SSC CGL & CHSL Quiz : English Language | 01-03-2020

As SSC CGL & CHSL notification is out and candidates have started their preparation for this exam. Mahendras also has started special quizzes for this examination. This series of the quizzes is based on the latest pattern of the SSC CGL/CHSL examination. Regular practice of the questions included in the quizzes will boost up your preparations and it will be very helpful in scoring good marks in the examination.

1.   Choose the correct option expressing the meaning of the given idiom. 

To take someone to task 

A. To mislead 

B. To be paid very handsomely 

C. To resign the job 

D. To scold or reprimand someone 

2. Choose the correct option expressing the meaning of the given idiom. 

To have something up in someone’s sleeves 

A. To argue with someone 

B. To irritate a person 

C. To have a secret or surprising plan 

D. To become carefree 

In the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for the question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer. 

3. India must deal with the militants with an ____ hand to quell anti-national activities. 

A. impossible 

B. imaginary 

C. iron 

D. impalpable 

4. Everybody admires her because she is the _____ of benevolence. 

A. agnostic 

B. quintessence 

C. apostate 

D. wriggle 

5. Rekha was admitted to hospital to avoid the danger ____ spreading disease. 

A. in 

B. of 

C. on 

D. off 

In the following questions, find out which part of a sentence has an error and mark the answer to the appropriate letter (A), (B) and (C). If there is no error, mark your answer as (D). 

6. The hardening criminals (A)/ are the last to feel qualms (B)/ while committing cruel deeds. (C)/ No error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

7. Once the heaven of quietude (A)/ Kashmir Valley, is now an place (B)/ haunted by terrorism.(C)/No error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

8. One can (A)/ call his misfortune, (B)/ just a quirk off fate. (C)/No error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

9. He has not been (A)/ successful in life because (B)/ of his quixotically ideas. (C)/No error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

10. Many athletes have (A)/ taken on yoga (B)/ to develop their concentration (C)/ and reduce stress.(C)/ No error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

Answers: 

1. (D)

2. (C)

3. (C)

4. (B)

5. (B)

6. (A) Use ‘hardened' instead of ‘hardening’, because hardened means very experienced in a particular activity. 

7. (B) Use ‘a place’ instead of ‘an place’, because ‘an’ is used with the words that start with vowel sound. 

8. (C) Use ‘of’ instead of ‘off’, because ‘of’ shows the relationship. 

9. (C) Use ‘quixotic ideas’ instead of ‘quixotically ideas’. 

10. (D) No error Structure : Many + plural noun (athletes) + plural verb (have taken) + plural pronoun (their).