Practice Test: English Language - 6 - SSC CGL MCQ

The passage seems to be about a regulation passed by the government regarding medical colleges. The first sentence of the passage is Psince it introduces the fact that a regulation was passed.

The second sentence would be R, which tells us about the content of the regulation.

The third sentence should be Q. Q also gives us information about the content of the regulation but it contains the word 'also', which makes it obvious that it will come after R.

The last sentence is S, which tells us what is not mentioned in the regulation. Therefore, the correct sequence is PRQS.

The passage seems to center around the theme of recession. The first sentence should be P because it introduces and defines 'recession'. The next sentence would be R which gives the technical definition of 'recession'. The next two sentences are about the effects of a recession. Out of these S would come before Q as Q exemplifies S. Therefore, the correct sequence is PRSQ.

The correct sequence is Option 3, i.e. 'BDCA'.
The first sentence should introduce the paragraph, and the one that follows is Sentence B, which tells about the subject of the rearrangement, i.e. 'grammar'. 
It says that 'grammar grows and changes, and there is no such thing as the correct use of English for the past, the present and the future'.
The second sentence should be the one that adds information to the first sentence by giving an example that '.....in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, there is the line. "The door is broke."'. 
So, the second sentence after rearrangement is Sentence D.
Then, the one that makes a pair with Sentence D is Sentence C, which tells that 'Today, only an uneducated person would say, "My arm is broke". Yet this would have been correct in Shakespeare's time'.
The last sentence is the one, which is left in the sequence and, i.e. Sentence A. It concludes the paragraph by saying that 'All the words that man has invented are divided into eight classes, which are called parts of speech'.

The correct sequence is Option 4, i.e. 'ADBC'.
The first sentence after rearrangement should be the one that introduces the paragraph by mentioning about the main subject, i.e. 'Egypt'.
It says that 'Egypt is located in north-east of Africa. It is on the coast of Mediterranean Sea'. So, the first sentence after rearrangement is 'Sentence A'.
The second sentence should follow the first one by adding more information to the subject, and that is done by 'Sentence D' in, which it is compared with England.
The third sentence makes a pair with Sentence D by mentioning about the area. So, the third sentence is 'Sentence B'.
The last sentence of the rearrangement, i.e. 'Sentence C' says that even if the area of Egypt is almost four times that of England, but it is not productive as Egypt is mostly desert or semi-desert.

The passage says that the group of boys went out for a movie on Friday night. They were catching up after a long time. The friendship they had seemed to remain intact though. After going to the movie, the boys went for dinner too.
This sequence of events is shown only by option 3. Hence, it is the correct answer.

The passage says that there has been an immense change in the climate of the planet over the years. We humans are ourselves responsible for generating this problem. Finding the solution to this problem is the biggest challenge of our generation. Lastly, the passage concludes that if we don't correct this situation now, it will be too late to control the problem.
This sequence of events is shown only by option 1. Hence, it is the correct answer.

The paragraph tells us the adoption story of Steve Jobs. The first sentence would be the one that introduces Steve Jobs, which is sentence Q. The next sentence seems to be R since the previous sentence mentions Steve Jobs' birth and this one tells us about his biological parents. The next sentence should be P since it tells us more about the biological parents who were introduced in the previous sentence. We are also told about the conditions that made them put Steve Jobs up for adoption. The last sentence would obviously be S where we are told about who adopted Steve Jobs and his relation to his adoptive parents. 
Therefore, the correct sequence is QRPS. 

The paragraph seems to talk about the evil effects of nuclear. The first sentence would be one that introduces the topic, which is P. It tells us how Einstein predicted the perils a nuclear war would bring. The next sentence is Q which states how the aforesaid words of Einstein seem the fit the present scenario. The next sentence is S which justifies the previous sentence by telling us how big powers and countries of the world are engaged in an arms race. The last sentence would be R which states the effects of a nuclear war.

Thus, I stand on a hill and watch a labourer striking with his sledge upon the distant railway.

The correct answer is option number -D.

1st sentence: It is easy to criticize the people at the helm, for the slow progress in every field.

Connectors: First, we should ask ourselves as to what is happening to the young intellectuals in India.

The introductory part of the sentence talks about general statement of criticising people for the slow progress.

Next part should tells more about that -sentence `S' is telling about that -it says instead of criticising people we should ask ourselves what is happening to the young intellectuals.

Connectors: We are well aware that the intellectuals are leaving our country for better employment opportunities.

What is happening to the young intellectuals of the country?

This question is answered in sentence `P'.

Connectors: Then, what about their obligation to the Motherland?

 sentence `P' answered about the young intellectuals, only sentence `R' seems to be most logical to follow after P.

Connectors: Then question remains unanswered because our country cannot show opportunities to the intellectuals.

Sentence `R' questions about the obligation of young intellectuals towards Motherland.

Sentence `Q' inform about that. Key is `Then question remains unanswered'

So correct sequence is- SPRQ.

The correct answer is option number -A

1st sentence is: Venice is a strange city.

Connectors from S to R.

Sentence S: It is not one island but a hundred islands.

Sentence R: These small islands are close to one another.

Connectors from R to P

Sentence R: These small islands are close to one another.

Sentence P: There are about 400 odd bridges connecting the islands of Venice.

Noe in last sentence Q will come

Sentence Q: There are no motor cars, no horses and no buses 

Last sentence is: This is because Venice has no streets.

If we Check the concluding sentence, we can see it is giving an explanation why there are no motors, cars.

So overall, sentence starts with Venice city, then it is briefing more about it.

The correct sequence there will be SRPQ.

The correct answer is option number A.

The 1st sentence: It is the responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life

Connectors: Nowadays parents spend very meagre time with children.

Only option `S' will follow after 1st sentence.

Connectors: The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy nowadays

Option `R' explains why parents are unable to spend less time with children.

Connectors: Many children take advantage of their parents' busy schedule. 

Connectors: This results in children's ignorance of social values.

The correct sequence therefore is SRPQ.

From the given sentences, the order of chronology can be easily found out. The correct option is option 3 because according to it, the first sentence is introducing the topic, the second sentence is talking about the topics inception, third sentence develops the topic even more and then last sentence is telling about the conclusion.

From the given question, order of chronology can be easily derived. The correct order would be option 4. The first option introduces the topic, the next 2 sentences would develop it and finally the last sentence gives the result of the entire paragraph that would be formed.

The correct option is Option 2, i.e., BDAC.
The paragraph is based on cash transactions versus electronic transactions. Therefore, the observations on cash transactions need to come first, i.e., Sentence B. After that, sentence D talks about the cash transactions as ‘traditional money’ and lays down the premise for electronic transactions. So, Sentence D comes next. Hence, the correct option is Option 2.

The correct answer is Option 1, i.e. 'The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun'.
The exact words of the speaker which are put within inverted commas are called the Reported Speech, i.e. “The earth revolves around the sun”.
The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called Reporting Verb. In the above example “said” is the reporting verb.
And, 
The Direct speech is always enclosed within inverted commas and it always begins with a capital letter. It is separated from the Reporting verb by a comma.
In the Indirect Speech, no inverted commas are used and no comma is used to separate the Reporting Verb from the Reported Speech.
The rule is:  If the Reported Speech expresses a universal truth or a habitual fact, its tense remains unchanged.

Rule- If the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb in the reported speech is changed to the corresponding past form.  
Thus, the sentence is changed to the corresponding past form. 

The given sentence is in direct speech, therefore, it has to be expressed in indirect speech. The given sentence is in present perfect continuous tense. As a rule, a sentence in present perfect continuous tense when converted to indirect speech is expressed in past perfect continuous tense.

Because the sentence is in past tense, in the indirect speech, can becomes could. Thus, the correct answer is 'The teacher said that nobody could solve the problem'.

My aunt exclaimed disgustedly that the child was very dirty. 'Was' should be used as the sentence is in past tense. Thus, option  C is the answer.

'Yesterday' should be changed to 'the day before'. The given sentence is in the simple past tense. Therefore, the reported speech must be in the past perfect tense. Only option C satisfies these 2 conditions and hence, option C is the right answer. 

The lawyer commanded them to call the witness.

The conjunction 'that' is always used between reporting verb and reported speech in indirect speech. From this reason, Options 2 and 3 are easily negated. Options 1 has used the conjunction 'that' but option 1 is grammatically incorrect as well.Hence, Option 4 is the only correct option.

The correct option is Option 1, i.e., ‘The team leader said that his team could win that tournament.’
In the sentence, the reporting verb is the past tense. Hence, the simple present tense changes to simple past tense, i.e., ‘can’ to ‘could’ and ‘this’ to ‘that’. Therefore, the correct option is Option 1.

Rule- If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense of the verb in the reported speech is not changed at all. 
Thus, as the tense of the sentence is present, it is to remain the same. Option 2 is correct.