SSC CGL| CHSL| STENO | CPO Quiz : English Language | 20-10-2022

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As SSC CGL| CHSL| STENO | CPO 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| CHSL| STENO | CPO 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.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly treated street signs with prizes on offer for (A)______ who spot the most errors. It's running (B)______ two-week campaign calling on Kore and foreigners (C)______ to keep their eyes peeled for (D)______ in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There's a (E)______ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital.

Q.1 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. A.

1. that

2. those

3. these

4. this

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. B.

1. a

2. one

3. an

4. the

Q.3. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. C.

1. alike

2. similarly

3. likely

4. same

Q.4. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. D.

1. blunder

2. mistakes

3. guffaws

4. oversight

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. E.

1. particular

2. important

3. signifying

4. meticulous

Q.6 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks.

B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in the Philippines where it was stranded a day earlier.

C. "It's very disgusting and heartbreaking," he said. "We've done necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is one of the biggest amounts of plastic we've seen."

D. "The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling its stomach," said Darrell Blatchley, Director of D' Bone Collector Museum Inc.

1. BACD

2. BADC

3. ABCD

4. DABC

Q.7 Select the wrongly spelt word.

1. exploite

2. explode

3. explicit

4. expire

Q.8 Select the antonym of the given word.

EXPOUND

1. extend

2. inflate

3. abbreviate

4. augment

Q.9 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/herself from school.

1. vagrant

2. itinerant

3. migrant

4. truant

Q.10 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Every passing vehicle was being thoroughly checked by the guards.

1. The guards have been thoroughly checking every passing vehicle.

2. Every passing vehicle were thoroughly checking the guards.

3. The guards have thoroughly checked every passing vehicle.

4. The guards were thoroughly checking every passing vehicle.

Answers:

1. 2

2. 1

3. 3

4. 2

5. 1

6. 1

7. 1

8. 3

9. 4

10. 4