English PYQ — Page 168
31,271 questions across SSC exams.
SSC Selection Post • 2020
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. The little boy was run away from his mother.
SSC CGL • 2021
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Tide someone over
SSC CHSL • 2025
Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives: Suhani said to the clerk, "I phoned the officer to sign this document, but he just passed it to you."
SSC CGL • 2019
Select the SYNONYM of the given word. LETHAL
SSC CGL • 2024
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. To __ the ticket, Amith had to visit the travel agency many times.
SSC GD • 2019
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’. Yesterday eleven coaches of a train headed for Delhi was derailed at Vaishali district of Bihar.
SSC CGL • 2024
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Inayat did not greet her.
SSC CGL • 2024
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence. An elephant is a large mammal.
SSC CHSL • 2022
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Someone who is shy and spends time alone rather than being with others
SSC CGL • 2023
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge
SSC GD • 2024
Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word. Array
SSC CPO • 2021
Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence. The student requested the teacher to speak a little slowly so that he could note down the points.
SSC CPO • 2024
Select the most appropriate synonym of the word in brackets to fill in the blank. Emotional stimulation provides the necessary __ for creative imagination. (fecundity)
SSC CHSL • 2024
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Comical
SSC Selection Post • 2022
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Jeremy took Andrew to the hospital.
SSC Selection Post • 2022
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. To the utmost or most absolute extent or degree
SSC Selection Post • 2024
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Addiction is a ___ process that requires the addict's friends and family's assistance at various addiction levels such as mentally, physically, psychologically, and emotionally.
SSC GD • 2024
Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose No improvement as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. My mother has a petted Rhode Island Red rooster.
SSC CPO • 2023
Select the sentence that has a spelling error. A- One has to understand the rudimentery fact that intelligence and intellect are at two opposite poles. B- An intellectual person may have all the knowledge of the world but won’t know how to give it a shape…
SSC CGL • 2025
According to the passage, which trait or quality is considered most essential for an entrepreneur?
SSC CGL • 2019
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(5)
SSC CGL • 2019
In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. Cyclone Idai is regarded as one of the worst tropical cyclone on record to affect Africa and the Southern Hemisphere as a whole.
SSC GD • 2024
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Navigating through the dense forest, the hikers encountered _____ terrain, making the trek more challenging and adventurous.
SSC CPO • 2024
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Before she began, she asked the teacher whether she write with a pen or a pencil.
SSC GD • 2023
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. He indeed is intelligent who __ this and succeeds in making all work truly great
SSC Selection Post • 2023
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. When you apply the medicine, the wound ___.
SSC Selection Post • 2024
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The enigma of quantum mechanics remains inscrutably elusive despite of decades of intensive research by the world's leading physicists.
SSC GD • 2025
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. (A) The children eagerly gathered / (B) around the storyteller, / (C) listening attentive as he spun tales / (D) of adventure and magic under…
SSC GD • 2025
Rectify the sentence by selecting the correctly spelt word from the options. He was able to deciphere the encoded messages with ease.
SSC Selection Post • 2023
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. All desire wealth and some will _____ it.
SSC Selection Post • 2022
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
SSC CGL • 2023
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks. Soon after the doctor gave her the next __ of the medicine, the patient began to __.
SSC CHSL • 2020
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the given sentence. The flyover was closed in October last year for repairs but its reopening has been ____ as it will be ready only in March this year.
SSC CPO • 2024
Given below are four sentences. Pick the option that gives the correct order. A. The Egyptians believed that the body and soul were important to human existence, in life and in death. B. This ensured the soul's return to the body so that the deceased would…
SSC CPO • 2023
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 you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. He are very thirsty. / Give him / a little…
SSC Selection Post • 2022
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Under the weather
SSC CHSL • 2022
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. SAVAGE
SSC GD • 2025
Identify the sentence with the INCORRECT usage of adverb.
SSC CGL • 2021
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Work and domestic ____ made Kajal short-tempered.
SSC GD • 2023
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
SSC CHSL • 2025
The following sentence has two blanks. Choose the most suitable set of prepositions from the given options to fill in the blanks and complete the sentence meaningfully: She was reprimanded __ being late and warned __ further delays.
SSC GD • 2025
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The diplomat’s ___ manner helped in diffusing the tension between the two conflicting parties.
SSC CGL • 2021
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Uncanny
SSC CGL • 2023
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. My father is reading the newspaper.
SSC CPO • 2019
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom At the drop of a hat
SSC CGL • 2020
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
SSC Selection Post • 2024
Select the most appropriate idiom that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence. I know you have been really busy with your work, but can you just give me a few minutes?
SSC CGL • 2025
Choose the correct phrasal verb: The professor asked the student to __ on her thesis argument.
SSC Stenographer • 2024
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. Whether she wishes to relocate to Mumbai or continues to live here are her personal…
SSC CGL • 2022
Select the correct active form of the given sentence. These instructions can be easily carried out.