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SSC CGL English – Mock Test 2 – Tier I English (Sectional) – Mock Test 2 · Tier I English · Sectional – 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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1.  
Spot the errorIdentify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
The furniture in our house / were bought / by my grandfather.

Correct Answer: B [were bought]

Explanation:

'furniture' is uncountable → singular 'was bought'.

2.  
Spot the errorIdentify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
If it rains tomorrow, / the match / will be cancelled.

Correct Answer: D [No error]

Explanation:

Real future condition: if + present, will + verb.

3.  
Spot the errorIdentify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
She did not / knew the answer / to the last question.

Correct Answer: B [knew the answer]

Explanation:

'did not' + base form → 'know'.

4.  
Sentence improvementSelect the most appropriate option to improve the underlined part. If no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'.
Little he knew that his friends were planning a party for him.

Correct Answer: A [did he know]

Explanation:

A negative opener (Little = not at all) needs inversion: Little did he know …

5.  
Sentence improvementSelect the most appropriate option to improve the underlined part. If no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'.
The doctor advised him to take a rest.

Correct Answer: D [No improvement]

Explanation:

advise + object + to-infinitive → 'advised him to take a rest'.

6.  
PrepositionSelect the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The shop has been closed _______ last Friday.

Correct Answer: A [since]

Explanation:

A starting point (last Friday) with the present perfect → 'since'.

7.  
AgreementSelect the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Neither Rohan nor his friends _______ invited to the party.

Correct Answer: D [were]

Explanation:

With neither … nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject 'friends' (plural); past context → 'were'.

8.  
PrepositionSelect the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
He is fond _______ reading detective stories.

Correct Answer: B [of]

Explanation:

Fixed partner: fond of.

9.  
SynonymSelect the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
SERENE

Correct Answer: C [peaceful]

Explanation:

serene = calm and peaceful.

10.  
SynonymSelect the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
HOSTILE

Correct Answer: B [unfriendly]

Explanation:

hostile = unfriendly, opposed.

11.  
AntonymSelect the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
DIFFIDENT

Correct Answer: D [confident]

Explanation:

diffident = lacking self-confidence; opposite = confident.

12.  
AntonymSelect the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
EXPAND

Correct Answer: C [contract]

Explanation:

expand = become larger; opposite = contract.

13.  
IdiomSelect the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
to let sleeping dogs lie

Correct Answer: A [to avoid stirring up an old problem]

Explanation:

Leave a settled matter alone rather than reopen trouble.

14.  
IdiomSelect the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
a feather in one's cap

Correct Answer: B [an achievement to be proud of]

Explanation:

An honour or success that adds to one's reputation.

15.  
One-word substitutionSelect the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who speaks two languages fluently

Correct Answer: D [bilingual]

Explanation:

bi- (two) + lingual (language) = bilingual.

16.  
One-word substitutionSelect the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A period of ten years

Correct Answer: C [decade]

Explanation:

decade = ten years; century = a hundred.

17.  
SpellingSelect the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Correct Answer: A [goverment]

Explanation:

govern + ment → 'government' keeps the n.

18.  
NarrationSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said, "My brother is ill today."

Correct Answer: C [She said that her brother was ill that day.]

Explanation:

my → her; is → was; today → that day.

19.  
VoiceSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Who has taken my pen?

Correct Answer: A [By whom has my pen been taken?]

Explanation:

Who → By whom; present perfect → has + subject + been + V3, in question order.

20.  
HomophonesSelect the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The new policy will have a positive _______ on farmers.

Correct Answer: D [effect]

Explanation:

After 'a positive' a noun is needed: effect (result).

21.  

Read the passage and answer questions 21–25.

Passage – The Tailor's Last Order

Old Ibrahim had been a tailor in the same narrow lane for most of his life. His eyes were weaker now, and he had told his customers that he would close the shop at the end of the month. On the last morning, a young girl came in holding a faded school uniform. She explained that her elder sister had worn it before her, and now it was too tight. Her mother could not afford a new one before the term began.

Ibrahim looked at the cloth, which was thin at the elbows and short at the sleeves. He said nothing for a while. Then he opened his cupboard, took out a roll of blue cloth he had kept for years, and began to measure the girl. All afternoon his machine hummed. When the girl returned in the evening, a new uniform lay neatly folded on the counter. 'How much?' she asked anxiously. Ibrahim smiled and said that a tailor's last stitch should be for someone who would remember it.

Years later, the girl, now a teacher, still kept a small blue scrap of that cloth inside her diary.

RC – detailPassage: Why was Ibrahim going to close his shop?

Correct Answer: B [His eyesight had become weak.]

Explanation:

'His eyes were weaker now' – so he planned to close.

22.  
(Use the directions above – Q 21–25)
RC – detailPassage: Why did the girl need a new uniform?

Correct Answer: C [The old one, worn earlier by her sister, had become too tight.]

Explanation:

Her elder sister had worn it, 'and now it was too tight'.

23.  
(Use the directions above – Q 21–25)
RC – detailPassage: What did Ibrahim do after he looked at the old uniform?

Correct Answer: B [He made a new uniform from cloth he had kept for years.]

Explanation:

He took out 'a roll of blue cloth he had kept for years' and stitched a new uniform.

24.  
(Use the directions above – Q 21–25)
RC – vocabularyPassage: The word 'anxiously', as used in the passage, means:

Correct Answer: A [in a worried way]

Explanation:

She was worried about the price → anxiously = with worry.

25.  
(Use the directions above – Q 21–25)
RC – inferencePassage: What does the last paragraph suggest?

Correct Answer: D [The girl treasured the memory of Ibrahim's kindness.]

Explanation:

Keeping a scrap of the cloth in her diary for years shows she treasured the memory.

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