SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 01 – Section D · English Comprehension
SSC CGL Mock – Tier I Mock Test 01 – 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 [lives in a small flat]
Explanation:
Two subjects joined by 'and' take a plural verb → 'live in a small flat'.
Spot the errorGrandfather has been growing / roses in his garden / since forty years.
Correct Answer: C [since forty years.]
Explanation:
A length of time takes 'for' → 'for forty years'; 'since' needs a starting point.
Spot the errorEach player in the team / was given / a new pair of shoes.
Correct Answer: D [No error]
Explanation:
'Each' is singular, so 'was given' is right.
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 [did not see]
Explanation:
After 'did not' the verb is in the base form → 'did not see'.
Sentence improvementMy father is working in this office for twenty years.
Correct Answer: B [has been working]
Explanation:
An action continuing up to now with 'for' + a period → present perfect continuous 'has been working'.
Directions (Q 81–83): Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Correct Answer: B [over]
Explanation:
Moving across the top of something → 'jumped over the wall'.
PrepositionShe is afraid _______ dogs.
Correct Answer: D [of]
Explanation:
Fixed preposition: 'afraid of'.
PrepositionI have lived in this town _______ my childhood.
Correct Answer: D [since]
Explanation:
A starting point (my childhood) with the present perfect → 'since'.
Directions (Q 84): Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Correct Answer: C [A letter is written by her every week.]
Explanation:
Present simple → is/are + V3; write – wrote – written.
Directions (Q 85): Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Correct Answer: A [Ravi said that he would visit his grandparents the next day.]
Explanation:
I → he, my → his, will → would, tomorrow → the next day; 'told' needs an object.
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. She worked on the picture every evening for a week.
R. Kavya decided to draw her village pond at sunrise.
S. On the day of the results, her name was read out first.
Correct Answer: B [PRQS]
Explanation:
Announcement → Kavya's decision → her work on it → the result.
Directions (Q 87–88): Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
Correct Answer: A [quick]
Explanation:
Answer: quick. brisk = quick and energetic.
SynonymVACANT
Correct Answer: B [empty]
Explanation:
Answer: empty. vacant = not occupied, empty.
Directions (Q 89–90): Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Correct Answer: C [depart]
Explanation:
arrive = reach a place; opposite = depart.
AntonymSHALLOW
Correct Answer: D [deep]
Explanation:
shallow = not deep; opposite = deep.
Directions (Q 91–92): Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom or phrase.
Correct Answer: B [to agree completely]
Explanation:
'see eye to eye' = have the same opinion, agree.
Idioma fish out of water
Correct Answer: D [a person who feels uncomfortable in unfamiliar surroundings]
Explanation:
Like a fish taken out of water, the person feels awkward and out of place.
Directions (Q 93–94): Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Correct Answer: A [autobiography]
Explanation:
autobiography = a life story written by the person himself or herself; a biography is written by someone else.
One-word substitutionA place where books are kept for people to read or borrow
Correct Answer: C [library]
Explanation:
library = a collection of books for reading or borrowing.
Directions (Q 95): Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank.
Correct Answer: D [beautiful]
Explanation:
beau-ti-ful: 'beau' + 'ti' + 'ful' with one 'l'.
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.
It was raining heavily (1) _______ Sunil left the office. He reached for his umbrella, but it was not (2) _______ his bag. He remembered that he (3) _______ it on the bus that morning. Sunil decided to walk to the bus depot, (4) _______ was only a short distance away. To his surprise, the conductor had kept the umbrella safely and handed it (5) _______ with a smile.
Correct Answer: C [when]
Explanation:
Time of the action → 'when'; the other connectors make no sense here.
ClozeBlank (2): He reached for his umbrella, but it was not (2) _______ his bag.
Correct Answer: A [in]
Explanation:
Inside a container → 'in his bag'.
ClozeBlank (3): He remembered that he (3) _______ it on the bus that morning.
Correct Answer: B [had left]
Explanation:
An action before another past action (remembered) → past perfect 'had left'.
ClozeBlank (4): Sunil decided to walk to the bus depot, (4) _______ was only a short distance away.
Correct Answer: C [which]
Explanation:
A relative pronoun for a thing (the bus depot) acting as subject → 'which'.
ClozeBlank (5): To his surprise, the conductor had kept the umbrella safely and handed it (5) _______ with a smile.
