SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 21-08-2021

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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.

Q1-5 In the following passage from question Nos. 1 to 5, 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.

Cancer __1__five lakh lives in India annually, Noting that there is no age-wise data of cancer patients, Health Minister said the disease kills five lakh people annually and while men usually suffer from throat and stomach cancer, women __2__ from breast, cervix and uterus cancer. The government plans to set up 20 cancer institutes and 50 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres in the country.

Under the scheme, forty seven __3_ have been received from 26 states and UTs. Of these, 14 proposals from 13 states, seven for setting up cancer institutes and other seven __4__ establishing tertiary centres __5__ approved and funds released.

Q1 Choose the correct option for (1).

A. take

B. grasp

C. claims

D. kill

Q2 Choose the correct option for (2).

A. suffers

B. suffered

C. suffering

D. suffer

Q3 Choose the correct option for (3).

A. proposals

B. request

C. scheme

D. centres

Q4 Choose the correct option for (4).

A. in

B. about

C. for

D. on

Q5 Choose the correct option for (5).

A. has been

B. have been

C. had been

D. have had been

Q6-10 In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence and mark your answer.

Q6 One who breaks the law.

A. Agressor

B. Politician

C. Transgressor

D. Pedestrian

Q7 Government by a ruler who has unlimited power.

A. Despotism

B. Autocracy

C. Monarchy

D. Anarchy

Q8 That which cannot be captured.

A. Untakable

B. Ungraspable

C. Impregnable

D. Slippery

Q9 One who is given to a pleasure of flesh.

A. Epicurean

B. Terrestrial

C. Celestial

D. Pedestrian

Q10 Inability to sleep.

A. Hysteria

B. Aphasia

C. Insomnia

D. Amnesia

Answers:-

Q.1 (C)

Q.2 (B)

Q.3 (A)

Q.4 (C)

Q.5 (B)

Q.6 (C)

Q.7 (B)

Q.8 (C)

Q.9 (A)

Q.10 (C)