SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 28-08-2021

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.

Q1-5 Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.

The Labour Bureau has compiled statistics for job creation in labour-intensive sectors in the country each quarter since the 2008 global financial crisis. The latest figures show that 1.35 lakh jobs were created in 2015, the lowest figure by far of any year since then— lower than the 4.9 lakh new jobs in 2014, and 12.5 lakh in 2009.

In fact, the last quarter of 2015 recorded job losses. Private surveys suggest that the services sector will hire more than manufacturing this year, but there is little to suggest that this will be sharp enough to gainfully employ the one crore Indians who enter the workforce annually.

The latest job creation figures come as a sobering reality check for the recent government, as increasing employment opportunities has been at the heart of Prime Minister’s economic plan. In the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign, he had repeatedly attacked the former government for failing to create enough jobs during its decade in office. In fact, the spectre of ‘jobless growth’ had been put in sharp relief since 2011, when official employment data (captured every five years) showed a deceleration in new salaried jobs, a dip in self-employment and a surge in casual work between 2004-05 and 2009-10. These were the boom years for the Indian economy. Annual economic growth has dipped somewhat since then, but the challenge for the country remains as stark: how to better its job creation for every percentage point of GDP growth, a ratio on which it significantly lags behind most other emerging economies.

Q1 When did the Global Financial crisis took place?

A. 2009-10

B. 2004-05

C. 2008-09

D. 2014

Q2 P.M has targeted the previous government for?

A. Lack of governance

B. Hard work

C. Failure to create jobs

D. Communal issue

Q3 Which quarter of 2014 recorded job losses?

A. Last

B. Second

C. Third

D. Not mentioned in the passage

Q4 What has been the overall job creation in 2014?

A. 1.35 lakhs

B. 12.5 lakhs

C. 4.9 lakhs

D. None of the above

Q5 What has been the main objective of the P.M economic planning?

A. Increasing the GDP.

B. Increasing the job.

C. Increasing the employment opportunities.

D. Developing the skill and entrepreneurship.

Q6-10 In the following questions , sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct answer out of the four alternatives that are suggested for each question.

Q6 The masks worn by the men helped them ——— their identity.

A. conceal

B. congeal

C. masquerade

D. cheat

Q7 The treasure was hidden ———— a big shore.

A. on

B. underneath

C. toward

D. off

Q8 Precautions are to be taken with any one who seems ———.

A. contagious

B. infectious

C. diseased

D. defiled

Q9 China is a big country, in area it is biggest than any other country ———— Russia.

A. accept

B. except

C. expect

D. access

Q10 On the ————— occasion of Laxmi Puja the Mathurs bought a new car.

A. officious

B. auspicious

C. fortuitous

D. prosperous

Answers:-

Q.1 (C)

Q.2 (C)

Q.3 (D)

Q.4 (C)

Q.5 (C)

Q.6 (A)

Q.7 (B)

Q.8 (A)

Q.9 (B)

Q.10 (B)