| English Questions For SSC, Banking and other States Exam Set 2 |
1. Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words..
A speech made without preparation
A Parable
B Eulogy
C Extempore
D Chronicle
Answer: C
2. Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
Your ear has three main ______: outer, middle and inner.
A parts
B subjects
C plugs
D events
Answer: A
3. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Lee said to his wife, “I am very happy today.”
A Lee told his wife that he was very happy today.
B Lee told his wife that he has been very happy that day.
C Lee told his wife he was very happy today.
D Lee told his wife that he was very happy that day.
Answer: D
4. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. bendable electronics and sensing technologies research
Q. people using “aerohaptics”, creating feelings of touch with jets of air
R. my colleagues and I working in the University of Glasgow’s
S. group have now developed a system of holograms of
A QPSR
B RPSQ
C PQRS
D SRQP
Answer: B
5. Choose the incorrectly spelt word.
A Morning
B Washing
C Calling
D Burnig
Answer: D
6. Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Its impossible to conduct truly causal research on media consumption and suicide.
A Its impossible to conduct
B media consumption and suicide.
C No error
D truly causal research on
Answer: A
7. Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
Exaggerated claims, not meant to be taken seriously
A Hyperpyrexia
B Hyperbole
C Hypergamy
D Hyperreal
Answer: B
8. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The child locked the shutters.
A The shutters were locked by the child.
B The shutters are locked by the child.
C The shutters would be locked by the child.
D The shutters had been locked by the child.
Answer: A
9. Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
What is the price of this fancy dress pink?
A fancy dress pink?
B No error
C price of this
D What is the
Answer: A
10. In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
As hard as nails
A To be stubborn
B To feel no pain
C Physically or mentally tough
D Hard working
Answer: C
11. Choose the sentence with no spelling error.
A These componants can work independently.
B These components can work indepedently.
C These components can work independently.
D These components can work independently.
Answer: C
12. Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence
is grammatically correct.
The number of women working outside homes has been steady increasing.
A has been steadily
B had been steadier
C No improvement
D have been steady
Answer: A
13. Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
The ______ heard that the relationship was stormy and had broken up several times.
A inquiry
B impute
C inordinate
D impugn
Answer: A
14. Select the word that is opposite in meaning (ANTONYM) to the word given below.
Fret
A Anxious
B Anguish
C Relax
D Pine
Answer: C
15. In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
The whys and wherefores
A References
B Circumstances
C Requirements
D Reasons
Answer: D
16. Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Enigmatic
A Literate
B Grumpy
C Illiterate
D Mysterious
Answer: D
17. Select the word that is closest in meaning (SYNONYM) to the word given below.
Decimate
A mend
B wreck
C harbour
D establish
Answer: B
18. Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
The humour of the gods is cruel; or ______ they see more than we do.
A unlikely
B odds
C perhaps
D however
Answer: C
19. Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence
is grammatically correct.
I didn’t have times to watch the whole movie.
A time to watch
B timer to watched
C time to watching
D No improvement
Answer: A
20. Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Oblate
A Mendicant
B Heathen
C Layperson
D Secular
Answer: A
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the
correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Comprehension:
According to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) there are more than 60 (1)______ of rat,
which means they come in all sizes. They are (2)_____ 5 inches (12 centimeters), or longer, according to
Encyclopedia Britannica. The largest species is the Bosavi woolly rat, which was (3)_____ in 2009 in the
rainforest of Papua New Guinea (and doesn’t have a scientific name yet). It is (4)______ the size of a cat —
32.2 inches (82 cm) from nose to tail and (5)______ around 3.3 lbs. (1.5 kilograms), according to CNN.
21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
A entities
B sections
C species
D objects
Answer: C
22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
A modestly
B manually
C typically
D surgically
Answer: C
23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
A discovered
B invented
C denuded
D screened
Answer: A
24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
A a lot
B of
C about
D some
Answer: C
25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
A evaluates
B weighs
C counts
D measures
Answer: B