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

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 question given below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark your answer.

1 General pardon for political offences.

A. Exonerate

B. Exculpate

C. Amnesty

D. Denunciation

2 Recovering from illness

A. Convalescent

B. Victim

C. Inmate

D. Subject

3 To explain something mysterious or difficult.

A. Absolve

B. Antedate

C. Aggravate

D. Elucidate

4 A person who knows everything.

A. Soporific

B. Omniscient

C. Callous

D. Bourgeois

5 Incapable of being seized by attack.

A. Incorrigible

B. Insoluble

C. Impregnable

D. Epitaph

6-10. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Speech is a great blessing but it can also be a great curse, for while it helps us to make our intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely’ misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, or of an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to men of our own class Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men.

6 Speech can be a curse, because it can

A. reveal our intentions

B. lead to carelessness

C. hurt others

D. create misunderstanding

7 A slip of the tongue means something said

A. intentionally

B. wrongly by chance

C. without giving proper thought

D. to hurt another person

8 The best way to win a friend is to avoid ........ in speech.

A. ambiguity

B. verbosity

C. promposity

D. irony

9 While talking to an uneducated person, we should use.

A. polite language

B. ordinary speech

C. his vocabulary

D. simple words

10 If one uses the same style of language with everyone, one would sound.

A. democratic

B. foolish

C. boring

D. flat

Answers:-

Q.1 (C)

Q.2 (A)

Q.3 (D)

Q.4 (C)

Q.5 (B)

Q.6 (D)

Q.7 (C)

Q.8 (A)

Q.9 (D)

Q.10 (C)