Practice Test: English Language - 14 - SSC CGL MCQ

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Hold your horses for a moment while I make a phone call.

In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
There is no cut and dried method for doing this.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Get the message

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Saved by the bell

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Supplant

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
MUTILATE

In following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
FETTER

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which expresses the right meaning of the given word and blacken the appropriate rectangle in Answer Sheet.
COLOSSAL

Directions: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at a, b and c which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is d.
You shall have attended if the court had instructed you to do so.

Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none, Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error then your answer is d:i.e. No error.
Air pollution, together with littering./are causing many problems/in our cities./No error

Directions: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none, Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error then your answer is d:i.e. No error.
The accused refused/to answer to the policeman/on duty./No error

Directions: In the following Questions, a sentence is given which/a part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (A), (B) and (C) which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).
The courtiers used to tell the King how efficient an administrator he was all day long.

In questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
Only one of the boys ______ not done the homework given yesterday.

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
He went there ______.

Choose the option which is most appropriate to fill in the blank
Do not stay in the grasslands after dark, as some animals become ____ when they see humans.

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate words(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
Ria is ________ at speaking languages. It is difficult to _______ one puppy for animal shelter.

Choose the option which is most appropriate to fill in the blank
The song in the play cannot be deleted it is ____ to the story.

Choose the option which is most appropriate to fill in the blank
There is something wonderful ___ him.

Directions: In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
Although there is ________ gun-fire, there is no stiff resistance to the revolutionary army,

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Sometimes the grand ______(1)______ of the Left and the Right do not seem to have any relationship with the lived experiences of ordinary Indians. For the past two decades, the Left has tried to expand social welfare programmes ____(2)_____ the poor in the country by highlighting the growing _____(3)_______ between the rich and the poor. The Right, on the other hand, points to the growing _____(4)______ of politically driven welfare policies and emphasises the need for economic growth to ___(5)________ poverty and improve the lives of the poor.

(3)

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate words(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
School days are considered to be the best years of your life. When my _______ year in school began, I began to think of those past enjoyable days and of my future also.

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
The deserted garden was infested ______ weeds.