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Day 157: SSC CGL English

5 questions (9 parts). Try each one first, then open its answer.

  1. Question 1

    Vocabulary. Asked once: 26 Sep 2025 S1

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    Spot the correct spelling of “a person who collects or studies coins and medals”.

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  2. Question 2 (case study, 5 parts)

    Cloze Test. Asked once: 23 Sep 2024 S2

    In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Music is perhaps the most popular and widely practised (1)______ of fine arts, transcending all kinds of cultural and linguistic barriers. Any form of fine art is (2)________ to master and almost impossible to perfect, and music is no exception. Nature, it is learnt, has blessed almost two-thirds of the human race with musical ability of some sort. Music has the power to (3)______ out the deepest emotions. In fact, it is a magic medicine, and many seek refuge in it when they are depressed or stressed. It is this intimacy that makes us listen to music (4)______ even hum or sing sometimes. This singing, or realistically speaking, expressing one’s emotion musically sometimes takes a serious turn. The desire to sing before an audience is innocent and beautiful, and indeed, it is perfectly alright to have such a genuine desire. But it is also important to understand that singing is an (5)________ art—a highly refined one at that, which requires systematic, prolonged and strict training to be acceptable.
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    Choose the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

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    Choose the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

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    98
    Choose the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

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    99
    Choose the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

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    100
    Choose the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

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  3. Question 3

    Fill in the Blanks. Asked once: 27 Jul 2023 S3

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Keats and Shelly were poets of the same period; in other words, they were ___________.

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  4. Question 4

    Grammar. Asked once: 21 Sep 2025 S3

    98
    A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. He said, “You must work hard.”

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  5. Question 5

    Idioms and Phrases. Asked once: 22 Sep 2025 S3

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    Choose the correct meaning of idiom: To play the second fiddle

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