SSC CPO Quiz : English Language | 16-10-2020

 Dear Readers,

As SSC  CPO notification is out and candidates have started their preparation for this exam. Mahendras also has started special quizzes for this examination. This series of quizzes are based on the latest pattern of the SSC  CPO 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.

Q1-5 In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Enlightenment beliefs 1 themselves in reason and logic. The leaders of the Enlightenment believed that the knowledge must be widely known and must be pondered. Nature was analogous to God, however, and could not be examined. The believers and leaders of the 2 had to separate nature from God. This led to the feminization of nature, the creation of the word: Mother Nature. Boyle suggested that examination of man is an examination of God. Therefore, nature had to be 3 to woman, "a great...pregnant automation" to be examined. Bacon suggests that a man must inquisite truth through penetrating into these holes and 4, a sexual metaphor that feminizes nature. When nature was feminized and degraded, Carolyn Merchant suggests that it made possible for people to exploit and study it. Hence, the words "mother nature" come into play. These scientists utilized 5 to create a feminized nature —mother nature— so that it could be studied and exploited. 

Q1 Choose the correct option for (1) 

A. Made 

B. fix 

C. rooted 

D. rigid 

Q2 Choose the correct option for (2) 

A. Enlightenment 

B. sermon 

C. proverb 

D. story 

Q3 Choose the correct option for (3) 

A. Changed 

B. substituted 

C. converted 

D. proselyted 

Q4 Choose the correct option for (4) 

A. Loops 

B. corners 

C. burn 

D. Loopholes 

Q5 Choose the correct option for (5) 

A. Simile 

B. pun 

C. metaphors 

D. sarcasms 

Q6-10 In the following question, find out which part of a sentence has an error and mark your answer. In case of no error mark your answer as (D). 

Q6 A Senior leader announced (A)/ that party patriarch will be head a (B)/ "new, secular front".(C)/ No Error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

Q7 The use of siren will be (A)/ more audible in the (B)/ district than in the city. (C)/ No Error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

Q8 A leader had ruled outer (A)/ the possibility of a tie-up with (B)/ another party.(C)/ No Error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

Q9 A number of (A)/ stone-pelters has (B)/ risen dramatically.(C)/ No Error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

Q10 India is using (A)/ Afghan soil for its nefariously designs (B)/ to destabilise Pakistan relations.(C)/No Error (D) 

A. A 

B. B 

C. C 

D. D 

Answers :-

Q.1 (3) 

Q.2 (1) 

Q.3 (3) 

Q.4 (2) 

Q.5 (3) 

Q.6 (2) 

Q.7 (4) 

Q.8 (1) 

Q.9 (2) 

Q.10 (2)