SSC CGL English – Speed Rounds – Speed Round 2 · Tier I Sprint
SSC CGL English – Speed Rounds – Speed Round 2 · Tier I Sprint – 25 questions, subject: English Language & Comprehension. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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OBSEQUIOUS
Correct Answer: C [servile]
Explanation:
obsequious = servile; domineering is the opposite.
ARDENT
Correct Answer: B [enthusiastic]
Explanation:
ardent = enthusiastic; indifferent is the opposite.
PRUDENT
Correct Answer: D [reckless]
Explanation:
prudent means careful; its opposite is reckless.
HUMBLE
Correct Answer: A [arrogant]
Explanation:
humble means modest; its opposite is arrogant.
Correct Answer: B [entrepreneur]
Explanation:
entrepreneur – 'entre' + 'pre' + 'neur'.
The results come out tomorrow, so we are all keeping our fingers crossed.
Correct Answer: D [to hope that things will turn out well]
Explanation:
'keep one's fingers crossed' = to hope that things will turn out well.
A person who eats too much
Correct Answer: C [glutton]
Explanation:
glutton = one who eats too much; a gourmet is a judge of fine food.
Yesterday / Ramesh did not / went / to the office.
Correct Answer: C [went]
Explanation:
'did not' is followed by the base form: did not go.
The thief who stole the car / was caught / near the station, and / the police has arrested him.
Correct Answer: D [the police has arrested him.]
Explanation:
'Police' is always plural: have arrested.
P. found the session
Q. who attended the workshop
R. on time management useful.
S. Most of the students
Correct Answer: D [SQPR]
Explanation:
Subject (S) + its relative clause (Q) + verb and object (P) + rest (R).
She is knowing the answer to every question.
Correct Answer: C [knows]
Explanation:
'Know' is a state verb and is not used in the continuous form.
Unless you do not hurry, you will miss the bus.
Correct Answer: B [Unless you hurry]
Explanation:
'Unless' already means 'if not'; do not add another 'not'.
Either the students or the teacher ______ responsible for the mess.
Correct Answer: A [is]
Explanation:
With either … or the verb agrees with the nearer subject 'the teacher' (singular) → is.
Who wrote this letter?
Correct Answer: B [By whom was this letter written?]
Explanation:
Who + past simple → By whom was … written?
He said to me, "Please close the door."
Correct Answer: C [He requested me to close the door.]
Explanation:
'Please' → requested + object + to + verb.
Read the passage and choose the most appropriate option for each numbered blank (questions 41–45).
Dear Amma, I have now spent a month in the hostel, and I am slowly getting (1) ______ to the new routine. We wake up at six, and breakfast is served (2) ______ seven sharp. My roommate, Joseph, is shy but very (3) ______ and has already helped me with my chemistry notes.
The food is not as tasty as yours, (4) ______ I have stopped complaining about it. Please do not (5) ______ about me; I am eating well and studying hard.
Correct Answer: C [used]
Explanation:
Fixed phrase: get used to (= become familiar with).
Cloze – prepositionCloze 2 – blank (2): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: D [at]
Explanation:
Clock time → at.
Cloze – vocabularyCloze 2 – blank (3): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: A [helpful]
Explanation:
'has already helped me' supports 'helpful'.
Cloze – connectorCloze 2 – blank (4): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: B [but]
Explanation:
Contrast: not tasty, yet the writer has stopped complaining → but.
Cloze – grammarCloze 2 – blank (5): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: A [worry]
Explanation:
do not + base form → worry.
Read the passage and answer questions 46–50.
In many towns a new kind of meeting has begun to appear: the repair café. Volunteers who know how to fix things – electricians, tailors, carpenters – set up tables in a school hall or community centre. People bring broken fans, torn bags, wobbly chairs and silent radios, and the volunteers show them how to repair these things themselves.
The idea is simple. Many things are thrown away not because they cannot be used again but because their owners do not know how to fix them, or believe that buying a new one is easier. Every object that is repaired is one less object sent to a landfill, and one less new object that has to be made.
Supporters say that the cafés also do something money cannot measure: they bring neighbours together. A retired mechanic who teaches a college student to change a plug is also passing on confidence. Critics point out that some modern products are designed in ways that make repair difficult, and that a café cannot solve that problem alone.
Correct Answer: B [Repair cafés help people fix things instead of throwing them away, and bring neighbours together.]
Explanation:
Paragraphs 1–2 describe repairing instead of discarding; paragraph 3 adds the social benefit.
RC – detailPassage 2: Who works at repair cafés, according to the passage?
Correct Answer: D [volunteers such as electricians, tailors and carpenters]
Explanation:
Evidence: 'Volunteers who know how to fix things – electricians, tailors, carpenters'.
RC – detailPassage 2: According to the passage, why are many things thrown away?
Correct Answer: C [Their owners do not know how to fix them or think buying new is easier.]
Explanation:
Evidence: 'not because they cannot be used again but because their owners do not know how to fix them'.
RC – detailPassage 2: What do critics point out?
Correct Answer: A [Some products are designed in ways that make repair difficult.]
Explanation:
Evidence: 'some modern products are designed in ways that make repair difficult'.
RC – vocabularyPassage 2: The word 'wobbly', as used in the passage, means:
