Previous Years English Questions for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017

Dear Aspirants, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 1st August 2017 to 20 August 2017. You need to practice a lot in order to achieve 40+ marks in the English Section. We are providing quizzes which include sentence improvement, error detection, idioms, one-word substitution, reading comprehension, vocabulary related questions etc. Practice all these questions, if any doubt, post your queries in the comment section, we will answer surely.

Directions (1-10): These types of questions are designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English. You will find incomplete sentences and beneath each sentence you will see words or phrases. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

Q1. The consumer price index lists __________.

(a) how a much cost every scooter

(b) how much does every car cost

(c) how much every car costs

(d) how much are every car cost

Q2. Canada does not require that US citizens obtain passports to enter the country, and __________.

(a) Mexico does neither

(b) Mexico doesn’t either

(c) neither Mexico does

(d) either does Mexico

Q3. As soon as __________ with an Arial salt, water is formed.

(a) a base will react 

(b) a base reacts

(c) a base is reacting

(d) the reaction of a base

Q4. Several of these washers and dryers are not in order and __________.

(a) need to be repairing

(b) repairing is required of them

(c) require that they be repaired

(d) need to be repaired

Q5. Thirty-eight national sites are known as parks, another eighty-two as monuments and __________.

(a) the another one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites

(b) the other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites

(c) seventy-eight plus one hundred more as historical sites

(d) as historical sites one hundred seventy-eight

Q6. A telephone recording tells callers __________.

(a) what time the movie starts

(b) what time starts the movie

(c) what time does the movie starts

(d) the movie starts what time

Q7. To answer accurately is more important than __________.

(a) a quick finish

(b) finishing quickly

(c) to finish quickly

(d) you finish quickly

Q8. Having been selected to represent the Association of Indian Managers at the International Convention, __________.

(a) the members applauded him

(b) he gave a short acceptance speech

(c) a speech had to be given by him

(d) the members congratulated him

Q9. Not until a student has mastered algebra __________ the principals of geometry, trigonometry and physics.

(a) he can begin to understand

(b) can he begin to understand

(c) he begins to understand

(d) begins to understand

Q10. It costs about thirty rupees to have a tooth __________.

(a) filling

(b) filled

(c) to fill

(d) fill

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

Q11. Instrument with lenses for making very small objects appear larger.

(a) expander

(b) microscope

(c) forfeit

(d) telescope

Q12. Intelligent and intellectual class of society.

(a) literate

(b) intelligent

(c) intelligentsia

(d) intellectual

Q13. Life-history of a person written by himself.

(a) biography

(b) cartography

(c) autobiography

(d) bibliography

Q14. Life-history of a person written by another.

(a) biography

(b) autobiography

(c) cartography

(d) credentials

Q15. One whose wife is dead.

(a) widow

(b) widower

(c) spinster

(d) bachelor

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c) 

Sol. “how much every car costs”.  In option A, wrong word order, hence wrong. In option B, we don’t need auxiliary verb ‘does’. In option C, wrong verb ‘are’ usage. Only option C is correct, it is written in statement form of the sentence, not question form. Hence the correct answer choice. 

S2. Ans.(b) 

Sol. “Mexico doesn’t either”.  Only option B is correct because it follows the rule of parallelism. 

S3. Ans.(b) 

Sol. “a base reacts” we need simple present tense verb to convey the meaning of the sentence. Hence, option B is correct answer choice. 

S4. Ans.(d) 

Sol. “need to be repaired” correct word order and passive voice is used in option D only. Hence correct answer choice. 

S5. Ans.(b) 

Sol. “the other one hundred seventy-eight as historical sites”

S6. Ans.(a) 

Sol. “what time the movie starts”. A telephone recording tells callers what time the movie starts. 

we need statement form of the sentence. hence. option A is correct.  

S7. Ans.(c) 

Sol. “to finish quickly”. We need to maintain parallelism. 

S8. Ans.(b) 

Sol. “he gave a short acceptance speech”.  Option B complete the idea expressed in the given sentence. 

S9. Ans.(b) 

Sol. “can he begin to understand” this fits in the context of the sentence correct. Other options have faulty word structure.  

S10. Ans.(b) 

Sol.  ‘filled’ is correct verb form. 

S11. Ans.(b) 

Sol.  microscope- an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times.

S12. Ans.(c) 

Sol.  intelligentsia- intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence.

S13. Ans.(c) 

Sol.  autobiography- an account of a person's life written by that person.

S14. Ans.(a) 

Sol.  biography-an account of someone's life written by someone else.

S15. Ans.(b) 

Sol.  widower- a man who has lost his spouse by death and has not married again.

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Previous Years English Questions for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017

Dear Aspirants, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 1st August 2017 to 20 August 2017. You need to practice a lot in order to achieve 40+ marks in the English Section. We are providing quizzes which include sentence improvement, error detection, idioms, one-word substitution, reading comprehension, vocabulary related questions etc. we have also provided study notes on English for SSC CGL 2017 Exam. Practice all these questions, if any doubt, post your queries in the comment section, we will answer surely.

Q1. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

ADAPT

(a) BRING UP

(b) ADJUST

(c) ENCOURAGE

(d) SERVE

Q2. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

ARID

(a) DRY

(b) FERTILE

(c) BARREN

(d) FALLOW

Q3. Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

(a) Definite

(b) Diffinite

(c) Defenite

(d) Difinite

Directions (4-5): In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

Q4. Why you (A) / copying your homework (B) / from someone else? (C) / No Error (D)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

Q5. There is (A) / few time (B) / for preparation. (C) / No Error (D)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

Directions (6-8): The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Q6. Naresh made a fortune _____ buying and selling used cars.

(a) at

(b) by

(c) in

(d) on

Q7. She has finished writing the article, ______

(a) has she?

(b) isn't it?

(c) hasn't she?

(d) is it?

Q8. An animal species becomes _____ when its last existing member dies.

(a) exist

(b) existing

(c) extinct

(d) extract

Directions (9-11): In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Q9. Catch a tartar

(a) To catch a dangerous person

(b) To deal with a person who is more than one's match

(c) To trap a wanted criminal with great difficulty

(d) To live carefully and cautiously

Q10. Cap in hand

(a) Defiant

(b) Screaming

(c) Well behaved

(d) In a respectful manner

Q11. In the blues

(a) Cheerless and depressed

(b) Violent and angry

(c) Wearing blue badges

(d) Singing sad songs

Directions (12-15): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Q12. A notice of a person's death

(a) Memorandum

(b) Obituary

(c) Reminder

(d) Rejoinder

Q13. An animal that lives in groups

(a) Hoard

(b) Fastidious

(c) Gullible

(d) Gregarious

Q14. Hard working and diligent

(a) Seditious

(b) Sedate

(c) Sedulous

(d) Scheming

Q15. Person pretending to be he is not.

(a) imposter

(b) liar

(c) wicked

(d) artificial

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. ADAPT-make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.  Hence, ADJUST and Adapt are synonyms in meaning. 

S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. ARID-(of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.

FERTILE-(of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.

Hence, arid and fertile are antonyms in meaning.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. Definite-clearly stated or decided; not vague or doubtful. Hence, definite is correct spelling. 

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol.  Write “ why are you” in first part of the given sentence. 

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol. Write ‘little’ time. ‘few’ means almost nothing, ‘little’ also means nothing. we use little for time. 

few shows number.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Preposition ‘by’ is correct according to the context of the sentence. 

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. hasn't she? This is the example of questions tag sentence. If the first part of the sentence is positive, then we make second part negative with the help of  verb and proper pronoun. 

S8. Ans.(c)

Sol. extinct-(of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Catch a tartar-catch a Tartar, to deal with someone or something that proves unexpectedly troublesome or powerful.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. cap in hand: Humbly or submissively.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. in the blue: depressed; melancholy.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. Obituary-a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. Gregarious-(of a person) fond of company; sociable.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. Sedulous-(of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.

S15. Ans.(a) 

Sol.  imposter-a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others, especially for fraudulent gain.

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Top 15 Previous Years English Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Dear Aspirants, At Crackbanexam, we've launched our SSC CGL 2017 Campaign. In order to achieve success in the CGL-17 exam, we've decided to post ENGLISH QUIZ. Today in this post we have provided Misc. questions. Every Day, We'll post different topics, these quizzes will help you a lot in your complete preparation for the Exam.

Directions (1-5): A sentence/a part of the sentence is IN BOLD. Four alternatives are given to the bold part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.

Q1. He enjoys to go on tours with his children.

(a) to go for tours

(b) going for tours

(c) going on tours

(d) No improvement

Q2. Sita was cooking in the kitchen when her husband was ringing the bell.

(a) would have been ringing

(b) had rung

(c) rang

(d) No improvement

Q3. If the room had been brighter, I would have been able to read for a while before bed time.

(a) If the room was brighter

(b) If the room are brighter

(c) Had the room been brighter

(d) No improvement

Q4. Never such incidents have taken place on our campus.

(a) have such incidents

(b) such incidents will have

(c) were such incidents

(d) No improvement

Q5. My mother teach me to be a good human being.

(a) taught

(b) thought

(c) talked

(d) No improvement

Directions (6-10): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

A guest speaker was addressing the faculty and the students in the college auditorium. I had joined the faculty the year before, and was already drawing attention. I was 27, full of assumptions about myself, quick with a comment on everything, and expected people to pay attention to all that I had said.

I listened to the talk for the first five minutes. By the seventh, I was looking around to check if others were listening. By the tenth, I had glanced at my watch three times, and yawned once. After twenty minutes I was thoroughly bored, and telling myself that it was difficult to sit through such an insipid talk. I wanted to share some of my expert comments with my neighbour. But he was completely sold out to the speaker, and looked like it was the greatest day of his life. I was disgusted. I tried to catch a word or phrase from the talk, only to convince myself that this should be his last talk ever.

The one–hour talk took ages to end, and before the thanks were said, My neighbour smiled at me and said, “The talk was wonderful, wasn’t it?” I retorted, “It almost killed me with kindness”.

Q6. What do you understand about the narrator from the description in the first paragraph?

(a) He was a genius

(b) He was knowledgeable

(c) He was self-conceited

(d) He was charismatic

Q7. How did the narrator respond to the speech?

(a) He was glued

(b) He was bored

(c) He did not mind it

(d) He was engrossed in it

Q8. The narrator was disgusted because

(a) His neighbour was engrossed in an insipid talk

(b) The talk was boring

(c) He could not understand it

(d) He was impatient

Q9. When the speech ended the narrator was

(a) Happy

(b) Relieved

(c) Exhausted

(d) Disgusted

Q10. How long did the narrator listen to the speech without judgement?

(a) Seven minutes

(b) Ten minutes

(c) Five minutes

(d) Twenty minutes

Directions (11-15): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

It's nothing short of a revolution in how we eat, and it's getting closer every day. Yes, a lot of people are obese, and yes, the definition of “healthy eating” seems to change all the time. But in labs and research centers around the world, scientists are racing to match our genes and our taste buds, creating the perfect diet for each of us, a diet that will fight disease, increase longevity, boost physical and mental performance, and taste great to boot. As food scientist J. Bruce German says, “The foods we like the most will be the most healthy for us.”

Is that going to be a great day, or what?

All this will come to pass, thanks to genomics, the science that maps and describes an individual’s genetic code. In the future, personalized DNA chips will allow us to assess our own inherited predispositions for certain diseases, then adjust our diets accordingly. So, if you're at risk for heart disease, you won’t just go on a generic low–fat diet. You’ll eat foods with just the right amount and type of fat that’s best for you. You'll even be able to track your metabolism day–to–day to determine what foods you should eat at any given time, for any given activity. “Since people differ in their genetics and metabolism, one diet won’t fit all,” says German. As complex as all this sounds, it could turn out to be relatively simple.

Q11. What are scientists doing?

(a) Racing in labs and research centers around the world

(b) Asking us to start dieting

(c) Creating the perfect diet for us

(d) Try and make us taller

Q12. What does J. Bruce German say?

(a) The food we like is not healthy for us

(b) The foods we like the most will be the most healthy for us

(c) The most healthy food should be liked by us

(d) Food scientists like healthy food

Q13. What is genomics?

(a) The science which describes about maps

(b) The science which describes an individual

(c) The science which deals with years

(d) The science that maps and describes an individual’s genetic code

Q14. Why won't a common diet fit everybody?

(a) Because different people eat different food

(b) Because their genes are different

(c) Since they differ in genetics and metabolism

(d) Because of their different moods

Q15. What will be possible in the future?

(a) Personalized DNA chips for people to assess their own inherited predispositions

(b) You are at great risk for heart disease

(c) You will not be able to determine what food you should eat

(d) You will be unable to adjust your diet

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)

Sol. “going on tours”. Gerund form of the verb will be used after ‘enjoy’. And preposition ‘on’ is correct.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. “ring-rang-rung”. Simple Past tense verb will be used. 

S3. Ans.(c)

Sol. This is the case of third conditional sentence, the correct option will be “Had the room been brighter”.

S4. Ans.(a)

Sol. Present perfect tense verb will be used. Hence option A (have such incidents) is correct, and focus should be on the word order in the sentence.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Since the sense of the sentence is in past tense, hence past tense verb will be used.  “taught” is correct verb form.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. “He was self-conceited” It is clear from the first a few lines of the paragraph that the narrator was "excessively proud of himself".

S7. Ans.(b)

Sol. “He was bored”. The narrator was full of himself and did not like that speech at all, he was bored and wanted to end the speech as soon as possible.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. The narrator was disgusted because "His neighbor was engrossed in an insipid talk". the narrator wanted to talk to the neighbor but neighbor was engrossed in the speech and like it very much. hence, the narrator was disgusted.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. According to the passage, When the speech ended the narrator was Relieved. he was so bored that when the speech ended, the narrator jumped to his feet with a sigh of relief. 

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. It is mentioned in the passage that the narrator listened to the speech for first 5 min. without judgement.

S11. Ans.(c)

Sol. According to the passage, the scientists are experimenting and Creating the perfect diet for us. Hence, option is C is correct.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. According to the passage, food scientist J. Bruce German says, “The foods we like the most will be the most healthy for us.”

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol. genomics is "The science that maps and describes an individual’s genetic code."

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. According to this passage, a common diet will not fit everybody Since they differ in genetics and metabolism.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. According to the passage, "Personalized DNA chips for people to assess their own inherited predispositions" will be possible in the future.

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English Questions Asked in SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2016

Dear Aspirants, At Crackbankexam, we've launched our SSC CGL 2017 Campaign. In order to achieve success in the CGL-17 exam, we've decided to post ENGLISH QUIZ. Today in this post we have provided Misc. questions. Every Day, We'll post different topics, these quizzes will help you a lot in your complete preparation for the Exam. We're also providing Vocabulary for SSC exams. 

Q1. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

RECTIFY

(a) SATISFY

(b) CORRECT

(c) REDUCE

(d) PACIFY

Q2. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

VANQUISH

(a) VANISH

(b) VARNISH

(c) SURRENDER

(d) TRAMPLE

Q3. Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

(a) Groteasque

(b) Grotasque

(c) Growtesque

(d) Grotesque

Directions (4-6): In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the “No error” option.

Q4. Here is something pretty (A) / that you can (B) / wear on the party (C) / No Error (D)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

Q5. He was for all (A) / selling the car (B)/ and buying a bicycle (C) /No Error(D)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

Q6. Look at what (A) / I am doing (B) / and do like I do (C) / No Error (D)

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

Directions (7-9): The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Q7. See me tomorrow without __________.

(a) fails

(b) failure

(c) fail

(d) failing

Q8. Radium __________ rays that blind the eyes.

(a) gives away

(b) gives over

(c) gives up

(d) gives off

Q9. You will have to work __________ you are in the office.

(a) as long as

(b) as good as

(c) as far as

(d) so far as

Directions (10-12): In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Q10. To add fuel to the fire

(a) Prevent fire from dying out

(b) Make the fire burn brightly

(c) Make things worse

(d) Waste fuel for no reason.

Q11. To take to heart

(a) To be greatly affected

(b) To take something lightly

(c) To strike at the heart, out of enjoyment

(d) To suffer from heart disease

Q12. To bring to light

(a) To put on light

(b) To reveal

(c) To bring a light

(d) To arrange light sufficiently

Directions (13-15): A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.

Q13. Lying in my room, the music could be heard.

(a) I could hear the music

(b) The music can be heard

(c) The music can be heard by me

(d) No improvement

Q14. Come quickly if you will catch the train.

(a) you want to

(b) you shall

(c) you could

(d) No improvement

Q15. At the sound of foot steps he turned round fast really.

(a) real fast

(b) real fastly

(c) real faster

(d) No improvement

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)

Sol. RECTIFY-put right; correct. Hence, option B is the correct choice.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. VANQUISH-defeat thoroughly. Hence, vanquish and surrender are opposite to each other in meaning.

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. Grotesque-comically or repulsively ugly or distorted. Hence, grotesque is correct spelling and other options are misspelled.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. "Here is something pretty that you wear for the party." the correct preposition will be "for" in place of "on" in option C.

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. "He was all for selling the car and buying a bicycle." the word "all" is misplaced in the sentence. the error is in part A of the sentence.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. "Look at what I am doing and do as I do." the use of word 'like' is incorrect in option C, the correct word will be 'as'.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. “fail” is an appropriate word. Other variations of the word ‘fail’ are incorrect in the sentence.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. give off: To send forth; emit

give away-To offer or provide at no cost to the recipient:

give over-To hand over; entrust.

give up- To surrender.

hence, the phrasal verb (gives off) is correct in the given context.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. as long as -During the time that. “as long as” is correct conjunction according to the meaning of the sentence.

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. To add fuel to the fire-cause a situation or conflict to become more intense. Hence. Option C is correct answer choice.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. To take to heart-to consider something very seriously

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. bring (or come) to light-make or become widely known or evident.

S13. Ans.(a)

Sol. “I could hear the music”. The is the application of “dangling modifier”. We need mandatory subject ‘I’ to complete the sense.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. “you want to” is correct answer choice.

S15. Ans.(a)

Sol. “real fast”. Real is used as an adverb and ‘fast’ is an adjective.  “Real fast” is correct word choice.

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