24. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 21/07/2023 

Exam Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM 

Section : English Comprehension 

Q.1 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

The family has visit many parts of Europe when the man was working with an international educational agency. 

1. are visited 

2. have visit 

3. has visiting 

4. had visited 

Q.2 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 

Let me buy an expensive bag for my friend. 

1. Let an expensive bag was bought by me for my friend. 

2. An excessive bag will be bought by me for my friend. 

3. Let an expensive bag be bought by me for my friend. 

4. I request you to buy an expensive bag for my friend. 

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

Jargon 

1. Verboseness 

2. Eloquence 

3. Formality 

4. Slang 

Q.4 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Remmission 

2. Corruption 

3. Jeopardize 

4. Arrangement 

Q.5 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence. 

During the wedding ceremony, the bride seemed even quieter and more diffident than usual. 

1. Showing lack of interest 

2. Bold in others’ company 

3. Giving a false or misleading impression 

4. Shy due to lack of confidence. 

Q.6 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence. 

Arthur has some strange ideas, but on this occasion, I am inclined to agree with him. 

1. conflicted 

2. conspired 

3. refused 

4. tended 

Q.7 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 

Take the wheels. 

1. Let wheels you take. 

2. Let the wheels be taken by you. 

3. Let you take the wheels. 

4. Let the wheels take you. 

Q.8 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. 

If things were not going to be normal / after the pandemic, mankind will / have to accept the New Normal. 

1. no error 

2. If things were not going to be normal 

3. have to accept the New Normal 

4. after the pandemic, mankind will 

Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 

Fierce 

1. Fraud 

2. Gentle 

3. Fanatic 

4. Aggressive 

Q.10 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution of the given group of words. 

Capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavour, etc. and is able to do many things. 

1. Talented 

2. Flexible 

3. Versatile 

4. Turncoat 

Q.11 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’. 

Greenhouse gases trapped beside Earth’s atmosphere cause global warming. 

1. No substitution 

2. trapped inside 

3. trapped beyond 

4. trapped outside 

Q.12 Correct the spelling of the underlined word.  

While driving his car, he applied breaks in time to save himself and his family from an accident. 

1. brave 

2. bricks 

3. braces 

4. brakes 

Q.13 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. 

This is such a rowdy classroom. 

1. Disorderly 

2. Compliant 

3. Noisy 

4. Chattering

Q.14 Select the most appropriate idiom/phrase that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

Your career is now completely obsolete. 

1. hanging by a thread 

2. moving like a worm 

3. dead even 

4. as dead as a doornail 

Q.15 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. 

This will be most difficult of / the adjustments we have to make / because we have been used to / spending a lot on guests. 

1. the adjustments we have to make 

2. spending a lot on guests 

3. This will be most difficult of 

4. because we have been used to 

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

She will probably come tonight for a party. 

1. perhaps 

2. apparently 

3. definitely 

4. possibly 

Q.17 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’. 

While he saw the bear, he ran to the nearest tree, dropped his gun and climbed to a safe place. 

1. When he saw the bear 

2. No sooner did he see 

3. No substitution 

4. Hardly he saw the bear 

Q.18 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in the bracket to fill in the blank. 

There are __________ (definite) weaknesses in their security arrangements. 

1. hazy 

2. subtle 

3. vague 

4. monotonous 

Q.19 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. Water gives itself away for our agriculture and other uses. 

B. Trees give flowers, fruits and wood. 

C. Giving soothes an individual with the vibration of joy. 

D. Unconditional giving is a natural principle and evident everywhere in nature which gives us solid, liquids and minerals. 

1. ACDB 

2. CDAB 

3. CBDA 

4. BDCA 

Q.20 Select the correct idiom that can substitute the italicised group of words in the given sentence. 

My business partners thought that I would simply accept their cheating, but they will soon realise that I am more powerful than what they expected. 

1. casting pearls before swine 

2. damsel in distress 

3. they caught a tartar 

4. cutting a cloth 

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. 

I went on (1) _________ trying to 'find out how to'; but I wrote two or three novels without feeling that I had made (2) _________ progress. It was not until I wrote ‘Ethan Frome’ that I suddenly felt the artisan's full (3) _________ of his implements. When ‘Ethan Frome’ 1st appeared, I was (4) _________ criticised by the reviewers for what was considered the clumsy structure of the tale. I had pondered long on this structure, had felt its peculiar difficulties, and possible awkwardness, but could think of no (5) _________ which would serve as well in the given case: and though I am far from thinking ‘Ethan Frome’ is my best novel, and am bored and even exasperated when I am told that it is, I am still sure that its structure is not its weak point. 

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

1. plausibly 

2. playfully 

3. ambiguously 

4. steadily 

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

1. no sooner 

2. much 

3. so 

4. barely 

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

1. dissent 

2. rigidity 

3. stability 

4. control 

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

1. selectively 

2. severely 

3. intelligibly 

4. legibly 

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

1. adjudication 

2. adulteration 

3. alternate 

4. Alternative