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English Language & SET - 31
DAY - 31
Comprehension
No. of Questions – 25 Time Allowed – 20 min.
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PRACTICE SET - 31 (DAY 31) (CGL - 20)
SSC CGL 2018 (13/06/2019) TEST TIME - 1 : 00 PM - 2 : 00 PM

1. Select the most appropriate option to sub- 6. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Se-
stitute the underlined segment in the given lect the option that gives their correct or-
sentence. If no substitution is required, se- der.
lect No improvement.
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A. He would sit at the edge of her mother's
How long you are living in this city? bed and stare into her crib.
(a) are you live B. Arvind bumbled down the interminable
(b) are you been living corridor, suddenly reminded of his daugh-
(c) No improvement ter in the days after she was born.
(d) have you lived C. As a proportion to the fragment of life
his daughter had seen, an hour was a vast
sprawling space.
2. Select the correct passive form of the given D. Some days he would imagine the world
sentence.
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through her eyes and he would feel in his
heart how long an hour actually was.
They will put away their woollens after the (a) BCDA (b) BADC
festival of Holi. (c) DACB (d) ABCD
(a) Their woollens are being pul away after the
festival of Holi.
7. Select the correctly spelt word.
(b) Their woollens have been pul away after
the festival of Holi. (a) mentoin (b) mention
(c) Their woollens will be pul away after the (c) mantion (d) mension
festival of Holi.
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(d) Their woollens are put away after the fes- 8. Select the most appropriate option to sub-
tival of Holi. stitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, se-
lect No improvement.
3. Select the word which means the same as
the group of words given.
The female ostrich guards the nest at night
and the male guard it in the day.
liable to break easily
(a) guard it during the day.
(a) brillle (b) soft
(b) guarding it during day.
(c) bent (d) thin
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(c) guards it during the day.
(d) No improvement
4. Select the most appropriate synonym of the
given word.
9. Select the most appropriate antonym of the
given word.
INSULT
(a) remove (b) apply
PROGRESSIVE
(c) offer (d) offend
(a) conservative (b) repeated
(c) aristocratic (d) moving
5. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
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the blank.
10. Select the word which means the same as
the group of words given.
I am quite satisfied that I have not been
______ in doing whatever was needful for
building up their character. impossible to satisfy
(a) negligent (b) devoted (a) satisfactory (b) satisfiable
(c) caring (d) affectionate (c) contented (d) insatiable
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11. Select the correct active form of the given
sentence.
Rudra was laughed at by all his friends when
he wore his socks inside-out.
(a) If Rudra wears his socks inside-out all his
friends will laugh at him.
(b) When Rudra wore his socks inside-out all
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A. It is a popular tourist spot for watching
the sunset and sunrise over the ocean.
B. Kanyakumari is a coastal town in the
State of Tamil Nadu on India's southern
tip.
C. It is also a noted pilgrimage site, thanks
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his friends were laughing at him. Lady of Ransom Church, a centre of In-
(c) All his friends will be laughing at Rudra for dian Catholicism.
wearing his socks inside-out. D. Jutting out into the Laccadive sea, the
(d) All his friends laughed at Rudra when he town was known as Cape Comorin during
wore his socks inside-out. the British rule.
(a) ACDB (b) DCAB
12. Select the most appropriate option to fill in (c) BDAC (d) BCDA
the blank.
17. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
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Today, _______ society is literally poisoning underlined idiom in the given sentence.
the earth with acid rain.
(a) cosmopolitan (b) developing The invigilator did not know that the two boys
(c) growing (d) industrialised were exchanging notes under his nose.
(a) written in small letters
13. Select the most appropriate meaning of the (b) rolled into small pellets
underlined idiom in the given sentence. (c) wrapped in handkerchiefs
(d) right in front of him
Let us have all the regulations in black and
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white. 18. Select the most appropriate synonym of the
(a) painted in colour given word.
(b) printed in coloured ink
(c) written on the black-board HOSTILITY
(d) in writing (a) enmity (b) sympathy
(c) goodwill (d) friendship
14. In the sentence identify the segment which
contains the grammatical error. 19. Select the most appropriate antonym of the
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given word.
Although there are more than a hundred
known elements, they rarely occur at a pure PUBLIC
state. (a) common (b) ready
(a) more than a hundred (c) private (d) resticted
(b) Although there are
(c) at a pure state 20. Select the correctly spelt word.
(d) they rarely occur (a) sweatter (b) scissors
(c) clettering (d) terribble
15. In the sentence identify the segment which
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contains the grammatical error. Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have
You may left the class when you have com- been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help
pleted the test. of the alternatives given. Select the most
(a) the class (b) when you have appropriate option for each blank.
(c) completed the test (d) You may left Marine Conservation Society is hosting
the Anjarle Turtle festival 2019, aiming to
16. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Se- make more people aware about Olive Ridley
lect the option that gives their correct or- turtles. The sea (1) ______ get their names
der. from their olivecoloured (2) ______ They grow
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to about two feet in (3) ______ and reportedly 23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
mate at around 1000 kilometers from the blank No. (3).
Anjarle (4) ________ These turtles come to the (a) length (b) growth
beach to lay (5) ______. (c) weight (d) depth

21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in 24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank No. (1). blank No. (4).
(a) snakes (b) fish
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(a) festival (b) beach
(c) animal (d) turtles (c) sea (d) sand

22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in 25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
blank No. (2). blank No. (5).
(a) wings (b) shells (a) young ones (b) eggs
(c) feathers (d) beaks (c) pebbles (d) shells
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Answer Key
1. (D) 6. (B) 11. (D) 16. (C) 21. (D)
2. (C) 7. (B) 12. (D) 17. (D) 22. (B)
3. (A) 8. (C) 13. (D) 18. (A) 23. (A)
4. (D) 9. (A) 14. (C) 19. (C) 24. (B)
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5. (A) 10. (D) 15. (D) 20. (B) 25. (B)
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