English section is an integral part of SSC Exams.This is also a section that is feared by most of the candidates.Though the sheer number of concepts and rules may seem intimidating at first, with discipline and the right approach, it is not difficult to master these concepts and their application to questions. SSC CPO Exam is to be held from the month of June where English Language Section holds 50 questions containing 5 questions from each topic according to new SSC CPO Pattern . Also SSC CGL 2018 is the next golden opportunity.
You need to gird up your loins to score maximum marks.Today, in this English quiz we are providing 15 Important English Miscellaneous Questions. To make you learn vocabulary and grammar rules effectively is the motive behind the provided quiz. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself flawlessly. We wish you good luck for the upcoming Exams.
Directions (1-5): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of alternative given.
Zuckerberg explains that in 2013, researcher Aleksandr Kogan from Cambridge University created a personality quiz app, which was (i)__________by 300,000 people. The app was then able to (ii)_________Facebook information, including those of the users’ friends and obtained by Kogan. Cambridge Analytica was subsequently asked to remove all the data, until it was later rediscovered by The Guardian, The New York Times and Channel 4 that the data was in fact not deleted.
For years, prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, they were aware of Russian threats from “APT28”, a group linked to Russian military intelligence services. This group took under the name of DC Leaks. DC Leaks was able to create (iii)__________ during the election by creating distrust through specifically attacking and promoting candidates. Zuckerberg explains that during the post-election period, they also discovered that a group known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) was actively spreading (iv)_________and manipulating people in the U.S., Europe, and Russia by using Facebook as a platform with fake accounts. The accounts were (v)______once the situation was discovered.
Q1.
(a) fed
(b) promoted
(c) appreciated
(d) installed
Sol. Option D is the correct usage.
Sol. Retrieve: find or extract (information stored in a computer).
Q3.
(a) rampant
(b) celebration
(c) confusion
(d) perturbance
Sol. Confusion: uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.
Q4.
(a) disinformation
(b) rumors
(c) renegade
(d) chats
Sol. Disinformation: false information which is intended to mislead.
Q5.
(a) shut
(b) started
(c) revoked
(d) denounced
Sol. Option A fits in the context.
Directions (6-10): In each of the following sentences, find out which part of the sentence has an error. The error may be idiomatic or grammatical. If there is not error opt for option ‘D’
Q6. Nobody believed him (a)/ when he said that (b)/ his son was gone out of the country (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Replace ‘was’ by ‘had’
When two incidents belong to past, the first incident is mentioned in past perfect tense while the second one in simple past tense.
Q7. Some of the devotees (a)/ prostrate on the steps (b)/ on the floor in front of the idol before leaving (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Add reflexive pronoun ‘themselves’ after ‘prostrate’.
Q8. Despite several reminders, (a)/ he did not so far send (b)/ any reply to my letters (c)/ no error (d)
Sol. ‘so far’ is used in Present Perfect Tense structured sentences. Hence correct form is ‘he has not so far sent’.
Q9. It is true (a)/ that the poor is unable (b)/ to get nourishing food even today. (c)/ no error (d)
Sol. The + adjective represents a group or class. Hence ‘the poor’ has been used for poor people, not for just a single poor person.
Therefore replace ‘is’ by ‘are’ after ‘the poor’.
Q10. The man told to her (a)/ that he had not brought his dog (b)/ out for a walk as he was afraid that it would rain (c)/ No error (d)
Sol. Remove ‘to’. After ‘told’.
Directions (11-15): In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which expresses the best meaning of it.
Q11. THRONG
(a) Tendency
(b) Sacrifice
(c) Horde
(d) Thriving
Sol. Throng: a large, densely packed crowd.
Q12. RAUCOUS
(a) Nibble
(b) Squawky
(c) Pleasant
(d) Dainty
Raucous: making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.
Squawky: (of a voice) loud and harsh.
Q13. INANITION
(a) Sedate
(b) Exhaustion
(c) Empathy
(d) Strictness
Sol. Inanition: exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment.
Q14. SPECIOUS
(a) Deceptive
(b) Sharp
(c) Straight
(d) Frank
Sol. Specious: misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.
Q15. UMBRAGE
(a) Charm
(b) Offence
(c) Stealthy
(d) Compulsion
Sol. Umbrage: offence or annoyance.
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