English practice set for SSC
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Directions (1-5) Find out which part of the sentence has an error.
1) If I knew (A)/ that my friend had planned to visit the town today, (B)/ I would have made his stay comfortable (C)/ No Error(D)
2) More widely popular (A)/than the hunting of deer or fox (B)/were the pursuit of the hare. (C)/No Error (D)
3) The committee Chief warned the party members (A)/that if they pursuit (B)/in their obstructionist attitude (C)/they would be suspended (D)
4) If the manager acted in time, (A)/the strike would (B)/not have lasted long. (C)/No Error (D)
5) On hearing the news over the radio that (A)/India has won the hockey match (B)/I jumped with joy (C)/No Error (D)
Directions (6-10) In question numbers 6 to 10, a word /group of words is underlined. Below are the given alternatives to the underlined word/group of words (A), (B), (C) and (D) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.
6) The woman sitting next to me on the flight was extremely talkative when all I wanted to do was rest.
A) taciturn
B) loquacious
C) pugnacious
D) irksome
7)The invention of the computer marked a new age in technology.
A) beginning
B) distribution
C) administration
D) epoch
8)They had not been sympathetic to the poor
A) being sympathetic
B) been sympathized by
C) sympathetic
D) no correction required
9) It has become a fashion to talk about exercise restraint on anything and everything.
A) restraining exercises
B) exercising without restrain
C) exercise without restrain
D) exercising restraint
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10)The issues were so complicated that they could hardly be resolved in such a limited time.
A) were hardly to resolve
B) could resolve hardly
C) were being hardly resolved
D) no correction required
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ANSWERS
1.D) No Error
2.C) Replace “were” by “was”
3.B) Replace “ persist” by “persisted”
4.A) Replace “acted” by “had acted”
5.B) Replace “has” by “had”
6.B) To be loquacious means to be very talkative
7.D) An epoch is a distinct period of time, an era, or an age.
8.D)
9.D)
10.D)
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Directions (11-15) Find out which part of the sentence has an error.
11)By May next year I have been working in this college for twenty years.
A) By May next year
B) for twenty years.
C)No error
D) I have been working in this college
12) I shall book forward to being with you sometime next month.
A) to being with you
B) No error
C) sometime next month
D) I shall book forward
13)The government granted relief payments of Rs 5000 each to those who injured in the fire accident.
A) to those who injured in the fire accident
B) No error
C) relief payments of Rs 5000 each
D) The government granted
14) Everyone of us should realize that any act of negligence will cause a great harm to our country’s security.
A) a great harm to our country’s security.
B) Everyone of us should realize that
C) any act of negligence will cause
D)No error
15)I really do regret not to learn to play the violin when I had so many opportunities to learn and practice in school
A) when I had so many opportunities
B) to learn and practice in school
C) I really do regret not to learn to play the violin
D)No error
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Directions (16-20) In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and mark it in the Answer sheet.
16)At his wits end, he turned to his old trade.
A) confidently
B) After careful thinking
C) not knowing what to do
D) overjoyed
17)The day the new product was launched, people made a beeline to purchase it
A) rushed
B) refused
C) went on-line
D) were doubtful
18)He usually goes to bed very early and rises with the lark.
A) very early
B) after sunrise
C) very late
D) at midnight
19)When it comes to dancing, he is all thumbs
A) a trainer
B) lazy
C) clumsy
D) an expert
20)Their attempt to get back the stolen necklace proved to be a wild –goose chase.
A) timely action
B) useless search
C) wise decision
D) delayed action
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ANSWERS
11.D)
12.B)
13.A)
14.D)
15.C)
16.C)
17.A)
18.A)
19.C)
20.B)
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