Practice Test: English Language - 13 - SSC CGL MCQ

The correct answer is option D

To smell a rat: To suspect,to believe something is wrong .

Ex: when I got a phone call from an unknown number asking for account details & password I smelled a rat.

You draw a blank when you attempt to recall something and fail, or when you try to come up with a solution to a problem, but fail. Option A which the closest must be the right choice.

'put(one's) foot down' means to be inflexible in one's position or decision. Option B which is closest must be the right choice.

The correct answer is option A

Put her foot down: To act firmly / To tell someone strongly that they must do something or that they must stop doing something.

For ex: Shweta's parents will always put her foot down when it comes to her career.

The correct answer is option C

Wash hands off: When someone washed their hands off, they free themselves from that responsibility. You stop getting involved in it.

For ex: Sneha a talented employee of the company was having the habit of washing her hands off when something went wrong with the projects or any important work.

Given sentence is in passive voice. According to the given instruction change it into active voice. 

It's given in the form of 'Obj + have/has been + V3 + by + subject'. 

The active form of the above sentence is 'subject + have /has + V3 + object '.

So the option B is correct answer 

The entire bungalow was painted by the painter. In the passive voice, 'was painted' is used because the sentence is in simple past tense.

The passive voice of the given statement is: "The entire stretch of the road was paved by the labourers."

Given sentence is in active voice(compounded using 'and ') and change it into passive voice. 

Since there are two simple sentence and we should change the voices of both the sentences 

It is in the form of ' sub1 + modal auxiliary + not + V1 + obj' and ' sub2 + V2 + obj'

It is to be converted into the from of ' obj+ modal auxiliary + not + be + V3 + sub1 and obj + was/were + v3 + by + sub2'.

In this case we can eliminate the group of people. Simply I couldn't be moved conveys the actual meaning. Then the word ' I ' don't need to place again. since it's connected using 'and'. 

So the correct answer is A.

The correct answer is option number C

The given sentence is in active voice.

The correct answer is option number B

The 1st sentence: Education in India had a glorious beginning.

Connectors: It went on for centuries with the same glory.

Connectors-But after the British rule, it faced many changes.

Here,1st sentence says about glory of India in education so 2nd sentence must tells about the same. Only option `Q' talks about the glory.

now 3rd sentence, tells how it faced changes because of British rule. Pronoun`It' is used here for glory of Indian education.

Now 
Connectors-

One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction.

sentence `P' says about the changes in education.

Only sentence `S' says more about changes.

English as the medium of instruction had a very great response.

sentence `S' tells about one of the change as the introduction of English as medium of instruction.

And sentence `R' tells more about the English medium.

The correct answer is option -D.

1st sentence: Some say that failure is like toxic waste.

Connectors from Q to P

Q: Thinking about it pollutes and undermines the attitudes needed for success.

P: I see failure more as a fertilizer.

Connectors from P to S.

P: I see failure more as a fertilizer.

S: It can be used to enrich the soil of your mind.

Connectors from S to R

S: It can be used to enrich the soil of your mind.

R: The seeds of success must he planted afresh.

And in last concluding sentence will come which is already given.

Turning failure into a fertilizer is accomplished by using your errors as steps in learning.

The correct answer is option number -B

1st sentence: This was an important day for Alan.

Connectors from Part Q to Part P

Connectors: For the first time he was going to hunt seals alone.

Sentence Q connects sentence P

Sentence Q: tells that for Alan it was an important day. Since pronoun `He' is used in other sentences, first sentence should mention the name. Option, Q is hence the correct choice.

The next sentence should explain why it is an important day for Alan 

Only sentence `P'  explains that 

For the 1st time he was going for hunting alone.

Connectors from Part P to Part R

Connectors: It was a cold day, but Alan would be warm

Connectors: First he put on his fur-lined jacket.

Now, only one option is remaining-

Then he put on mittens and boots of deerskin to protect his hands and feet from the cold

Last sentence will be -

Finally, he picked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before.

The correct sequence is therefore QPRS.

There was no need to (X) set a watch, for we had nothing (Y) to fear from anybody or (Z)anything in that vast untenanted plain. Thus, D is the answer.

The correct answer is option C

1st sentence: The teacher training agency in England hopes to make teaching one of the top three professions.

Connectors from R to Q

R: An amount of $100 million has been set aside to combat the shortage of applicants for teacher training.

Q: A series of advertisements are now being screened showing famous people speaking about teachers they remember and admire.

Connectors from S to P

S: Teacher Unions have welcomed this campaign.

P: They have also demanded that the campaign should be matched by improved pay scales, work load and morale so as to avoid recruitment problems with an aim to raise the image of the teaching profession.

And in last 
It is high time for the Indian Government also to think on similar lines and take steps to lift up the sinking morale of the teaching profession.

So all sentences are interconnected.

Obnoxious means extremely unpleasant.

Depressing = feeling miserable dejection

Disgusting = unpleasant

Arrogant = egoistic

Filthy = unclean

Thus, second option best expresses meaning of above word.

=> Ans - (B)

Perverse is a negative word which means to behave in a way that is unreasonable. The word nefarious also means the same.

Proliferate means increasing rapidly in number or reproduce, hence the last option best expresses meaning of above word.

Proletariat means working class, prohibit means to forbid and stipulate means demand or requirement.

=> Ans - (D)

Paradox means anomaly or puzzle, hence the third option best expresses meaning of above word.

Challenge and question are synonyms, and paradise means heavenly.

=> Ans - (C)

Exemption means freeing some one from an obligation, which is the same as immunity. 

'Befuddle' means unable to think clearly. 'Explicate' means to think upon something in detail. Hence, option D is correct.

Parsimonious means miser, thus its antonym is someone who spends more, i.e. extravagant.

Prodigious means huge and ostentatious is designed to impress. Selfless means generous.

=> Ans - (C)

Inception means starting point or origin, hence the last option best expresses meaning of above word.

Initiative means to take charge, beginning means to start, and initial means the first letter.

=> Ans - (D)

Reluctantly means 'against ones will', so willingly is its antonym.

Pleasingly, satisfactorily and happily are synonyms and does not express to do something with willingness.

=> Ans - (B)

Conciliation means peace making, thus confrontation which means encounter is its antonym.

Dispute means disagreement and separation means detachment, irritation means annoying.

=> Ans - (D)