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Day 219: SSC CGL English

5 questions. Try each one first, then open its answer.

  1. Question 1

    Grammar. Asked once: 11 Sep 2024 S1

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    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Charles Darwin is renowned for his book on evolution, ‘On the Origin of Species’, which laid down a treasure of substantiation that evolution occurs, and projected a mechanism, that is, natural selection, for how it does so.

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  2. Question 2

    Idioms and Phrases. Asked once: 24 Sep 2024 S1

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    Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence. Instead of confusing others, let us call a spade a spade in front of the audience.

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  3. Question 3

    Sentence Rearrangement. Asked once: 9 Sep 2024 S2

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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. (O) as it was the last one of the evening (P) the city bus was overcrowded (Q) and this gave an opportunity (R) to the pickpockets (S) to try their skill

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  4. Question 4

    Spotting Errors. Asked once: 19 Sep 2024 S1

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    Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error. The police told the agitators to back in, else they would lathi-charge.

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  5. Question 5

    Vocabulary. Asked once: 22 Sep 2025 S3

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    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: UPBRAID

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