SSC CGL| CHSL| STENO | CPO Quiz : English Language | 30-11-2022

Dear Readers,

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.

1-Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

Your demands are bound to lead to ______ in the family.

1. absence

2. discord

3. barrier

4. decrease

Ans :- 2

2-Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Person or animal living on another

1. Parasite

2. Pupil

3. Heir

4. Successor

Ans :- 1

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

Make off with

1. To transfer

2. To run away

3. To discover

4. To understand

ANS :- 2

4-Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.

A. These baits were temptations that people couldn't resist.

B. He evolved a theory that the world was a rat-trap.

C. Once, a peddler sat looking at his rat-traps.

D. Here, people lay baits for others.

1. DACB

2. CBDA

3. BDAC

4. CADB

ANS :- 2

5-Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Central character in a story or play

1. Protagonist

2. Hedonist

3. Opportunist

4. Cartoonist

ANS :- 1

6-Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Persuade

1. Dissuade

2. Impress

3. Pervade

4. Induce

ANS :- 1

7-Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Delicious

2. Journy

3. Furious

4. Failure

ANS :- 2

8-Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

Do you want to ______ to Reader's Digest magazine?

1. describe

2. subscribe

3. Transcribe

4. prescribe

ANS:- 2

9-In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

If a few drops of lemon are put in the milk, it has turned sour.

1. If a few

2. drops of lemon

3. are put in the milk

4. it has turned sour

ANS :- 4

10-Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.

A. Their prestige and glory spread far and wide.

B. The first Olympics were held at Olympia inGreece in 776 B.C. 

C. It was because the Christians believed that they encouraged pagan worship in temples.

D. However, with the advent of Christianity, the games lost their importance.

1. DCAB

2. BCDA

3. BADC

4. ACDB

ANS :- 3