SSC CGL 2023 Tier 1 English 9

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Redwing had read (1)________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) ______fora novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood". Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)_______  if this whole (4)___________was unfolding more like a novel, and would be (5)___________on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Redwing had read (1)________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) ______fora novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood". Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)_______  if this whole (4)___________was unfolding more like a novel, and would be (5)___________on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Redwing had read (1)________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) ______fora novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood". Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)_______  if this whole (4)___________was unfolding more like a novel, and would be (5)___________on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Redwing had read (1)________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) ______fora novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood". Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)_______  if this whole (4)___________was unfolding more like a novel, and would be (5)___________on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Redwing had read (1)________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) ______for a novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood". Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)_______  if this whole (4)___________was unfolding more like a novel, and would be (5)___________on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

The audience loved her performance.

Select the grammatically correct sentence.

A. It is a old uniform but a memorable thing for me.
B. It is old uniform but a memorable thing for me.
C. It is the old uniform but memorable thing for me.
D. It is an old uniform but a memorable thing for me

The sentence given below has one misspelt word. Spot the INCORRECTLY spelt word and select its
correct spelling.

Last-bench students are mysterous by nature

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To prime the pump.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the bold segment in the given
sentence.
They have disposed all the old books.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence.

The river (flowing) under the bridge.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given word.

Harangue

Select the most appropriate synonym of the bold word.

The case of Vanuatu in 2020 is a clear example of the constant and complex challenges faced by SIDS. It shows how SIDS are dealing with multiple crises at the same time and how COVID-19 has particularly exposed SIDS' extreme and interlinked vulnerabilities.

Choose the ANTONYM of the word 'effervescent' in the given sentence.

Sonali is bubbly and carefree in comparison to her sister Mitali's subdued nature.

Read the given sentence and select the most appropriate synonym of the word 'Vigilant' from the following options.

The burglar was very cautious, so he avoided the security perfectly as they didn't find any proof.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word 'Sophisticated' from the given sentence.

The tribe had no access to modern technology or resources and had to rely on primitive tools and
techniques for survival.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A person who compiles a dictionary

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A detailed description of a series of real or fictional events taking place over a long period of time

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the bold segment in the given sentence.
The management is not beware of this fact.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in past tense form.

The declarations which come out from that office are not dependable.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

He was uncomfortable at the sport event.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

She is laughing at me.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the bold word.

His house was filthy with papers and eatables strewn everywhere

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Back against the wall