In SSC examination the English section is completely based on the grammar rule so, you need to focus on the grammar part of English. Learn all the basic concepts and rules of grammar that will increase your marks in the examination. It was seen that there is a change in the pattern of an exam in English, in different exam some section are skipped while some section provides but the basic remains same so you need to practice more on grammar rules to cover all the aspects of English. It is the most scoring section with less time consuming so practice on daily basis. Mahendra Guru provides you English Language Quiz for SSC examination based on the latest pattern. So, that you can practice on regular basis. It will definitely help you to score good marks in the exam. It is the most important section for all the govt exam like IBPS PO/ Clerk/SO/RRB, RBI, SBI, Insurance, SSC-MTS, CGL, CHSL, State Level and other Competitive exams.
So, here we will provide you a set of 10 questions of English Language, important for SSC exam.
Directions (1-5): In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q1 Study of secret writing and coded words.
A. Biography
B. Cryptography
C. Deaf
D. Dilogy
Q2 The omission of a letter or syllable.
A. Elision
B. Epic
C. Endemic
D. Emigrant
Q3 One who does not believe in existence of God.
A. Cannibal
B. Theist
C. Atheist
D. Brittle
Q4 A collection of choice literary passages, used especially as an aid in learning a foreign language.
A. Chrestomathy
B. Chauvinism
C. Chauffeur
D. Gourmet
Q5 A person who loves or collects books.
A. Biped
B. Botany
C. Bibliophile
D. Bigamy
Directions (6-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
The artificial intelligence quotient should seek to replace the time tested IQ as a measure of mental ability which is perfectly in consonance with the present day standards in a plastic society. However, the battle over grey cells whether in human or mechanical minds, whose latest round has found Uncle Sam shedding crocodile tears over Japan’s failure to deliver on its promise to produce a fifth generation computer, may find the Asian tiger cubs- The under-35 Japanese researchers having the last laugh. For, though all the boastful Tokyo talk a decade ago to build low process computers to process knowledge and merely numbers which is all the silicon valley chips supposedly do-has remained just talk, the 180 young scientists in the 10-year venture have nevertheless made the big brains at silicon valley look rather silly with their product which has a yen for logical programming. The jubilation in the valley may turn to depression when the inexorable logic of this development pulls down Washington from its pedestal of super computer supremacy.
Q.6 Asian Tiger cubs are -
a) young Japanese researchers
b) mechanical minds
c) the big brains at Silicon Valley
d) fifth generation computers
Q.7 Uncle Sam reacts to their failure with
a) Sorrow
b) depression
c) jubilation
d) insincere sorrow
Q.8 What have the cubs failed to produce?
a) Numbers processing computer
b) The fifth generation computer
c) A plastic society
d) Grey cells
Q.9 What have they succeeded in producing?
a) Modified cells
b) A fifth generation computer
c) A product which has a yen for logical programming
d) A knowledge processing computer
Q.10 How is their success likely to affect Washington’s supremacy?
a) It is likely to make it look silly
b) It is likely to dislodge it
c) It is likely to have the last laugh
d) It is likely to produce jubilation in the valley
Answers :
Q.1 (B)
Q.2 (A)
Q.3 (C)
Q.4 (A)
Q.5 (C)
Q.6 (a)
Q.7 (d)
Q.8 (d)
Q.9 (c)
Q.10 (b)
