SSC GD Previous Year Question Paper Practice SET 1 ( English )

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SSC GD Previous Year Question Paper Practice SET 1 ( English )


1. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
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”.


Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
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


Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
‘Of Mice and Men’ is a well-known __ by John Steinbeck.
1. circular
2. novella
3. pamphlet
4. memorandum

Answer

Ans — 2. novella


Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Brighten with light
1. Illustrate
2. Celebrate
3. Illuminate
4. Terminate

Answer

Ans — 3. Illuminate
Terminate – समाप्त


Q.5 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Reckless
1. Veritable
2. Rational
3. Queer
4. Rash

Answer

Ans — 4. Rash
Reckless/Rash/careless – लापरवाह
Queer/Different – विचित्र
Veritable – सच्चा


Q.6 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
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.


Q.7 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
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


Q.17 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Retard
1. Delay
2. Choke
3. Hurry
4. Cram

Answer

Ans — 3. Hurry
Retard (रोकना/धीमा करना)
Cram ( रटना )


Q.18 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms or information
1. Revolt
2. Irritate
3. Bombard
4. Shout

Answer

Ans — 3. Bombard


Q.19 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
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”.


Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.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.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.
1. highest
2. maximum
3. uppermost
4. longest

Answer

Ans — 1. highest


Comprehension:
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


Comprehension:
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.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
1. over
2. from
3. about
4. after

Answer

Ans — 4. after


Comprehension:
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.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.
1. test
2. trial
3. attempt
4. struggle

Answer

Ans — 3. attempt


Comprehension:
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.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.
1. enter
2. realise
3. gain
4. reach

Answer

Ans — 4. reach


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