SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 06 -02-2021

Dear Readers,

As SSC CGL & MTS 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 CGL & MTS  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.

1-5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

The name of Florence Nightingale lives in the memory of the world by virtue of the heroic adventure of the Crimea. As a matter of fact, she lived for more than half a century after the Crimean War; and during the greater part of that long period all the energy and all the devotion of her extraordinary nature were working at their highest pitch. In Miss Nightingale’s own eyes the adventure of the Crimea was a mere incident -scarcely more than a useful stepping-stone in her career. She had never been in the habit of resting; why should she begin now even after her illness? No; she had work to do; and, come what might, she would do it.

The mortality in the barracks, was, she found, nearly double the mortality in civil life. After inspecting the hospitals at Chatham, she smiled grimly. ‘Yes, this is one more symptom of the system which, in the Crimea, put to death 16,000 men.’ Scutari had given her knowledge; and it had given her power too: her enormous reputation was at her back -an incalculable force. Other work, other duties, might lie before her; but the most urgent, the most obvious, of all was to look to the health of the Army.

1 According to the author, the work done during the last fifty years of Florence Nightingale’s life was, when compared with her work in the Crimea, all of the following except

A. less dramatic

B. less demanding

C. less well-known to the public

D. more important

2 Passage paints a picture of a woman who is

A. an incapacitated invalid

B. mentally shattered

C. stubborn and querulous

D. physically weak but mentally indomitable

3 The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. account for conditions in the army

B. show the need for hospital reform

C. explain Miss Nightingale’s main concerns

D. argue that peacetime conditions were worse than wartime conditions

4 The series of questions in the passage are

A. The author’s attempt to show the thoughts running through Miss Nightingale’s mind.

B. Miss Nightingale questioning her own conscience

C. Miss Nightingale’s response to an actual questioner

D. Responses to the doctors who advised rest

5 The author’s attitude in this paragraph is

A. disinterested reporting of biographical details

B. over-inflation of a reputation

C. debunking a myth

D. interpretation as well as narration

6-10. In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

6 Cogent

A. tentative

B. forced

C. convincing

D. truculent

7 Ponderous

A. contemplative

B. compact

C. unwieldy

D. dreamy

8 Tenuous

A. salubrious

B. lengthy

C. fragile

D. significant

9 Contrite

A. stolid

B. fascist

C. disheartened

D. apologetic

10 Juvenile

A. apathetic

B. immature

C. fawning

D. painful

Answers:-

Q.1 (B)

Q.2 (D)

Q.3 (C)

Q.4 (A)

Q.5 (D)

Q.6 (C)

Q.7 (C)

Q.8 (C)

Q.9 (D)

Q.10 (B)