38. SSC CGL 2023 

Exam Date 27/07/2023 

Exam Time 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM 

Section : English Comprehension

Q.1 Select the nearest homonym of the given word. 

Accept 

1. Accent 

2. Except 

3. Expect 

4. Expert 

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

A wide-ranging effort is being made to safeguard lives and livelihoods by addressing the devastating near-term socio-economic, humanitarian, and human rights aspects of the crisis with attention to those hit the hardest. 

1. fortunate 

2. destructive 

3. emerging 

4. flourishing 

Q.3 The following sentence has been divided into three segments, A, B, C. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the segment that contains the error, from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. 

He is not rich (A) / so he cannot afford (B) / to buy a expensive car (C). 

1. A 

2. B 

3. C 

4. No error 

Q.4 Select the correct spelling for the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence. 

Education plays a crucal role in breaking the cycle of poverty and child labour. 

1. braking 

2. edukation 

3. proverty 

4. crucial 

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

I don’t like to work with people who are not flexible. 

1. Malleable 

2. Rigid 

3. Open-ended 

4. Capable 

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

A _________ is a female horse. 

1. rooster 

2. doe 

3. mare 

4. vixen 

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

The question was raised for discussion before the members during the assembly session. 

1. came round 

2. came out 

3. came up 

4. came off 

Q.8 Select the word that is INCORRECTLY spelt in the given sentence. 

Traditional people are used to using a calender for their routine activities in rural households. 

1. Activities 

2. Calender 

3. Households 

4. Traditional 

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

Connote 

1. Care 

2. Comment 

3. Criticise 

4. Convey 

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

He did not stop until it was remarked that he was speaking at length about trivial things. 

1. twittering 

2. littering 

3. writing 

4. rambling 

Q.11 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. 

They usually allege that there is / a delay in procuring stationery / due to the faulty purchase orders. 

1. due to the faulty purchase orders 

2. They usually allege that there is 

3. No error 

4. a delay in procuring stationery 

Q.12 Select the most appropriate idiom or phrase to fill in the blank in the given sentence. 

He is rich and famous and expects everyone to _________ on him. 

1. give a song and dance 

2. dance attendance 

3. dead duck 

4. tap dance like mad 

Q.13 Select the correct sentence in active voice from the following options. 

1. The Police said to me, “I will call the neighbours.” 

2. The police are being called by the neighbours. 

3. The neighbours have called the police. 

4. The police have been called by the neighbours. 

Q.14 Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank. 

The children enjoyed the _________ very much. 

1. feer 

2. fair 

3. fear 

4. fere 

Q.15 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. In a study sponsored by World Health Organisation and carried out by Harvard School of Public Health, the global burden and injury indicated that stress diseases and accidents are going to be the killers in 2020. 

B. Road traffic accidents are going to be the third largest killers. 

C. These accidents are also an indicator of psycho-social stress in a fast-moving society. 

D. The heart disease and depression - both stress diseases - are going to rank 1st and second in 2020. 

1. CBAD 

2. ADBC 

3. DACB 

4. BCDA 

Q.16 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. The other half had been sued at least twice, and Levinson found that just on the basis of those conversations, she could find clear differences between the two groups. 

B. Recently the medical researcher Wendy Levinson recorded hundreds of conversations between a group of physicians and their patients. 

C. The surgeons who had never been sued spent more than three minutes longer with each patient than those who had been sued did. 

D. Roughly half of the doctors had never been sued. 

1. BCAD 

2. CABD 

3. BDAC 

4. ABCD 

Q.17 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

Outer protective layer of a tree. 

1. Bark 

2. Rind 

3. Peel 

4. Shrub 

Q.18 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 

Treading on thin ice 

1. Making a thin ice sculpture 

2. To be in a dangerous risky position 

3. Playing with a sharp icicle 

4. Skating on ice fallen in a hailstorm 

Q.19 Select the synonym of the word ‘reproduce’ from the sentence. 

Many scientific researches have proved that DNA replicates itself in the human body and is an enzyme based catalyst reaction. 

1. Reaction 

2. Proved 

3. Researches 

4. Replicates 

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

We compelled the teacher to finish the class sooner. 

1. The teacher was compelled to finish the class sooner. 

2. The teacher compelled us to finish the class sooner. 

3. Finishing the class sooner was what the teacher was compelled to do. 

4. The teacher finished the class compelled by us.

Comprehension: 

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. 

The challenge in Madras high court to the Emergency-era shifting of education from state list to concurrent list (1) _______ a futile exercise in turning back the clock. Forty-six years have passed (2) _______ the 42 Constitution Amendment Act. In this period, the education sector has seen far too many changes, and most can’t be (3) _______ . For instance, a common national medical test now allows students the ease of appearing for just one examination instead of multiple ones conducted by each state. States still enjoy (4) _______ to operate their own universities, schools and education syllabus. Private sector is also flourishing in education. And the policy tinkering at all levels goes on. UGC is restructuring UG, PG and doctoral programmes. States are trying out clustering of schools, closing down smaller schools. Instruction in English seems to have lost favour at the Centre, even though society is (5) _______ headed in the opposite direction. But the moot point is no one entity can claim complete control. It is a diverse ecosystem. Far more important issues than locating education in the Constitution are at stake. 

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

1. had 

2. were 

3. have 

4. is 

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

1. from 

2. since 

3. for 

4. as 

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

1. reversed 

2. turned 

3. backed 

4. returned 

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

1. suitability 

2. suitable 

3. flexible 

4. flexibility 

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

1. irrevocably 

2. irrelevant 

3. irrevocable 

4. Suddenly