English For SSC CGL 2016

Directions (1-5) :Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold.

1. Ubiquitous

(1) Quintessential

(2) Popular

(3) Omnipresent

(4) Simplified

(5) Abnormal

2. Multitude

(1) Impoverished

(2) Handful

(3) Acknowledged

(4) Plenty

(5) Solitude

3. Outweigh

(1) Control

(2) Venture

(3) Perish

(4) Determine

(5) Surpass

4. Heralded

(1) Suspected

(2) Publicised

(3) Dragged

(4) Objective

(5) Benefit

5. Abate

(1) Rise

(2) Gear

(3) Hurl

(4) Lessen

(5) Retreat

Directions (1-5) :Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold.

6. Delayed

(1) Perturbed

(2) Popularised

(3) Expedited

(4) Stabilised

(5) Repressed

7. Dormant

(1) Emaciated

(2) Pertinent

(3) Cornered

(4) Rejected

(5) Active

8. Subversion

(1) Compliance

(2) Sanity

(3) Popularity

(4) Destabilisation

(5) Clarity

9. Embrace

(1) Contradict

(2) Disobey

(3) Curtail

(4) Reject

(5) Obscure

10. Myriad

(1) Trivial

(2) Difficult

(3) Few

(4) Effortless

(5) Countless

Direction (11-15). Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) The group desired to enhance the learning experience in schools with an interactive digital medium that could be used within and outside the class-room.

(B) Then the teacher can act on the downloaded data rather than collect it from each and every student and thereby save his time and effort.

(C) Edutor, decided the group engineers, all alumni of the Indian Institute of technology, when they founded Edutor Technologies in August 2009.

(D) They can even take tests and submit them digitally using the same tablets and the teachers in turn can download the tests using the company’s cloud services.

(E) With this desire they created a solution that digitizes school textbooks and other learning material so that students no longer need to carry as many books to school and back as before, but can access their study material on their touch-screen tablets.

(F) A mechanic works on motors and an accountant has his computer. Likewise, if a student has to work on a machine or device, what should it be called ?

11. Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?

(1) A

(2) F

(3) E

(4) B

(5) D

12. Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?

(1) A

(2) F

(3) E

(4) B

(5) C

13. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?

(1) A

(2) D

(3) C

(4) E

(5) C

14. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?

(1) F

(2) D

(3) A

(4) C

(5) E

15. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?

(1) A

(2) B

(3) D

(4) E

(5) F

Answer

1. (3)

2. (4)

3. (5)

4. (2)

5. (4)

6. (3)

7. (5)

8. (1)

9. (4)

10. (3)

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11. (4)

12. (3)

13. (2)

14. (1)

15. (1)