39. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 27/07/2023 

Exam Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Section : English Comprehension 

Q.1 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. My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was attached to the temple. 

B. When we both finished, we would be back together. 

C. While the children sat in rows on either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or prayer in chorus, my grandmother sat inside reading the scriptures. 

D. The priest taught us the alphabet and the morning prayer. 

1. ABDC 

2. ACBD 

3. ADBC 

4. ADCB 

Q.2 Identify the option that arranges the given parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. 

a) In Shakespeare’s hands, English drama 

b) that first shone forth in his early history plays 

c) William Shakespeare is considered as the greatest dramatist and poet of English language. 

d) achieved a matchless brilliance 

1. a,b,c,d 

2. c,a,d,b 

3. b,c,a,d 

4. d,b,a,c 

Q.3 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. 

It can / get extreme cold / during / the winters. 

1. during 

2. get extreme cold 

3. the winters 

4. It can 

Q.4 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. 

My niece is an amateur artist. I hope she becomes famous one day. 

1. Decent 

2. Boring 

3. Expert 

4. Freelancing

Q.5 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Syrup 

2. Shrubbery 

3. Superior 

4. Sufficeint 

Q.6 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. He later tried to franchise his restaurant. 

B. Colonel Harland Sanders' real-life story of being disappointed numerous times in his life and still making his ambition come true late in life is truly motivating. 

C. He began selling chicken at the age of 40, but his dream of opening a restaurant was repeatedly denied owing to conflicts and wars. 

D. He is a seventh-grade dropout who tried many things in life but found them bitter. 

1. BACD 

2. BDCA 

3. BCDA 

4. BDAC 

Q.7 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word ‘Naïve’ from the given sentence. 

After years of working in politics, she had become cynical and jaded, convinced that all politicians were corrupt and that the system was rigged against the people. 

1. Jaded 

2. Convinced 

3. Corrupt 

4. Cynical 

Q.8 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

A place where airplanes are kept for maintenance 

1. Scullery 

2. Aviary 

3. Hangar 

4. Hanger 

Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

She could easily eat the _________ biryani by herself. 

1. hole 

2. whole 

3. haul 

4. hall

Q.10 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

Polyethylene terephthalate, one of the most often recycled plastics and the material used in the majority of water and soda bottles, can be transformed into everything from polyester fabric to automotive parts. 

1. may be converted 

2. might be evolved 

3. might be placed 

4. may be devaluated 

Q.11 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 

We are organising the charity function tomorrow. 

1. The charity function is being organise tomorrow. 

2. The charity function is organised tomorrow. 

3. The charity function is been organised tomorrow. 

4. The charity function is being organised tomorrow. 

Q.12 Select the most appropriate synonym to substitute the underlined word. 

The weather forecast mentioned that there would be a cloud burst this afternoon. 

1. famine 

2. snowfall 

3. rainstorm 

4. sandstorm 

Q.13 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Corrupt 

2. Acceptible 

3. Dearth 

4. Barely 

Q.14 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 

Get up on the wrong side of the bed 

1. Destroy or ruin a plan 

2. Someone who is having a good day 

3. Someone who is having a horrible day 

4. Go to bed or go to sleep 

Q.15 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

The secretary to my boss is very efficient as he not only gives him the required information and also handles correspondence independently. 

1. not also handles 

2. yet also handles 

3. along with also handles 

4. but also handles

Q.16 Identify the option that can be substituted as the correct idiom for the underlined part of the given sentence. 

My cousin sister Neetu had an aerial view of the trade fair from the top of the giant wheel. 

1. Birds of same feather 

2. A bird in the gilded cage 

3. Bird’s eye view 

4. Bird brain 

Q.17 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. 

The deer was killed by the boar. 

1. The boar was killed by the deer. 

2. The deer killed the boar. 

3. The boar killed the deer. 

4. The boar was killing the deer. 

Q.18 Select the most appropriate phrasal verb to fill in the blank. 

The driver very subtly ___________ the traffic violation he committed. 

1. ironed aside 

2. ironed in 

3. ironed out 

4. ironed through 

Q.19 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. 

I have thus far sketched the events of my life, but I have not shown how much I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears. 

1. emotion 

2. insight 

3. clarity 

4. folly 

Q.20 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

Keats and Shelly were poets of the same period; in other words, they were___________. 

1. contemporaries 

2. associates 

3. colleagues 

4. co-writers 

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. 

Colonialism had a great impact on the lives of the aboriginal Australians who were eventually (1) _______ by the whites with all power and privilege. The colonisers turned their land into rubbish pits and (2) _______ sites for their own betterment. The aborigines were often (3)_______ as sub-humans with low status and dirty habits. The whites not only displaced the tribes off their homeland but also (4) _______ the beauty and balance of the natural world. An increase in deforestation and destruction of traditional land led (5) _______ like emu, eagle, and kangaroo, among many others to dwindle over time. 

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

1. caught 

2. understood 

3. raised 

4. subjugated 

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

1. construction 

2. dating 

3. halting 

4. recreation 

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

1. perceived 

2. received 

3. created 

4. led 

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

1. utilised 

2. destroyed 

3. fed 

4. climbed 

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

1. thugs 

2. homies 

3. pets 

4. Fauna