Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 1st August 2017 to 20 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.
Directions (1-5): In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase printed in bold at the question places. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase as your answer.
Q1. To have an axe to grind
(a) To criticize someone
(b) To fail to arouse interest
(c) To work for both sides
(d) To have a selfish end to serve
(a) A comfortable position
(b) An unpleasant situation
(c) Among thorns
(d) A perfect place
Q3. To roll out the red carpet
(a) To buy a gift
(b) To give a warning signal
(c) To decorate the office premise
(d) To give a grand welcome
Q4. To put his foot down
(a) Concede
(b) Not to yield
(c) Resign
(d) Withdraw
Q5. Have a foot in the grave
(a) Be afraid to die
(b) Have no interest in life
(c) Be close to death
(d) Have an incurable disease
Directions (6-15): In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet.
Q6. God’s acre refers to which of the following places.
(a) Aisle
(b) Altar
(c) A cemetery beside church
(d) Chimney
Q7. To pick holes
(a) To criticize someone
(b) To find some reason to smile
(c) To cut some part of an item
(d) To destroy something
Q8. She wrangled over an ass’s shadow.
(a) did unnecessary work
(b) quarreled over trifles
(c) sat on the shadow of the ass
(d) quarreled like fools
Q9. He is like a snake in the grass for our family.
(a) a distant relative
(b) a stupid person
(c) a close friend
(d) a hidden rival
Q10. A man of straw
(a) A man of no substance
(b) A very active person
(c) A worthy fellow
(d) An unreasonable person
Q11. The young servant goes about with the old master.
(a) tries to know more about
(b) admire
(c) move on the hill
(d) goes around
Q12. The mother was right in giving a piece of her mind to the daughter.
(a) speaking sadly
(b) speaking angrily
(c) speaking kindly
(d) speaking cheerfully
Q13. After getting a severe scolding from his mother, Raghu got down to business.
(a) began to work seriously
(b) joined his father’s business
(c) started a business
(d) became businesslike
Q14. To play second fiddle
(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy
(b) To reduce importance of one’s senior
(c) To support the role and view of another person
(d) To do back seat driving
Q15. The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.
(a) did not find him
(b) put him in prison
(c) arrested him
(d) took him to court
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