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SSC GD Previous Year Question Paper Practice SET 1 ( English )
Despite of being / a small girl / she fought / the bull bravely.
1. a small girl
2. the bull bravely
3. she fought
4. Despite of being
Answer
Ans — 4. Despite of being
Despite = Inspite of.
Therefore, Despite is used in place of “Despite of”.
The pictures __ _ _ the postures which you have to assume.
1. decline
2. decipher
3. depict
4. decode
Answer
Ans — 3. depict
decipher – समझाना
depict – चित्रित
‘Of Mice and Men’ is a well-known __ by John Steinbeck.
1. circular
2. novella
3. pamphlet
4. memorandum
Answer
Ans — 2. novella
Brighten with light
1. Illustrate
2. Celebrate
3. Illuminate
4. Terminate
Answer
Ans — 3. Illuminate
Terminate – समाप्त
Reckless
1. Veritable
2. Rational
3. Queer
4. Rash
Answer
Ans — 4. Rash
Reckless/Rash/careless – लापरवाह
Queer/Different – विचित्र
Veritable – सच्चा
The tornados / on the east coast / gives rise / to tsunamis.
1. on the east coast
2. gives rise
3. to tsunamis
4. The tornados
Answer
Ans — 2. gives rise
“The tornados” is a plural subject. There give rise will be used instead of gives rise.
Side by side fruits, Radha sells fresh flowers in the market.
1. Altogether fruits
2. Apart for fruits
3. Besides fruits
4. No improvement required
Answer
Ans — 3. Besides fruits
Q.8 Select the option that is closest in meaning to the underlined idiom/phrase in the given sentence.
The manager moved heaven and earth to help the factory workers who had lost their jobs.
1. offered good advice
2. wasted a lot of time
3. did everything possible
4. travelled to distant places
Answer
Ans — 3. did everything possible
Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The two parties held several _ _ __ during the campaigning for elections.
1. crowds
2. rallies
3. assemblies
4. masses
Answer
Ans — 2. rallies
Q.10 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
The teacher asked Mohit that why he was absent for the test.
1. why he was
2. why was he
3. No improvement required
4. that why was he
Answer
Ans — 1. why he was
‘that’ and ‘why’ can never be used together in any sentence.
Q.11 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Out of the blue
1. Sorrowfully
2. Unexpectedly
3. From the sky
4. Without a uniform
Answer
Ans — 2. Unexpectedly
Q.12 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Impel
1. Inspire
2. Repress
3. Prompt
4. Oblige
Answer
Ans — 2. Repress
Impel/Incite/Inspire – उकसाना
Oblige – टेढ़ा
Prompt/Expedite – शीघ्र
Q.13 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Eligible
2. Relevent
3. Illicit
4. Tactics
Answer
Ans — 2. Relevent
Correct spelling : Relevant
Q.14 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’.
No one are required to line up for the investigation.
1. No one is required
2. No substitution required
3. No one have required
4. No one had required
Answer
Ans — 1. No one is required
No one always use singular verb.
Q.15 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A vehicle used to carry a dead body
1. Hearse
2. Tomb
3. Grave
4. Coffin
Answer
Ans — 1. Hearse
Grave – कब्र
Q.16 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Aroma
1. Sourness
2. Stink
3. Fragrance
4. Stench
Answer
Ans — 3. Fragrance
Stink / Stench – दुर्गंध
Retard
1. Delay
2. Choke
3. Hurry
4. Cram
Answer
Ans — 3. Hurry
Retard (रोकना/धीमा करना)
Cram ( रटना )
Subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms or information
1. Revolt
2. Irritate
3. Bombard
4. Shout
Answer
Ans — 3. Bombard
1. Charity
2. Overall
3. Hittch
4. Affirm
Answer
Ans — 3. Hittch
Correct spelling : Hitch (अड़चन )
Q.20 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Last night’s / Christmas party was fun. / I wish / you would come.
1. you would come
2. Last night’s
3. I wish
4. Christmas party was fun
Answer
Ans — 1. you would come
“You were come” will be used instead of you would come. Because were is used after “I wish”.
1. highest
2. maximum
3. uppermost
4. longest
Answer
Ans — 1. highest
Mount Everest, a peak in the Himalayan mountain range, is at a height of 8850 metres above sea level and is considered the (1)_ _ _ _ point on earth. While it is called Chomo-Lungma, or “Mother Goddess of the Land,” (2)__ _ _ the Tibetans, the people of Nepal call it Sagarmatha. The British named the mountain (3)__ _ _ Sir George Everest, a 19th-century British surveyor of South Asia. The Everest is believed to be over 60 billion years old. Although the first (4)_ _ _ _ to climb Mount Everest was made in 1921, it was not successful. It was on 29th May, 1953, that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to (5)_ _ _ _ the summit of this mountain.
Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
Answer
Ans 1. with
2. for
3. by
4. on
Ans — 3. by
Mount Everest, a peak in the Himalayan mountain range, is at a height of 8850 metres above sea level and is considered the (1)_ _ _ _ point on earth. While it is called Chomo-Lungma, or “Mother Goddess of the Land,” (2)__ _ _ the Tibetans, the people of Nepal call it Sagarmatha. The British named the mountain (3)__ _ _ Sir George Everest, a 19th-century British surveyor of South Asia. The Everest is believed to be over 60 billion years old. Although the first (4)_ _ _ _ to climb Mount Everest was made in 1921, it was not successful. It was on 29th May, 1953, that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to (5)_ _ _ _ the summit of this mountain.
1. over
2. from
3. about
4. after
Answer
Ans — 4. after
Mount Everest, a peak in the Himalayan mountain range, is at a height of 8850 metres above sea level and is considered the (1)_ _ _ _ point on earth. While it is called Chomo-Lungma, or “Mother Goddess of the Land,” (2)__ _ _ the Tibetans, the people of Nepal call it Sagarmatha. The British named the mountain (3)__ _ _ Sir George Everest, a 19th-century British surveyor of South Asia. The Everest is believed to be over 60 billion years old. Although the first (4)_ _ _ _ to climb Mount Everest was made in 1921, it was not successful. It was on 29th May, 1953, that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to (5)_ _ _ _ the summit of this mountain.
1. test
2. trial
3. attempt
4. struggle
Answer
Ans — 3. attempt
Mount Everest, a peak in the Himalayan mountain range, is at a height of 8850 metres above sea level and is considered the (1)_ _ _ _ point on earth. While it is called Chomo-Lungma, or “Mother Goddess of the Land,” (2)__ _ _ the Tibetans, the people of Nepal call it Sagarmatha. The British named the mountain (3)__ _ _ Sir George Everest, a 19th-century British surveyor of South Asia. The Everest is believed to be over 60 billion years old. Although the first (4)_ _ _ _ to climb Mount Everest was made in 1921, it was not successful. It was on 29th May, 1953, that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to (5)_ _ _ _ the summit of this mountain.
1. enter
2. realise
3. gain
4. reach
Answer
Ans — 4. reach