SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 24-04-2021

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. In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

In our very nature there is one part which is the instinct of self-preservation — which constantly defines boundaries and protects them. If you go by the laws of physical nature, self-preservation is ____ (A) the main process. If it is happening well, the next immediate thing that physical existence demands is procreation. But that is also self-preservation - preservation of the ____ (B). This is all that the physical nature knows ______ and that’s good. If physical nature did not have any sense of self-preservation, you wouldn’t exist.

However, there is another dimension of a human being which always ____ (C) to be something more than what you are right now. It does not matter who you are, how big you are or what you have become in your life, you still long to become something more than who you are right now. This means there is something within you which does not like boundaries, which is constantly longing to become boundless — you are seeking the ____ (D) itself. That is wonderful, but the problem is you are seeking it in instalments. If you go by instalments, you can go through a lifetime and realise you are still not fulfilled. You can never reach the infinite by counting 1-2-3-4-5; it will only become ‘endless counting’. Unless you use the right ___ (E), you will not get there.

1 Choose the correct option for (A)

A. naturally

B. automatically

C. forcefully

D. posthumously

2 Choose the correct option for (B)

A. species

B. man

C. animals

D. onerous

3 Choose the correct option for (C)

A. rejects

B. longs

C. approaches

D. handles

4 Choose the correct option for (D)

A. patriots

B. matrimony

C. Infinite

D. reversal

5 Choose the correct option for (E)

A. instrument

B. notch

C. things

D. parasite

6-10. In the following question a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for this question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.

6 There is an ____ stock of nuclear weapons.

A. ample

B. ambient

C. amorphous

D. gusto

7 The use of nuclear weapons is likely to ____ humanity.

A. annihilate

B. indolent

C. insipid

D. inimical

8 Once he was at the ____ at his Political career now he is at nadir.

A. point

B. acme

C. reach

D. attune

9 Shivangi is ____ and always behave in an affected manner.

A. consensus

B. construe

C. cryptic

D. proud

10 Nobody likes for her ____ and haughty behaviour.

A. audacity

B. little

C. abrasive

D. big

Answers:-

Q.1 (A)

Q.2 (A)

Q.3 (B)

Q.4 (C)

Q.5 (A)

Q.6 (A)

Q.7 (A)

Q.8 (B)

Q.9 (D)

Q.10 (C)