English Miscellaneous Questions For SSC CGL And SSC CPO Exam 2018: 9 October

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Directions (1-2): In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letter. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.

Q1. A few mile before reaching Rangdum (A)/ we passed a camping site with a few tents pitched (B)/ on the green grass by an aquamarine stream.(C)/ No Error (D)

Solution:

Replace ‘a few mile’ with ‘a few miles’. Few is a quantifier used with plural countable nouns.

Q2. The first section of the road was surfaced and offered (A)/ resplendent views of the Suru Valley, with green fields (B)/ enclosed in poplars, willows and apricot trees.(C)/ No Error (D)

Solution:

Replace ‘enclosed in’ with ‘enclosed by’. If a place is enclosed by something, the place is completely surrounded by it. Hence the correct preposition to use is ‘by’.

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

Q3. As we approached a monastery built on top of a hill in a wide valley, the sunlight_________ turned the mountains behind the monastery into a color palette of beige and brown.

on dusk

at a dusk

at dusk

at the dusk

Solution:

‘Sunlight at dusk’ is the correct phrase to use. ‘At dusk’, ‘at dawn’ don’t associate any article with them.

Q4. The party _________ its demand to the government that petroleum products be brought within the ambit of the Goods and Service Tax.

reinstated

reiterated

reimbursed

requited

Solution:

Reinstate: restore (someone or something) to their former position or state.
Reiterate: say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
Reimburse: to give back the amount of money that someone has spent.
Requite: make appropriate return for.
Fitting in the context, option B is the correct choice.

Directions (5-6): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Q5. Make a go of something

To judge something

To make something out of use

To succeed at something

To tease or bully

Solution:

Option C is the correct meaning.

Q6. Life of Riley

A life of difficulties and poverty

A life of great ease, comfort, or luxury

An unhealthy life

A person who makes everything exciting around him

Solution:

Option B is the correct meaning.

Directions: (7-8) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Q7. One who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field

Lunatic

Virtuoso

Stoic

Arsonist

Solution:

Option B is the correct substitution.

Q8. A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

Cynic

Bohemian

Cypher

Termagant

Solution:

Option D is the correct substitution.

Directions (9-10): In the following questions, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Q9.

Forbearance

Fortuitious

Fractious

Fallacious

Solution:

Correct Spelling is Fortuitous.

Q10.

Idiosyncratic

Impecunious

Impetuous

Intransigient

Solution:

Correct Spelling is Intransigent.

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

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year is a (xi) __________ to the power of evolution. The laureates (xii)________ evolution and used it in the laboratory with amazing results. Frances H. Arnold, an American who was given one-half of the prize, used ‘directed evolution’ to synthesize variants of naturally occurring enzymes that could be used to manufacture biofuels and pharmaceuticals. The prizes reaffirms the importance of the concept of evolution in our understanding of life as among the most (xiii)___________of forces we are exposed to. The Physiology and Medicine prize has gone to the American James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, from Japan, for showing how different strategies can (xiv)_______ the metaphorical ‘brakes’ acting on the immune system and thereby unleash the system’s power on cancer cells to curb their (xv)________. These immunologists have enhanced the power of the body’s immune system to go beyond its natural capacity.

Q11. The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year is a __________ to the power of evolution.

terrain

title

torpor

tribute

Solution:

Terrain: a stretch of land, especially with regard to its physical features.
Torpor: a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.
Tribute: something showing the benefit or positive effect of something else.
Hence option D is an apt choice.

Q12. The laureates __________ evolution and used it in the laboratory with amazing results.

hampered

harnessed

hoisted

hitched

Solution:

Harness: to collect and control something so that it can be used effectively.
Hence option B is the correct choice.

Q13. The importance of the concept of evolution in our understanding of life as among the most _________of forces we are exposed to

superficial

rupture

profound

protest

Solution:

Profound: very great or intense.
Hence option C is the correct choice.

Q14. For showing how different strategies can _____________ the metaphorical ‘brakes’

inhibit

induce

prod

impel

Solution:

Inhibit: hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
Prod: to incite to action.
Impel: to impart motion to.
Hence fitting in the context, option A is the correct choice.

Q15. Cancer cells to curb their ____________

diminution

depletion

existence

proliferation

Solution:

Diminution: the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less.
Proliferation: rapid reproduction of a cell, part, or organism.
Hence fitting in the context, option D is the correct choice.

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