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Day 23: SSC CGL Tier II English

5 questions (11 parts). Try each one first, then open its answer.

  1. Question 1 (case study, 4 parts)

    Reading Comprehension. Asked once: 18 Jan 2025 Tier II

    Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. Algae are photosynthetic creatures that have pigments that aid in photosynthesis, such as chlorophyll. They do not, however, have the actual stems, roots or leaves found in vascular plants. While some of them have many cells, others are unicellular. They might establish colonies as well. The majority of algae are aquatic. Some are terrestrial, and they can be found on rocks, trees and moist soil. Certain algae species coexist well with other living things. For instance, lichens are a symbiotic relationship between green (and often blue-green) algae and fungi. Algae are members of a multiphyletic group. This indicates that there is no common ancestor and that the species in this category are not necessarily closely related. They do not have other morphoanatomical characteristics typical of vascular plants, but they do have one thing in common: they are eukaryotes with the principal pigment being chlorophyll, which allows them to perform photosynthesis. Phycology is the scientific name for the study of algae. The blue-green algae is one example of a reference. But some sources do not classify them as algae because they are prokaryotes.
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    According to the passage, which is the main pigment in algae for photosynthesis?

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    What is the central theme of the passage?

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    Which statement accurately describes vascular plants based on the information in the passage?

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    What does the term 'multiphyletic group' mean in the context of algae?

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  2. Question 2

    Sentence Rearrangement. Asked once: 18 Jan 2025 Tier II

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    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. As cost of raw materials cannot be reduced, exporters try to cut labour costs. B. Large MNCs in the garment industry in Europe and America order their products from Indian exporters. C. These large MNCs with worldwide network look for the cheapest goods in order to maximise their profits. D. To get these large orders, Indian garment exporters try hard to cut their own costs. E. Where earlier a factory used to employ workers on a permanent basis, now they employ workers only on a temporary basis so that they do not have to pay workers for the whole year.

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  3. Question 3

    Spotting Errors. Asked once: 26 Oct 2023 Tier II

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    The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. We / has seen / that movie / before.

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  4. Question 4

    Vocabulary. Asked once: 20 Jan 2025 Tier II

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The blueberries in the basket are blue. The denotation of the word ‘blue’ is ___________.

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  5. Question 5 (case study, 4 parts)

    Cloze Test. Asked once: 2 Mar 2023 Tier II

    Comprehension: 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 Maasais live in (1)______ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)______ of miles of rolling grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)______ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a ‘Manyatta’, where a few families live for a (4)______ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few belongings with them, and burning the old ‘Manyatta’ to the ground.
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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

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    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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