SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 04-06-2021

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 In the following questions some have error and some have none. 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).

If the farmer got a washing machine (A)/ his wife can(B)/ do the laundry quickly.(C)/ no error (D)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

2 In the following questions groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly-spelt. Find the correctly-spelt word and mark your answer.

A. Compitition

B. Computition

C. Competetion

D. Competition

3-5. Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the given Idioms/phrases?

3 To eat humble pie

A. To eat an unsavoury pie

B. To yield under humiliating circumstances

C. To give into political pressure

D. To be served food that is rotten

4 To end in smoke

A. To end

B. To fail

C. To emit smoke

D. To create smoke

5 To spill the beans

A. To reveal partial truth

B. To be untidy

C. To reveal a secret

D. To conceal a fact

6-8. In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.

6 The ship with its crew ____ gone to the bottom of the sea.

A. has

B. have

C. are

D. with

7 The peon respectfully asked if he ____ go there.

A. may

B. might

C. can

D. will

8 I know ____ certain that she has gone to Madrid.

A. with

B. for

C. by

D. of

9-10. In the following questions some have error and some have none. 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).

9 He'd no sooner(A)/ seen one continent(B)/ when he saw another.(C)/ no error (D)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

10 They had often heard(A)/ about the ship(B)/ they have to travel on.(C)/ no error (D)

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

Answers:-

Q.1 (B)

Q.2 (D)

Q.3 (B)

Q.4 (B)

Q.5 (C)

Q.6 (A)

Q.7 (B)

Q.8 (B)

Q.9 (C)

Q.10 (C)