SSC CGL Tier 2 (12 September) English Past Year Paper 2019 | SSC CGL Previous Year Papers PDF Download

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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
a decision on which one cannot go back
Ans
1. intractable
2. invincible
3. invulnerable
4. irrevocable
Question ID : 2390876842
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.2 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. And taking this village lad into their midst was terribly upsetting.
B. She was by no means pleased with this unnecessary addition to her family.
C. When he reached Calcutta, Phatik met his aunt for the ?rst time.
D. She found her own three boys quite enough to manage without taking in anyone else.
Ans
1. CBDA
2. BCDA
3. CADB
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876823
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.3 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Rani said, “We are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow. ”
Ans
1. Rani said that we are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow.
2. Rani said that they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
3. Rani told that we were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony that day.
4. Rani asked why they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
Question ID : 2390876753
Section : CGLE Tier II Paper II English Language and Comprehension
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
a decision on which one cannot go back
Ans
1. intractable
2. invincible
3. invulnerable
4. irrevocable
Question ID : 2390876842
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.2 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. And taking this village lad into their midst was terribly upsetting.
B. She was by no means pleased with this unnecessary addition to her family.
C. When he reached Calcutta, Phatik met his aunt for the ?rst time.
D. She found her own three boys quite enough to manage without taking in anyone else.
Ans
1. CBDA
2. BCDA
3. CADB
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876823
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.3 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Rani said, “We are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow. ”
Ans
1. Rani said that we are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow.
2. Rani said that they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
3. Rani told that we were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony that day.
4. Rani asked why they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
Question ID : 2390876753
Section : CGLE Tier II Paper II English Language and Comprehension
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Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
PERSIST
Ans
1. forget
2. cease
3. continue
4. halt
Question ID : 2390876827
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options.
He switched on the TV to listening to the speech of the PM on the Independence Day.
Ans
1. He switched on the TV
2. on the Independence Day.
3. to listening to the speech
4. of the PM
Question ID : 2390876683
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.6 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Being a space scientist, you are advised not to take your work lightly.
Ans
1. Being a space scientist, you could not take your work lightly.
2. Being a space scientist, you should not take your work lightly.
3. Being a space scientist, you will not take your work lightly.
4. Being a space scientist, you do not take your work lightly.
Question ID : 2390876744
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.7 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
causing no harm
Ans
1. integral
2. inorganic
3. innocuous
4. insolvent
Question ID : 2390876849
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
a decision on which one cannot go back
Ans
1. intractable
2. invincible
3. invulnerable
4. irrevocable
Question ID : 2390876842
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.2 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. And taking this village lad into their midst was terribly upsetting.
B. She was by no means pleased with this unnecessary addition to her family.
C. When he reached Calcutta, Phatik met his aunt for the ?rst time.
D. She found her own three boys quite enough to manage without taking in anyone else.
Ans
1. CBDA
2. BCDA
3. CADB
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876823
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.3 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Rani said, “We are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow. ”
Ans
1. Rani said that we are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow.
2. Rani said that they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
3. Rani told that we were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony that day.
4. Rani asked why they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
Question ID : 2390876753
Section : CGLE Tier II Paper II English Language and Comprehension
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Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
PERSIST
Ans
1. forget
2. cease
3. continue
4. halt
Question ID : 2390876827
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options.
He switched on the TV to listening to the speech of the PM on the Independence Day.
Ans
1. He switched on the TV
2. on the Independence Day.
3. to listening to the speech
4. of the PM
Question ID : 2390876683
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.6 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Being a space scientist, you are advised not to take your work lightly.
Ans
1. Being a space scientist, you could not take your work lightly.
2. Being a space scientist, you should not take your work lightly.
3. Being a space scientist, you will not take your work lightly.
4. Being a space scientist, you do not take your work lightly.
Question ID : 2390876744
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.7 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
causing no harm
Ans
1. integral
2. inorganic
3. innocuous
4. insolvent
Question ID : 2390876849
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
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The old man lifted the heavy bundle with hardly no effort at all.
Ans
1. with hardly any effort
2. No improvement
3. without hardly no effort
4. with hard an effort
Question ID : 2390876715
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.9 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. Mr Adams was very proud of it and insisted on an inspection by everyone.
B. The vault was a small one but it had a new patented door.
C. It fastened three solid steel bolts thrown simultaneously with a single handle, and had a
time lock.
D. The Elmore Bank had just put in a new safe and vault.
Ans
1. DABC
2. ADBC
3. ABCD
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876818
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.10 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please share your class notes with me.
Ans
1. You can share your class notes with me.
2. Your class notes have been shared with me.
3. Why don’t you share your class notes with me?
4. You are requested to share your class notes with me.
Question ID : 2390876731
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.11 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options. If there is no error, select No error.
They made her as the Chairperson of their bank.
Ans
1. No error
2. as the Chairperson
3. They made her
4. of their bank.
Question ID : 2390876690
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank.
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
a decision on which one cannot go back
Ans
1. intractable
2. invincible
3. invulnerable
4. irrevocable
Question ID : 2390876842
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.2 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. And taking this village lad into their midst was terribly upsetting.
B. She was by no means pleased with this unnecessary addition to her family.
C. When he reached Calcutta, Phatik met his aunt for the ?rst time.
D. She found her own three boys quite enough to manage without taking in anyone else.
Ans
1. CBDA
2. BCDA
3. CADB
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876823
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.3 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Rani said, “We are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow. ”
Ans
1. Rani said that we are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow.
2. Rani said that they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
3. Rani told that we were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony that day.
4. Rani asked why they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
Question ID : 2390876753
Section : CGLE Tier II Paper II English Language and Comprehension
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Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
PERSIST
Ans
1. forget
2. cease
3. continue
4. halt
Question ID : 2390876827
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options.
He switched on the TV to listening to the speech of the PM on the Independence Day.
Ans
1. He switched on the TV
2. on the Independence Day.
3. to listening to the speech
4. of the PM
Question ID : 2390876683
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.6 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Being a space scientist, you are advised not to take your work lightly.
Ans
1. Being a space scientist, you could not take your work lightly.
2. Being a space scientist, you should not take your work lightly.
3. Being a space scientist, you will not take your work lightly.
4. Being a space scientist, you do not take your work lightly.
Question ID : 2390876744
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.7 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
causing no harm
Ans
1. integral
2. inorganic
3. innocuous
4. insolvent
Question ID : 2390876849
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
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The old man lifted the heavy bundle with hardly no effort at all.
Ans
1. with hardly any effort
2. No improvement
3. without hardly no effort
4. with hard an effort
Question ID : 2390876715
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.9 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. Mr Adams was very proud of it and insisted on an inspection by everyone.
B. The vault was a small one but it had a new patented door.
C. It fastened three solid steel bolts thrown simultaneously with a single handle, and had a
time lock.
D. The Elmore Bank had just put in a new safe and vault.
Ans
1. DABC
2. ADBC
3. ABCD
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876818
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.10 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please share your class notes with me.
Ans
1. You can share your class notes with me.
2. Your class notes have been shared with me.
3. Why don’t you share your class notes with me?
4. You are requested to share your class notes with me.
Question ID : 2390876731
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.11 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options. If there is no error, select No error.
They made her as the Chairperson of their bank.
Ans
1. No error
2. as the Chairperson
3. They made her
4. of their bank.
Question ID : 2390876690
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank.
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The rescue team dug out a soldier from the snow ______ how he could have survived for
seven days buried under it.
Ans
1. wondering
2. wonder
3. wondered
4. to wonder
Question ID : 2390876776
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.13 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
The trouble makers took to their heels when they saw the police coming.
Ans
1. faced them boldly
2. ran away
3. hid themselves
4. prepared to ?ght
Question ID : 2390876835
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.14 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
sell like hot cakes
Ans
1. to face hardship
2. to deal with a problem
3. to agree fully
4. to sell quickly
Question ID : 2390876831
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.15 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. It was tossed high on the waves.
B. A violent storm rocked the sea.
C. The helpless people aboard the ship plunged into the sea.
D. Fierce winds struck a sailing ship.
Ans
1. BDCA
2. DCBA
3. BDAC
4. DABC
Question ID : 2390876807
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.16 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank.
In view of the excessive heat, schools in Delhi remained closed ______a week in July.
Ans
1. to
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
a decision on which one cannot go back
Ans
1. intractable
2. invincible
3. invulnerable
4. irrevocable
Question ID : 2390876842
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.2 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. And taking this village lad into their midst was terribly upsetting.
B. She was by no means pleased with this unnecessary addition to her family.
C. When he reached Calcutta, Phatik met his aunt for the ?rst time.
D. She found her own three boys quite enough to manage without taking in anyone else.
Ans
1. CBDA
2. BCDA
3. CADB
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876823
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.3 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Rani said, “We are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow. ”
Ans
1. Rani said that we are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow.
2. Rani said that they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
3. Rani told that we were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony that day.
4. Rani asked why they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next
day.
Question ID : 2390876753
Section : CGLE Tier II Paper II English Language and Comprehension
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Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
PERSIST
Ans
1. forget
2. cease
3. continue
4. halt
Question ID : 2390876827
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options.
He switched on the TV to listening to the speech of the PM on the Independence Day.
Ans
1. He switched on the TV
2. on the Independence Day.
3. to listening to the speech
4. of the PM
Question ID : 2390876683
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.6 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Being a space scientist, you are advised not to take your work lightly.
Ans
1. Being a space scientist, you could not take your work lightly.
2. Being a space scientist, you should not take your work lightly.
3. Being a space scientist, you will not take your work lightly.
4. Being a space scientist, you do not take your work lightly.
Question ID : 2390876744
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.7 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
causing no harm
Ans
1. integral
2. inorganic
3. innocuous
4. insolvent
Question ID : 2390876849
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
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The old man lifted the heavy bundle with hardly no effort at all.
Ans
1. with hardly any effort
2. No improvement
3. without hardly no effort
4. with hard an effort
Question ID : 2390876715
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.9 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. Mr Adams was very proud of it and insisted on an inspection by everyone.
B. The vault was a small one but it had a new patented door.
C. It fastened three solid steel bolts thrown simultaneously with a single handle, and had a
time lock.
D. The Elmore Bank had just put in a new safe and vault.
Ans
1. DABC
2. ADBC
3. ABCD
4. BCAD
Question ID : 2390876818
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.10 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please share your class notes with me.
Ans
1. You can share your class notes with me.
2. Your class notes have been shared with me.
3. Why don’t you share your class notes with me?
4. You are requested to share your class notes with me.
Question ID : 2390876731
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.11 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options. If there is no error, select No error.
They made her as the Chairperson of their bank.
Ans
1. No error
2. as the Chairperson
3. They made her
4. of their bank.
Question ID : 2390876690
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank.
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The rescue team dug out a soldier from the snow ______ how he could have survived for
seven days buried under it.
Ans
1. wondering
2. wonder
3. wondered
4. to wonder
Question ID : 2390876776
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.13 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
The trouble makers took to their heels when they saw the police coming.
Ans
1. faced them boldly
2. ran away
3. hid themselves
4. prepared to ?ght
Question ID : 2390876835
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.14 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
sell like hot cakes
Ans
1. to face hardship
2. to deal with a problem
3. to agree fully
4. to sell quickly
Question ID : 2390876831
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.15 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. It was tossed high on the waves.
B. A violent storm rocked the sea.
C. The helpless people aboard the ship plunged into the sea.
D. Fierce winds struck a sailing ship.
Ans
1. BDCA
2. DCBA
3. BDAC
4. DABC
Question ID : 2390876807
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.16 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank.
In view of the excessive heat, schools in Delhi remained closed ______a week in July.
Ans
1. to
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2. for
3. in
4. about
Question ID : 2390876773
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.17 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Has the car been cleaned by the driver?
Ans
1. Does the driver clean the car?
2. Did the driver clean the car?
3. Has the driver cleaned the car?
4. How has the driver cleaned the car?
Question ID : 2390876736
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.18 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
When Rohit saw Saurabh, he said, “Oh, how tall you have grown!”
Ans
1. When Rohit saw Saurabh, he commented that he (Saurabh) has grown very tall.
2. When Rohit saw Saurabh, he exclaimed that he (Saurabh) had grown very tall.
3. When Rohit saw Saurabh, he observed that you have grown very tall.
4. When Rohit saw Saurabh, he exclaimed how tall he (Saurabh) was grown.
Question ID : 2390876748
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.19 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
The Finance Minister said, “The Government will trim the corporate tax gradually to 25
percent for all companies. ”
Ans
1. The Finance Minister said that the Government would trim the corporate tax
gradually to 25 percent for all companies.
2. The Finance Minister asked the Government if it would trim the corporate tax
gradually to 25 percent for all companies.
3. The Finance Minister ordered the Government to trim the corporate tax gradually to
25 percent for all companies
4. The Finance Minister told that the Government will trim the corporate tax gradually
to 25 percent for all companies
Question ID : 2390876756
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. 
The other day there was a heavy downpour in our town. The roads looked (1) ______ small
rivulets. There was a house (2) ______ our locality which was in a (3)______ condition. All of a
sudden it collapsed. (4) ______ news spread in the whole (5) ______ like wild ?re. 
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