SSC CGL 2021 Tier-1 English Paper Mock Test-17 (20-4-2022 Shift-2)

Q.1 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Handicrafts are / export from India / to several / European countries.

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Q.2 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

She said to me, “I saw this old man long ago.”

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Q.3 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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Q.4 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The booking will have been closed when you reach the theatre.

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Q.5 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Get up from your place / slow, and / turn around!

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Q.6 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The coloured clothes should not be washed with the whites.

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Q.7 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

PRIMARY

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Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

So dangerous did the weather conditions ______ that all mountain roads were closed.

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Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Would you have been so kind as to close the window?

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Q.10 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given

Admirable

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Q.11 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Bare

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Q.12 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Holiday homework / are essential to keeping / students busy / during the vacation.

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Q.13 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A spear used for hunting large fish

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Q.14 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

It was a lavish birthday party and I could see my friend eat like a horse.

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Q.15 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A room or large cupboard for storing food

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Q.16 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Mrs. Verma refused / the second helping / of ice cream.

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Q.17 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Triumphant

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Q.18 Arrange the statements in the correct order to make a meaningful paragraph.

A. Impressed with Jane’s patience with animals, he chose her for the mission to understand chimpanzees.

B. In 1957, she went to Kenya where she met the British paleoanthropologist, Louis Leakey.

C. As a child she would wait for hours to observe a chicken laying an egg.

D. Jane Goodall grew up in the English town of Bournemouth.

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Q.19 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

There are a bit nice shops in the town centre.

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Q.20 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Pay heed to

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

One day, a few hunters came into the forest and took the lion with them. They tied him up (1)______ a tree. The lion was (2) ______ to get away and started to whimper. (3) ______, a mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble. He quickly ran and (4) ______ on the ropes to set the lion free. Both of them then (5) ______ into the jungle.

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Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

One day, a few hunters came into the forest and took the lion with them. They tied him up (1)______ a tree. The lion was (2) ______ to get away and started to whimper. (3) ______, a mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble. He quickly ran and (4) ______ on the ropes to set the lion free. Both of them then (5) ______ into the jungle.

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Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

One day, a few hunters came into the forest and took the lion with them. They tied him up (1)______ a tree. The lion was (2) ______ to get away and started to whimper. (3) ______, a mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble. He quickly ran and (4) ______ on the ropes to set the lion free. Both of them then (5) ______ into the jungle.

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Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

One day, a few hunters came into the forest and took the lion with them. They tied him up (1)______ a tree. The lion was (2) ______ to get away and started to whimper. (3) ______, a mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble. He quickly ran and (4) ______ on the ropes to set the lion free. Both of them then (5) ______ into the jungle.

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Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

One day, a few hunters came into the forest and took the lion with them. They tied him up (1)______ a tree. The lion was (2) ______ to get away and started to whimper. (3) ______, a mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble. He quickly ran and (4) ______ on the ropes to set the lion free. Both of them then (5) ______ into the jungle.

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Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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