SSC Previous Year English Practice Set 5

1. 
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence.

Some people think that the credit card culture encourages people to shop compulsively and merely ______ debts.

2. 
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence.

This winter ______ weather conditions have led people to remain indoors.

3. 
In the given sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

A Royal Bengal tigress and her three cubs was poisoned and their carcasses left to rot in the Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa

4. 
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

MALIGNANT

5. 
In the given sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

Scientist have recently announced that a more effective antidote for snakebite venom has been made.

6. 
A natural skill at doing something

7. 
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. OPULENT

8. 
Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Very careful and precise

9. 
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Like talking to a brick wall

 

10. 
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. DIVERSE

11. 
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. Some returned in the 80’s but they were not allowed to reclaim or buy land.

B. In the 70’s many Vietnamese living in Cambodia faced deportation after a change in government.

C. Their only solution was to live in wooden homes floating on the lake.

D. Even today they can be found living on the lake surviving on fishing and tourism. 

12. 
underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No improvement’.

Sele, is a near extinct language, spoken for just five villages in Nepal, which lie close to Tibet.

13. 
Directions: Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

14. 
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Ravi asked, “Ritu, how many sets of class 12 practice papers have you finished?”

15. 
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

16. 
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Bite off more than one can chew

17. 
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. ENRAGE

18. 
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Rains lashed Delhi and brought the temperature down by a few degrees.

19. 
the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No improvement’.

The Arabian Sea region is very important for India as several major ports are locating there.

20. 
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. For example, our project files were kept pending for a few years.

B. However, such hindrances did not stop us from tirelessly working towards the establishment of 450 clinics.

C. We initially constructed over 150 clinics.

D. But very soon many roadblocks were put in our path of expansion.