Previous Years English Questions For SSC CGL And SSC CPO Exam 2018: 4 July

 

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Directions (1-2) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.


Q1. STYMIE
(a) Explicate
(b) Abet
(c) Impede
(d) Aid

Q6. 
(a) Conssensus
(b) Consenssus
(c) Consensus
(d) Conssenssus

Directions (7-8) In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.


Q7. To go to somebody’s head
(a) To scratch head out of confusion
(b) To complain to the highest authority
(c) To make someone dizzy or slightly drunk
(d) To arrive at the central point of the topic

Q8. Keep at bay
(a) Keep your problems to yourselves
(b) To control something and prevent it from causing you problems
(c) Not share a secret
(d) Maintain a long distance relationship

Directions (9-10) In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.


Q9. The __________ “pretty ugly” implies that a person can be both attractive and unattractive at the same time. 
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) alliteration
(d) oxymoron

Q10. Our nation’s _______________ into another country’s war could pull us into the crisis.
(a) intervention
(b) intention
(c) perfection
(d) invention

Directions (11-15): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. “The preface of the book read: ‘painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece,” points out Husain, adding, “All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge.”


Q11. 
(a) for
(b) of
(c) to
(d) from

This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. “The preface of the book read: ‘painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece,” points out Husain, adding, “All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge.”


Q12.
(a) has
(b) has had
(c) have
(d) to have

This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. “The preface of the book read: ‘painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece,” points out Husain, adding, “All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge.”


Q13.
(a) if
(b) that
(c) hence
(d) this

This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. “The preface of the book read: ‘painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece,” points out Husain, adding, “All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge.”


Q14. 
(a) learning
(b) learned
(c) to learn
(d) learns

This was enough (xi) ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to assess its valuable contents. “The preface of the book read: ‘painters (xii)__________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, (xiii) ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece,” points out Husain, adding, “All I (xiv) ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library (xv)___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge.”


Q15.
(a) from
(b) at
(c) to
(d) off