not speak a word inself-defence
(d) The criminal spoke in self-defence not a word
...
1-5) : In the following questions, a sentence
has een given in Active Voice/Passive Voice, Out of the four
alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Passive/Active Voice
...
h
a
m
rs
u
o
y
PT E
A
CH
m
rs
u
o
y
49
...
51
...
53
...
(a) Cakes will be brought by her
(b) Cakes are to be bought by her
(c) Cakes are to be brought by her
(d) Cakes will be bought by her
Promises should be kept
...
(b) One must keep one's promises
...
(d) Promises should have been kept
...
(a) An order was given by someone
...
(c) Order given
...
My neighbour described his history to me
...
(b) His history was described to me by my neighbour
...
(d) My neighbour's history was described to me by
himself
...
(a) The invaders destroy many cities in these days
...
(d) In those days the invaders had destroyed many cities
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Out of the four
alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Passive / Active Voice and mark your answer
in the Answer Sheet
...
re
p
47
...
o
...
b
43
...
o
41
...
" he told her
...
(b) He asked turn around
...
(d) He asked her to turn around
...
"I have been studying in this college for two years
...
(b) He said that he had been studying in that college for
two years
...
(d) He said he had studied in that college for two years
...
"Sharon and Peter are getting engaged
next month
...
(b) Mary told Simon that Sharon and Peter are getting
engaged next month
...
(d) Mary told Simon that Sharon and Peter was getting
engaged next month
...
(SSC Steno 2013)
I said to my friend
...
'
(b) l asked my friend if he could pick me up after work
...
(d) I told my friend if I could pick him up after work
...
"Did you enjoy the Olympic Games in
London ?"
(a) Suman asked me if I had enjoyed the Olympic Games
in London
...
(c) Suman asked me if I enjoyed the Olympic Games in
London
...
My friend told me
...
"
(a) My friend told me that that will not be a good book to
read
...
(c) My friend told me that that was not a good book to
read
...
Dhanya complained, "I am losing weight steadily
...
(b) Dhanya complained that she was losing weight
steadily
...
(d) Dhanya complained that she is losing weight steadily
...
"
(a) My mother said that I had been sleeping for twelve
hours
...
(c) My mother said that I have been sleeping for twelve
hours
...
Rajan said to Urvashi
...
"
(a) Rajan said Urvashi I am going to Kashmir tomorrow
...
(c) Rajan told to Urvashi he was going to Kashmir the
next day
...
She said to me
...
(b) She asked me if she had finished her work
...
(d) She asked me if I have finished my work
...
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
But of the four
alternatives suggested
...
39
...
36
...
(SSC Steno 2013)
29
...
Can she write an interesting story ?
(a) Can an interesting story be written by her
(b) Could an interesting story be written by her?
(c) Can an interesting story be written for her ?
(d) Can an interesting story be written to her?
The poet
...
(a) Many are the poems written by children for the poet
Blake
...
38
...
29-38) : In the following Ten Questions, a
sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice
...
Select the one winch best expresses the
same sentence in Passive/Active voice and mark your answer in
the Answer Sheet
...
...
(SSC CHSL 2015)
Please close the door
...
(c) You please close the door
...
We must take care of our parents
...
(b) Our parents are taken care of by us
...
(d) Our parents had been taken care of by us
...
s
27
...
27 & 28): A sentence has been given in Active/
Passive Voice
...
26
...
o
...
(SSC CHSL 2015)
I said to him, "Do you definitely need the suit next week?"
(a) I asked him if he definitely needed the suit the following
week
...
(c) I asked him if he definitely need the suit the following
week
...
Meera's mother told her not to forget to buy the milk
...
(b) Meera's mother said to her, "Your must buy the milk"
...
"
(d) Meera's mother said "Remember to buy the milk
...
Many poems were written for children by the poet
...
(d) Many poems were written by children for the poet
...
Each person exhibited various facial expressions
...
(b) Various facial expressions have been used by each
person
...
(d) Various facial expressions were exhibited by each
person
...
(a) A mango is being eaten by the girls yesterday
...
(c) A mango is eaten by the girls yesterday
...
Your manners irritate me
...
(b) I am irritated by your manners
...
(d) Manners are irritating me
...
(a) The old man was being laughed at by the boys
...
(c) The old man was laughed by the boys
...
Ideas are generated by Group discussions
...
(b) Group discussions generates ideas
...
(d) Group discussions generate ideas
...
(a) You are warned to give me your pen and take your seat
...
(c) Let your pen given me and take your seat
...
The prisoner is known to have assaulted the warden earlier
too
...
(b) It is known that the warden has assaulted the prisoner
earlier too
...
(d) The warden was assaulted by the prisoner earlier too
...
25-26) : A sentence has been given in Direct/
Indirect
...
h
a
87
m
rs
u
o
y
49
...
51
...
53
...
(a) Cakes will be brought by her
(b) Cakes are to be bought by her
(c) Cakes are to be brought by her
(d) Cakes will be bought by her
Promises should be kept
...
(b) One must keep one's promises
...
(d) Promises should have been kept
...
(a) An order was given by someone
...
(c) Order given
...
My neighbour described his history to me
...
(b) His history was described to me by my neighbour
...
(d) My neighbour's history was described to me by
himself
...
(a) The invaders destroy many cities in these days
...
(d) In those days the invaders had destroyed many cities
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Out of the four
alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Passive / Active Voice and mark your answer
in the Answer Sheet
...
re
p
47
...
o
...
b
43
...
o
41
...
" he told her
...
(b) He asked turn around
...
(d) He asked her to turn around
...
"I have been studying in this college for two years
...
(b) He said that he had been studying in that college for
two years
...
(d) He said he had studied in that college for two years
...
"Sharon and Peter are getting engaged
next month
...
(b) Mary told Simon that Sharon and Peter are getting
engaged next month
...
(d) Mary told Simon that Sharon and Peter was getting
engaged next month
...
(SSC Steno 2013)
I said to my friend
...
'
(b) l asked my friend if he could pick me up after work
...
(d) I told my friend if I could pick him up after work
...
"Did you enjoy the Olympic Games in
London ?"
(a) Suman asked me if I had enjoyed the Olympic Games
in London
...
(c) Suman asked me if I enjoyed the Olympic Games in
London
...
My friend told me
...
"
(a) My friend told me that that: will not be a good book to
read
...
(c) My friend told me that that was not a good book to
read
...
Dhanya complained, "I am losing weight steadily
...
(b) Dhanya complained that she was losing weight
steadily
...
(d) Dhanya complained that she is losing weight steadily
...
"
(a) My mother said that I had been sleeping for twelve
hours
...
(c) My mother said that I have been sleeping for twelve
hours
...
Rajan said to Urvashi
...
"
(a) Rajan said Urvashi I am going to Kashmir tomorrow
...
(c) Rajan told to Urvashi he was going to Kashmir the
next day
...
She said to me
...
(b) She asked me if she had finished her work
...
(d) She asked me if I have finished my work
...
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
But of the four
alternatives suggested
...
39
...
67
...
m
o
65
...
c
s
61
...
s
60
...
"
(a) He said that he will return tomorrow
...
(c) He said that he would return the next day
...
"What a wonderful time we had there!" she exclaimed
...
(b) She exclaimed that she had quite a wonderful time
there
...
(d) She exclaimed that they have quite a wonderful time
there
...
You should be of help to them
...
(b) The teacher commanded the student to obey their
parents and further added that they should be of help
to them
...
63
...
rd
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Out of the four alternatives
suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence
in Indirect / Direct form and mark your answer in the Answer
Sheet
...
w
58
...
b
57
...
My mother said, "Please go to the shop
...
(b) My mother requested me to go to the shop
...
(d) My mother asked me to be going to the shop
...
"
(a) The reporter said that they had been following the
matter closely for a month
...
(c) The reporter said that they have been following the
matter closely for a month
...
"What are you doing here?" she asked me
...
(b) She wants to know what I am doing here
...
(d) She wanted to know what I was doing there
...
"
(a) The lawyer told to his client that they would win the
case
...
(c) The lawyer told the client that they should win the
case
...
The watchman warned the boys not to go deep into the
case
...
"
(b) The watchman said,"Boys, don't go deep into the sea
...
(d) The watchman said to the boys, "Why do you go
deep into the sea
...
(a) The shopkeeper said to me, "Will you pay for the
tape-recorder kindly in cash
...
"
(c) The shopkeeper exclaimed to me, "Be kind enough to
pay for the tape-recorder in cash!"
(d) The shopkeeper ordered me, "PLease be kind enough
to pay for the tape recorder in cash
...
(a) She said to her brother, "Could I give you some money
now?"
(b) She said to her brother, "Can you give me some money
then?"
(c) She said to her brother, "Can you give me some money
now?"
(d) She asked her brother, "Give me some money now
...
(d)
o
55
...
(a) The police are victimized by the innocent commoners
...
(c) The innocent commoners are victimized by the police
...
His suggestion was received by me with disdain
...
(b) I was received with suggested disdain
...
(d) I received his suggestion with disdain
...
(a) He commanded all the money at his hand to me
...
(c) I was offered all the money at his command
...
Bad companions tempted him to drink heavily
...
(b) He had to drink heavily because of his bad companies
...
(d) He succumbed to the temptation of heavy drinking
due to bad companions
...
(a) Devils widely believe in communication with people
...
(c) Witches communicated with the devil in front of
people
...
b
54
...
(b)
5
...
(c)
The secret had been disclosed by the agent before it
was evening
...
(b)
Surely some one must have found the lost child by
now
...
(c)
Hot meals are served till 10
...
30
...
(d)
Let face be down : let arms be stretched out
...
(d)
It was expected by the Greeks that they would win the
international trophy
...
(c) The sentence is in active voice and to convert it in
passive voice the predicate of the sentence becomes
the subject
...
The criminal did not speak a word in self-defence
...
The predicate of the sentence has
become the subject of a sentence while converting it
into passive voice
...
(a)
14
...
15
...
When it is converted into passive voice, it
still remains in past continuous tense but with a little
variance due to its grammatical rule
...
(c) The pronoun 'I' of the sentence is converted to 'she'
and the direct speech which is in present tense gets
converted into past tense
...
(d) While converting a direct speech into indirect speech
the adverb 'now' is changed to 'then' and the tense of
the sentence also changes with respect to the time
period of the speech
...
(a) While converting a sentence from indirect speech to
direct speech, certain changes have to be made as we
use inverted commas to mark off the exact words of
the speaker
...
20
...
21
...
(a)
23
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(a)
25
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(b)
28
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(a)
30
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(d) 32
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(b)
34
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(b)
36
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(a)
38
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(a)
40
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(c) 42
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(a)
44
...
(c)
46
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(b)
48
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(a)
50
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(d) 52
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(d)
54
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(d)
56
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(a)
58
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(c)
60
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(d) 62
...
(b)
64
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(c)
66
...
(b)
68
...
(a)
m
o
(d) Why were you deprived of your membership by him?
(a) When the sentence is converted from direct speech
to indirect speech, the pronoun 'I' is converted to 'he'
and the simple past tense gets itself converted into
past perfect tense
...
c
s
3
...
s
I couldn’t be moved to the hospital and was operated
on at home by the doctor
...
re
p
(a)
rd
2
...
w
A film, based on this novel, has been made
b
(c)
o
1
...
w
b
11
rd
PASSAGE
Every profession of trade, every art and every science has its
technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate
things or processes which have no names in ordinary English
and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature
...
Being universally understood by the devotees of the
particular science or art, they have the precision of a amthematical
formula
...
Thousands of these technical
terms are very properly include din every large dictionary, yet, as
a whole, they are rather on teh outskirts of the English language
than actually within its borders
...
In trades and handicrafts and other
vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great
numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabuulary is
very old
...
The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity and philosophy
have become familiar to cultivated persons
...
2010)
1
...
The writer of this article is
(a) a scientist
(b) a politician
(c) a linguist
(d) a businessman
3
...
It is true that
(a) various professions and occupations often interchange
words
(b) there is always a non-technical word that may be
substituted for the technical word
(c) the average man often uses in his own vocabulary what
was once technical language not emant for him
(d) everyone is interested in scientific findings
5
...
6-10) : In the following questions, you have
one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage
...
In May 1966, The World Health Organisation was authorised to
initiate a global campaign to eradicate small pox
...
Because similar projects for
malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox
could actually be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial
organisation of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field
...
Rewards for reporting small-pox assisted in
motivating the public to aid health workers
...
At the same time, the entire, village where the victim
had lived was vaccinated
...
Routine
vaccinations have been stopped worldwide
...
2010)
6
...
What was the goal of the campaign against small-pox?
(a) To decrease the spread of small-pox worldwide
...
(c) To provide mass vaccinations against small-pox
worldwide
...
8
...
(c) Isolation of victims and mass vaccinations
(d) Extensive reporting of out breaks
9
...
(b) People are no longer vaccinated for it
...
(d) It was a serious threat
...
It can be inferred that
(a) no new cases of small-pox have been reported this year
...
(c) small-pox victims no longer die when they contract the
disease
(d) small-pox is not transmitted from one person to another
...
c
s
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the
passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question
out of the four alternatives
...
w
rd
m
o
PASSAGE-I
“People very often complain that poverty is a great evil and that
it is not possible to be happy unless one has a lot of money
...
Even a poor man, living in a
small hut with none of the comforts and luxuries of life, may be
quite contented with his lot and achieve a measure of happiness
...
Apart from this, he may have a lot of business
worries which keep him on tenterhooks most of the time
...
Real happiness is a matter of the right attitude and the
capacity of being contented with whatever you have is the most
important ingredient of this attitude”
...
2012)
21
...
It is true that:
(a) money alone can give happiness
(b) money always gives happiness
(c) money seldom gives happiness
(d) money alone cannot give happiness
...
21 to 30, you have two brief
passages with 5 questions following each passage
...
s
re
p
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign
that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for
thinking, as you do
...
16
...
16-20)
o
Two years later, in November 1895, he signed his final will
...
The annual
interest shall be awarded as prizes to those persons who during
the previous year have rendered the greatest services to mankind
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The said prize is awarded
(a) once in 5 years
(b) every year
(c) once in 4 years
(d) once in 2 years
12
...
The number of prizes in the field of science are
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Five
14
...
Prize is awarded for outstanding work in
(a) Chemistry
(b) Literature
(c) Physics
(d) All the above
o
PASSAGE-I
(Question Nos
...
"Your own contrary conviction" refers to
(a) the fact that you feel pity rather than anger
(b) the opinion that two and two are four and that Iceland
is a long way from the Equator
(c) the opinion that two and two are five and that Iceland is
on the Equator
(d) the fact that you know so little about arithmetic or
geography
18
...
The writer says if someone maintains that two and two are
five you feel pity because you
(a) have sympathy
(b) don't agree with him
(c) want to help the person
(d) feel sorry for his ignorance
20
...
11 to 15, you have two brief
passages with 5 questions following each passage
...
h
a
92
93
h
a
29
...
Water contamination has become serious:
(a) since water pollution was difficult to assess
(b) since nature has taken a hand in pollution
(c) since chemists began to use new substances
(d) since businessmen authorised the use of chemicals
...
w
b
rd
m
o
PASSAGE-I
(Question Nos
...
Who knows the name of the old man sitting
amidst ruins pondering over his hubble-bubble? We do not
...
He is there like the North Pole, the Everest and
the Alps but with one difference
...
Can we
really say this? “Dust thou act to dust returneth” was not spoken
of the soul
...
While his body lies mouldering
in the grave or becomes ash driven by the wind or is immersed in
water, such speculation is hazardous
...
“Who am I?” asked Tagore of the rising sun in the first
dawn of his life, he received no answer
...
He received no answer
...
For this much is sure, that in the end, when life’s
ceaseless labour grinds to a halt and man meets death, the brother
of sleep, his body buried or burnt, becomes dust
...
He settles
on files in endless government almirahs, on manuscripts written
and not published on all shelves, on faces and hands
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
What is the difference between the old man and the North
Pole, the Everest and the Alps?
(a) he ponders over his hubble-bubble while they don’t
(b) they are known to all while he is known to none
(c) they remain while he will soon become dust
(d) they are not as old as he
32
...
Which of the following statement is true?
(a) The rising sun told Tagore who he was
(b) The rising sun did not tell Tagore who he was
(c) The rising sun advised Tagore to ask no questions
(d) The rising sun told Tagore that he would become dust
...
31-40) : In the following questions, you have
two brief passages with 5 questions in each passage
...
s
re
p
23
...
Which of the following is the most appropriate title to the
passage?
(a) Poverty, a great evil
(b) The key of happiness
(c) Contentment, the key of happiness
(d) Money and contentment
25
...
The pollution
entering our waterways comes from many sources, radioactive
wastes from reactors, laboratories and hospitals; fallout from
nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns;
chemical wastes from factories
...
Many of the chemical agents in this alarming
melange initiate and augment the harmful effects of radiation,
and within the groups of chemicals themselves there are sinister
and little - understood interactions, transformations and
summations of effect
...
As we have seen, the production of these synthetic
chemicals in large volume began in the 1940’s
...
When inextricably mixed
with domestic and other wastes discharged into the same water,
these chemicals sometimes defy detection by the methods in
ordinary use by purification plants
...
In rivers, a really incredible variety
of pollutants combine to produce deposits that sanitary engineers
can only despairingly refer to as “gunk”
...
All the following words mean ‘chemicals’ except:
(a) sands
(b) substances
(c) pesticides
(d) deposits
27
...
The word ‘gunk’ in the last line refers:
(a) to the waste products deposited by sanitary engineers
(b) to the debris found in rivers
(c) to unidentifiable chemicals found in water
(d) to the domestic water supplies
m
rs
u
o
y
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
h
a
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the
passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question
out of the four alternatives
...
w
b
rd
PASSAGE-I
Stuck with the development dilemma? Stay away from management
courses
...
Some management
trainers stress the need for follow-up and reinforcement on the
job
...
Other
include a follow-up training day to review the progress of the
participants
...
The real problem is that course promoters view development
as something which primarily, takes place in a classroom
...
When
you talk about follow-up after a course, it is seen as a nice idea,
but not as an essential part of the participants’ development
programme
...
Another negative aspect of the
course mindset is that, primarily, development is thought to be
about skill-acquisition
...
But can such a
sharp distinction be maintained? Skills are really acquired only in
the context of applying them on the job, finding them effective
and, therefore, reinforcing them
...
As we tend to equate development with a one-off
event, it is difficult to get seriously motivated about the followup
...
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit
...
What is the passage about?
(a) personal management
(b) development dilemma
(c) management courses
(d) course promotors’ attitude
42
...
43
...
The course promoters’ attitude is
(a) self-righteous
(b) indifferent
(c) easy-going
(d) unprogressive
m
o
...
What happens to man after he becomes dust?
(a) he disappears from the world for ever
(b) he appears in the form of man again
(c) he becomes all pervasive as dust
(d) he often sneaks into hermetically sealed chambers
35
...
36-40)
To write well you have to be able to write clearly and logically,
and you cannot do this unless you can think clearly and logically
...
At first you find clear, step-by- step thought very difficult
...
Several
unconnected ideas may occur together
...
In order to increase your vocabulary and to
improve your style, you should read widely and use a good
dictionary to help you find the exact meanings and correct usages
of words
...
It is no good waiting
until you have an inspiration before you write
...
Someone said that writing
is ninety-nine percent hard work and one percent inspiration, so
the sooner you get into the habit of disciplining your-self to
write, the better
...
To write well, a person must train himself in
(a) dealing with a difficult problem
(b) not leaving anything out
(c) thinking clearly and logically
(d) following a step-by-step approach
37
...
According to the passage, writing style can be improved
by
(a) thinking logically
(b) writing clearly
(c) undergoing training
(d) reading widely
39
...
All the following words mean ‘exact’ except
(a) precise
(b) accurate
(c) very
(d) erect
m
rs
u
o
y
94
h
DIRECTIONS : In question number 51 to 60, you have two
passages with 5 questions in each passage
...
o
o
b
o
...
H
...
It is a
specialised agency of the United Nations and was established in 1948
...
They help the sick to attain health and the healthy
to maintain their health
...
These diseases can spread from one country to
another and so can be a threat to world health
...
H
...
assists different national health authorities not only
in controlling diseases but also in preventing them altogether
...
Everyone knows how people, particularly children, are vaccinated
against one disease or another
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
"It is a specialised agency of the United Nations and was
established in 1948"
...
"International health workers can be seen working in all
kinds of surroundings: in deserts, jungles, mountains,
coconout groves, and rice fields"
...
53
...
here they stands for:
(a) deserts
(b) rice fields
(c) international health workers
(d) jungles
54
...
The above sentence implies that :
(a) W
...
O
...
H
...
assists more in preventing diseases than in
controlling them
...
H
...
assists in controlling diseases only if they have
not been prevented
...
H
...
assists both in controlling diseases and in
preventing them
...
"Total prevention of diseases is possible in a number of
ways"
...
c
s
s
re
p
The word ‘mindset’ here means
(a) a determined mind
(b) a (fixed) attitude of mind
(c) an open mind
(d) mindful
PASSAGE-II
One may look at life, events, society, history, in another way
...
The Gandhian reaction to all grim poverty, squalor and degradation
of the human being would approximate to effort at self-change and
self-improvement, to a regime of living regulated by discipline from
within
...
In this way of looking at life and society, words too begin to mean
differently
...
So
also with words like peace and struggle
...
There is yet
another way, which might, for want of a better description, be called
the mystic
...
The mystic measures the terror
of not knowing the remorseless march of time; he seeks to know
what was before birth, what comes after death? The continuous
presence of death, of the consciousness of death, sets his priorities
and values: militants and Gandhians, kings and prophets, must
leave all that they have built; all that they have unbuilt and depart
when messengers of the buffalo-riding Yama come out of the
shadows
...
Think of impermanence
...
46
...
According to Gandianism, the individual who wants to
change society
(a) should destroy the existing society
(b) must re-form society
(c) must change himself
(d) may change society without changing himself
48
...
The expression ‘water will to water, dust to dust’ means
(a) water and dust can mix well
(b) man will become water after death
(c) man will one day die and become dust
(d) man will become dust and water after death
50
...
m
rs
u
o
y
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
h
a
60
...
(c) he doesn't give much importance to telephone and
telepone numbers
(d) none of the statements given above
...
w
b
rd
m
o
PASSAGE-I
(Question Nos
...
They are formed from a mixture of languages and have a limited
vocabulary and a simplified grammar
...
A
creole develops from a pidgin when the pidgin becomes the
mother tongue of the community
...
Where a creole
and the standard variety of English coexist, as in the Carribbean,
there is a continuum from the most extreme form of creole to the
form that is closest to the standard language
...
In such situations, most creole speakers can vary their
speech along the continuum and many are also competent in the
standard English of their country
...
2013)
61
...
62
...
According to the passage, a creole continuum is
(a) A linguistic term for the mixture of more than two
languages
(b) A scale which measures the linguistic competence of
the speaker
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS : In question nos
...
Read the passages
carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of
the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate
oval [ ] in the Answer Sheet
...
There are two chief reasons: because I don't
really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and
play, eat, breathe, and sleep without it
...
It may
create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for
an expected call, that doesn't come; or irritating delay, as when
you keep ringing a number that is always engaged
...
you
would not use it unless you were in a hurry, and because you are
in a hurry, you will find other people waiting before you
...
If you have a telephone in your house, you will admit that it
tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep,
or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just
going out, or when you are in your bath
...
" Ah well, it will be all the
same in hundred years time"
...
You think there may be
some important news or message for you
...
In my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numebrs
...
You
might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself
...
The author does not have a telephone because :
(a) he pretends to be wise
(b) he poses as unusual
(c) he would prefer to do something else
(d) he thinks that it can create unnecessary suspense and
anxiety
...
He hates speaking in a public telephone booth because :
(a) it is costlier
(b) he is suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavoured
with cheap face power and chain-smoking
(c) others look at him angrily
(d) the other side may not know your number
58
...
59
...
This
sentence means:
(a) Nothing is going to change even if you don't answer
the telephone bell
...
(c) Things will remain the same for 100 years to come
...
m
rs
u
o
y
96
h
DIRECTIONs (Qs
...
Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of the four
...
w
b
The postmaster first took up his duties in the village of Ulapur
...
Our postmaster belonged to Calcutta
...
His office and living-room were in
a dark thatched shed, not far from a green, silmy pond,
surrounded on all sides by a dense growth
...
Nor is a Calcutta boy an adept in the art of associating with
others
...
At
any rate the postmaster had but little company, nor had he much
to do
...
That the
movement of the leaves and clouds of the sky were enough to fill
life with joy - such were the sentiments to which he sought to
give expression
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The adjective used to describe the postmaster's living-room
is
(a) bright
(b) dark
(c) light
(d) deep
72
...
What does the phrase 'little company' in the passage mean?
(a) Bad friendship
(b) Hardly any friends
(c) Small business
(d) Business-like
74
...
The postmaster wrote on the
(a) beauty of nature
(b) beauty of himself
(c) beauty of the weather
(d) beauty of the village
76
...
Which factory was situated near the village Ulapur?
(a) Chemical
(b) Rubber
(c) Clothes
(d) Dyes
78
...
Find a word in the passage which is the opposite of 'near'
...
c
s
s
re
p
PASSAGE-II
(Question Nos
...
We were sitting in my room, smoking
and talking about “how bad were - bad from a medical point of
view I mean, of course
...
Harris said he felt such extraordinary fits of giddiness
come over him at times, that he hardly knew what he was doing
and then George said that he had fits of giddiness too, and hardly
knew what he was doing
...
I knew it was my liver that was out of order, because I had
just been reading a patent liver-pill circular, in which were detailed
the various symptoms by which a man could tell when his liver
was out of order
...
It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent
medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion
that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealth with
in its most virulent form
...
66
...
Whenever the speaker read a liver pill circular
(a) he suffered from an extraordinary surge of giddiness
(b) he felt sure that he had a liver disorder
(c) he felt the urge to smoke
(d) All of the above
68
...
Harris was troubled by
(a) a symptom of vertigo
(b) garrulity
(c) tribulation
(d) frailty
70
...
According to the passage ‘basilect’ means
(a) An impure form of a creole
(b) A form of creole which is furthest from the standard
language
(c) A form of creole which has an extended vocabulary
(d) A form of creole which is very close to the standard
language
65
...
Which of the following is not true about the Baltimore Oriole?
(a) They feed upside down sometimes
...
(c) The Baltimore Oriole is uncommon in the U
...
(d) The Baltimore Oriole has a black throat
...
Where would I probably not find a Baltimore Oriole ?
(a) High in the trees
(b) In gardens and neighbourhoods
(c) Deciduous woodlands
(d) The Sahara desert
90
...
w
b
rd
m
o
PASSAGE
CYBER BOGEYS
The cyber–world is ultimately ungovernable
...
Some Indian politicians use this to great advantage
...
So, having failed to prevent nervous citizens from
fleeing their cities of work by assuring them of proper protection,
some national leaders are now busy trying to prove to one
another, and to panic-prone Indians, that a mischievous
neighbour has been using the interaet and social networking
sites to spread dangerous rumours
...
If this is the official idea
of prompt action at a time of crisis among communities, then
Indians have more reason to fear their protectors than the
nebulous mischief-makers of the cyber world
...
Besides, only a fifth of the 245 websites
blocked by the Centre mention the people of the Northeast or
the violence in Assam
...
This is what its leaders should be addressig
immediately, rather than making a wrongheaded display of their
powers of censorship
...
To describe such forms of humour and dissent
as "misrepresenting" the PMO–as if Twitter would take these
parodies for genuine despatches from the PMO — makes the
PMO look more ridiculous than its parodists manage to
...
Using the cyber–world for flexing
the wrong muscles is essentially not funny
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (91-100): You have a passage with 10 questions
...
s
re
p
The stunning Baltimore Oriole is a common summer visitor to
eastern and mid western deciduous woodlands, neighbourhoods,
and gardens
...
About 7 inches
in length, the male Baltimore Oriole has a black head, throat, back
and wings
...
It
also has an orange patch on the top of each wing and white wing
bars
...
The female is
dull orange throughout
...
At the western edge of their range, Baltimore Orioles may breed
with the Bullock’s Oriole (They were once considered the same
species under the name Northern Oriole)
...
They usually nest high in the trees, but
often come down to lower heights, flashing bright orange and
black feathers to delighted observers Active and acrobatic by
nature, Baltimore Orioles may even feed upside down at time
...
They can easily be
attracted to gardens by nailing orange wedges to tree branches
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The other name of Baltimore Oriole was _________
...
The nest of the Baltimore Oriole _________
...
Which of the following is the closest in size to a Baltimore
Oriole ?
(a) The size of a half-scale
(b) A little more than a half-scale
(c) A little less than a half-scale
(d) A foot ruler
84
...
(a) Dakotas
(b) Carolinas
(c) Tropics
(d) Deserts
85
...
Which of the following does not attract the Baltimore Oriole?
(a) Oranges
(b) Hummingbird feeders
(c) Sapsueker wells
(d) Sunflower seeds
87
...
81-90) : Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of the four
alternatives
...
Find a word in the passage which means 'the owner of a
business'
...
101-105): You have two brief passages with
5 questions following each passage
...
o
o
b
o
...
c
s
PASSAGE-I
(Question Nos
...
I was accustomed to arriving in the
summer, when holiday-makers throng coastal resorts and this was
my first visit when the season was over
...
It took only a few
minutes for me to come to the foot of the cliff path
...
I was surprised
to notice that the sky was already a flame with the sunset
...
I was at a loss to
account for the exceptionally early end of daylight since I did not
think I had walked unduly slowly
...
All at once it was night
...
I was terrified of hurtling over
the edge of the cliff to the rocks below
...
Then I bumped into a little clump
of trees that loomed up in front of me
...
The waiting was spent by my attempts to identify the little stirrings
and noises of animal life that I could hear
...
At last when
the moon came up I was on my way again
...
2014)
101
...
(b) he was missing the company of other holiday-makers
...
(d) there was no one to meet him
...
"I left all signs of habitation behind me
...
(b) was in front of a large collection of cottages
...
(d) had just passed a remote village
...
I became darker than the writer expected because
(a) the nights are shorter in autumn than in summer
...
(c) the train arrived later than usual
...
104
...
(b) poor visibility and grassy track
...
(d) poor visibility and dew on grass
...
When he settled himself on the fork of the tree the writer
___________
(a) had a sound sleep
...
(c) was too afraid to sleep
...
s
re
p
91
...
The author is of the opinion that
(a) the centre should start negotiations with Google, Twitter
and Facebook
(b) the centre should help the citizens evacuate their city
(c) the centre should not block the sites
(d) the centre should arrest the guilty
93
...
The author's seriousness regarding the situation can best
be described in the following sentences
...
(a) Our leaders should display their powers of censorship
when needed
(b) If this is the official idea of prompt action at a time of
crisis among communities, then Indians have more
reason to fear their protectors than the nebulous
mischief maker of the cyber-world
(c) The politicians deflect attention from t heir own
incompetence
(d) If a few morphed images and spurious texts can unsettle
an entire nation, then there is something deeply wrong
with the nation
95
...
The author warns us against
(a) not playing false with the citizens
(b) dangers inherent in the cyber-world
(c) not using the cyber-world judiciously
(d) not protecting the citizens from dangerous politicians
97
...
What is the opposite of 'wrong headed'?
(a) silly
(b) sane
(c) insane
(d) insensible
99
...
Pick the odd one out
...
The following is a list of statements made by the author of
the above passage
...
(a) It is absurd to ban Twitter accounts that parody
despatches from the Prime Minister's Office
(b) Twitter take these parodies for genuine despatches from
the PMO
(c) To describe such forms of humour as 'misrepresenting"
the PMO makes the PMO look more ridiculous
(d) The precedent for such action was set recently by the
chief minister of West Bengal
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Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
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DIRECTION: (Qs
...
Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each
question out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening
the appropriate circle [ ] in the Answer Sheet
...
w
b
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m
o
...
111-115)
The instinctive, natural way to express anger is to respond
aggressively
...
On the other hand, we can't physically lash out at every
person or object that irritates or annoys us; laws, social norms
and common sense place limits on how far our anger can take us
...
The three main approaches are
expressing, suppressing and calming
...
Being assertive doesn't ' mean being 'pushy
or demanding; It means being respectful of yourself and others
...
This
happens when you hold in your anger, stop thinking about it and
focus on something positive
...
2015)
111
...
112
...
According to the author, how should people deal with their
anger?
(a) Express it assertively
(b) Express it aggressively
(c) Expressing consciously
(d) Expressing unconsciously
114
...
How, accordmg to the author, can one suppress anger ?
(a) By holding one's anger
...
(d) By redirecting anger
...
116-120)
The crowd surged forward through the narrow streets of Paris
...
They came
to an old house which had a workshop on the ground floor
...
They found the workshop without its owner
...
Thimonier
had escaped by the back door
...
106-110)
It is sad that in country after country, progress should become
synonymous with an assault on nature
...
When the highest mountain in the world
was climbed in 1953, Jawaharlal Nehru objected to the phrase
'conquest of Everest' which he thought was arrogant
...
Gandhi that wildlife
was fast disappearing
...
Gandhi: ‘It is decreasing in
the jungles but it is increasing in the towns’
On the one hand the rich look askance at our continuing
poverty; on the other they warn us against their own methods
...
Are not poverty and need the great polluters? For instance, unless
we are in a position to provide employment and purchasing power
for the daily necessities of the tribal people and those who live in
and around our jungles, we cannot prevent them from combing
the forest for food and livelihood, from poaching and from
despoiling the vegetation
...
At the beginning of the passage, the writer expresses her
opinion that in many countries progress is synonymous
with
(a) development
...
(c) a balanced treatment of nature
...
107
...
(b) sarcasm
...
(d) greed of man
...
Nehru objected to the phrase 'conquest of Everest' since
(a) it carries a war-like connotation
...
(c) it depicts Everest as a victim
...
109
...
!'
(a) Refers to wild animals' decrease in the jungle
...
(c) Refers to man's selfishness
...
110
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force
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
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The expression "customs and ceremonies" means :
(a) habits and traditions
(b) fairs and festivals
(c) superstitions and formalities
(d) usual practices and religious rites
122
...
123
...
(b) Criminals, who flout the law, are seldom brought to book
(c) Peaceful citizens seldom violate the law
(d) The police check the citizens, whether they are good or
bad, from violating the law
...
According to the writer, which one of the following is not
the responsibility of the police ?
(a) To check violent activities of citizens
...
(c) To protect the privileges of all citizens
(d) To ensure peace among citizens by safeguarding
individual rights
125
...
(b) A criminal is deterred from committing crimes only for
fear of the law
...
(d) Law ensures people's religious and social rights
absolutely ad unconditionally
...
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b
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m
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Journalists argue over functions of a newspaper
...
A newspaper should reflect
the community it serves– warts and all
...
It
should help to eradieate them
...
The individual's voice must not be stifled
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passages carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate circle
in the Answer sheet
...
But in normal times there is another force that
compels citizens to obey laws and to act with due regard to the
rights of others
...
Laws are made to secure the personal safety
of its subjects and to prevent murder and crimes of violence
...
Now the good citizen, of his
own free will obey these laws and he takes care that everything he
does is done with due regard to the rights and well being of others
...
And the necessary steps
to compel the bad citizen to act as a good citizen are taken by this
h
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passages carefully and choose
the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and
mark it by blackeing the appropriate circle in the Answer Sheet
...
They were systematically broken up
and destroyed – dozens of them
...
"That is the end of M'Sieur Thimonier and his sewing
machines," they said to one another and went home satisfied
...
116
...
(b) how a well meant invention can be misunderstood
(c) what mischief an inventor can do to ordinary people
...
117
...
(b) the misdoings of Thimonier
...
The aim of the crowd was to
(a) kill Thimonier
(b) drive Thimonier away
(c) humiliate Thimonier
(d) destroy the sewing machines
119
...
(b) Thimonier was mad
...
(d) they would be deprived of their livelihood
...
Shutters were being closed because the shopkeepers
(a) wanted to attack the crowd
...
(c) feared their shops would be destroyed
...
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133
...
What is meant by “Sentiment” in the context of the given
paragraph?
(a) Depression
(b) Fascination
(c) Celebration
(d) Resentment
135
...
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m
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Dyslexia is a perceptual disorder often occurring in persons of
normal, or even above average intelligence
...
Letters and numbers
often appear reversed: "b" seems to be "d", "quite" is "quiet"
and "from" is "form
...
Vowel and consonant
sounds may be confused
...
They often confuse left and right
...
The
condition seems to be inherited
...
Howere, with early recognition and specialized approaches to
teaching reading, most dyslexics can learn to read
...
The modern wholeword, or look-and-say, method seems to be more of a hindrance to
learning for dyslexics than it is for ordinary pupils
...
The problem of words
that cannot be sounded out such as rough, laugh or through-is
not solved by phonetics
...
However, for children with dyslexia the problem can be
compounded by the failure of parents or teachers to recognize
the condition
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
Dyslexia, often occurring in persons of normal, or even above
average intelligence, is a_____
(a) Conceptual disorder
(b) Pathological disease
(c) Perceptive disorder
(d) Perceptual disorder
137
...
People suffering from dyslexia are often _____
(a) right handed
(b) far sighted
(c) ambidextrous
(d) only left handed
...
136-140) : A passage is given with 5 questions
following it
...
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The first working steam powered vehicle was designed and most
likely built by Ferdinand Verbies, a Flemish member of a Jesuit
mission in China around 1672
...
It is not known if Verbiest’s model was ever built
...
He constructed
two steam tractors for the French Army, one of which is preserved
in the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts
...
In 1801, Richard
Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil road
locomotive, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a
steam-powered road vehicle
...
Sentiment against steampowered road vehicles led to the Locomotive Acts of 1865
...
(SSC CGL 1st Sit
...
The first full-scale, working steam powered tricycle was
built by:
(a) Verbiest
(b) Cugnot
(c) Trevithick
(d) Niepce
132
...
131-135) : A passage is given with 5
questions following it
...
Reading Comprehension
a
126
...
(b) By supporting the local newspaper
(c) By writing to journalists
(d) By writing to their local newspaper
127
...
The expression "wants and all" in the passage means :
(a) hopes and fears
(b) the reader's grievances
(c) with no attempt to conceal blemishes and inadequacies
(d) the community's problems
129
...
130
...
146-150) : In questions below, you have a
passage with 5 questions
...
o
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b
o
...
c
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Research is a detailed study of a subject undertaken on a
systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge,
including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of
this stock of knowledge to devise new applications
...
To test
the validity of instruments, procedures or experiments research
may replicate elements of prior projects, or the project as a whole
...
There are several forms of research : scientific, humanities, artistic,
economic, social, business, marketing, etc
...
Most academic work is published
in book form
...
Many researchers spend their
time applying for grants for research funds
...
(SSC SI 2015)
146
...
(b) There are different kinds of research
...
(d) There are two different kinds of research
...
Select the answer which best reflects the view expressed in
the passage
...
(b) Researchers never apply for grants
...
(d) Documentation is important in research
...
Why is research conducted ?
(a) Research is conducted in order to minimise the result
of previous works
...
(c) Research is conducted in order to develop new
problems
...
149
...
(b) Research is the creation of new forms of knowledge
...
(d) Research is the attempt to limit the growth of
knowledge
...
Choose the most appropriate answer from this passage
...
(b) Academic publishing is meant only for professionals
...
(d) Academic publishing is meant only for experts
...
In order to
speak a language it is important to listen to it and to read a few
pages in it everyday
...
Walking and talking comes naturally
to a child as it grows
...
we call this multilingualism
...
To know a language then is first of all to be able
to speak it as easily and naturally as a tree year old child does
...
In
order to read and write in a language, one has to speak it
...
A
baby does not speak until it is nine months old but it understands
a few words at six months of age
...
So the first strategy in
speaking a language is to listen
...
2016)
141
...
(a) seeing
(b) listening
(c) understanding
(d) talking
142
...
(a) sing
(b) spell
(c) speak
(d) none of the above
143
...
A child has been __________ ever since it was born
(a) speaking
(b) reading
(c) walking
(d) listening
145
...
(b) Read it well all the time
...
141-145) : A passage is given with 5
questions following it
...
103
a
139
...
The problem of perception can be compounded by the failure
of parents and teachers to ____
...
The second
reason is that self-directed learning is more in tune with our natural
processes of psychological development; an essential aspect of
maturing is developing the ability to take increasing responsibility
of our own lives to become increasingly self-directed
...
Too meet tthe challenges in today's
instructive environment, self-directed learning is most essential
...
In self-directed learning, an individual
(a) Takes initiative with or without the help of others
(b) Is passive and waits for directions
(c) Is helpless and dependent
(d) Takes initiative, without an objective
157
...
Which word best describes self-directed learning ?
(a) Active learning
(b) Passive learning
(c) Compulsory learning
(d) Repulsive learning
159
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The synonym of the word "diagnosing" is
(a) Searching
(b) Examining
(c) Identifying
(d) Complying
PASSAGE -1
(Question Nos
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Luck lies in bed
and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy, labour
turns out at six and with busy pen and ringing hammer lays the
foundation of competence
...
Luck slips downwards
to self-indul-gence ; labour strides upwards and aspires to
independence
...
In other words, a man's
success in life will be proportionate to his efforts, to his industry,
to his attention to small things
...
Which one of the following words in the passage indicates
that the writer does not ultimately reject the element of luck?
(a) 'Luck whines'
(b) 'Diligence is the mother of good luck'
(c) Luck
...
(d) Luck
...
'
162
...
156-160)
Self directed learning, in its broadest meaning, describes a process
in which individuals take the initiative with or without the help of
others, in diagnosing their learning needs formulating learning
goals, identifying resources for learning, choosing and
implementing learning strategies and evaluating learning
outcomes
...
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PASSAGE I
(Question Nos
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Despite
the proliferation of modern means of entertainment and
communication, street theatre continues to flourish in India
...
Unlike in the olden days, its
performance is no longer restricted to villages or small localities
of the city
...
Themes on substance abuse, AIDS awareness, and
domestic violence are some of the areas highlighted by
contemporary street theatre troupe
...
The human body
becomes the main tool in which choreography, mime, dialogues,
songs and slogans are extensively used
...
Its appeal is
to the emotions leading to quick psychological impact on
audiences
...
(SSC SI 2014)
151
...
(a) does affect
(b) does not affect
(c) helps popularis
(d) helps establish
152
...
(a) was restricted
(b) was not restricted
(c) was opened
(d) was entertained
153
...
(a) is distanced
(b) is performed
(c) deals
(d) does not deal
154
...
(a) nothing
(b) costly
(c) reasonable
(d) affordable
155
...
(a) intimate
(b) emotional
(c) mystical
(d) physical
Reading Comprehension
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DIRECTIONS : In question nos
...
Read the
passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question
out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening tthe
appropriate oval [ ] in the Answer Sheet
...
'Indeed, violence is bad, not intrinsically, but because of
these motives that go with it'
...
(b) Violence is bad only when it is associated with certain
motives
...
(d) Violence is basically bad
...
Non-violence, according to the writer, means:
(a) violence without the evil motives
...
(d) none of the above
...
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Freedom has assuredly given us a new status and new
opportunities
...
Our freadom
suggests toil and creation of new values for old ones
...
If there is any one thing that needs
to be stressed more, than any other in the new set-up, it is that we
should put into action our full, capacity, each one of us in
productive effort - each one of us in his own sphere, however
humble
...
Work is wealth, and service is happiness
...
The
greatest crime in India today is idleness
...
(SSC CHSL 2013)
171
...
What has freedom undeniably offered to the citizens of India ?
(a) New opportunities
(b) New outlook
(c) New responsibilities
(d) New values
173
...
It is that people should
(a) discard narrowness of outlook
(b) discipline themselves suitably
(c) work to their full capacity
(d) substitute old values with new ones
174
...
(a) Resourceful
(b) Incessant
(c) Productive
(d) Ingenious
175
...
c
s
DIRECTIONS : In questions no
...
Read the
passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question
out of the four alternatives and mark it by blackening the
appropriate oval ( ) in the Answer Sheet
...
Which one of the following statements sums up the meaning
of the passage?
(a) Luck waits and complains without working while labour
achieves success although it complains
...
(c) Luck often ends in defeat but labour produces luck
...
164
...
What does this
statement mean?
(a) Labour lays the foundation of the building
...
(c) There is no worker who works so hard as the labourer
who begins his day at six in the morning
...
165
...
(b) Expectation of good luck always meets with
disappoinment
...
(d) Luck is neccessary for success
...
166-170)
Violence has played a great part in the world's history
...
It is impossibe to ignore the
importance of violence in the past and present
...
Yet violence is undoubtedly bad and brings an
unending trail of evil consequences with it
...
Indeed, violence
is bad, not intrinsically, but because of these motives that go with
it
...
But it is
extremely difficult to separate violence from these motives, and
therefore, it is desirable to avoid as far as possible
...
however someone can not accept a negative
attitude of submitting to bad and far greater evils
...
The non-violent method, in
order to justify itself, must be dynamic and capable of changing
such a regime of social order
...
The word 'dynamic' in the concluding line of the passage
means:
(a) active
(b) energetic
(c) capable of change and progress
(d) all of the above
167
...
(b) Violence is not inherenty ill
(c) Violence is a historically accepted fact
...
168
...
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m
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(SSC Stenographer 2016)
Like watering a plant, we grow our friendships [and all our
relationships) by running them
...
If they are to continue
...
Sometimes a friendship can bring out the positive side that
you never show in any other relationship
...
With a friend you are to be yourself and free to change
...
It is an unconditional
experience where you receive as much as you give
...
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
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"Something is very wrong
...
"I know!" says
Ms
...
"It is wrong that someone has stolen from me!" The
detective looks around Ms
...
"That is not what
I am talking about, ma'am
...
" Ms
...
Ms
...
Her hands are
shaking
...
"These windows have not been opened or shut in
months
...
"The robber did
not squeeze down here
...
He examines the latch
...
" " I have no idea how he did it
...
Gervis
...
" "And you say the robber stole
nothing else?" asks the detective
...
He took only what was important
to me," Ms
...
"There is only one thing I can
do now
...
"I
will stop baking cakes," Ms
...
"They are mine to give
away
...
" "You can't do that!"
says the detective with alarm
...
I do not know," says Ms
...
(SSC CHSL 2014)
181
...
Gervis say is a big mystery?
(a) How the robber got in
(b) How the robber got in and out
(c) How the robber got out
(d) How the robber stole
182
...
Why does the detective say, "I must solve this case
immediately?"
(a) Because Ms
...
Gervis is crying
(c) Because Ms
...
Gervis says she won't bake cakes again
184
...
Gervis is shivering with fever
(b) Ms
...
Gervis is shivering with cold
(d) Ms
...
Why does the detective say that the robber did not come
through the front door?
(a) The latch was not opened
(b) There was no doorbell
(c) There was no lock
(d) There were no scratches
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read the passage carefully and choose
the best answer to each questions out of the four alternatives
and mark it by blackening the appropriate oval ( ) in the
Answer Sheet
...
One day, he saw an old man in the street
...
One day, a violent storm swept the kingdom
...
It roared into the palace and blew away the
emperor’s belongings, including his priceless golden pitcher
...
People went in search of the pitcher
...
But no matter who tried, no one could get a grip on the
pitcher
...
Yet it could be plainly
seen, glittering and just below the water’s surface
...
The people saw the golden pitcher
(a) in a river nearby
(b) in a lake nearby
(c) in a pit nearby
(d) inside the palace
177
...
What did the people who went to bring the pitcher get?
(a) Nothing at all
(b) A handful of water
(c) A handful of air
(d) The pitcher’s handle
179
...
The emperor was upset to see the old man because
(a) it reminded him of his grandfather
(b) it reminded him that he might fall ill
(c) it reminded him that he would grow old too
...
Reading Comprehension
a
DIRECTIONS (Qs
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192
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(b) unbelievable personalities
...
(d) everyday life and the world beyond him
...
John Forster was Dickens'
(a) friend and editor
(b) friend and biographer
(c) best friend and philosopher
(d) friend and doctor
194
...
The word 'popular' in the passage means
(a) propelling
(b) problematic
(c) successful
(d) poor
o
o
b
o
...
The colour changes to help the chameleon avoid
its enemies
...
The determined by environmental factors,
such as light and change is actually temperature
...
On cool nights,
the colour fades to a creamy changes chameleons are excited,
angry or afraid
...
There are many types of
chameleons
...
The others mostly occur in the Sahara Desert,
with few in Western Asia and Southern Europe
...
Very large chameleons
may even use their sticky tongues to catch birds
...
Chameleons change colour when they are
(a) angry, excited or happy
...
(c) afraid, excited or angry
...
197
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(b) on the Asian island of Madagascar
...
(d) in the Sahara Desert
...
The colour changing ability of a chameleon is a form of
camouflage which is a
(a) dance done by chameleons
...
(c) disease which affects charneleons
...
199
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(b) fly away
...
(d) attract prey
...
c
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
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p
(SSC Stenographer 2016)
In the history of Britain, the period from 1837 to 1901 is known as the
Victorian Age
...
Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist
of this period
...
However,
it was the vast galaxy of unusual characters created by him that
made him more popular than any of his contemporaries
...
Beginning with The
Pickwick Papers in 1836
...
According to Dickens friend and biographer, John
Forster
...
"
191
...
(b) the working class, dull plots and sense of humour
...
(d) the working class, intricate plots and sense of humour
...
191-195) : Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and mark it by blackening the appropriate circle
[ ] in the Answer Sheet
...
How do friendships grow ? The answer is simple
...
All this means
learning to accept a person from a completely different family to
your own or perhaps someone from a completely different cultural
background
...
In turn we gain
tolerance and acceptance for our own differences
...
In good friendships, we
(a) give and receive
...
(c) only give
...
187
...
(c) skill and efficiency
(d) ability to do something
188
...
(b) only attention
...
(d) only tolerance
...
Friendships and relationships grow when they are
(a) compared
(b) divided
(c) favoured
(d) nurtured
190
...
(b) not to be ourselves
...
(d) to be someone else
...
206-210) : Read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer to each question out of the four
alternatives and mark it in the answer sheet
...
w
b
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...
2016)
PASSAGE
The destructive process of Mountain Top Removal mining (MTR)
has caused permanent damage to Appalachia
...
5 million acres of mountains
that have already been removed cannot be re-grown, re-built, or
replaced
...
but their efforts cannot recreate the once
beautiful mountain landscape
...
MTR operations
clear enormous tracts of forest
...
After the blast, the
excess mountaintop which miners refer to as ''overburden'' is
usually dumped into nearby valleys or streams
...
206
...
MTR operations cause environmental hazards because
(a) mountaintops dumped in valleys and streams contain
toxic substance
...
(c) it causes explosion
...
208
...
After the MTR operation, the mining companies
(a) replace the mountaintops
...
(c) restore native vegetation
...
210
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(b) weeds planted by mining companies
...
(d) debris from landslides
...
c
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(SSC Sub
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2016)
PASSAGE
Flattery means 'praising insincerely in order to please', Every
flatterer says words in which he himself does not believe
...
In doing so he does not mind if he corrupts the minds of those
whom he flatters
...
It creates a world of falsehood and thus an outrage of man's
sense of decency and gentlemanly behaviour
...
Flattery is the ready weapon of the opportunist
...
It works on the
general weakness of human beings
...
Flattery is equally bad for him
who is flattered and for him who flatters
...
By falling a victim to it, we show lack of character
...
It is an evil
which ruins social and moral values by claiming what is not
rightfully its own
...
It is thus the greatest of disease which can plague
humanity
...
How does flattery deceive us ?
(a) It makes us more corrupt
...
(c) It makes us bankrupt
...
202
...
Flattery can stain the
(a) mind
(b) human conscience
(c) heart
(d) emotion
204
...
How does the weapon of flattery work?
(a) It conquers the man with a weak will
...
(c) It conquers the man with a strong will
...
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Reading Comprehension
a
200
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(b) light and temperature
...
(d) light and pressure
...
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102
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103
...
104
...
105
...
106
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107
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108
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109
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110
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111
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112
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113
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114
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115
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116
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117
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118
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(d)
(c)
(c)
(c)
(a)
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(c)
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(d)
(a)
(d)
(b)
(a)
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(d)
(b)
(d)
(b)
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(b)
(c) The average man often uses in his own vocabulary
what was once technical language not meant for him
5
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(b) The Eradication of Small-pox
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8
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(a) Previous projects had failed
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(c) Small-pox victims no longer die when they contract
the disease
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(a) 13
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(a) 15
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(c) 19
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(d)
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(d)
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(d) Look at the sentence : The real problem is that course
promoters view development as something which
primarily, takes place in a class room
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(a) Critical
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(b) a (fixed) attitude of mind
46
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(c) must change himself
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(c) a regime of living regulated by discipline from within
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(d) 69
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(b)
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(b) 77
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(a) Fish out of water = A person who feels uncomfortable
or awkward
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(a) 82
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(b) Baltimore Oriole is of 7 inches in length
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(a)
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(a) Self-directed learning is active learning as one does
not sit passively and waits for someone to teach
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o
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155 (b) Street theatre creates an emotional impact on audiences
that leads to quick psychological impact
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(a) In self directed learning, an individual takes initiative
with or without the help of others to learn new things
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(c) Street theatre usually deals with issues of public
importance
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(b) the people saw the golden pitcher in a lake nearby
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(b) a handful of water
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(c) the emperor was upset to see the old man because it
reminded him that he would grow old too
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Gervis is unable to understand the mystery about
how the robber got in and out of the house
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(c) The robber stole the cakes that Ms
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Grevis got to know that the cakes she baked
for giving are stolen; she was devastated and decided
to quit baking
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Grevis was shivering with fear that she had robbers
at her home
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(d) the detective checked on the front door and because
the latch did not had any scratch or marks
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(a)
b
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(b) 150
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(b) Modern means of entertainment and communication
does not affect street theatre
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In passive voice, the object of a
verb appears to perform an action so that the effect of that action
appears to fall on the subject
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The effect of the action may or may not
fall on an object, that is, the verb may or may not have an object
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The girl laughs, in the first
sentence, 'opened' is the verb or the action; the 'maid' is the subject
or the 'doer' who performs that action; and the 'door' is the object
on whom the effect of that action is directed
...
There is no object because the
effect of the girl's laughing cannot be directed at another object
...
Here, the focus is on the fact that
his car was stolen
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Example:
A mistake has been made
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When interchanging active sentences in passive voice, note
the following:
·
the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the
passive sentence
·
the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
·
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the
passive sentence (or is dropped)
RULES OF CHANGING ACTIVE VOICE
ACTIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
Present Simple He delivers the letters
...
Past Simple
He delivered the
letters
...
Future Simple
He will deliver the
letters
...
Present
Continuous
He is delivering the
letters
...
Past
Continuous
He was delivering the The letters were being delivered
letters
...
Going to
He is going to deliver
the letters
...
Present Perfect He has delivered the
letters
...
Past Perfect
He had delivered the
letters
...
Infinitive
He has to deliver the
letters
...
The letters have to be
delivered by him
...
Modals
USES OF PASSIVE
1
...
3
...
When the agent (=the person who does the action) is
unknown, unimportant or obvious from the context
...
(Who shot Tom is not known)
This museum was built in 1774
...
(Obviously by the police)
To make more polite or formal statements
The room hasn't been cleaned
...
(less polite)
When the action is more important than the agent
Around 12 people have been killed in the flood
...
The new mall will be inaugurated by the mayor
...
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The agent is referred to when there is some important
information about it which otherwise would be missing from the
sentence
...
However, the agent is not mentioned:
1
...
Shiela's locket was stolen yesterday
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If we are not interested in who has done what we are
talking about or it is not important to mention it
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(What we are interested in
is the fact that he has been operated upon and not who
has operated upon him
...
If it is easy to understand who did something without it
being mentioned
...
(It is not
necessary to mention that he has been arrested by the
police because it is self-evident
...
If the subject of the active voice sentence is something
like somebody, people, they, you, etc
...
? My purse was stolen
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Example: The house has been
cleaned by Maria
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Someone stole his car in the parking
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Active
The police have arrested all the culprits
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Active
People don't use this route very often
...
:
Passive :
He was accused of stealing the bicycle
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:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
Active
Passive
Active
Passive
Active
Passive
:
:
:
:
:
:
Active
Passive
Active
Passive
:
:
:
:
Passive :
A new mall is being built in the city
...
Passive :
She didn't realise that she was being videographed
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Passive :
The dates of the examinations have been changed
...
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
Passive :
Sam told me that he had been stopped and robbed
him in the street
...
All flights were cancelled because of farmers'
agitation
...
Sam said, "I am going to the market now"
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Sam said that he was
going to the market then
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Tip is included in the bill
...
Active
rd
:
:
:
:
:
o
...
Tom wasn't offered the job
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Jim isn't paid very much
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You will be asked a lot of questions at the police
station
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I wasn't told that you were not coming
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He was given a present by his colleagues when he
retired
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You will be sent your mark sheet as soon as it is
ready
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She wasn't asked her name
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by making the indirect (animate) object the subject of
the passive voice sentence, which is also the way that
we usually prefer
...
By making the direct (inanimate) object the subject of
the passive voice
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I was given this novel by Susan
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Some of the verbs that take two objects are: give, write, offer,
pay, tell, send, show, bring, etc
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' If the indirect object
of the active voice sentence is a personal pronoun it has to be
changed into a subject pronoun to be the subject of the passive
voice sentence
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Example: The almirah has been locked with a key
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(cheese and peppers = the material that was used)
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She said, "He has She said that he
finished his work" had finished his
work
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England
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He said that Bill
had arrived on
Saturday
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Past Continuous Changes "We were living in They told us that
Hong Kong", they they had been
To Past Perfect
told us
...
Direct Speech
"I will be in Italy She said that she
on Saturday", she would be in Italy
said
on Saturday
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"
He said that he
would be visiting
mother next
Monday
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Direct Speech Condition
Present Tenses in the Direct If the reporting or principal verb
Speech are changed into
is in the Past Tense
...
If in direct speech you find
say/says or will say
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The reporting verb is in a
present tense
...
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
The first person of He says, "I am in
the reported speech fifth class
...
He says that he is
in fifth class
...
"
He tells them that
they have
completed their
job
...
The third person of She says, "She is in She says that she
the reported speech ninth class
...
doesn't change
...
c
s
She said that she
was reading a
book
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Here
re
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Present Continuous
Changes To Past
Continuous
Indirect Speech
rd
He said that he
always drank tea
...
w
"I always drink
tea", he said
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Simple Present Changes
To Simple Past
o
Indirect Speech
o
Changes in Tenses : The past perfect and past perfect
continuous tenses do not change
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Words expressing nearness in time or places are generally
changed into words expressing distance
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Interjections such as
Hurrah, wow, alas, oh, ah are used to express emotions
...
Exclamatory sentence changes into assertive sentence
...
Interjections are removed
...
Exclamation mark changes into full stop
...
Wh- words like 'what' and 'how' are removed and before the
adjective of reported speech we put 'very
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He said, "I must
resign from the job"
He said that he had to
resign from the job
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Would
Could
She said, "she would
apply for a visa"
Mood in Direct Speech
Reporting verb in indirect verb
sorrow
Exclaimed with sorrow/ grief/
exclaimed sorrowfully or cried out
happiness
exclaimed with joy/ delight/
exclaimed joyfully
She said that she would
apply for a visa
...
"
He said that he could
climb the ladder
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Tom said that he might
help him
...
"
go to the pub
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" ought to wait for her
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Mood in Direct Speech Reporting verb in indirect
Order
ordered verb
Request
requested / entreated
Advice
Direction
advised / urged
told, advised or forbade
(No need of "not" after
"forbade")
directed
Suggestion
suggested to
Warning
warn
(If a person is addressed
directly)
called
Never
Rules of conversion of Interrogative Direct Speech
Changes
Reporting
Verb
Joining
Clause
Punctuation
Direct Speech
said/ said to
Indirect Speech Condition
Asked, enquired or
demanded
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If sentence begins no conjunction is used as
with "wh-"
"question-word" itself act
questions
as joining clause
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Helping Verbs if 'No' is used in
interrogative
sentences
Did or has/have
do/does is changed into
did
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c
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He said, "I may buy a He said that he might buy
house"
a house
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rd
CAN changes
into COULD
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rd
5)
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Tom says that he eats a mango
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Shiela said that she went to the market
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Liz said that she had bought a purse the day before
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Tom said that he was going to church
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Sam said that he had been playing football
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Rita said that she had done her home work
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Teacher said that he had been reading a novel
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Mr Wilson said that he would go to Germany the next day
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"
Rashmi said that she must (or) had to go then
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Tom said that the sun rises in the East
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"You can do this work easily" said Sam to Tom
Sam told Tom that he could do that work easily
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"
She says that she is happy to be there that morning
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"Don't talk in the class
...
Mr
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"Please give me something to eat
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The beggar requested the lady to give him something to eat
and said that he was hungry
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The man ordered the servant to be careful
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Sam asked Tom to bring him some juice
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The porter asked the man if he would not help him to carry
that box
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"How often do you go to the movies?" said Donald to Deb
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22) Sam said to Tom, "Do you like strawberries?"
Sam asked Tom if he liked strawberries
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Shiela exclaimed joyfully that that was a very beautiful flower
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They all exclaimed that it was a very horrible sight
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He exclaimed sorrowfully that he had lost his purse
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Sam exclaimed joyfully that she was very beautiful
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She asked where he was going
...
"
She asked Shiela when the next bus was
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The beggar asked if anyone was there
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"
The doctor asked Harman to lie down
...
"
The magician asked the boys not to move
...
"
The constable asked him to say nothing about that
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Do you?" she asked
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34) The magician said, "Oh! It's a snake
...
"
The magician exclaimed with disgust that it was a snake and
told the boys not to go near it
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(must = will have to)
The Mayor said that if the floods got any worse they would
have to leave the village
...
She said that she had just received a letter and would have
to go home at once
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Where are you going?"
He said that he was off to the party and wanted to know
where I was going
...
39) Teacher said to students, "Have you prepared well for the
test?"
Teacher asked students if they had prepared well for the
test
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Wilson said to the driver, "Can you take me to the zoo
now?"
Mr
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41) The policeman said to Rita, "Are you in such a hurry to ride
the bike without helmet?" The policeman asked Rita if she
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s
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rd
12
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w
Only I and my friend were at the concert
...
ü
(Pronouns order- I and me come last when more than one
pronoun is used in a phrase, you comes next to last, and
third-person pronoun comes first)
2
...
û
Everybody will get his share
...
3
...
û
Most of the students found it difficult to comprehend his speech
...
Don't pride on your victory
...
ü
(Without the reflexive pronoun yourself, it would be
impossible for the reader to know who you pride on)
...
The climate of India is hotter than France
...
ü
(Here the comparison is between the climates of two
countries (India and France) and not between the climate of
India and the country of France)
...
His room's doors are locked
...
ü
(Normally use 'of the' form, like 'wheels of the car', etc
...
John absented from the office yesterday
...
ü
8
...
û
I have good news for you
...
"
9
...
û
The boys leave school at four o'clock
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They realized where their weak points were and how to get
rid of them
...
ü
(A fragment with a Missing Subject; hence, an appropriate
subject to form an independent clause included)
...
While doing the work, there are obstacles ahead
...
ü
(Needs to revise a dangling modifier by naming the
appropriate doer of the action as the subject of the main
clause)
It is everybody's duty to respect their motherland
...
ü
He cannot set a foot in my house
...
ü
(The idiom is 'set foot in' and not 'set a foot in')
Either of them are to go
...
ü
(Technically, "either" is singular but informally and in
conversation, you'll hear "either of them are")
...
û
The Andamans are a group of islands
...
)
Police was unable to catch the thief
...
ü
(The word "police" has no singular noun form
...
Shiela pretended to not recognize the man in the market
...
ü
She neither speaks English nor French
...
ü
(Here neither modifies the verb 'speak' whereas it should
modify the language English)
Fire broke out in our neighbourhood
...
ü
(While fire, as a substance, is uncountable, but 'a fire broke
out' gives a mental image of a single fire)
His heart sank and could hardly stand
...
ü
(A fragment with a Missing Subject; hence, an appropriate
subject to form an independent clause included)
...
û
All I know is that my friend is right
...
û
He has not yet gone to bed
...
He made very wise decision
...
ü
They had better to go now
...
ü
(The verb form is always had, not have and is shorten to'd
better in informal situations
...
b
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was in such a hurry to ride the bike without helmet
...
Sam said to Shiela, "when will you start from Jaipur?"
Sam asked Shiela when she would start from Jaipur
...
The policeman said to John, "who were you waiting for?"
The policeman asked John who he had been waiting for
...
38
...
û
The polar bear is not used to living in hot places
...
)
39
...
She sent a word that she would come late
...
ü
(The word 'word' means news or a message: We got word of
their plan from a former colleague)
...
Nobody is bound to suffering
...
ü
(Bound after verb + to infinitive means certain or extremely
likely to happen: You're bound to forget people's names
often)
...
Have you read the Shakespeare's Macbeth?
û
Have you read Shakespeare's Macbeth?
ü
43
...
û
She rarely goes to the theatre
...
44
...
û
The Adams invited me to a party
...
45
...
û
Shiela felt sorry about the street children but she did not voice it
...
46
...
û
He was astonished at her sudden resignation
...
Here contextual
use is 'at'
...
w
b
rd
ü
(To make a judgement about some aspect of someone or
something; (Upon is formal and less commonly used than
on
...
Do you want to try these new skates?
Do you want to try out these new skates?
û
ü
('Try out' means to undergo a competitive qualifying test; to
test or use something experimentally)
...
I enjoyed during the holidays
...
û
ü
m
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The judge has decided upon the case
...
c
s
47
...
s
re
p
25
...
û
He succeeded in getting the prize
...
No one can avoid to make mistakes
...
ü
27
...
û
Mother was busy preparing dinner
...
Please tell him don't come now
...
ü
29
...
û
We will tolerate no interference in our internal affairs
...
)
30
...
û
I saw him play
...
= I saw him play throughout the game
...
= I saw him on the field but but I do not know whether
he actually finished the action)
31
...
û
Rita is incapable of completing the work on her own
...
You do not say that someone is 'incapable to do'
something)
...
This park is belonged to every resident
...
ü
(Belong is followed by to which means 'to be bound to (a
person, place, or club) by ties of affection, dependence,
allegiance, or membership)
33
...
û
The answer to this question is not so easy
...
34
...
û
Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen
...
35
...
û
Herman looks cheerful
...
36
...
I didn't see him too
...
ü
('Either' is used in negative sentences to add an agreeing
thought: Tom doesn't speak French
...
(There are words like square and not 'more square' or round
and not 'more round' similarly, it is perfect or imperfect, unique
or not unique etc
...
This movie is the most unique of all
...
54
...
55
...
He has a good knowledge of Botany
...
ü
û
ü
56
...
û
The French are industrious and frugal
...
57
...
û
She likes to play badminton
...
The blue is my favourite colour
...
ü
59
...
û
Dogs are faithful animals
...
(= all books in
general)
...
(= specific books
(that you and I know)
...
Sheila did not answer to his question
...
ü
('To answer to' as a phrasal verb meaning 'be accountable
to': If she doesn't behave properly, she'll have to answer to
me
...
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...
û
I bought a story book to read
...
Neither of them won the election
...
) are not used when
overall meaning of them is to negate)
...
Each of these girls sing very well
...
û
ü
(The subject of such sentences is each, which is a singular
noun
...
It just specifies a group which the
subject is a part of)
...
We all had not been invited
...
ü
(In negative sentences we do not normally use 'both'
...
Similarly, don't use 'all', use 'none'
...
68
...
One should love one's country
...
"
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...
'
û
'Have you got a house?' 'No, I haven't
...
ü
(In US English: You have a pencil, don't you? and in the UK:
You've got a pencil, haven't you?
70
...
û
I told her to behave
...
He told that he would be visiting Father on weekend
...
ü
(Use 'tell' with a personal object and 'said' when there is no
personal object)
...
Hardly the sun had risen when we set out
...
û
...
Tom's project is more perfect than Sam's
...
re
p
ü
62
...
w
They may not realize how important time is
...
They may not realize that how important time is
...
(An objective pronoun functions as the object of a verb or
preposition, as distinguished from a subject or subjective
pronoun, which is the subject of a verb)
...
û
David has just been commissioned as captain
...
û
You are no exception
...
He will be great help for you
...
ü
('Of great help to you' is grammatical)
Both of them did not win the election
...
Although he was ill, but he went to work as usual
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re
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...
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w
78
...
o
76
...
(Never means at no time before now, and is the same as not
...
The movie is too interesting
...
ü
(Too means 'more than enough'; do not use in the sense of
very or much)
This hardly won liberty cannot be lightly abandoned
...
ü
('Hard-won is one-word adjective which means won with toil
or difficulty; 'hardly' is an adverb meaning 'scarcely')
...
û
She was very happy to see him
...
Similarly,
don't use 'very' with comparative adjectives
...
: a bit
more sensible
...
û
No one writes as neatly as Susan does
...
e
...
The grandmother is living miserly
...
ü
(Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs like miserly is an
adjective)
The receptionist sat on her desk
...
ü
(Use 'sit' at a table, but on a chair, on a bench, on a sofa, etc;
in an arm-chair, in a tree or up a tree
...
Sam took his younger sister with the hand
...
ü
(Also hold by, catch by, seize by, snatch by, grasp by)
...
û
Everybody must conform to the rules
...
The Himalayas are covered by snow
...
ü
("Covered by" usually means that the covering actually
hides the thing that is covered (it may be a sheet, a lid, a
curtain): Covered by blankets)
...
û
Gina was disappointed with/in her daughter
...
h
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...
OR The sun had
hardly risen when we set out
...
= We had hardly
arrived home when the doorbell rang
...
û
She speaks not only English but also Chinese
...
It is high time she improves her behaviour
...
ü
(After It's time / It's high time, use a past tense to refer to the
present)
Suppose, if she arrives late, you will miss the train
...
ü
(Use suppose, supposing and what if + present verb form to
make suggestions about what might happen
...
He did good in the exams
...
ü
(Good is an adjective and a verb cannot be modified by an
adjective
...
She speaks French good
...
(Good is an adjective and goes before a noun
...
'Well' is an adverb and it
usually goes after the verb or verb + object)
...
û
This dress is inferior to that
...
û
Sam is junior to Tom
...
are
followed by to and not than: His first movie is superior to his
latest
...
It was bitter cold that night
...
ü
(Cold is itself an adjective; hence, can be modified by an
adverb 'bitterly' and not by an adjective i
...
'bitter')
...
û
She sang sweetly
...
û
I never remember having met a more interesting man
...
Our class is composed from thirty students
...
û
ü
(Composed of something means assembled or made out of
something: The committee is composed of people from all
walks of life)
...
c
s
This is an exception to the rule
...
This is an exception of the rule
...
)
o
...
û
o
93
...
96
...
û
There's/ I've got a pain in my leg
...
97
...
û
Susan is married to a rich man
...
They behaved cowardly
...
ü
(Cowardly, silly and miserly are all adjectives which cannot
modify verbs)
99
...
û
The majority of students do not like the new principal
...
A 75% majority agree to the decision made by the principal
...
ü
(The word 'majority' is used here for a collective group, hence
it should be treated as singular)
...
h
a
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b
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PASSAGE
We should preserve Nature to preserve life and beauty
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Unfortunately, because of
modernization, much of nature is now yielding to towns, roads
and industrial areas
...
Man will perish without nature, so modern man should
continue this struggle to save plants, which give us oxygen
...
8
...
Which one of the following is the correct statement ?
According to the passage
(a) beauty is only skin-deep
(b) everything is beautiful in its natural state
(c) there is beauty in Nature
(d) Nature is a moray teacher
10
...
What does ‘struggle’ in the passage mean ?
(a) Man’s struggle to exist in the world
(b) Man’s struggle to save Nature
(c) Man’s struggle to catch up with modern trends
(d) Man’s struggle to conserve oxygen
12
...
Although I was _________ of his plans, I encouraged him,
because there was no one else who was willing to help
...
(a) inflict
(c) direct
3
...
He was quite rich
...
(a) succeeded
(c) gave
(b) caught
(d) inherited
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning
to the words in capital letters
...
REPAST
(a) Past
(c) Peacefulness
5
...
6-7) : Each question below consists of a word
in capital letters followed by four words or group of words
...
6
...
TERSE
(a) Detailed
(c) Advanced
(b) Nasty
(d) Impure
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
You are required to select your
(b) It is full of green vegetation
(c) It will ensure our future existence
(d) It will show our command over Nature
m
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answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the
author only
...
c
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s
re
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
m
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Practice Set-1
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the one which can be substitued for the
given word/sentence
...
(a)
but returned / as he could not endure the
(b)
(b) Omniscient
(c) Irrestible
(d) Insolvent
21
...
(a) Pessenger
(c) Pasanger
(b) Passenger
(d) Pesanger
23
...
24-25) : In the following questions four
alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and
underlined in the sentence
...
Companies producing goods play to the gallery to boost
their sales
...
She inquired whether anyone seen her baby
...
(d)
18
...
(b)
Which is undertaken in a good faith
Which is undertaken in a bad faith
Which is undertaken after a long delay
Which is not undertaken at all
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
weather there
...
He went to England to work as a doctor
m
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(d) Epitaph
(a) did they speak
(b) they will speak
(c) they had spoken (d) No improvement
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Each sentence is divided into three
parts
...
No sentence has more than one error
...
When you find an error in a
sentence, the letter indicated under that part of the sentence is
the answer and therefore the same may be marked on the separate
Answer Sheet
...
...
Not a word they spoke to the unfortunate about victims of
the earthquake
...
The poor villagers have waited in bitter cold for more than
four hours now
...
More than one person was killed in the accident
...
o
...
13-15) : Look at the underlined part of each
sentence
...
If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than
the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet
against the corresponding letter (a), (b) or (c)
...
Thus a "No Improvement" response will be
signified by the letter (d)
...
(a) Make a stew
(b) Boil
No error
(c) Suffer in his own juice
(d)
(d) Suffer for his own act
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(b) The word struggle here refers to the efforts required to
save the nature
...
(a) More than one person were killed in the accident
...
(a) The poor villagers have been waiting in bitter cold for
more than four hours now
...
(b) When I went outdoors, I found frost everywhere
...
(b)
22
...
(c) 25
...
c
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s
re
p
16
...
18
...
23
...
w
15
...
13
...
o
11
...
The word ‘inflict’ means burden someone with or impose
...
‘Repast’ means ‘meal’
...
‘Supplicate’ means to be humble or requestful
...
Nature here denotes a beautiful landscape, full of green
vegetation
...
(b) The author mentions the impact of modernization and
that we should be more careful not to destroy Nature
while modernizing
...
10
...
2
...
4
...
6
...
8
...
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PS-4
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
6
...
(a) Highlight
(b) show
(c) Offer
(d) promise
I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining
his life
...
8-10) : In questions given below out of four
alternatives
...
8
...
10
...
11-12) : In this section, you are required to
spot errors in sentences
...
Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error
in any of the parts
...
Some of
the sentences do not have any error
...
If there is no error in any part, mark (d) as the
answer
...
12
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
No error
(d)
The shopkeeper offered either to exchange
(a)
the goods or refund the money
...
13-15) : Look at the underlined part of each
sentence
...
If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better
than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer
m
o
Deriving your authority from the government, your position would
secure the respect and consideration of everyone, especially in a
service where official rank carries so much weight
...
I know these things are a matter of indifference to you except
so far as they may further the great objects you have in view, but
they are of importance in themselves, and of every importance to
those who have a right to take an interest in your personal position
and comfort
...
The above passage most probably is a part of a
(a) speech
(b) official communication
(c) written report
(d) personal letter
2
...
The person addressed is most likely a
(a) social worker
(b) government servant
(c) commercial agent
(d) foreign dignitary
4
...
‘The great objects’ in the passage means
(a) Significant items
(b) Noble goals
(c) Precious merchandise
(d) Objects of praise
7
...
c
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
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(d) Eflorescence
(b) Allienate
(d) Alienatte
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the correct alternative form the given options and
indicate it
...
It is not fair to cast
...
(a) aspiration
(b) aspersions
(c) inspiration
(d) adulation
23
...
to practice a constant, rigid foreign
policy in view of the world power dynamics
...
The skill and ease with which he repaired the machine
proved tha he is a/an
...
(a) able
(b) handy
(c) nimble
(d) competent
25
...
for good behaviour
...
(a) Aliennate
(c) Alienate
...
(a) Efflorascence
re
p
(b) reprimand
(d) allege
DIRECTIONS: (Qs
...
rd
18
...
w
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
16-17): Pick out the nearest correct meaning
or synonym of the words given below:
b
13
...
(a) work hard
(b) work hardly
(c) hard working
(d) No improvement
14
...
(a) is not a great distance
(b) is no distance
(c) aren't a great distance
(d) No improvement
15
...
(a) usual
(b) as usual
(c) usually
(d) No improvement
19
...
If none of
these substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your
response on the Answer Sheet
...
16
...
ALMS
(a) blessings
(c) prayers
PS-5
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Practice Set-2
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Practice Set-2
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PS-6
o
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b
Hints & Explanations
o
...
16
...
That is, I
take a long time to recover my health or strength after
I have been ill
...
(a) The tone of the author sounds quite official and
serious
...
3
...
4
...
5
...
(b) When a cyclone affects an area, the people are deprived
of their belongings
...
Such gifts to the poor and needy are called
alms
...
6
...
(c)
8
...
10
...
(c)
12
...
Accuse also means the same, acquit
means to free of charge
...
(a) work hard is correct choice
...
14
...
(d) Vacillate means to move from one place to another and
consistent means to stay the same, eradicate means to
remove
...
(b) they are working as usual
...
(b) 21
...
(d) 25
...
(b)
...
(b)
s
(a)
re
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9
...
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b
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(a) business
(b) crime
(c) construction
(d) gambling
2
...
(a) imbiber
(b) impresario
(c) imitator
(d) imposter
3
...
m
...
The Committee’s appeal to the people for money __________
little response
...
5-6) : Each question below consists of a word
in capital letters followed by four words or group of words
...
5
...
IMPETUS
(a) Courage
(c) Arrogance
PHILANDERER
(a) Time waster
(c) Male flirt
(b) Impatience
(d) Driving energy
(b) Spendthrift
(d) Wanderer
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Select the word or group of words that is most opposite in meaning
to the words in capital letters
...
8
...
Mentally at least, most of
us could compile formidable lists of do’s and don’ts
...
Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are
beyond attainment
...
Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement
because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time
to carry them out
...
9
...
(b) do not really want us to improve ourselves
...
(d) might embarrass us by praising our attempts
...
The author says that most of us fail in our attempts at selfimprovement because
(a) we set too high goals for ourselves
...
(c) our nature is such that we cannot become perfect
...
11
...
The same old favourites recur
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
You are required to select your answers
based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author
only
...
c
s
s
re
p
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Select whichever word you consider most
appropriate for the blank space and indicate your choice on
the Answer Sheet
...
w
No error
...
20-21): In questions given below out of four
alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the
given word/sentence
...
22-23) : In the following questions four
alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and
underlined in the sentence
...
22
...
(a) Toppled over
(b) Bribed
(c) Given advance information
(d) Threatened
23
...
(a) scolded me
(b) insulted me
(c) abused me
(d) ignored me
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
24
...
(a) Foreign
(b) Foreine
(c) Fariegn
(d) Forein
(a) Ommineous
(b) Omineous
(c) Ominous
(d) Omenous
m
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21
...
c
s
20
...
My detailed statement is respectively
(a)
(b)
submitted
...
(c)
(d)
18
...
(a)
(b)
(c)
No error
...
o
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any
underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet
against the corresponding letter i
...
, (a) or (b) or (c)
...
(a)
my constituency
(b)
o
14
...
(a) was
(b) am
(c) would be
(d) No improvement
15
...
(a) would
(b) might
(c) should
(d) No improvement
16
...
(a) out
(b) in
(c) for
(d) No improvement
He is representing
b
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Below each sentence, three possible substitutions for
the underlined part are given
...
e
...
If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate
(d) as your response on the Answer Sheet
...
19
...
The phrase ‘formidable lists of do’s and don’ts’ means that
(a) the bad points of our character are formidable
...
(c) the things that need to be included is frightening
...
Practice Set-3
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m
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23
...
18
...
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13
...
15
16
...
(c) The author says that we look even more foolish when
we slip back into our old bad ways
...
(d) The word inveterate means having a particular habit
that is long-established and unlikely to change
...
(b) The word formidable means inspiring fear or respect
...
(c) They set a strong guard, lest anyone should escape
...
Incorrect preposition is used
...
(a) I have been waiting for my friend since morning
...
(c) 21
...
(c)
(d) 24
...
(c)
rd
7
...
o
...
11
...
10
...
9
...
8
...
(b) An accomplice is a partner in crime
...
(d) Imbiber means one who absorbs something
...
Imitator is the one who copies another person
...
(d) Honest means truthful
...
Unscrupulous means dishonest
...
Looking
at the sentence, it is understood that the person is
very hardworking
...
(a) Evoke means bring to mind and when a response is
needed
...
Provided
means given with
...
Prevent
means to stop
...
(d) ‘Impetus’ means ‘something that encourages a process
or activity
...
’
(a) ‘Procrastinate’ means to delay or linger in a decision
...
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Hints & Explanations
1
...
w
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PRACTICE SET - 4
o
b
h
a
PS-10
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Choose the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase
...
8
...
(a) Was regarded as
(b) Pretended to be
(c) Was thought to be
(d) Was looked upon
This matter has been hanging fire for the last many months
and must therefore be decided one way or the other
...
(a) die on a horse back
(b) die in the battlefield
(c) die while still working
(d) die with honour
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
9
...
11
...
12-14) : Look at the underlined part of each
sentence
...
If one of them (i
...
,) (a), (b) or (c)
is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on
the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter (a), (b) or
(c)
...
Thus, ‘No
improvement’ response will be signified by the letter (d)
...
13
...
(a) disagreed
(b) denied
(c) declaimed
(d) No improvement
We need honest workers, not people of redoubtable
integrity
...
We both enjoyed ourselves and were sorry when
the week was over, but on parting our behaviour was absolutely
different
...
He felt that because the holiday
was over all happiness was over until the world ended
...
But in me the Englishman came
out strong
...
It
wasn’t as if we were parting forever or dying
...
He refused to buck up, and I left him plunged in gloom
...
What is the Continent in the context of the passage ?
(a) An island
(b) The countryside
(c) Africa
(d) Europe
2
...
Why was the Indian friend plunged in despair ?
(a) He was hopeless
(b) He experienced racial discrimination
(c) He would never be so happy again
(d) He had spent lot of money
4
...
What is the author’s intention in the passage?
(a) To contrast the Indian character with the English
character
(b) To show that an Indian is sorrowful
(c) To ridicule the Indian traditions
(d) To praise the Englishman
6
...
c
s
s
re
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
You are required to select your answers
based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author
only
...
w
b
22
...
(a)
(c)
Excessive
Exxcesive
Indipensable
Indispansible
(b)
(d)
(b)
(d)
Exccessive
Excesive
Indipenseble
Indispensable
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning
to the words in capital letters
...
24-25) : In this section, you are required to
spot errors in sentences
...
Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error
in any of the parts
...
Some of
the sentences do not have any error
...
If there is no error in any part, mark (d) as the
answer
...
GLEAN
(a) To groom
(b) To gather bit by bit
(c) To discover
(d) To polish
19
...
They sit at the window and watch the traffic
(a)
(b)
(c)
No error
(d)
25
...
22-23) : Find the correctly spelt words
...
c
s
(b) Uneasy
(d) Inappropriate
s
(b) Disrespectful
(d) Acute
re
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20
...
FELICITOUS
(a) Unfriendly
(c) Unheard of
rd
(a) violation
(b) exercise
(c) violence
(d) security
17
...
(a) happy
(b) pleasing
(c) grim
(d) exciting
o
15
...
(a) hatred
(b) obstinacy
(c) remorse
(d) anger
16
...
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Select the word or group of words that is most opposite in meaning
to the words in capital letters
...
15-17) : Each of the following items is followed
by four words or group of words
...
h
14
...
(a) when he arrived
(b) at which he arrived
(c) by which he arrived
(d) No improvement
PS-11
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Practice Set-4
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Crime is done in anger and a cause
...
Only emotion that suits the context is
Remorse
...
Exercise does not fit
...
Use of 'physical' in statement indicates
'violence'
...
War is a negative word and it is synonym with mass
destruction, death h ence certainly has grim
consequences
...
‘Glean’ means ‘to gather ears of corn left’
...
'Deferential' means behaviour that shows respect
...
rd
17
...
19
...
21
...
23
...
25
...
(d) I started early for the station lest I should miss the
train
...
c
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16
...
15
...
o
6
...
12
...
5
...
(c) Buck up is an expression for the word cheer up
...
(b) The author describes the typical English character
...
(b) 7
...
(c)
(d) 10
...
(b)
(b) The accused denied having murdered anybody
...
To refuse to do something is to say that you
won't do that
...
To deny somebody something is to refuse to
give it to them
...
Redoubtable (adj
...
(d) By the time he arrived, everybody had gone home
...
Hatred is for the other people who saw/hear/
h
Hints & Explanations
1
...
3
...
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PRACTICE SET - 5
2
...
(a) disgrace for
(b) disgrace on
(c) disgrace upon (d) disgrace to
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
You are required to select your answers
based on the content of the passage and opinion of the author
only
...
In a moment the sole porter emerged
from his midday nap, operated a signal that clanked noisily into
position, and then ambled slowly towards me for my return-halfticket, whilst I remarked that his red amiable face and easygoing
gait were in perfect harmony with the tranquil surroundings
...
As it drew nearer, the deep
silence of the place was gradually displaced by a creaking of
brakes and a hissing of steam
...
The porter with leisurely expertness,
trundled a couple of milk churns on board, the door was slammed,
the guard signalled to the driver, and we moved off, leaving the
small station once more to its drowsy silence
...
The meaning of drowsy is
(a) Untidy
(b) Sleepy
(c) Freezing
(d) Drugged
4
...
Who had a midday nap ?
(a) The author
(b) The passenger
(c) The Station-master
(d) The porter
6
...
8-10) : Look at the underlined part of each
sentence
...
If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better
than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer
Sheet against the corresponding letter (a), (b) or (c)
...
Thus, “No improvement”
response will be signified by the letter (d)
...
Those are your new shoes, aren’t they ?
(a) isn’t it ?
(b) is it so ?
(c) are they ?
(d) No improvement
9
...
(a) us everything he knew
(b) us everything he is knowing
(c) us everything he was knowing
(d) No improvement
10
...
(a) cannot work hard
(b) will not work hard
(c) work hard
(d) No improvement
DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Each sentence is divided into three
parts
...
No sentence has more than one error
...
When you find an error in a
sentence, the letter indicated under that part of the sentence is
the answer and therefore the same may be marked on the separate
Answer Sheet
...
11
...
No error
(c)
(d)
12
...
7
...
c
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DIRECTIONS (Q
...
m
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Select the word or group of words that is most opposite in meaning
to the words in capital letters
...
w
b
17
...
USURP
(a) To climb upon
(b) to yield
(c) To seize power or position illegally
(d) To demand unlawfully high interest on a loan
22
...
DIRECTIONS: (Qs
...
24
...
(a) Comemorate
(b) Commemmorate
(c) Momemmorate
(d) Commemorate
m
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DIRECTIONS (Qs
...
Select the word or group of words that is most similar in meaning
to the words in capital letters
...
...
A place where bees are kept in called
(a) An apiary
(b) A mole
(c) A hive
(d) A sanctury
15
...
Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks
(a) Isthmus
(b) Archipelago
(c) Hinterland
(d) Swamps
20
...
(a) behaves in an unreliable and insincere way
(b) has a loose tongue
(c) lives a life of ease and luxury
(d) does not know how to behave himself
There is no love lost between two neighbours
...
14-16) : In questions given below out of four
alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the
given word/sentence
...
re
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No error
(d)
rd
13
...
(c)
Practice Set-5
a
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15
...
17
...
19
...
21
...
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s
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...
Hence, do not work hard
should be replaced with work hard
...
(b) I wanted to see whether they had actually read the
notes
...
(b) Having finished the paper early he hed come out of
the hall almost an hour before the bell rang
...
(c)
(c) ‘Palpable’ means ‘easily noticed’
...
(a) ‘Outlandish’ means odd or strange
...
(a) 22
...
(a)
24
...
(d)
rd
8
...
w
7
...
o
5
...
4
...
b
2
...
All other options are
not valid and do not have any sense
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'for' can be used with disgrace as 'His behaviour is a disgrace for all the love showered
by society to his acts
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(b) The word drowsy means half-asleep or sleepy
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(d) The author mentions "In a moment the sole porter
emerged from his midday nap"
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(c) The word placid means pleasantly calm or peaceful;
unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed
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hence, option
(d) as no improvement is required
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Rest everything
is correct making option (a) the correct choice
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PS-15
a
Practice Set-5