SSC CGL 20th August Shift 1 - English

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The professor said to the media persons, “From our research we have come to the conclusion that there is life on that planet.”

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A bad egg

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Tag (n)

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. According to his hypothesis, now known as the neuron theory, each nerve cell communicates with others through contiguity rather than continuity.
B. The watershed of all studies of the nervous system was an observation made in 1889 by Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
C. It has since been proved that Cajal’s theory is not universally true, but his central idea has remained an accurate guiding principle for all further study.
D. That is, communication between adjacent but separate cells must take place across the space and barriers separating them.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
You can solve this problem.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
Ranbir could not went / to the award ceremony / as he was busy / shooting / for a film / in Maldives.

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If there is no error, select ‘No error’.
Modern science have / broken many myths / about our food and diet.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Credit card ______ has increased in recent years.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Blemish

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My neighbour was admitted to the hospital when he developed an allergic ______ to some medicine he took.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Detrimental

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Tide someone over

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who does not believe in the existence of God.

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
After the old building was pulled out, the building contractor surveyed the progress of the work.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Dad: “Yes, tell me.”
B. Laxmi: “Dad, I need to speak to you.”
C. Dad: “I think you are still too young for it.”
D. Laxmi: “Please buy me a scooter.”

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Anxiety

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
The apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.