SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 07 – Section D · English Comprehension
SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 07 – 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: D [No error]
Explanation:
A wish about the past takes the past perfect → 'I wish I had known'.
Spot the errorHardly anyone / came to the meeting / because of the heavy rain.
Correct Answer: D [No error]
Explanation:
'Hardly anyone came' is a correct negative structure.
Spot the errorThe poor / is not always / unhappy.
Correct Answer: B [is not always]
Explanation:
'The poor' means poor people (plural) → 'are not always'.
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: D [No improvement]
Explanation:
Past unreal condition: would have + V3 … if + had + V3.
Sentence improvementThe coach told to the players to rest before the match.
Correct Answer: A [told the players]
Explanation:
'tell' takes a direct personal object → 'told the players to rest'.
Directions (Q 81–83): Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Correct Answer: A [had been]
Explanation:
Past unreal condition in the passive: if + had been + V3.
TenseThe students _______ to the lecture for half an hour when the fire alarm rang.
Correct Answer: C [had been listening]
Explanation:
An action going on for some time before a past event → past perfect continuous.
TenseThe minister _______ the new hospital next week.
Correct Answer: B [will inaugurate]
Explanation:
'next week' → future tense 'will inaugurate'.
Directions (Q 84): Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Correct Answer: C [The papers will be checked by the teacher tomorrow.]
Explanation:
Answer: The papers will be checked by the teacher tomorrow.. Future simple → will be + V3.
Directions (Q 85): Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Correct Answer: D [The captain applauded the boys, saying that they had done well.]
Explanation:
An exclamation of praise → applauded + object; the words become a statement with backshift.
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. At first, only a few children came to borrow books.
R. Our neighbour started a small library in her garage.
S. Now the garage is too small, and she is looking for a bigger place.
Correct Answer: B [RQPS]
Explanation:
Start → 'At first' → 'Word soon spread' → 'Now'.
Directions (Q 87–88): Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Correct Answer: A [shorten]
Explanation:
abridge = shorten a book or text.
SynonymDILEMMA
Correct Answer: B [predicament]
Explanation:
dilemma = a difficult situation needing a choice between two options, a predicament.
Directions (Q 89–90): Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Correct Answer: A [deny]
Explanation:
concede = admit that something is true; opposite = deny.
AntonymAFFLUENT
Correct Answer: C [impoverished]
Explanation:
affluent = wealthy; opposite = impoverished.
Directions (Q 91–92): Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom or phrase.
Correct Answer: D [a hopeless search for something that cannot be found]
Explanation:
'a wild goose chase' = a useless, hopeless search.
Idiomto throw cold water on
Correct Answer: B [to discourage a plan or idea]
Explanation:
'throw cold water on' = show no enthusiasm for, discourage.
Directions (Q 93–94): Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Correct Answer: C [pandemic]
Explanation:
pandemic = spread over many countries; endemic = regularly found in one area.
One-word substitutionOne who is all-powerful
Correct Answer: A [omnipotent]
Explanation:
omni (all) + potent (powerful); omniscient = all-knowing.
Directions (Q 95): Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank.
Correct Answer: D [guarantee]
Explanation:
g-u-a-r-a-n-t-e-e: 'gua' + 'ran' + 'tee'.
Directions (Q 96–100): In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each numbered blank.
Our school faced a serious water shortage last summer. Instead of (1) _______ for the municipal tanker, the students decided to act. They (2) _______ a simple system to collect rainwater from the roof of the assembly hall. The water was stored in large tanks and later used for (3) _______ the garden. The project was so (4) _______ that the neighbouring schools sent their teachers to study it. What began as a small effort soon became a model (5) _______ others.
Correct Answer: D [waiting]
Explanation:
After the preposition 'Instead of' use the -ing form → 'waiting'.
ClozeBlank (2): They (2) _______ a simple system to collect rainwater from the roof of the assembly hall.
Correct Answer: B [designed]
Explanation:
A completed past action → simple past 'designed'.
ClozeBlank (3): The water was stored in large tanks and later used for (3) _______ the garden.
Correct Answer: C [watering]
Explanation:
After the preposition 'for' use the -ing form → 'watering'.
ClozeBlank (4): The project was so (4) _______ that the neighbouring schools sent their teachers to study it.
Correct Answer: A [successful]
Explanation:
After 'so' an adjective is needed → 'successful'.
ClozeBlank (5): What began as a small effort soon became a model (5) _______ others.
