SSC CGL Quiz : English Language | 20-07-2023

Dear Readers,

As SSC  CGL  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 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. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A kick in the teeth

1. Severe toothache

2. Hitting someone hard

3. A grave setback

4. Removing tooth cavities

2. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A stumbling block

1. Removing stones on the way

2. Skipping over a hurdle

3. Putting stones along the way

4. An obstacle to progress

Phrase Replacement

3. Select the option that will substitute the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no substitution is needed, select ‘No substitution required’.

When I met the couple yesterday I noticed that the wife was more taller than her husband.

1. No substitution required

2. much tall

3. much tallest

4. taller

4. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Abolish

1. Continue

2. Introduce

3. Eliminate

4. Establish

5. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. However, its importance is primarily for its location.

B. But unlike other rivers, it is not used for shipping.

C. Although not the longest river, the Rio Grande is the most important river in America.

D. America has several long river systems.

1. DCBA

2. DABC

3. DCAB

4. ABCD

6. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Lalitha will go / to sister’s house / in Mumbai / this summer.

1. Lalitha will go

2. to sister’s house

3. this summer

4. in Mumbai

7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Some people were tired of the long ______ in front of the mall and left without entering.

1. waste

2. weight

3. wait

4. waist

8. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Revel

1. Enjoy

2. Mourn

3. Appreciate

4. Rejoice

9. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitution for the given group of words.

Something that is to your advantage but happened by chance

1. Deliberate

2. Purposeful

3. Occidental

4. Fortuitous

10. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

Sneha said to me, “I was watching TV.”

1. Sneha told me that I was watching TV.

2. Sneha told me that she had been watching TV.

3. Sneha said to me that I was watching TV.

4. Sneha told me that she was watching TV.

Answers 

Q.1 (2) 

Q.2 (4) 

Q.3 (4) 

Q.4 (4) 

Q.5 (1).

Q.6 (1).

Q.7 (3)

Q.8 (2).

Q.9 (3)

Q.10 (2)