9. SSC CGL 2023

Exam Date 18/07/2023

Exam Time 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

English Comprehension

Q.1 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 

She is laughing at me. 

1. I had been laughed by her. 

2. I have been laughed by her. 

3. I was being laughed at by her. 

4. I am being laughed at by her. 

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 

The management is not beware of this fact. 

1. aware of 

2. awaking to 

3. beware to 

4. watchful with 

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

He was uncomfortable at the sport event. 

1. Troublesome 

2. Difficult 

3. Awkward 

4. Easeful 

Q.4 Select the grammatically correct sentence. 

A. It is a old uniform but a memorable thing for me. 

B. It is old uniform but a memorable thing for me. 

C. It is the old uniform but memorable thing for me. 

D. It is an old uniform but a memorable thing for me. 

1. B 

2. D 

3. A 

4. C 

Q.5 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word ‘Sophisticated’ from the given sentence. 

The tribe had no access to modern technology or resources and had to rely on primitive tools and techniques for survival. 

1. Primitive 

2. Modern 

3. Techniques 

4. Technology 

Q.6 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given word. 

Harangue 

1. A lengthy and aggressive speech 

2. Airplane shed 

3. Strict disciplinarian 

4. Breaker of idols 

Q.7 Choose the ANTONYM of the word ‘effervescent’ in the given sentence. 

Sonali is bubbly and carefree in comparison to her sister Mitali’s subdued nature. 

1. Subdued 

2. Carefree 

3. Bubbly 

4. Comparison 

Q.8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. 

The case of Vanuatu in 2020 is a clear example of the constant and complex challenges faced by SIDS. It shows how SIDS are dealing with multiple crises at the same time and how COVID-19 has particularly exposed SIDS’ extreme and interlinked vulnerabilities. 

1. free 

2. continuous 

3. interlaced 

4. Severe 

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

To prime the pump 

1. Manipulate someone to achieve success 

2. Ask others to be ambitious 

3. Encourage the growth or action of something’ 

4. To use a pump efficiently 

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

The river (flowing) under the bridge. 

1. is flow 

2. is flowed 

3. flows 

4. was flow 

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

A detailed description of a series of real or fictional events taking place over a long period of time 

1. Journal 

2. Saga 

3. Case study 

4. Witness 

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

They have disposed all the old books. 

1. disposed on 

2. disposed by 

3. disposed of 

4. disposed out 

Q.13 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in past tense form. 

The declarations which come out from that office are not dependable. 

1. The declarations which come out from that office were not dependable. 

2. The declarations which came out from that office are not dependable. 

3. The declarations which came out from that office were not dependable. 

4. The declarations which will come out from that office may not be dependable. 

Q.14 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. 

His house was filthy with papers and eatables strewn everywhere. 

1. Dignified 

2. Integral 

3. Barren 

4. Clean 

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

The audience loved her performance. 

1. Her performance was loved by the audience. 

2. The audience will love her performance. 

3. The performance was loved by her. 

4. The performance is loved by the audience. 

Q.16 The sentence given below has one misspelt word. Spot the INCORRECTLY spelt word and select its correct spelling. 

Last-bench students are mysterous by nature. 

1. Mystirious 

2. Misterous 

3. Misterious 

4. Mysterious 

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

Back against the wall 

1. Be in a relationship which one wants to escape 

2. Be in a difficult situation from where escape is easy 

3. Be in a difficult situation from where escape is difficult 

4. Be in an easy situation from where escape is difficult 

Q.18 Read the given sentence and select the most appropriate synonym of the word ‘Vigilant’ from the following options. 

The burglar was very cautious, so he avoided the security perfectly as they didn’t find any proof. 

1. proof 

2. security 

3. cautious 

4. Burglar 

Q.19 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

1. Laughable 

2. Prophane 

3. Reasonable 

4. Blessed 

Q.20 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

A person who compiles a dictionary 

1. Plagiarist 

2. Lexicographer 

3. Bibliophile 

4. Iconoclast 

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. 

Redwing had read (1) _________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) _________ for a novelist. He had said “an unhappy childhood”. Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3) _________ if this whole (4) _________ was unfolding more like a novel, and would be (5) _________ on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that’s how novels worked. 

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

1. careless 

2. wholesome 

3. somewhere 

4. Negligently 

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

1. training 

2. maintenance 

3. nature 

4. Medication 

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

1. wandered 

2. wondered 

3. wasted 

4. Welded 

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

1. exasperation 

2. expedition 

3. expectation 

4. Expiation 

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

1. blessed 

2. blamed 

3. bloomed 

4. Based