SOLVED SSC CGL Previous Year Question Paper
Tier-1 [Set 1 – 4th June, 2019 Shift-I] - ENGLISH LANGUAGE section.
Find solution of English Language questions asked in SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam in 2019. The English Language questions were divided into following categories:
- Comprehensions
- Synonym, Antonym
- Grammar
- Idioms
- Spellings
- Fill in the blanks
- Jumbled Sentence
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (76-80):
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Seoul’s city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street sings-with prizes on offer for (76) ____________ who spot the most errors. It’s running (77) _________ two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners (78) __________ to keep their eyes peeled for (79) _________in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports. There’s (80) ____________ focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital.
76. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 1 :
(a) this
(b) those
(c) that
(d) these
Answer: (b) those
77. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2 :
(a) one
(b) the
(c) an
(d) a
Answer: (d) a
78. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 3 :
(a) same
(b) similarly
(c) alike
(d) likely
Answer: (c) alike
79. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 4 :
(a) guffaws
(b) blunder
(c) oversight
(d) mistakes
Answer: (d) mistakes
80. Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 5 :
(a) particular
(b) important
(c) signifying
(d) meticulous
Answer: (a) particular
81. Select the synonym of the given word: COERCE .
(a) enchant
(b) pressurize
(c) cajole
(d) leave
Answer: (b) pressurize
84. Select the antonym of the given word : EXPANSION
(a) inflation
(b) augmentation
(c) extension
(d) compression
Answer: (d) compression
85. Select the antonym of the given word : SCARCE
(a) scanty
(b) few
(c) seldom
(d) plentiful
Answer: (d) plentiful
82. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
We had to decline several orders in case that the production was held up due to labour strike.
(a) in case that
(b) the production was held up
(c) due to labour strike
(d) we had to decline
Answer: (a) in that case
83. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank
His company has the _______of producing the best cricket balls in the country.
(a) opinion
(b) brand
(c) reputation
(d) position
Answer: (c) reputation
87. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank
Around sixty bands in colourful _________took part in the Notting Hill Carnival.
(a) clothings
(b) costumes
(c) apparels
(d) dressing
Answer: (b) costumes
86. Select the wrongly spelt word
(a) calander
(b) career
(c) callous
(d) carriage
Answer: (a) calander
88. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given
A person, animal or plant much below the usual height
(a) wizard
(b) dwarf
(c) creature
(d) witch
Answer: (b) dwarf
89. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select “no improvement”.
The workers of this textile factory demand higher wages for a long time.
(a) have been demanding higher wages
(b) demanded higher wages
(c) no improvement
(d) has demanded higher wages
Answer: (a) have been demanding higher wages
90. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select “no improvement”.
If you park your car here, the traffic police has fined you
(a) will fine you
(b) no improvement
(c) fine you
(d) fined you
Answer: (a) will fine you
91. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. The cafe’s owner says he’s interested in conservation, and hopes customers will realise the animals are worth saving, even though they often have a bad reputation.
B. None of them are venomous, meaning customers can get up close and personal with the reptiles.
C. Here you sip your drink in the company of 35 snakes.
D. This café, which has just opened in Tokyo, is not for the faint-hearted.
(a) DBCA
(b) DCBA
(c) ABCD
(d) ABDC
Answer: (b) DCBA
92. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. An environmental group performed a necropsy on the animal and found about 40 kilograms of plastic, including grocery bags and rice sacks.
B. A 4.7-metre long whale died on Saturday in Philippines where it was stranded a day earlier.
C. “It is very disgusting and heartbreaking,” he said. “We’ve done necropsies on 61 dolphins and whales in the last 10 years and this is one of the biggest amounts of plastic we’ve seen.”
D. “The animal died from starvation and was unable to eat because of the trash filling its stomach,” said Darrell Blatchley, Director of D’Bone Collector Museum Inc.
(a) ABCD
(b) DABC
(c) BADC
(d) BACD
Answer: (c) BADC
93. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To play ducks and drakes
(a) to use recklessly
(b) to change places
(c) to be friendly
(d) to act cleverly
Answer: (a) to use recklessly
94. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Cyclone Idai killed at least 157 people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique although it tore across southern Africa.
(a) cyclone ldia killed
(b) it tore across
(c) although
(d) at least 157 people
Answer: (c) although
95. Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Every passing vehicle was being thoroughly checked by the guards.
(a) the guards were thoroughly checking every passing vehicle
(b) the guards have thoroughly checked every passing vehicle
(c) every passing vehicle were thoroughly checking the guards
(d) the guards have been thoroughly checking every passing vehicle.
Answer: (a) the guards were thoroughly checking every passing vehicle
96. Select the wrongly spelt word
(a) exploite
(b) explicit
(c) expire
(d) explode
Answer: (a) exploite
97. Select the synonym of the give word : CHRONIC
(a) ordinary
(b) persistent
(c) common
(d) temporary
Answer: (b) persistent
98. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
At daggers drawn
(a) deceiving somebody
(b) without hope
(c) friendly with each other
(d) bitterly hostile
Answer: (d) bitterly hostile
99. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given
A student who idly or without excuse absents himself/herself from school
(a) truant
(b) vagrant
(c) itinerant
(d) migrant
Answer: (a) truant
100. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence
Do not buy medicines without the doctor’s prescription.
(a) Medicines should not be bought without the doctor’s prescription.
(b) Medicines need to be bought without the doctor’s prescription.
(c) Medicines might not be bought without the doctor’s prescription.
(d) Medicines could not be bought without the doctor’s prescription.
Answer: (a) Medicines should not be bought without the doctor’s prescription.
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