English Quiz for SSC CGL 2015 – Set 2



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Directions (1-5): In the following questions, some of the sentences
have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error.
1. (A) Two hours have passed /
(B) since / (C) he had fallen asleep./ (D) No error.

Solutions -he fell asleep.

2. (A) Having broken down / (B)
the driver sent the car /(C) to the garage./ (D) No error.

Solutions -‘Since the car had broken down’ is the correct formation.




3. (A) He is one of those writers
/ (B) who has won acclaim / (C) the world over./ (D) No error.

Solutions -‘have’ in place of ‘has’
4. (A) The items I liked the most
/ (B) were the rosewood carvings / (C) and the teak-wood furnitures of Dutch
design./ (D) No error.

Solutions -Change ‘furnitures’ into ‘furniture’
5. (A) A part of the training /
(B) they offered was / (C) real good./ (D) No error.

Solutions -‘really good’ in place of ‘real good’

Directions (6-10): In the following question, four alternatives are
given for the idiom/ phrase in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of
the idiom/phrase.
6. He went on sowing wild oats; he reaped sufferings in his old age.
(A) Inviting troubles as a boy
(B) Warning others as a young man
(C) Irresponsible pleasure
seeking in young age
(D) Sowing gains called oats when
young

7. I don’t know why she has become standoffish recently.
(A) Angry (B) Hilarious
(C) Indifferent (D) Unmanageable

8. I cannot put up with your misconduct any longer.
(A) Excuse (B) Refuse
(C) Accept (D) Tolerate

9. I did not mind what he was saying, he was only talking through his
hat.
(A) Talking nonsense (B) Talking
ignorantly
(C) Talking irresponsibly (D)
Talking insultingly
10. He is so furious that he would go through fire and water to
revenge himself on his foe.
(A) Approach everybody for help
(B) Avail himself of any
opportunity
(C) Use any conceivable method
(D) Undergo any risk



Regards

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