English PYQ — Page 196

31,271 questions across SSC exams.

  1. SSC CGL • 2025

    Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The bishop condemned the act as simony, citing canonical law.

  2. SSC CHSL • 2025

    Which sentence contains a misspelled word?

  3. SSC Stenographer • 2024

    Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. The enemy, even if it is a child, is a challenge and needs to be removed from his path.

  4. SSC CGL • 2019

    Select the wrongly spelt word.

  5. SSC CGL • 2024

    The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. My brother performed / extremely good / in the class test / held yesterday

  6. SSC CGL • 2024

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Miraculous

  7. SSC GD • 2024

    Select the most appropriate option for the given blank. I have __ my mind after meeting her.

  8. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Acclimatise

  9. SSC CPO • 2022

    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’. Sia is always afraid of loosing her favourite doll.

  10. SSC CGL • 2021

    Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Harmony

  11. SSC Selection Post • 2024

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. He said that he might change that format.

  12. SSC GD • 2021

    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’. Using a word processor for writing have a number of advantages.

  13. SSC CHSL • 2022

    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’. Sheela is trying for a job since last year.

  14. SSC CPO • 2019

    What was the buzz of boardrooms and the issue for debate among stockbrokers, real estate agents, producers and others?

  15. SSC GD • 2021

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. He is always restless. He is never at __ with himself.

  16. SSC CPO • 2023

    Select the most appropriate idiom or phrase to complete the given sentence. I like her because she never likes to make _____.

  17. SSC GD • 2024

    Choose the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. Visitors board the train and wind their way through its corridors and lavish decor.

  18. SSC CGL • 2022

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The act of killing one’s mother

  19. SSC GD • 2023

    Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in the brackets to fill in the blank and complete the sentence. The water was too ____ (profound) to take a swim.

  20. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. She cuts her haired short in the summer.

  21. SSC CHSL • 2022

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Comparing apples with oranges.

  22. SSC CGL • 2022

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Retaliate

  23. SSC CGL • 2023

    Select the word which means the same as the group of words underlined in the given sentence. By killing a large number of people, they thought they would get more benefits of the schemes.

  24. SSC CGL • 2025

    Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: She placed a can of soup on the shelf.

  25. SSC GD • 2023

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. It is of paramount importance that you read the instructions before attempting the test.

  26. SSC CHSL • 2025

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: Fringe benefits

  27. SSC Selection Post • 2022

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The swallow asked the skylark, “Will we be able to shift the eggs from this tree by tomorrow?”

  28. SSC CHSL • 2024

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence Grasslands should not be foraged and some places are to be closed for grazing.

  29. SSC CPO • 2022

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. I am sure you can win the match if you try hardly.

  30. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. It included a carbon tax on fossil fuels and incentives for businesses and individuals to adopt green…

  31. SSC CHSL • 2021

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Instrument that measures the altitude of the land surface

  32. 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’. The National Sample Survey Directorate is first set up under the Ministry of Finance in 1950.

  33. SSC CHSL • 2020

    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’. She is tender-hearted by nature and I have found her eyes moist many a times over the sad face of…

  34. SSC CHSL • 2021

    Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. SPURIOUS

  35. SSC CHSL • 2020

    Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word. MOTIF

  36. SSC CHSL • 2022

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Win laurels

  37. SSC CHSL • 2022

    Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence. a) is credited with saying b) do not dry your feet c) If you want to leave your footprint on the sands of time, d) Dr. APJ Abdul…

  38. SSC GD • 2023

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Earn

  39. SSC GD • 2025

    Select the most appropriate one-word substitute for the underlined segment in the given sentence. There is a lack of security and stability in his bank balance. This is indicative of a hazardous and perilous situation.

  40. SSC CGL • 2021

    Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  41. SSC CGL • 2020

    Select the most appropriate segment to substitute the underlined segment of the given sentence. If no substitution is required select ‘No improvement’ A man in need pleaded for help.

  42. SSC CGL • 2024

    What does the idiom ‘Bite the bullet’ mean?

  43. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Fill in the blank with the most suitable word. I __ pay too much attention to the stories.

  44. SSC CGL • 2022

    Select the correct active form of the given sentence. AIDS will have been cured by the year 2070 by scientists.

  45. SSC CGL • 2025

    What should come in the place of blank number (5)?

  46. SSC CHSL • 2019

    Identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. The Principal requested to the Chief Guest to inaugurate the sports meet.

  47. SSC CPO • 2022

    Read the given sentence and select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word ‘Straighten’ from the following options. The soldiers were crouching and crawling behind the fence to take a better shot at the enemies and surprise them.

  48. SSC CGL • 2025

    Choose the correct article: She aspires to become __ UN envoy for climate affairs.

  49. SSC GD • 2023

    Which of the following options is most similar in meaning to the given word? Allude

  50. SSC CGL • 2022

    Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.