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Day 221: SSC CGL English

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

  1. Question 1

    Vocabulary. Asked once: 22 Sep 2025 S1

    80
    Select the correct spelling of a word meaning 'having a strong, regular beat'.

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  2. Question 2 (case study, 5 parts)

    Cloze Test. Asked once: 19 Jul 2023 S4

    In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism. The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
    96
    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

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    97
    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

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

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

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

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  3. Question 3

    Grammar. Asked once: 10 Sep 2024 S3

    91
    Select the option that can substitute/replace the bracketed word correctly and complete the sentence. They could (always) stay in, or go for a walk.

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  4. Question 4

    Idioms and Phrases. Asked once: 23 Sep 2024 S2

    84
    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Break the ice

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  5. Question 5

    Sentence Rearrangement. Asked once: 27 Jul 2023 S3

    86
    Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was attached to the temple. B. When we both finished, we would be back together. C. While the children sat in rows on either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or prayer in chorus, my grandmother sat inside reading the scriptures. D. The priest taught us the alphabet and the morning prayer.

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