SSC CGL 2017 Tier-I exam is going on. These questions are based on the type of English questions asked in the SSC CGL Exam. Candidates having CGL Exam in the upcoming shifts can go through these questions and can expect these questions to be asked in upcoming shifts as well.
Directions (1-10): A sentence/a part of the sentence is bold. Four alternatives are given to the bold part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.
Q1. When in doubt check it up with a good dictionary.
(a) check it up in
(b) check it in
(c) check it with
(d) No improvement
Q2. At the present rate of exchange, fourteen dozen cost Rs.3000.
(a) dozen costs
(b) dozens cost
(c) dozens costs
(d) No improvement
Q3. Can you believed this is the same old and the dilapidated house I had bought last year?
(a) Can you not believe this is the same old and the dilapidated house that I buy last year?
(b) Can you believe this is the same old and the same dilapidated house I have bought last year?
(c) Can you believe this is the same old and dilapidated house I had bought last year?
(d) No improvement
Q4. If the sky is overcast, I take my umbrella with me.
(a) When
(b) Unless
(c) Whenever
(d) No improvement
Q5. The artist claims to have royal blood in his veins.
(a) hand
(b) head
(c) forehead
(d) No improvement
Q6. You have come here with the intention in insulting me.
(a) for insulting me
(b) of insulting me
(c) on insulting me
(d) No improvement
Q7. I did not give at the examination as my circumstances are bad.
(a) write
(b) sit
(c) appear
(d) No improvement
Q8. Though he worked hard, but he failed.
(a) and
(b) yet
(c) then
(d) No improvement
Q9. No sooner did the teacher come into the class when we stood up.
(a) since
(b) then
(c) than
(d) No improvement
Q10. He was so much a coward to help his friend.
(a) so much cowardly
(b) too much of a coward
(c) as coward
(d) No improvement
Directions (11-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q11. One who is unable to pay his debt.
(a) insolvent
(b) poor
(c) destitute
(d) pauper
Q12. Person kept as a prisoner.
(a) critic
(b) captor
(c) captive
(d) protector
Q13. A person pretending to be he is not.
(a) imposter
(b) liar
(c) wicked
(d) artificial
Q14. One who speaks too much about himself.
(a) emancipation
(b) egotist
(c) agnostic
(d) atheist
Q15. One who loves and collects books.
(a) bibliophile
(b) beneficiary
(c) recipient
(d) philatelist
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