SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 06 – Section D · English Comprehension
SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 06 – Section D · English Comprehension – 25 questions, subject: Full Mock Tests. 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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Directions (Q 76–78): Each sentence below is divided into three segments. Select the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Correct Answer: B [were broken]
Explanation:
The subject is 'One' (singular), not 'windows' → 'was broken'.
Spot the errorHe prevented me / to go out / in the storm.
Correct Answer: B [to go out]
Explanation:
'prevent' is followed by 'from' + -ing → 'from going out'.
Spot the errorNo sooner had the last bell rung / when the children / poured out into the playground.
Correct Answer: B [when the children]
Explanation:
'No sooner' pairs with 'than', not 'when' → 'than the children'.
Directions (Q 79–80): Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined part of the sentence. If no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'.
Correct Answer: C [comes]
Explanation:
In an 'if' clause about the future, use the simple present → 'If he comes'.
Sentence improvementHe walked very fastly to catch the bus.
Correct Answer: A [very fast]
Explanation:
'fast' is both adjective and adverb; 'fastly' is not a word.
Directions (Q 81–83): Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Correct Answer: A [take]
Explanation:
Answer: take. Collocation: 'take action'.
VocabularyThe new manager is known for his _______ decisions; he never wastes time.
Correct Answer: B [prompt]
Explanation:
Never wasting time → quick decisions: 'prompt'.
PrepositionHe was accused _______ stealing the jewels.
Correct Answer: A [of]
Explanation:
Fixed preposition: 'accused of'.
Directions (Q 84): Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Correct Answer: B [By whom were you invited to the party?]
Explanation:
'Who' → 'By whom'; past simple question → were + subject + V3, in question order.
Directions (Q 85): Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Correct Answer: D [He asked her if she had seen the film the day before.]
Explanation:
Yes/no question → asked + if; past simple → past perfect; yesterday → the day before.
Directions (Q 86): The sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges them in a logical sequence.
Q. Learning to swim is easier when you begin in shallow water.
R. Next, learn to kick your legs steadily.
S. First, practise floating while a trainer holds you.
Correct Answer: C [QSRP]
Explanation:
General idea → 'First' → 'Next' → 'Only after that'.
Directions (Q 87–88): Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Correct Answer: B [relieve]
Explanation:
alleviate = make pain or a problem less severe, relieve.
SynonymCORDIAL
Correct Answer: D [friendly]
Explanation:
Answer: friendly. cordial = warm and friendly.
Directions (Q 89–90): Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Correct Answer: A [prosperity]
Explanation:
adversity = hardship; opposite = prosperity.
AntonymRIGID
Correct Answer: C [flexible]
Explanation:
rigid = unable to bend; opposite = flexible.
Directions (Q 91–92): Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom or phrase.
Correct Answer: C [to doubt whether something is completely true]
Explanation:
'take with a pinch of salt' = not believe something fully.
Idiomto keep one's chin up
Correct Answer: A [to stay cheerful in a difficult situation]
Explanation:
'keep your chin up' = remain cheerful and brave in difficulty.
Directions (Q 93–94): Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Correct Answer: D [insolvent]
Explanation:
insolvent = unable to pay debts; a creditor is one to whom money is owed.
One-word substitutionA person who dislikes and distrusts people in general
Correct Answer: B [misanthrope]
Explanation:
misanthrope = one who dislikes humankind; a philanthropist helps others.
Directions (Q 95): Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank.
Correct Answer: A [committee]
Explanation:
Double m, double t, double e: com-mit-tee.
Directions (Q 96–100): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Ramesh had been the night watchman of the town library for as long as anyone could remember. Each night, after locking the doors, he would sit under the single lamp near the entrance and read whatever book had been left on the returns trolley. He never chose the books; he simply read what chance gave him.
Over the years he read about distant deserts, the lives of insects, old wars and new inventions. He kept a small notebook in which he wrote one sentence about every book. The librarians knew nothing of this habit until the night he retired. At his farewell, a young assistant found the notebook lying on the trolley, its pages filled with neat handwriting.
The head librarian read a few lines aloud. The room fell silent. Here was a man who had never been to college, yet his single sentences summed up books more sharply than many long reviews. The library now keeps the notebook in a glass case near the entrance, under the same lamp.
Correct Answer: B [He read whatever book had been left on the returns trolley.]
Explanation:
The passage says: 'read whatever book had been left on the returns trolley'.
RC – detailWhat did Ramesh write in his notebook?
Correct Answer: D [one sentence about every book he read]
Explanation:
The passage says: 'he wrote one sentence about every book'.
RC – detailWhen did the librarians learn of Ramesh's habit?
Correct Answer: C [on the night he retired]
Explanation:
The passage says: 'The librarians knew nothing of this habit until the night he retired'.
RC – inferenceWhy did the room fall silent when the head librarian read from the notebook?
Correct Answer: D [The listeners were struck by how sharply his sentences summed up the books.]
Explanation:
The next sentence explains the silence: his sentences 'summed up books more sharply than many long reviews'.
RC – vocabularyThe phrase 'what chance gave him' suggests that Ramesh's reading was
