Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 5th August 2017 to 24 August 2017. You need to practice a lot in order to achieve 40+ marks in the English Section. We are providing quizzes which include sentence improvement, error detection, idioms, one-word substitution, reading comprehension, vocabulary related questions etc. we have also provided study notes on English for SSC CGL 2017 Exam. Practice all these questions, if any doubt, post your queries in the comment section, we will answer surely. Today in this quiz we have included Synonyms, one-word substitutions Questions. Learn and score maximum marks in SSC CGL 2017.
Q1. Which one of the following is the appropriate question tag in the sentence, “Take a seat, ________”?
(a) shall you?
(b) can’t you?
(c) won’t you?
Q2. Which one of the following is the appropriate question tag in the sentence, “Anyone can make mistakes, ________”?
(a) isn’t it?
(b) shall they?
(c) can’t they?
(d) is it?
Q3. Which one of the following phrasal verbs may be used in the space in the sentence, “He is fond of art and seems ________ (suited) to be an artist”?
(a) fit out
(b) bring out
(c) cut out
(d) suit out
Directions (4-12): In each of the following questions an idiomatic expression and its four possible meanings are given. Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and mark the number of that meaning as your answer on the answer sheet.
Q4. To get acquainted:
(a) to forget
(b) come to know
(c) to tell
(d) to fly
Q5. Under the thumb of:
(a) beyond control of
(b) under the nose of
(c) active
(d) under control of
Q6. To follow the primrose path
(a) To follow one’s objectives very steadfastly
(b) To go on wandering
(c) To trek to the mountains
(d) To go in for pursuit of pleasure or an easy life
Q7. At the eleventh hour
(a) At a late stage
(b) At the beginning
(c) At 11 o’clock
(d) At an early stage
Q8. A shot in the dark
(a) To love to go out on adventures
(b) Be able to work very quickly
(c) Be very violent
(d) An attempt to guess something
Q9. In a nutshell
(a) Angrily
(b) Causally
(c) Writing
(d) Brief
Q10. From the bottom of my heart
(a) Sincerely
(b) Lowest position
(c) Totally
(d) Wholly
Q11. For better or worse
(a) Sometimes
(b) Always happening bad or good
(c) In good times
(d) In bad shape
Q12. A hard nut to crack
(a) A foolish search
(b) A difficult problem
(c) An easy question
(d) An expensive thing
Q13. Which one of the following is the antonym of the word written in capital letters in the sentence, “There is a great deal of ENMITY”?
(a) Amity
(b) Cooperation
(c) Dispute
(d) Hostility
Q14. Which one of the following is the antonym of the word written in capital letters in the sentence “She was RELUCTANT to sell her car”?
(a) Anxious
(b) Happy
(c) Eager
(d) Unwilling
Q15. What is the antonym of the word JOCULAR?
(a) Serious
(b) Hackneyed
(c) Escape
(d) redemption
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