Day 232: SSC CGL English
5 questions (9 parts). Try each one first, then open its answer.
Question 1 (case study, 5 parts)
Cloze Test. Asked once: 17 Jul 2023 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. Ambition is a vital ingredient for success. Without ambition to push us, we will not be (1)_____ of great achievements. We all need that special something (2)________ ourselves to give us the willpower to reach a higher goal (3)_____ we imagine ourselves capable (4)_____. Yet, ambition, (5)_____ money and fire, is a good servant, but a bad master.96Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.Tap an option to check your answer.
97Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.Tap an option to check your answer.
98Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.Tap an option to check your answer.
99Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.Tap an option to check your answer.
100Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
Grammar. Asked once: 21 Jul 2023 S4
77Select the grammatically correct sentence.Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
Idioms and Phrases. Asked once: 18 Sep 2024 S1
80Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the idiom in the given brackets. His PhD degree seems to be (Penelope’s web).Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
Sentence Rearrangement. Asked once: 26 Jul 2023 S2
87Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A.This has an impact not just on global poverty, but also on Indians' awareness of the country's poverty for the first time in a decade. B.And, for the first time in a decade, this update includes India's poverty data. C.From 15 September 2022, a new global poverty line has been established, with the World Bank revising its data in the Poverty and Inequality Platform on this basis. D.According to Sunitha Sinha, Roy and Roy van der Weide of the World Bank's Policy Research Working Paper, "poverty in India had dropped over the recent decade, although not as much as previously thought."Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
Spotting Errors. Asked once: 17 Sep 2024 S1
92The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error. Dr. Sinha has / brought about a new / book on social / impact of child labour.Tap an option to check your answer.