SSC CGL| CHSL| STENO | CPO Quiz : English Language | 16-11-2022

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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 number.

Antarctica is perhaps the one place on Earth no one would have expected (1)______ canyons. And yet, scientists were surprised to (2)______ deep crevices that run for hundreds of kilometres. (3)______ they are not visible at the snowy surface, (4)______ trenches cut deep into Antarctica. The biggest (5)______ canyon is over 350 km long.

1-Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

1.Finding

2. found

3. to find

4. find

Ans :-3

2-Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

1. discover

2. invent

3. explore

4. search

3-Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.

1. In case

2. Although

3. Since

4. Because

4-Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.

1.them

2. This

3. these

4. those

5-Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.

1.One

2. like

3. So

4. such

6-Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.

A person who is absolutely necessary for someone or something

1. indelible

2. indispensable

3. Ineffable

4. infallible

7-Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Eat one’s words

1. forgive and forget

2. become less acceptable

3. retract what one has said

4. oppose sternly

8-Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

ESTIMATE

1. assess

2. Solve

3. discover

4. believe

9-Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

RELUCTANT

1. unwilling

2. Pleased

3. afraid

4. steady

10-Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’

A team of biologists have been discovered four new species of horned frogs in the North Eastern region of India.

1. has been discovered

2. has been discovering

3. has discovered

4. No substitution required

Answers :-

Q.1 (3)

Q.2 (1)

Q.3 (2)

Q.4 (3)

Q.5 (4)

Q.6 (2)

Q.7 (3)

Q.8 (1)

Q.9 (1)

Q.10 (3)