30. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 25/07/2023 

Exam Time 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 

Section : English Comprehension

Q.1 Select the correct idiom that can substitute the italicised group of words in the given sentence. 

You must not participate in the marathon this year without any training. It is an unreal hope on your part! 

1. a pipe dream 

2. to lose one’s temper 

3. a will-o’-the-wisp 

4. carrying coal to new castle 

Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 

Gentle 

1. Sympathetic 

2. Ferocious 

3. Cruel 

4. Fierce 

Q.3 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. 

The Department of Educational Policy is committed to the study of educational policy, analyse, and evaluate educational programmes, to identify trends, understand outcomes and guide policy and practice, towards finding solutions to current problems in educational governance and management. 

1. dedicated 

2. affiliated 

3. inclined 

4. apathetic 

Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’. 

I’ve got a lot of homeworks this weekend. 

1. a lots of homework 

2. No substitution 

3. much homework 

4. a lot of homework 

Q.5 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

Never changing and therefore boring. 

1. Outdated 

2. Monotonous 

3. Impractical 

4. Idealistic 

Q.6 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. 

Anti-party activities / improved my relations /with an opposition. 

1. With an opposition 

2. Anti-party activities 

3. No error 

4. Improved my relations 

Q.7 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

My friend Meera and her mother is visiting me this weekend. 

1. am visiting 

2. have visiting 

3. was visiting 

4. are visiting 

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

Yesterday, I ate only a __________ of apples for my dinner. 

1. pear 

2. pare 

3. pier 

4. pair 

Q.9 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. 

The painting was not made by you. 

1. You should not make the painting. 

2. You does not make the painting. 

3. You do not make the painting. 

4. You did not make the painting. 

Q.10 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 

Compulsory 

1. Voluntary 

2. Subsidiary 

3. Obligatory 

4. Mandatory 

Q.11 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Technically 

2. Vaccinate 

3. Harrasment 

4. Receipt 

Q.12 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. Many species of bamboo flower once in several years and then die. 

B. The stem itself is hollow and is connected to a network of rhizomes, which spreads out beneath the surface of the soil. 

C. Roots grow out of this network of rhizomes and help the plants to absorb and distribute food and water from the soil. 

D. The bamboo is a variety of grass, with a woody, many-jointed stem. 

1. ADCB 

2. DBCA 

3. BCAD 

4. CADC 

Q.13 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. 

All the horses, except one, always / behaved in a rough manner when / Robert come to clean the stable. 

1. behaved in a rough manner when 

2. No error 

3. All the horses, except one, always 

4. Robert come to clean the stable 

Q.14 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

The commanders entered by force into terrorists’ camp. 

1. broke with 

2. broke off 

3. broke down 

4. broke into 

Q.15 Sentences with spelling errors are given. Select the sentence with NO error. 

1. Making healthcare more affordable is something I would do as President. 

2. Making healthcare more afordable is something I would do as Prescident. 

3. Making healtcare more affordable is something I would do as Prescident. 

4. Making healtcare more afordable is something I would do as President. 

Q.16 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. 

He was riding his bike on a bumpy surface. 

1. Uneven 

2. Steady 

3. Choppy 

4. Jerky 

Q.17 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 

At cross purposes 

1. Finalising ideas and pl 

2. Developing and amplifying ideas given 

3. Disagreeing with each other’s ideas 

4. Blindly following each other’s ideas 

Q.18 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. Several times I have visited the narrow, dirty streets where the poor live, and I grow hot and indignant to think that good people should be content to live in fine houses and become strong and beautiful, while others are condemned to live in hideous, sunless tenements and grow ugly, withered and cringing. 

B. Dear little creatures, they crouch in my heart and haunt me with a constant sense of pain. 

C. The children who crowd these grimy alleys, half-clad and underfed, shrink away from your outstretched hand as if from a blow. 

D. In the country one sees only nature’s fair works, and one’s soul is not saddened by the cruel struggle for mere existence that goes on in the crowded city. 

1. CABD 

2. BACD 

3. ADBC 

4. DACB 

Q.19 Identify from the given options the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word according to its meaning in the following sentence. 

The confectioner dusted a fine layer of sugar on the muffin. 

1. sprinkled 

2. scattered 

3. powdered 

4. cleaned 

Q.20 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. 

He was praised by his father. 

1. His father praises him. 

2. His father praised him. 

3. His father had praised him. 

4. His father has praised him. 

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. 

Since the 17th century, manure has been utilised in agriculture. In those days, they didn't know how plants got the (1)___________ they needed. They would toss wood debris, fish remains and other side-effects in an unfilled land to dispose of them. However, it wasn't long before people began to notice that the grass, bushes and shrubs there were beginning to (2) ___________. They came to the conclusion that the soil supplied the plants with the nutrients they needed, and that organic remains could aid in this process. Because manure is (3)___________from animals and plants, it not only provides a wide range of plant nutrients but also improves the structure of the soil. Farmers gradually began using fertilisers as well because they understood that if their farmlands were treated in a similar manner, the growth of their crops would also improve. It bonds the soil particles together to form soil crumbs, which are necessary for cultivating soil. Additionally, the addition of manure to the soil aids in the prevention of soil erosion and the loss of plant nutrients during precipitation. Commercial fertilisers, in contrast to manure, are inorganic (4) ___________ that do not alter the structure of the soil. Their function is to provide the sprouting plants with additional nutrients. A farmer ought to know when and how to apply a particular kind of fertiliser. When the plants require a particular nutrient the most, use it. If fertilisers haven't been added correctly to the soil, their roots won't be able to take in a lot. Rainwater could wash away these fertilisers, or they could end up (5) ___________ the plants instead, costing the farmer money. 

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1. 

1. ingredients 

2. items 

3. nutrients 

4. maintenance 

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2. 

1. tend 

2. cherish 

3. flourish 

4. raise 

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3. 

1. extracted 

2. constructed 

3. derived 

4. build 

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4. 

1. compositions 

2. contents 

3. substances 

4. essences 

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5. 

1. harming 

2. replicating 

3. hurting 

4. Wounding