SSC CGL & MTS Quiz : English Language | 21-09-2021

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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, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Resist the urge to go on and on. With a shorter short story, you will have more __1__available to you and thus a better chance of getting published. Our submission strategists and clients have noticed that editors __2__ prefer short stories that are under 3,500 words over longer ones.

Use these simple tips to polish your prose and assess any potential short story__3___. With these insider__4__, you can increase the odds of your short story being selected for the pages of a literary journal. That’s the best ending any author could __5__ or even better, a great beginning to your future success!

Q1 Choose the correct option for (1)

A. place

B. opportunity

C. market

D. spotlight

Q2 Choose the correct option for (2)

A. regularly

B. occasionally

C. consistently

D. sometimes

Q3 Choose the correct option for (3)

A. Mistake

B. error

C. err

D. shortcomings

Q4 Choose the correct option for (4)

A. Messages

B. guidelines

C. tips

D. way

Q5 Choose the correct option for (5)

A. devise

B. make

C. manage

D. compile

Q6-7 In questions below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark your answer.

Q6 A test of authenticity or quality.

A. Torpor

B. Tirade

C. Touchstone

D. Tout

Q7 Stubbornly defiant of authority or control.

A. Recant

B. Recalcitrant

C. Reciprocal

D. Reclusive

Q8 In the following question a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word and for that four alternatives are suggested. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.

It is very kind of you to _____________ to speak at the meeting.

A. comply

B. agree

C. accept

D. concur

Q9 In the question given below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and and mark your answer.

To prevent something from ever happening.

A. Precursor

B. Predilection

C. Preclude

D. Precipitous

Q10 In the following question a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word and for that four alternatives are suggested . Choose the correct alternative out of the four and mark your answer.

The terrorist made a vain attempt to _________ the bridge.

A. blow down

B. blow up

C. blow over

D. blow out

Answers:-

Q.1 (C)

Q.2 (C)

Q.3 (D)

Q.4 (B)

Q.5 (A)

Q.6 (C)

Q.7 (B)

Q.8 (B)

Q.9 (C)

Q.10 (D)