Thursday, 18 June 2015

SSC CGL 2015:- ENGLISH



Directions: - In these question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the word given in the bold.
1. OSTRACISE
(a) Amuse                                            
(b) Welcome              
(c) Entertain                                        
(d) Host

2. DENSE
(a) Scarce                                             
(b) Slim              
(c) Sparse                                            
(d) Lean

3. PARSIMONIOUS
(a) Prodigious                                     
(b) Selfless             
(c) Extravagant                                   
(d) Ostentatious

4. FETTER
(a) Restore                        
  (b) Liberate              
(c) Exonerate                                    
 (d) Distract

5. HARMONY
 (a)Strife                                               
 (b) Annoyance                
 (c) Cruelty                                               
(d) Mischief

Directions:-Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word given in bold
6. Conciliations
(a) Dispute                          
 (b) irritation             
(c) Separation                                     
(d) confrontation

7. Myth
(a) Truth                                              
(b) fact              
(c) Falsehood                                      
(d) story

8. Reluctantly
(a) Pleasingly                                      
(b) willingly             
(c) Satisfactorily                                
(d) happily

9. Mutilate
(a) Instruct                          
 (b) induct              
(c) Conduct                                          
(d) mend

10. Lament
(a) Rejoice                                           
(b) rejuvenate                
(c) complain                                           
(d) cry

Directions: - In these questions four words are given out of which only one is miss-pelt. Find that mis-spelt  word.
11.(a)Combination                                          
     (b) Exageration      
     (c) hallucination                                             
     (d) admonition
12. (a) Sacrosanct                                             
       (b) sacrelege          
      (c) sacred                                                         
      (d) sacrament
13. (a) allitration                                               
      (b) allowanace        
      (c) almighty                                                    
      (d) almanc
14. (a) idiosyncrasy                                          
      (b) idealize
      (c) idiosy                                                               
     (d)ideology
15.  (a) Jaundise                                                  
       (b)Jasmine        
      (c) javelin                                                               
      (d) jarring
Directions:- four words have been written out of which three are correctly spelt and one is wrongly spelt. Find the wrongly spelt word out of the four responses.
16. (a) Eminent                                   
      (b) Iminent       
     (c) Eloquent                                                        
     (d) Exuberant
17. (a) Tailor                                                       
      (b) Sculpter        
     (c) Doctor                                                              
     (d)Fitter
18. (a) Mathametician                                     
      (b) Statistician     
      (c) Dietician                                                       
     (d) Physician
19. (a) Grotesque                                             
      (b)Burlesque       
      (c) picturesque                                                                 
     (d) Piccaresque
20. (a) Indomitable                                           
      (b) Furmidable        
      (c) Amicable                                                  
     (d) Admirable
Direction: -In these question, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
21. A person with a long experience of any occupation
(a) Veteran                                          (b) Genius     
(c) Seasoned                                      (d) Ambidexterous
22. Words written on a tomb
(a) Epithet                                           (b) Epigraph     
(c)  Soliloquy                                      (d) Epitaph
23. Stealthily done
(a) Devious                                         (b) Nefarious     
(c) Surreptitious                                (d) Villainous
24. Something no longer in use
(a) Desolate                                       (b) Absolute       
(c) Obsolete                                       (d) Primitive
25. One not concerned with right or wrong
(a) Moral                                             (b) Amoral      
(c) Immoral                                         (d) Immortal
26. A person who opposes war or use of military force
(a) Fascist                                            (b) Pacifist      
(c) Narcissist                                       (d) fatalist
27. Severely abusive writing in journals
(a) Imaginary                                     (b) Speculative      
(c) Scurrilous                                      (d) Sarcastic
28. Call upon God or any other power (like law) etc. for help or protection
(a)  Invocation                                   (b) Involution      
(c) Inundation                                   (d) revocation
29. Fear of being enclosed in a small closed space
(a) Agoraphobia                               (b) Claustrophobia       (c) Xenophobia                                     
(d) Paranoia
30. One who has become dependent on something or drugs is
(a) Adamant                                       (b) Edict      
(c) Addict                                             (d) derelict
Directions:- In these question four alternatives are given for the idioms/phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best express the meaning of the idiom/ phrase in given in bold.
31. For his alleged involvement in espio –nage, he is under a cloud these days.
(a) Experiencing cloudy weather                
(b) Enjoying favourable luck     
(c) Under suspicion               
(d) Under observation
32. We have appealed to him again and again; there is no use flogging a dead horse now.
(a) Repeating our request                 
(b) Making him see reason      
(c) Beating about the bush               
(d) Wasting time in useless effort
33. We shouldn’t look down upon the wretched of the earth.
(a) Sympathise with                 (b) hate intensely     
(c) be indifferent to                       
(d) regard with contempt
34. Because of his misbehavior, he is bound to face the music.
(a) Get finished                (b) get reprimanded       (c) Feel sorry                                     
 (d) Listen to the music
35. The working of the factory was distru-pted on account of a token strike by the workers.
(a)  Total strike                                 
(b) Carefully planned strike     
(c) Short strike held as a warning               
(d) Sudden call of strike
36. By opposing his proposal he fell foul of him.
(a) Quarrel with                                (b) felt annoyed with     
(c) agreed with                                 (d) got into trouble with
37. Those who work by fits and starts seldom show good results.
(a) rarely                                              (b) disinterestedly       (c) irregularly                                          
(d) regularly
38. The new Manager thought that he would give employees enough rope for the first six months after which he would check the work done himself.
(a) Many directives and orders                
(b) Sufficient advice     
(c) All the material they needed               
(d)  Enough freedom for action
39. He was all at sea when he began his new job.
(a) Happy                                            (b) sad     
(c) Puzzled                                          (d) triumphant
40. The sweeping statement by the boss left the conscientious workers disgusted.
(a) Rash statement                
(b) Unpremeditated statement      
(c) Thoughtless statement               
(d) Generalized statement





























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