SSC GD Exam 2023 English Important Questions and Answers
Q. 1) The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment
that contains a grammatical error. Neither the manager / nor the employees was / aware of the / shortage of raw
materials
(a) Neither the manager
(b) shortage of raw materials
(c) nor the employees was
(d) aware of the
Q. 2) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(a) Aniversary
(b) Felicitate
(c) Congratulations
(d) Response
Q. 3) 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. She left / hers umbrella / at the office.
(a) No error
(b) hers umbrella
(c) She left
(d) at the office
Q. 4) Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word. Threat
(a) Suggestion
(b) Proof
(c) Attention
(d) Risk
Q.5) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Precarious
(a) Safe
(b) Dangerous
(c) Uncertain
(d) Perilous
Q.6) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Vital
(a) Critical
(b) Trivial
(c) Manual
(d) Crucial
Q.7) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group
of words. Anything that leads to death
(a) Scary
(b) Serious
(c) Fatal
(d) Ominous
Q. 8) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. (a) Delivery
(b) Stationary
(c) Dictionery
(d) Voluntary
Q.9) The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Mohan told to / Sagar that he / was looking / very pale.
(a) very pale
(b) Sagar that he
(c) Mohan told to
(d) was looking
Q. 10) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A dialogue is a ______ between two or more people.
(a) conversation
(b) commission
(c) convertible
(d) conversion
Q. 11) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A ______ mind rarely meets a dead end; it continues the search for the answers.
(a) Peculiar
(b) Weird
(c) curious
(d) strange
Q. 12) 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
required’. You need to get the cholesterol from out of your system.
(a) out of your system
(b) No substitution required
(c) out your system
(d) from out off your system
Q.13) Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence.
Microwave ovens heat food quickly, anxiously and safely, but do not brown or bake food in the way that conventional ovens do.
(a) Angrily
(b) efficiently
(c) beautifully
(d) accidently
Q.14) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To breathe one’s last
(a) To take a major decision
(b) To give final verdict
(c) To make a plot
(d) To die
Q. 15) 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
required’.
I’m sure he will grab the chance to earn some extra money.
(a) No substitution required
(b) of earns
(c) to earned
(d) to earns
Q.16) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Play for time
(a) To do something in the stipulated time
(b) To make excuses or do things to gain time
(c) To play something for the sake of old times
(d) To play music in the time provided
Q.17) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The doctor ______ her to stop eating fried food.
(a) advised
(b) considered
(c) arranged
(d) expressed
Q.18) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group
of words. One who examines a company’s financial records
(a) Conductor
(b) Author
(c) Auditor
(d) Instructor
Q.19) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A person who knows everything
(a) Naive
(b) Omniscient
(c) Intelligent
(d) Omnipresent
Q. 20) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. VISIBLE
(a) Secret
(b) Apparent
(c) Vague
(d) Hidden
