Idioms and Phrases

204 SSC CGL English previous year questions (PYQs) from 113 papers, 2023 to 2025, with answers and worked solutions.

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Difficulty: 166 easy · 35 moderate · 3 hard.
Most-asked subtopics: Idioms: Trouble and Success (70), Idioms: Speech and Opinion (34), Idioms: People and Character (27).
Updated 17 October 2026.

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SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 26 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q79Easy
#1Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 26 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q87Easy
#2Idioms: Speech and Opinion
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q91Easy
#3Idioms: Speech and Opinion
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q92Easy
#4Idioms: People and Character
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q77Easy
#5Idioms: Trouble and Success
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SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q95Easy
#6Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q87Easy
#7Idioms: People and Character
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q91Moderate
#8Idioms: Speech and Opinion
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q86Easy
#9Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q94Easy
#10Idioms: People and Character
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q81Moderate
#11Idioms: Work and Money
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q91Easy
#12Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q83Easy
#13Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q92Moderate
#14Idioms: People and Character
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q92Easy
#15Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q93Easy
#16Idioms: Feelings and States of Mind
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q82Moderate
#17Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q89Easy
#18Idioms: Time and Company
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q80Easy
#19Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q81Easy
#20Idioms: Work and Money
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q76Easy
#21Idioms: Time and Company
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q92Easy
#22Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q79Easy
#23Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q92Easy
#24Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q79Easy
#25Idioms: Work and Money
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q86Easy
#26Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q86Easy
#27Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q91Moderate
#28Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q85Easy
#29Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q90Easy
#30Idioms: Feelings and States of Mind
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q89Easy
#31Idioms: Speech and Opinion
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q91Easy
#32Idioms: Speech and Opinion
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q77Easy
#33Idioms: Speech and Opinion
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q85Easy
#34Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q76Easy
#35Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q90Easy
#36Idioms: Feelings and States of Mind
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q87Easy
#37Idioms: Time and Company
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q92Easy
#38Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q86Easy
#39Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q76Easy
#40Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q92Moderate
#41Idioms: Work and Money
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q87Hard
#42Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q91Easy
#43Idioms: Feelings and States of Mind
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q89Easy
#44Idioms: Work and Money
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q91Easy
#45Idioms: Speech and Opinion
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q85Moderate
#46Idioms: Trouble and Success
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q86Moderate
#47Idioms: Work and Money
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q88Easy
#48Idioms: People and Character
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q89Easy
#49Idioms: Time and Company
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 14 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q78Moderate
#50Idioms: People and Character

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