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English Language & SET - 30
DAY - 30
Comprehension
No. of Questions – 25 Time Allowed – 20 min.
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PRACTICE SET - 30 (DAY 30) (CGL - 19)
SSC CGL 2018 (13/06/2019) TEST TIME - 10 : 00 AM - 11 : 00 AM

1. Select the correct active form of the given 6. Select the most appropriate option to sub-
sentence. stitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, se-
He was given a book for his birthday. lect No improvement.
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(a) She has gave him a book for his birthday.
(b) She give a book to him for his birthday. Applications are to be sent to the Principal
before 30th May.
(c) She gave him a book for his birthday.
(a) will be send to
(d) She will be giving him a book for his birth-
day. (b) are sending to
(c) No improvement
2. In the sentence identify the segment which (d) were being send to
contains the grammatical error.
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7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
The cost of fruits and vegetables have risen the blank.
abnormally this month.
(a) abnormally (b) The cost of It is hard to conceive of a more ______ route
(c) have risen (d) this month. than the one that this determined traveller
chose to follow.
(a) stimulating (b) dashing
3. Select the most appropriate option to sub-
stitute the underlined segment in the given (c) daunting (d) provoking
sentence. If no substitution is required, se-
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lect No improvement.
Meera has a friend who parents live in Dubai.
(a) has a friend which parents live
(b) have a friend whom parents live
(c) has a friend whose parents live
(d) No improvement
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8. Select the correct passive form of the given
sentence.
The artist played the violin.
(a) The violin had been played by the artist.
(b) The violin will be played by the artist.
(c) The violin is being played by the artist.
(d) The violin was played by the artist.

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4. Select the word which means the same as
the group of words given. 9. Select the word which means the same as
the group of words given.
Too unimportant to consider
(a) trivial (b) noticeable That which can be drawn into a thin wire
(c) nothing (d) dimunitive (a) ductile (b) smooth
(c) flexible (d) brittle
5. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Se-
lect the option that gives their correct or- 10. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Se-
der. lect the option that gives their correct or-
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der.
A. Its value is linked to what it is being used
for. A. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari
B. Such questions often baffle you. and it involves several steps.
C. How emotional should one get about B. There are two distinctive styles of
money and its value? Kalamkari in India.
D. Money on its own has no value, until you C. They are the Sri Kalahasti style and the
have some use for it. Machlipatnam style.
(a) CABD (b) DBAC
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(c) CBDA (d) ACDB

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D. Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or 17. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
block-printed cotton textile, produced in underlined idiom in the given sentence.
the Indian States of Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana.
The idea of a making a children's park has
(a) CBDA (b) DABC been nipped in the bud by the local council.
(c) ACBD (d) DCBA (a) encouraged strongly
(b) changed completely
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11. Select the most appropriate synonym of the (c) dropped at an early stage
given word.
(d) included somewhere else

OBSTACLE
18. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
(a) benefit (b) clearance underlined idiom in the given sentence.
(c) accessory (d) barrier
We now have an ex-Minister in the running
12. Select the correctly spelt word. from our constituency for the post of Mem-
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(a) fourtyeth (b) fortieth ber of Parliament.
(c) fortyth (d) fourtieth (a) contesting the seat (b) teaching yoga
(c) giving speeches (d) jogging everyday
13. Select the correctly spelt word.
(a) taelant (b) centiment 19. Select the most appropriate antonym of the
(c) serenity (d) cleaver given word.

14. In the sentence identify the segment which WEAKNESS

contains the grammatical error.
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(a) illness (b) strength
(c) bravery (d) disability
Cows are amongst the gentlest of animals;
none shows more passionate tenderness to-
20. Select the most appropriate antonym of the
wards their young. given word.
(a) none shows more
(b) towards their young TYRANT
(c) the gentlest of animals (a) patron (b) benefactor
(d) Cows are amongst (c) champion (d) rival
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15. Select the most appropriate option to fill in Comprehension:
the blank. In the following passage some words have
been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help
Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame paralleled the of the alternatives given. Select the most
_____ growth of Hollywood movies in the first appropriate option for each blank.
decades of the century.
(a) sluggish (b) explosive M. Ananda Kumar, scientist, Nature Conser-
vation Foundation says that elephants are
(c) progressing (d) delayed
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"engineers of the eco-system. He explains :

they are seed (1) ______. Forests without (2)
16. Select the most appropriate synonym of the _______ have been observed to not have
given word. young (3) ______ at all. This is because (4)
_____ species disperse seeds only through
elephants." The animals are phenomenal at
ENDEAVOUR (5) _____ themselves to new ecological con-
(a) success (b) result ditions and negotiating a problem.
(c) achievement (d) attempt
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21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in (a) saplings (b) species
blank No. (1). (c) seeds (d) elephants
(a) collectors (b) makers
(c) eaters (d) dispersers 24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank No. (4).
22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in (a) all (b) certain
blank No. (2). (c) no (d) every
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(a) engineers (b) elephants
(c) conservation (d) seeds 25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank No. (5).
23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in (a) explaining (b) adapting
blank No. (3). (c) expanding (d) structuring
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Answer Key
1. (C) 6. (C) 11. (D) 16. (D) 21. (D)
2. (C) 7. (C) 12. (B) 17. (C) 22. (B)
3. (C) 8. (D) 13. (C) 18. (A) 23. (A)
4. (A) 9. (A) 14. (A) 19. (B) 24. (B)
5. (C) 10. (B) 15. (B) 20. (B) 25. (B)
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