11. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 18/07/2023 

Exam Time 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 

Section : English Comprehension

Q.1 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. 

Those streets are very lonely. 

1. Empty 

2. Remote 

3. Crowded 

4. Isolated 

Q.2 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

A secret plan, made to do something (usually wrong) 

1. Planning 

2. Conspiracy 

3. Strategy 

4. Conditioning 

Q.3 Identify the word in the given sentence that is the ANTONYM of the word ‘frugal’. 

At present, people are paying extravagant prices for houses because they have to have accommodation. 

1. prices 

2. accommodation 

3. present 

4. extravagant

Q.4 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Detect 

2. Predict 

3. Concieve 

4. Stimulate 

Q.5 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. 

Seldom had he been so joyous in other’s happiness. 

1. Hardly 

2. Occasionally 

3. Frequently 

4. Rarely 

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

The mob drove on the rampage and looted several shops in the locality. 

1. strolled on the rampage 

2. went on the rampage 

3. ran on the rampage 

4. played on the rampage 

Q.7 Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. 

A. After a few months, the two countries engaged in the Kargil war. 

B. Furthermore, a number of violent wars were fought between India and Pakistan. 

C. In February 1999, during the winter invasion, India and Pakistan signed the Lahore Declaration, which was predicated on peace. 

D. The engagements were extremely challenging for the Indian army since they had to fight on rough rocky terrain. 

1. CDBA 

2. DCAB 

3. DABC 

4. CABD 

Q.8 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 

Divergence 

1. Existence 

2. Convergence 

3. Transience 

4. Resilience 

Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 

By the skin of your teeth 

1. Confident of victory 

2. Just barely 

3. Kind towards the weak 

4. Determined to strike 

Q.10 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness 

1. Procrastinate 

2. Lacerate 

3. Recuperate 

4. Accelerate 

Q.11 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

A person who gives help and sympathy to people who need it. 

1. Pardoner 

2. Moralist 

3. Samaritan 

4. Preacher 

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

I will not go out if is raining. 

1. it rains 

2. raining 

3. will rain 

4. rained 

Q.13 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

They are playing songs so ______that the entire neighbourhood is disturbed. 

1. laud 

2. lord 

3. loud 

4. loved 

Q.14 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. 

I fell / asleep while / I read / the book. 

1. I read 

2. the book 

3. I fell 

4. asleep while 

Q.15 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice 

The cards were being distributed by her to her friends. 

1. The cards were been distributed to her friends. 

2. Her friends were distributing the cards for her. 

3. Her cards were distributed by her friends. 

4. She was distributing the cards to her friends. 

Q.16 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. 

I can’t talk right now. / I am being really busy. / I’ll call you later. 

1. I’ll call you later 

2. I can’t talk right now 

3. I am being really busy 

4. No error 

Q.17 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Horticulture 

2. Copulate 

3. Ignision 

4. Portion 

Q.18 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’. 

Please ask the dog to get of my couch. 

1. get off mine 

2. get off my 

3. No substitution 

4. get of mine 

Q.19 Describe how you will tell your friends that Rohit helps Reghu in passive voice. 

1. Reghu will been helped by Rohit. 

2. Reghu is being help by Rohit. 

3. Rohit help Reghu. 

4. Reghu is helped by Rohit. 

Q.20 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. 

He brought disgrace to his family by being involved in illegal activities. 

1. Honour 

2. Shame 

3. Discord 

4. Suspicion 

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. 

The Maasais live in (1)_________ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2)_______ of miles of rolling grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3)________ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a ‘Manyatta’, where a few families live for a (4)_________ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few (5)_______ with them, and burning the old ‘Manyatta’ to the ground. 

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

1. a 

2. some 

3. their 

4. that 

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

1. measures 

2. consists 

3. considers 

4. surrounds 

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

1. with 

2. by 

3. on 

4. at 

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

1. least 

2. significant 

3. few 

4. little 

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

1. experiences 

2. inhibitions 

3. antiques 

4. Belongings