SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 12-09-2021

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 In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer-Sheet.

Q1 To eat humble pie

A. To become furious

B. To intimidate someone

C. To accept his mistakes & apologize

D. To eat the pastry very quietly

Q2 A Herculian Task

A. A very easy work

B. A work that is done by Hercules

C. A work requires very great effort

D. A futile work

Q3 Bury the hatchet

A. To bury the axe under the ground

B. To make peace

C. To augment conflict

D. To be ruined

Q4 To Face the Music

A. To bear the consequences

B. To listen the music very interestingly

C. To enjoy the theatre

D. To elude from the dangerous place

Q5 To play second fiddle

A. To reduce importance of one's senior

B. To be treated as less important than some one

C. To do back seat driving

D. To be very delight & Cheerful

Q6-10 In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.

Q6 This room is very exquisite but ______ small to accomodate all of you.

A. much too

B. too much

C. very much

D. much

Q7 The Man who was blind _____ right eye was a notorious criminal.

A. with the

B. in the

C. of the

D. into the

Q8 The prize was given to the girl ______ they said stood first.

A. whom

B. which

C. who

D. whose

Q9 The team ______ fighting among them selves.

A. was

B. were

C. is

D. will

Q10 Hardly had he gone out of the office _____ the manager called him.

A. then

B. than

C. when

D. at once

Answers:-

Q.1 (C)

Q.2 (C)

Q.3 (B)

Q.4 (A)

Q.5 (B)

Q.6 (C)

Q.7 (A)

Q.8 (C)

Q.9 (B)

Q.10 (A)