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Day 203: SSC CGL English

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

  1. Question 1

    Vocabulary. Asked once: 23 Sep 2025 S2

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    Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The professor emphasized the _________ nature of literary interpretation.

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  2. Question 2 (case study, 5 parts)

    Cloze Test. Asked once: 25 Jul 2023 S3

    In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. The modern world (1) ________ around technology. It has advanced dramatically in the beyond twenty years and presently, we can't envision a world without PCs and cell phones. The last century saw fast progressions in innovation and science which were unfathomable previously. The internet is perhaps the most significant of these. Today, it is no longer a science fiction concept to communicate with people anywhere in the world. While smart phones keep us constantly connected to the virtual world, wireless internet has eliminated the need to use a physical wire to connect with this world. Today, we rely on the internet to pay our bills, book tickets, travel and conduct banking transactions. Li-Fi, a new technology that uses light signals to (2) ________ data and reduces external interference, is currently in development. On the other hand, such rapid progress comes with some (3) ________ . Another sort of wrongdoing, known as digital wrongdoing, is the greatest danger to security today. WannaCry was one of the biggest recent cyberattacks. It infected more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries and threatened to erase valuable data unless ransom payments were made. Personal and (4) ________ data continue to be stolen frequently, and our country's cyber security is still lacking. It's also possible to say that people miss out on important experiences in the real world because they spend so much time in the virtual world. The distinction between the real and online worlds sometimes appears to blur, especially as social media grows in popularity. For instance, the internet was said to have become so addictive in China that programs were established to help people get off of it. However, technology's benefits (5)________ its drawbacks. It all comes down to what we do with it. One thing to keep in mind is that technology can serve us well but not completely.
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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

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

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

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  3. Question 3

    Grammar. Asked once: 13 Sep 2025 S3

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    Select the correct option: Each of the datasets ___ been anonymized before release.

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  4. Question 4

    Idioms and Phrases. Asked once: 26 Sep 2024 S3

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    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined part of the following sentence. The playwright has faced many ups and downs in his literary career, which spanned for almost 30 years.

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  5. Question 5

    Sentence Rearrangement. Asked once: 13 Sep 2024 S1

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    Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence. A. Smoking in B. Your youth stunts C. The body and D. Clouds the brain

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