SSC English Sample Paper

done SSC Sample Test Paper English-13 Total Questions - 25    [Download]

• question_answer1)

  Directions: In each of the following questions, one part of the sentence has an error and the other parts of the sentence are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as your answer out of [a], [b] and [c]. If a sentence is free from error, then choose your answer as choice [d].

  A)
   Like he become
  done clear
  B)
   / more competent
  done clear
  C)
   / he was given more interesting work.
  done clear
  D)
   / No error
  done clear
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  Directions: In each of the following questions, one part of the sentence has an error and the other parts of the sentence are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as your answer out of [a], [b] and [c]. If a sentence is free from error, then choose your answer as choice [d].

  A)
   Payal should know how use the film projector
  done clear
  B)
   / but if she doesn't,
  done clear
  C)
   / you had better show her.
  done clear
  D)
   / No error
  done clear
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  Directions: In each of the following questions, one part of the sentence has an error and the other parts of the sentence are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as your answer out of [a], [b] and [c]. If a sentence is free from error, then choose your answer as choice [d].

  A)
   Let her take
  done clear
  B)
   / as much books as
  done clear
  C)
   / she wants.
  done clear
  D)
   / No error
  done clear
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  Directions: Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

  At the world's finest educational institutes only students with the ____ to succeed are selected.       
  A)
   luck                             
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  B)
   drive         
  done clear
  C)
   resources                      
  done clear
  D)
   experience
  done clear
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  Directions: Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

  ____ as President, a candidate must win a majority of votes.
  A)
   Elected            
  done clear
  B)
   Electing
  done clear
  C)
   Having elected  
  done clear
  D)
   To be elected
  done clear
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  Directions: Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

  In his first public comments, the President said with concern that the leak of classified information from the battlefield "could potentially __________individuals or operations?.
  A)
   jeopardize                    
  done clear
  B)
   kill
  done clear
  C)
   strengthen                    
  done clear
  D)
   disturb
  done clear
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

  Dire
  A)
   Frightful                       
  done clear
  B)
   Encouraging
  done clear
  C)
   Unapprehensive
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  D)
   Inherent
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

  Trite
  A)
   Hackneyed                   
  done clear
  B)
   Correct
  done clear
  C)
   Original           
  done clear
  D)
   Certain
  done clear
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  Remanent
  A)
   Entire              
  done clear
  B)
   Fragment
  done clear
  C)
   Residue            
  done clear
  D)
   Vestige
  done clear
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  Preponderate
  A)
   Predominate                 
  done clear
  B)
   Perplex
  done clear
  C)
   Prevail             
  done clear
  D)
   Collapse
  done clear
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  Directions: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

  We lost everything lock, stock and barrel in the fire.
  A)
   completely                   
  done clear
  B)
   miserly
  done clear
  C)
   rarely              
  done clear
  D)
   shortly   
  done clear
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  Directions: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

  At first, there was a show of resistance to the new rule issued by the Government, but the movement had no backbone    and speedily collapsed.
  A)
   justification                  
  done clear
  B)
   impact
  done clear
  C)
   strength           
  done clear
  D)
   support
  done clear
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  Directions: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

  To save one's skin.
  A)
   To nourish someone
  done clear
  B)
   To protect on self
  done clear
  C)
   To protect skin using antiseptic
  done clear
  D)
   To make counterattack
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 14 to 16: A part the sentence is underlined. Below are yen alternatives to the underlined part [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  I can't go out in the rain as I am not having an umbrella.
  A)
   have no umbrella
  done clear
  B)
   don't have an umbrella
  done clear
  C)
   don't have the umbrella
  done clear
  D)
   No improvement
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 14 to 16: A part the sentence is underlined. Below are yen alternatives to the underlined part [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  The entire blame for crime cannot be led at the doors of the state.
  A)
   be laid at doors
  done clear
  B)
   been laid at the doors
  done clear
  C)
   be laid at the doors
  done clear
  D)
   No improvement
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 14 to 16: A part the sentence is underlined. Below are yen alternatives to the underlined part [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  She wondered if the children were as lonely as she was.
  A)
   whether           
  done clear
  B)
   that if
  done clear
  C)
   that                             
  done clear
  D)
   No improvement
  done clear
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

  Place of ideal peace and happiness.
  A)
   Abattoir                       
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  B)
   Lair
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  C)
   Elysium                       
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  D)
   Destination
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

  Pleasant or sharp to the taste.
  A)
   Euphony                      
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  B)
   Trip
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  C)
   Breeze             
  done clear
  D)
   Piquant
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

  Substance used in place of sugar.
  A)
   Saccharin                    
  done clear
  B)
   Insecticide
  done clear
  C)
   Cosmetic                     
  done clear
  D)
   Antiseptic
  done clear
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  Direction: Four words are given in a question; out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

  A)
   Uxarious                      
  done clear
  B)
   Uxorious
  done clear
  C)
   Uxorison                      
  done clear
  D)
   Uxoritious
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

  Cloze Test

  One of the myths relevant to the contemporary human condition is that of Prometheus. It has positive and optimistic 21. Man can better himself and aspire 22 higher worlds through his own efforts. Though in the process, he may 23 terrible tribulations, wars, revolutions, tortures of the body and the spirit. Time and again he would be tempted to throw in the towel, or retire into 24 and to the dream world of drugs and 25. But he will not, if made of the stuff of Prometheus, be diverted. He stick to his goal, as Prometheus did in stealing fire from the Gods, suffering terrible retribution for his pains.

  A)
   signals             
  done clear
  B)
   morals
  done clear
  C)
   echoes             
  done clear
  D)
   undertones
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

  Cloze Test

  One of the myths relevant to the contemporary human condition is that of Prometheus. It has positive and optimistic 21. Man can better himself and aspire 22 higher worlds through his own efforts. Though in the process, he may 23 terrible tribulations, wars, revolutions, tortures of the body and the spirit. Time and again he would be tempted to throw in the towel, or retire into 24 and to the dream world of drugs and 25. But he will not, if made of the stuff of Prometheus, be diverted. He stick to his goal, as Prometheus did in stealing fire from the Gods, suffering terrible retribution for his pains.

  A)
   in                                
  done clear
  B)
   into
  done clear
  C)
   to                               
  done clear
  D)
   after
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

  Cloze Test

  One of the myths relevant to the contemporary human condition is that of Prometheus. It has positive and optimistic 21. Man can better himself and aspire 22 higher worlds through his own efforts. Though in the process, he may 23 terrible tribulations, wars, revolutions, tortures of the body and the spirit. Time and again he would be tempted to throw in the towel, or retire into 24 and to the dream world of drugs and 25. But he will not, if made of the stuff of Prometheus, be diverted. He stick to his goal, as Prometheus did in stealing fire from the Gods, suffering terrible retribution for his pains.

  A)
   resist                           
  done clear
  B)
   experience
  done clear
  C)
   suffer               
  done clear
  D)
   challenge
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

  Cloze Test

  One of the myths relevant to the contemporary human condition is that of Prometheus. It has positive and optimistic 21. Man can better himself and aspire 22 higher worlds through his own efforts. Though in the process, he may 23 terrible tribulations, wars, revolutions, tortures of the body and the spirit. Time and again he would be tempted to throw in the towel, or retire into 24 and to the dream world of drugs and 25. But he will not, if made of the stuff of Prometheus, be diverted. He stick to his goal, as Prometheus did in stealing fire from the Gods, suffering terrible retribution for his pains.

  A)
   wilderness                    
  done clear
  B)
   meditation
  done clear
  C)
   obscurity                      
  done clear
  D)
   passivity
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

  Cloze Test

  One of the myths relevant to the contemporary human condition is that of Prometheus. It has positive and optimistic 21. Man can better himself and aspire 22 higher worlds through his own efforts. Though in the process, he may 23 terrible tribulations, wars, revolutions, tortures of the body and the spirit. Time and again he would be tempted to throw in the towel, or retire into 24 and to the dream world of drugs and 25. But he will not, if made of the stuff of Prometheus, be diverted. He stick to his goal, as Prometheus did in stealing fire from the Gods, suffering terrible retribution for his pains.

  A)
   stimulants                    
  done clear
  B)
   deceptions
  done clear
  C)
   delusions                      
  done clear
  D)
   luxurious
  done clear
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